using this pic to respond to people who have absolute idiot opinions about jace
In my defense my main knowledge of him is the return to ravnica trilogy where he’s insufferable and has the worst incel vibes. Is his characterization different in agents of artifice?
RTR trilogy was definitely his worst moments youre not wrong about him being annoying and incel vibes in the way he acts towards emmara. Agents of Artifice is way different though. AOA was the first book he was ever in and establishes a lot of the things that make Jace the way that he is. it came out in 2009, so it was his first origin story.
Agents of Artifice is about Jace having a huge struggle to keep his humanity and morals while he spirals into apathy and violence. so if jace acts a little fucked up in later stories, its because hes trying to remember how to be a decent person again and he’s not great at it. but he is trying his best.
a lot of people say Ixalan is Jace’s best writing ever, and i’ll say that’s true, but it really feels so much better to see Jace healing in Ixalan when you know the extent of how fucked up Jace was in AOA. if youre missing the AOA context it doesnt mean quite as much though its still nice to read.
That’s very interesting. I only read RTR because the original ravnica trilogy is one of the best I think, and was disappointed with all the “oh no my elf girlfriend broke up with me:(“ whining. I suspect he also gets a pretty bad rep from the fact he’s in game heavily associated with control players.
pretty much yeah. jace is a very complex character when you actually read all his stories, but most people havent.
