spotlessvoid wrote...
Right Hanar, because the guy repeatedly exposed to Reaper tech doesn't make sense getting indoctrinated.
This sort of argument keeps coming up. Someone makes a meta comment about a bad writer's choice, and get replied with "but this is making perfect sense in the universe!"
Look, just because something COULD have happened, this doesn't mean it SHOULD have happened. The whole galaxy is exposed to Reaper tech, your LI is exposed to Reaper tech, the Reapers are too powerful to defeat so it makes sense we lose no matter what we do, the other species are too preoccupied with their own salvation so it makes sense they never give aid to Earth....need I go on.
TIM is not indoctrinated because "he's repeatedly exposed to Reaper tech". He's indoctrinated because the writers are lazy, and they wanted an easy way out, and they were in need of a better antagonist and Reapers are not human-like enough for that, and TIM is hated by many, and they wanted to give people a reason to shoot him.
He's indoctrinated because the writers chose for him to be so. Not because it's the only logical way for his story arc, and not because the ME universe simply works this way.
In fact, indoctrination being used is a pretty good indicator that something's very wrong with the narration or character's motivations, or that the writer's don't know where to take the story arc. Because indoctrination is such a story-breaking device that's so easy to abuse.
In fact, indoctrination is often used by ME writers when they need characters to behave completely out of character, but they're too lazy to provide them with the motivations to do so, or they lack the skills to come up with the reason why this might be happening.
They want a certain result, and look, indoctrination comes in handy! This is the device that can completely alter the narrative flow and doesn't care about established characters.
You can never argue with how little sense the events or the character are making, because "but they're indoctrinated"! And you can never argue with them being indoctrinated because "they're exposed to Reaper tech!" No one and nothing is safe this way. The entire galaxy can be altered as desired.
This is exactly what we're seeing in this thread. People are wishing the endings away, but they don't know how to do it so that it would make sense in-story. And look, indoctrination comes in handy. It can bend reality to your will, and it doesn't care how little sense it's making.
Modifié par laecraft, 05 décembre 2012 - 06:45 .