I'm playing Iconoclasts
Feb. 7th, 2019 01:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feotakahariI get that the people who hoard forbidden knowledge and want to execute anyone who learns too much are the bad guys, but I don't necessarily trust these underwater pseudo-Quiverfulls, either. Both groups seem kind of fanatical, and I get the impression that neither would be too fond of someone who refused to go along with their idea of how to live a God-fearing life. Yet I keep having to sit through the latter lecturing me about their beliefs, and I have no idea whether I'm supposed to be questioning this, or whether I'm supposed to think they sound wise.
Maybe the real issue here is the silent protagonist. She doesn't need to openly object to what these people are saying, especially since she's a guest in their home. But just some internal monologue would go a long way towards reassuring me that she (and by extension the writer) is actually thinking about what these people are saying, not just passively absorbing it.
(Some of the dialogue indicates that one of the knowledge-hoarder bad guys is gay, so I think this game will make or break based on how the aquatic fanatics' "everyone should get into a heterosexual marriage and have children" beliefs interact with his . . . well, existence.)
Maybe the real issue here is the silent protagonist. She doesn't need to openly object to what these people are saying, especially since she's a guest in their home. But just some internal monologue would go a long way towards reassuring me that she (and by extension the writer) is actually thinking about what these people are saying, not just passively absorbing it.
(Some of the dialogue indicates that one of the knowledge-hoarder bad guys is gay, so I think this game will make or break based on how the aquatic fanatics' "everyone should get into a heterosexual marriage and have children" beliefs interact with his . . . well, existence.)
