Mass Effect Evolution comic to take the illusive out of the Illusive Man

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@spin cycle he *could* be an agent of the reapers working to bolster the strength of humanity as a whole.

The reapers are already wanting the humans as their next meal and the protheans made it out that when the time comes there is only one race that make it 'big' in space so the reapers have enough to chow down on.

Of course this puts him at odds with the collectors - but that could be intrigue.

@commonperson you could not read them.

@commonperson You just described elusive, not illusive.

@commonperson I was with you until you mentioned naked ladies. I would rather there not be a surprise waiting for me.

@edhe And often I don't. It's the fan culture of obsession that unfortunately diminishes stories and you get weakened narratives in the future. For example, the God of War series as a game is considered fairly weak in the story department. A fairly trite story of revenge. But depending on who you listened to (those who played the PSP game and those who didn't) you get a very different interpretation. Why? Because they opened up an aspect of the character and explored an element of his life which formed some of the basis for his current decision making in the later narrative.

Now, is this good or bad? Hard to tell, a good story teller would pass on those motives and motivations without relying on the secondary work. That being said, the secondary work adds a level of interest and colour to a character who would otherwise be missing that and without proper handling appear two dimensional and trite. There are good and compelling reasons for both but it is a little disheartening that there's almost a requirement now for these elaborate expansions of the story and characters often to the detriment of the story over all. Again, using Star Wars as an example I don't watch The Clone Wars cartoon, it's just not my bag. But I did read the novels about the nulls and the commandos. They were great, but because of tinkering and "retelling" and "expanding" the author who created these compelling and great characters quit because of the constant "expansion" they took the characters that she created and changed their back story and their character to the point they were no longer hers.

Now this is an extreme example, Lucas while maintaining an "iron fist" on his property also does some pretty silly things and doesn't really keep the narrative in control but it's just one sample of this kind of thing.

In the end though, after all my ranting, I'm weak. I try and avoid these things and try and not indulge but often, if I love a story and it's characters I'm oft hard pressed to resist the urge to buy it. :-P

@spin cycle illusive finds it's base in illusory. And what is an illusion but an obfuscation of reality. I'm just carrying it to the next step but yeah, I debated saying it that way my self so I see your point. :-)

@commonperson An illusion is a false reality. It doesn't necessarily hide anything. You meant elusive.

@Nytemare / Ha, I had a similar experience when I heard him doing a Midas radio commercial. First thought was "WHY IS THE ILLUSIVE MAN HAWKING MUFFLERS?!"

@Nytemare Clearly Mufflers benefit the great good of Mankind. Mufflers probably play some sort of role in a future war against an alien threat. Also the voice actor is Martin Sheen.

@Nytemare

Everyone knows the quickest way to take down a reaper, is to install a muffler on their ships, then plug it with a potato and hope for either

1) Comical situation in which the ship stalls, with the equally funny "sputtering" sound effect played by each reaper.

or

2) They choke on their own exhausts somehow.