Viscous' strange writing direction.

[u/Trashy-Guy]

Has anybody else noticed that Viscous seems overtly childish in the new voice lines?

I'm not sure if it's the direction that the voice actor has been given, the lack of sound edits that the older lines had (from what I've heard, the current lines aren't yet finished edit-wise), the writing or all of it as a whole.

Viscous's writing direction has shifted from the friendly yet determined emissary of The Deep, willing to put the goal of defeating The Adversary before everything else. (e. g. him saying that The Djinn's problems are less serious than The Deep's.)... To a second grader. It's a fun line, one of many the update added, but it often feels like an outlier in an otherwise solid character.

Viscous is an emissary, a political figure of the Deep with a message and ambition first, and a goo ball that studies the customs of the surface, second, not a baby.

[u/SnooCats5267]

I mean wasn't he always pretty childish in his demeanor? He was always naive calling random people his friends and whatnot but has deeper goals with the ritual that characters like haze and seven respect in their convos. I was hoping we would get more exploration of the deep with new convos but yea it seems they haven't really expanded on it yet.

[u/PatchNotesMan → u/SnooCats5267]

the idea with him imo should be that he is alien, not childish, he doesnt understand land dweller culture or convention, so he will call everyone friends, but he wont be completely naive about the life he encounters

[u/alkane_ch4 → u/PatchNotesMan]

It's not like the ocean was a pacifist utopia before the Adversary showed up, he's got to be aware of creatures killing each other.

[u/GoldenRpup → u/alkane_ch4]

He has a lot of remarks about how he will beat the shit out of people with his punch and give them concussions. He's willing to kill for his ideals, much like the rest of the cast. Nobody here is under any illusions of the bad things they are doing to get what they want (except Rem).

[u/DeltaVZerda → u/GoldenRpup]

Being awake is hard

[u/PatchNotesMan → u/alkane_ch4]

I don’t know how he even knows what fingerpaint is

[u/bigtree2x5 → u/PatchNotesMan]

he knows lots of things!