There is a certain tendency among players to view signature characters...poorly, perhaps belittling them or deliberately playing them down in our own roleplay and writing. Perhaps it's a matter of ego - these guys annoy and talk down to our characters in the game, so when it comes to our own stuff...
I don't know. But the fact is, there's characters like Statesman and Maelstrom, in particular, that everyone loves to hate. And it's not just hate in the sense of dislike, it's hate in the sense of not taking them seriously.
What Ops has done...is take them seriously. He's done an amazing look inside Statesman's head. Now this. I don't think it's a matter of canon knowledge, or lack of canon knowledge. The stuff is all widely available, and it's not that there's SO much lore on the subject. To a degree, most of us know this stuff at some level.
The difference is what you do with that knowledge.
-- Acyl
I don't know. But the fact is, there's characters like Statesman and Maelstrom, in particular, that everyone loves to hate. And it's not just hate in the sense of dislike, it's hate in the sense of not taking them seriously.
What Ops has done...is take them seriously. He's done an amazing look inside Statesman's head. Now this. I don't think it's a matter of canon knowledge, or lack of canon knowledge. The stuff is all widely available, and it's not that there's SO much lore on the subject. To a degree, most of us know this stuff at some level.
The difference is what you do with that knowledge.
-- Acyl