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That said, on a non-math related front, I\'m not particularly sympathetic to the argument that enemies will just ignore the barbarian to focus on the rest of the party because \'\'that\'\' smacks of poor GMing and even metagaming, and the only alternative is a return to the \'\'World of Warcraft\'\' style mechanics they went and made a whole new edition to get away from accusations of. A screaming potentially-half-naked maniac is in your facing smashing you with an axe and even if he\'s doing half a point less damage on average than a fully optimized fighter or whatever, that\'s still probably going to command the average mentally weak creature\'s attention, to say nothing of even a fair number of intelligent adversaries.
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That said, on a non-math related front, I\\\'m not particularly sympathetic to the argument that enemies will just ignore the barbarian to focus on the rest of the party because \\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\' smacks of poor [=GMing=] and even metagaming, and the only alternative is a return to the \\\'\\\'World of Warcraft\\\'\\\' style mechanics they went and made a whole new edition to get away from accusations of. A screaming potentially-half-naked maniac is in your facing smashing you with an axe and even if he\\\'s doing half a point less damage on average than a fully optimized fighter or whatever, that\\\'s still probably going to command the average mentally weak creature\\\'s attention, to say nothing of even a fair number of intelligent adversaries.
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That said, on a non-math related front, I\\\'m not particularly sympathetic to the argument that enemies will just ignore the barbarian to focus on the rest of the party because \\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\' smacks of poor GMing and even metagaming, and the only alternative is a return to the \\\'\\\'World of Warcraft\\\'\\\' style mechanics they went and made a whole new edition to get away from accusations of. A screaming potentially-half-naked maniac is in your facing smashing you with an axe and even if he\\\'s doing half a point less damage on average than a fully optimized fighter or whatever, that\\\'s still probably going to command the average mentally weak creature\\\'s attention, to say nothing of even a fair number of intelligent adversaries.
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I feel like we should discuss two recently added tropes concerning Allison. MoralEventHorizon is used to mark a point in the story when a character becomes irredeemable, and there is a shift in the way that the character is \
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I feel like we should discuss two recently added tropes concerning Allison. MoralEventHorizon is used to mark a point in the story when a character becomes irredeemable, and there is a shift in the way that the character is \\\"perceived by the narrative and other characters.\\\" While I completely agree that Allison crossed some \\\'\\\'\\\'serious\\\'\\\'\\\' lines this season, from what I can recall the narrative/writers don\\\'t go out of their way to write her off as irredeemable (e.g. there are still moments where we are meant to feel bad for her, - her breaking down after her siblings come to a vote to not risk going into Hotel Oblivion being one - and she refuses to let her siblings die in order for Reginald to (seemingly) fully power the \\\"reset machine.\\\")
By that same token, if we were to take Allison rumouring Luthor into wanting her as her MoralEventHorizon, then UnintentionallyUnsympathetic wouldn\\\'t really be applicable, given that this act would show that the narrative did not intend for the audience to see her as sympathetic.
Finally, Allison is clearly SlowlySlippingIntoEvil throughout the season, and neither Luthor or Viktor are portrayed as in the wrong for taking issue with the things that Allison does (both to them and their loved ones) throughout the season.
I post this here in the discussion to ask for a second opinion on what should be done. Should the MoralEventHorizon entry be removed and the UnintentionallyUnsympathetic entry be slightly reworded (in a way that argues that the writer\\\'s attempts to create sympathy for Allison potentially fall flat) or, given that, as twisted as her actions are, Allison\\\'s behaviour is ultimately motivated by grief and loss, should both entries be removed?
By that same token, if we were to take Allison rumouring Luthor into wanting her as her MoralEventHorizon, then UnintentionallyUnsympathetic wouldn\\\'t really be applicable, given that this act would show that the narrative did not intend for the audience to see her as sympathetic.
Finally, Allison is clearly SlowlySlippingIntoEvil throughout the season, and neither Luthor or Viktor are portrayed as in the wrong for taking issue with the things that Allison does (both to them and their loved ones) throughout the season.
I post this here in the discussion to ask for a second opinion on what should be done. Should the MoralEventHorizon entry be removed and the UnintentionallyUnsympathetic entry be slightly reworded (in a way that argues that the writer\\\'s attempts to create sympathy for Allison potentially fall flat) or, given that, as twisted as her actions are, Allison\\\'s behaviour is ultimately motivated by grief and loss, should both entries be removed?
