Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-38978689-20190330233608/@comment-30445230-20190405220656

Hodgepig wrote:

I'm all for mindgames but please for the love of god it shouldn't be by bringing dead characters back. RvB has had a hard time moving the story forward. Seasons 11-13 were fantastic becasue they weren't tied down by anything from the past but then Season 15 happened. I will say right now that I love Season 15 but it really bothered me that the villains were made because of Project Freelancer. We were done with Freelancer and suddenly here we are back to it to some degree.

As I said I'm all for mindgames and moral battles and so on but please don't do it by bringing dead characters back. It harms a series to do that over and over again. Like I said from the start: I fully believe Church (as Alpha or Epsilon. or however else) is dead and gone for good. He's a memory (fitting since that's technically what Epsilon was) and one that shoould be remembered fondly.

Only reason I brought it up was because, as you said, mindgames. RvB is good at that and as long as they keep pulling moves out of left field like they do, ANYTHING is possible; especially since we're dealing with time travel (and now multiple pardoxes).

As for Project Freelancer, you gotta remember that in the end, that's the core of RvB. It's the reason they were in that canyon. It's the reason the agents were all messed up. It's the reason the AI existed. If you want to answer to "Ever wonder why we're here?" The answer will always boil down to Freelancer. That being said, I don't really seeing it as "going bacl" to it. I se it more like, "tyling up loose ends." For the Chorus Trilogy it was their equipment and for Season 15 it was the other Red and Blue teams. The other agents are implied to be dead, but there's the possibility another Freelancer agent not yet revealed will make an appearance, either as an ally, enemy, or supporting character. Unlikely, I know, but the point is there's always plot holes waiting to be filled as far as Freelancer is concerned.

I guess I'm the other half of who likes/hates Season 16 because I enjoyed the hell out of it. Grif was the main character, Huggins was adorable, Donut got his own fight scene RvB style, pizza, and Sister came back as a regular character too! Not the BEST season, sure, but still a good one!