I know there's a lot of people who disagree with your stance on kratos. I've had full on arguments with people who think kratos has become a crappy charecter because he isn't a rageaholic, womanizing psycho anymore. Lots of people don't like character development and think that for some reason the story coming full circle to him being a family man once again makes no sense and is a reflection of the Devs becoming softer and less edgy but I disagree wholeheartedly. I agree with your stance 100%
You have a few valid points, but no, i can't completely agree. Your points all sum up to the same thing "These characters are compelling because they're relatable to real life". While there is absolutely a lot to be admired there, you're almost entirely missing the point of the fiction these characters are found in. Kratos for instance, yes I absolutely agree that the growth he's gone through from his old self is beyond simply admirable, its downright awe inspiring. But at the same time, as much as we value how much of a better man he's become, he's NOT just a man, he's a god. To me, its very shortsighted to only admire or like a character because you can relate their challenges to real life. You should also try to expand your own perspective and try to imagine what it might be like to imagine what some of the challenges they go through would be like. What if the bad guy in your life wasnt just your annoying father in law Dave, or your douche of a boss Monica, or the lawsuit you're dealing with? What if you ACTUALLY had to slaughter your own wife and daughter in service of an evil god? What if you woke up every morning and when you went to wipe the sleep from your eyes, you wiped away white powder and suddenly remembered that what you just wiped away was the literal ashes of that same wife and child? Then you start to remember the tens or hundreds of thousands of people and gods alike that you've slaughtered. Then you look over and see your new child sleeping, and uou you remember that today you have to try and find a way to not only contain yourself when he makes you feel so angry that you might just revert to your old self while simultaneously having to worry that another set of ultra deadly gods are gonna show up at any point. You've already lost one (arguably two with Pandora) child (children) to the whims of the gods, now you have to worry about losing another, and its up to you to delve into ancient magics and complex prophecy in an attempt to make sure that you, and you alone, are singularly powerful enough to protect that new child. While Kratos isnt the best example of what im saying since the new god of war games really do go out of their way to humanize Kratos as much as possible (and that is fine, more than fine actually, its actually really artfully and skillful to pull that off with a character like Kratos) the point im trying to make is that in many cases, a lot of these characters face down things that if you were to try and relate them to real life and your own personal obstacles... Whats the right way to phrase it, hmm...? You're sort of trivializing what some characters go through in an attempt to make them feel more human when a lot of them go through things that no human would or could ever get through. In many cases these guys and gals just aren't given the same general set of rules as we are to deal with problems. Like going back to Kratos, if i had a child that got killed, then i had a new child and now someone is threatening them, while obviously I'd fight tooth and nail to protect them myself, most likely im gonna have my problem solved by law enforcement, Kratos can't fall back on that. I rambled way too long on that and Im really not sure if I even articulated my perspective correctly (mostly because I don't actually disagree with you on anything, more that I just wanted to add more to your viewpoints) so I apologize if this doesnt make sense or seemed like a waste of time, I just feel pretty strongly about fictional worlds and characters because I write fiction as a hobby and have done so for a little over 20 years at this point. Either way, love the video
