Did you really just say "aside these very unpredictable parts, it was predictable"? Does that make sense to you somehow? :^P
Hey it could be worse, she could be the victim of Eldritch Horror based tentacle hentai. Or dead.
But that bit is basically his public backstory. So it wasn't predictable, it was...given?
Complain all you want, logical errors will get pointed out though. :^)
I always interpreted that her ability (and that of the skullheart) was just a control of the dead, more specifically near themselves with an effective "range" in relation to their power as a skullgirl. The fact that Squiggly's mother and Queen Renoir's activation happened more or less at sites of mass death probably made things wonderful. Most general things dead awaken at her call and mindlessly attempt to head towards her and fend off anything living that they cross and that Double, honestly being the character who knows the most about the skullgirl and its powers, I'd almost wager that she "nullified" manipulation of Grendel's arm because she saw a puppet... a plaything to slow down if not stop various threats to Marie.
Wasn't that her 2nd season transformation thingy-ma-bob?
I'd agree, part of the situation with Beowulf being introduced with the current roster is that he doesn't really seem to have direct ties to anyone in the cast as far as I know. I'd have placed him more with charaters like Annie, Scythana, and Eliza but we've only seen one of those people brought up so who knows.
I'd actually say that the image crisis comes from Beowulf being named after an already established figure. We've all had our own head-canon's for how characters would act during the buildup to their releases but Beowulf is the only character that's had a reference point that isn't just lore from the Skullgirls universe. It's one of the reasons that having Grendel being drugged doesn't sit well with me. In the context of the SG story it works because it's a part of Beowulf's character arc, that of redeeming himself from his past illusions. But the fight between Beowulf and Grendel in the epic poem is supposed to be a testament to the strength of the character over seemingly overwhelming odds and somethings are lost when you have the other guy be at his worst. I get what their going for here and it's still worth saying that SG Beowulf still possesses superhuman strength. But the Grendel subplot doesn't really add anything for me simply because it's not given enough attention in the early sections. And the conclusion doesn't feel that satisfying because him wanting to "restore" Grendel's honor doesn't really resonate with me because I have no real reason to care about it. Having Marie coopt Grendel's arm for is also pretty hammy IMO even though it's intended to be a "final" resolution to the Beowulf/Grendel conflict. Since it's a cutscene fight anyways why not have Marie just bring the corpse of Grendel back? Apparently his arm doesn't decay and it could have just been the case that the Canopy Kingdom placed Grendel's body somewhere in the range of Marie's influence.
KING RENOIR, BEOWULF HAS JUST KILLED GRENDEL'S MOTHER AND WE'RE NOT SURE IF GRENDEL WILL MAKE IT.
Honestly, if the Canopy kingdom was willing to televising (and rigging) a deathmatch for the sake of pumping up public moral. I don't think putting the bodies on display in the national museum would be too big a stretch for them. And the bodies not decaying just means you don't have to pay the cost of having them stuffed...
"And here, kids, is the body of a gigan brutally wounded on national television for the sake of public morale."
"And here, kids, is the body of Sadam Hussain as procured by our special forces."
It looks to me like Beowulf and Annie are going to form a mutual partnership to combat evil.
Last time I checked it wasn't her story mode we were playing.
You don't want to tell him that. It will lead to bad things.
