Don't you think it might have felt repetitious to have Horde Prime try to present himself as a beneficent power...
Yeah, that's why as I was typing out the idea, I backed off--or, I wasn't thinking of the First Ones in particular, but just in general it felt kind of threadbare. I agree it would have been a repeat of that in particular, although frankly I felt like the sense of that re: the First Ones wasn't that strong? I mean, it was undeniably the way things were, but because it had all happened in the past, and because the First Ones we actually encounter--the ones who aren't Adora, i.e., Mara and Light Hope--are either benevolent or have conversion experiences, the sense of them actually as a deadly menace was kind of diluted, for me.
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Yeah, that's why as I was typing out the idea, I backed off--or, I wasn't thinking of the First Ones in particular, but just in general it felt kind of threadbare. I agree it would have been a repeat of that in particular, although frankly I felt like the sense of that re: the First Ones wasn't that strong? I mean, it was undeniably the way things were, but because it had all happened in the past, and because the First Ones we actually encounter--the ones who aren't Adora, i.e., Mara and Light Hope--are either benevolent or have conversion experiences, the sense of them actually as a deadly menace was kind of diluted, for me.