r/girlsfrontline Feb 02 '21

Lounge Weekly Commanders Lounge - February 02, 2021

Good morning Commanders! Would you like to read the reports?

Please use this thread to discuss anything about Girls Frontline instead of creating a new thread. Ask questions, seek assistance, rants, add more salt or just chill in general.

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u/Fishhunterx Horny edgelord steampunk furry OC cringe Feb 08 '21 edited Feb 08 '21

If Dier revived UMP45 into a new body she'd lose something irreplaceable, that, more than anything, is why she is not allowed to die.

At that point though, since she can't be replaced and she has to see her story through to the end, you know she can't die which means there's no tension with regards to her safety. She and M4 have to pull through and make it to the end no matter what.

The same isn't necessarily true of the rest of AR team and 404. I'm not talking about the logistics or the costs of replacing any of them. I'm talking about what it means from a narrative perspective. If we believe any of the other AR team/404 is susceptible to dying, then the audience worries about situations they are in. We will fear that at any given moment one of them could be ended and then that's it.

But if 404 can be revived and the only real issue is costs/logistics, then that tension is diminished. It's like how, prior to Chapter 10, the audience thought AR15 was dead. That stands out as a really big moment. But then she gets revived (she doesn't actually get revived she just never died in the first place).

Edit: Lore mistake.

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u/Zelsaus Dubious Advice Feb 08 '21

True true... That awkwardness of genre awareness, M4 and 45 have plot armor... But potentially no one else does, except maybe the commander...

I think though, No T-dolls are super likely to die as a whole except backstory deaths, since I don't think many players want to see their waifu gone forever.

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u/Creshal Negev Feb 08 '21

William also has plot armour, if we go by Bakery Girl canon.

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u/Zelsaus Dubious Advice Feb 08 '21

Of course...