r/DeadlockTheGame • u/Trashy-Guy • 12d ago

Discussion Viscous' strange writing direction.

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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.

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u/DoorframeLizard Mina 12d ago

Seven has always been a zesty sassy diva in addition to being a deadly convict, that's what makes him so fun

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u/Tasty-Ground-8508 12d ago

Seven is so pure of purpose you gotta respect him for that alone.

I also love his interactions with Rem where he tells Rem to stay away from the OSIC as they will not have Rem’s best interest in mind - give’s seven a ton of depth.

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u/thatonebrassguy 12d ago

I don't like him knowing about Minas collections

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u/Tasty-Ground-8508 12d ago

why not? adds a bit of of personality and nuance to him being a sociopath. He reminds me of a Hannibal kind of villain, he’s sophisticated and in touch with the “fine arts” as it were

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u/thatonebrassguy 12d ago

Fine arts are different then clothing. That would've been cool if he talked with mo and krill about fine arts but I don't like this direction

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u/Tasty-Ground-8508 12d ago

fashion & clothes, especially in new york, is absolutely an artform lol.

i totally get wanting Seven to have a more serious and menacing character im not gonna knock your opinion on that at all since this does “humanize” him to a degree but just wanted to point that out.

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u/thatonebrassguy 12d ago

I don't know how else to say it, I just don't think it fits into his character. Its just a feeling then having any outright reasons

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u/Small_Package9217 12d ago

the heart wants what the heart wants~

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u/RadicalMac 11d ago

A man hell-bent on achieving apotheosis can't have a couple hobbies? Smh my head

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u/SomeDerpyKiller 10d ago

Lord forbid seven can see a magazine or a passing by telly