![]() We don't see April's "corruption" happening as TLJ closes we do see questioning and sorrow, but not really the whole "spat out by the balance and cast aside" that Dreamfall tried to paint for us. Good writers know how to leave just enough gap to introduce an entirely new story that feeds off the old without having truly planned for that to be the outcome. The more boring notion that TLJ was self contained with "loose ends" when Dreamfall got tacked on which resulted in the conclusions DFC required. I think there was always meant to be a Saga character that's the reincarnation of April Ryan, but I can imagine that they had planned to give Saga Sarah Hamilton's voice (Hamilton voiced Saga's mother Etta already), and that's what just didn't pan out. It also renders one of the few sensible explanations for the Lady Alvane conundrum (besides the bland one :) ). The April plot, as shocking as it was, always seemed planned to me with a beginning, middle and end. Two glaring inconsistencies and I haven't even made it to Kian's first segment -_- It's like Red Thread either forgot the plot of the last game or counted on everyone else having forgotten it so many years after the fact. Maybe they meant to refer to how the CEO of Wati got killed at the end of Dreamfall, but Zoe had nothing to do with that it just kind of came out of nowhere. no? Zoe did nothing in Dreamfall to affect how the dreamers worked, and they sure as shit weren't dangerous (well, beyond the brainwashing thing) I think that it was meant to be a reference to how Zoe helped Faith move on, but Faith never once killed anyone hooked up to a dreamer. Zoe said something about how "they" had made sure that the dreamers weren't a danger to their users, which. Things got worse when the conversation with the Vagabond started. The dreamer wasn't meant to reshape reality, it was designed to brainwash the people who used it into doing whatever Wati wanted (presumably to get everyone to only buy from them). ![]() However, having just played Dreamfall, I call bullshit. The game's intro starts with mentioning how Wati invented the Dreamer to try and reshape reality. I've started playing through DFC again, and the plot holes keep on piling up. but if that's the case, why didn't the White of the Kin just kill April in the Dark People's city? Sure, the Dark People don't just let anyone into their city, but I don't see them telling one of the Kin "no". Maybe if April's actions *somehow* endangered the balance, I could see the Kin getting involved. Why would the Kin give a shit about that? The Kin make a point of staying out of the affairs of mortals unless some serious business is going down. but that's a perfectly natural desire, one that Kian acts on in DFC when he leaves to save Bip.Īlso, why would the Kin want April dead? Even if April's depression and death wish did pose a danger, at most she would have affected a relatively small amount of people. Hell, the most I can recall her judgment ever being accused of sucking was when she wanted to try to rescue Benrime. Sure, April Ryan had a death wish and didn't mind the fact that she stared death in the face almost constantly when fighting the Azadi, but her death wish never impaired her judgment in a way that was likely to make her endanger Marcuria or the Balance. I'm so disgusted with the devs that I am not sure I can keep playing now. Vainamoinen: You're not missing anything, and still it wasn't a plot thread that got dropped.Īfter all, only through Zoë's involvement and voyage to Arcadia did April even become involved at all, met Kian and was eventually killed. :(Īfter all, only through Zoë's involvement and voyage to Arcadia did April even become involved at all, met Kian and was eventually killed. It's still completely senseless that by getting her killed, Zoë saves her. The most sensible interpretation may be: She had lost what made her April, it couldn't be restored, she had basically become a ruthless, depressed assassin in Dreamfall, so only through death and rebirth could she regain her innocence and the essence of her being. It's confirmed when Zoë talks to April's Storytime echo in Book 5. ![]() And basically, before Book 5, the explanation they went with eventually always came up, but was always discarded because we thought of it as a really bad one. We've been talking about that for years over in the respective TLJ forums (Longest Journey forums - Undreaming forum - RTG forum). Jonesy89: Am I missing something, or is this just a plot thread that got dropped? You're not missing anything, and still it wasn't a plot thread that got dropped.
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