Is it just me, or did anyone else think that that whole Hobbes defection (or maybe that is undefection) in WC3 sucked. I don't know why, but the concept just strikes me as very wrong.
Why? I'm not sure. Maybe because much of what I knew, or at least thought I knew, about the Kilrathi came from him. Proud, strong, but above all noble and honorable. They were an enemy I could respect. Then it turns out Hobbes IS the traitor, and everyone else is right and you are wrong. I felt betrayed. Not just by Hobbes, but everything I though I knew about the Kilrathi was suddenly wrong. No honor, no respect, just treachery and deceit.
Maybe that's how I was meant to feel. It still feels wrong. Personally, I feel Cobra would have made a much better traitor. Hating the Kilrathi, hating herself for it, but still doing what she was forced to do. A much deeper option. You could explore by what dark method the Emperor managed to turn her against herself, while leaving the Kilrathi (and Hobbes) at least a few redeeming virtues.
We talk about the guilt Blair bears for destroying the Kilrah homeworld. However, in his situation, I would feel no guilt. Thrakath has just killed his girl in cold blood, the only cat he thought he could trust turns out to be nothing more than a lousy traitor. Kill the lot of them I say. Don't stop until they all die.
If the Kilrathi have no redeeming characteristics, then any guilt you are meant to feel over their destruction, any mercy you might feel towards them, is pointless. And to me, any redeeming characteristics the Kilrathi might have had as a race ended with Hobbes' undefection. If it was Hobbes that was killed by another traitor, then Blair would still have cause to believe the Kilrathi were worth saving.
Why? I'm not sure. Maybe because much of what I knew, or at least thought I knew, about the Kilrathi came from him. Proud, strong, but above all noble and honorable. They were an enemy I could respect. Then it turns out Hobbes IS the traitor, and everyone else is right and you are wrong. I felt betrayed. Not just by Hobbes, but everything I though I knew about the Kilrathi was suddenly wrong. No honor, no respect, just treachery and deceit.
Maybe that's how I was meant to feel. It still feels wrong. Personally, I feel Cobra would have made a much better traitor. Hating the Kilrathi, hating herself for it, but still doing what she was forced to do. A much deeper option. You could explore by what dark method the Emperor managed to turn her against herself, while leaving the Kilrathi (and Hobbes) at least a few redeeming virtues.
We talk about the guilt Blair bears for destroying the Kilrah homeworld. However, in his situation, I would feel no guilt. Thrakath has just killed his girl in cold blood, the only cat he thought he could trust turns out to be nothing more than a lousy traitor. Kill the lot of them I say. Don't stop until they all die.
If the Kilrathi have no redeeming characteristics, then any guilt you are meant to feel over their destruction, any mercy you might feel towards them, is pointless. And to me, any redeeming characteristics the Kilrathi might have had as a race ended with Hobbes' undefection. If it was Hobbes that was killed by another traitor, then Blair would still have cause to believe the Kilrathi were worth saving.