I’ll play devils advocate and say that if there is a really good background story or bit of lore on why the name stuck I’m willing to look past it.
Names in 40k and in a broader sense sci-fi tend to be extremely silly. Dune, perhaps one of the best regarded sci-fi works in history had a character honest to god name Duncan Idaho.
I think in this case the voice acting and writing will need to carry it but character with stupid name turning out to be a badass wouldn’t exactly be out of the ordinary for 40k.
That’s my baseline attitude when encountering the frequently goofy named characters of 40k as well. The reason I’m being extra skeptical here is we’ve seen how hit and miss the DT characters we’ve received so far are. I would obviously love to be wrong, but as always, we’ll have to wait and see.
You’re ignoring that the complaint here is about the name itself being an absurd non-serious name and instead making out that it’s about something else, that’s the issue.
Mm, he’s giving more of a Jarlaxle vibe with the VO if nothing else. Better than if they gave him a voice rougher than gravel or slimier than Wormtongue.
There’s a part of me that agrees with you and has my eyes rolling so hard they might be lost in the void.
There’s also a small part of me that wants him to be a meta commentary though, but I know that they won’t do it. Having him being the edgiest, smugest, super serious, holier then thou jerk that takes an absolute dumpster on anything that would be called ‘grim derp’ in modern discussions about the IP. And have every other NPC absolutely despise him. Call him out at every moment for being insufferable and have them comment loudly to the players that for some reason, the Inquisitor insists that they are included in things.
Both Fatshark and GW aren’t brave enough to call out the Edgelords that take the setting seriously in that way.
… this one is too harsh and/or badly timed - should have sent it when “itemisation” was postponed.
Let’s go with this one instead, because I just feel disappointed right now:
Also the most unerotic write-ups, ever. Like, dear Emperor allmighty, if you’re gonna go for it, why not at least get some eloquence up in dis beach. If a man is to type one-liners, why even roleplay?
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