Solomon is clearly meant to be one of the NYC guys playing chess in the park, Nurse Harrow is meant to play into the old horror archetype of asylum nurses. Rat king is well, Rats in NYC etc.
What interesting/weird/relevant archetype is "cute girl with paintbrush" playing into in the setting of Deadlock? She could be put into literally any other MOBA and would fit perfectly fine with 0 alteration, that's not true of quite a bit of Deadlock's cast.
Now that I think about it, they could have made her one of those spray paint artists you used to see everywhere in NYC, would’ve fit in a similar role with how they made Solomon.
Same. As much as I think the hate for Violet is unjustified, Violet using spray cans and doing a mix of traditional Chinese/graffiti art would fit the NY setting so much better. Plus aerosol cans were invented in 1927 so in Deadlock it'd make sense for them to exist. She'd also fit in more with all the NY archetypes. Rat King represents the sewer/subway rats, Solomon is the old guy playing chess, Baba is the old lady feeding birds and Violet represents all the street artists.
Honestly this is the only critique on her ive seen that i actually agree with. Im now wishing violet was a cool graffiti artist instead of what we got, even tho i think shes fine regardless
I like how you have to add the "cute girl" part as if that's some kind of magical part of here themeing, she's not even conventionally attractive she is an average normal arse looking woman, go outside more.
And "old chess guy in new york" and "a regular arse nurse" are literally as generic as a painter, and all three have about the same historical relevance.
In terms of supernatural potential, a painter is a far more interesting concept, which is probably why they had to go the extra mile for the nurse (giving her a shifting demon form) and the chess dude (making him some kind of super psychic) because clearly their jobs wasn't enough.
But anyone can see how painting things to life would be interesting, and some really cool concepts have come from that in fantasy and games over time.
Stop being intentionally dense. You're better than this.
And for the record, almost any of Deadlock's cast could fit into literally any other MOBA with 0 alteration, this is and has always been the silliest argument. Deadlock itself is literally another MOBA, it's not doing something that could never ever be replicated. But Solomon and Harrow FOR SURE are generic enough to fit anywhere, be it Overwatch or League.
The problem is that loonies like you are playing that meme straight where you see a normal girl and suddenly go "Damn what a harlot, ugh, goonslop, this game is basically porn now."
Which is what makes YOU the weirdo. Comparing a well-dressed non-revealing hero with normal proportions and less sex appeal than prexisting favorites like Gheist, Mina, and Paige to some big-breasted bimbo wearing a string bikini from Rivals is fucking terminally online brainrot and you got it in full spades.
Literally Chinese-american artist? Just because you're unfamiliar with the idea doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I also heavily disagree that she could "be put into any MOBA with 0 alteration". She's just as "Deadlock" as Pocket, Calico, Paige, McGinnis, or Holliday, but nobody bitches about them not fitting to this extent. This hate feels so forced, like people are just digging in for reasons to shit on her.
If you don't want to vote for her because you like the other characters more, say that. You don't have to sit here and come up with reasons for why your opinion is actually more correct than the people voting for Violet.
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u/Littlebigchief88 14d ago
solomon and harrow being magic chess guy and magic nurse is different than magic artist how?