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Punished_Blinx posted...

It doesn't matter what the lead up was before he lost. He lost. That's what people would remember.

It's not about him sucking or not. It's raising the question as to why people would be so devoted to him that they'd be willing to die to bring him back. Or why every 'good guy' looks so incredibly fearful if his name is mentioned.

It just weakens his character. He's gonna arrive with the red carpet rolled out for him and he'll still lose anyway.

Compare that to Darth Maul who was ignored and living in garbage for several years before creating a pirate empire and then taking over Mandalore all on his own. He still loses to the good guys but in comparison that's a massive accomplishment compared to Thrawn's constant cycle of "He was really gonna win until he didn't!" when he's a character who constantly has the advantage and accomplishes fuck all.

This guy was our very best tactician during the whole war, but he totally got pwned by those space whales everyone thought were just a fairy tale. Bleep Thrawn! Darth Maul is our man. He only got cut in half by Jedi! Total winner!

While we are at it, nobody follow Cobra Commander, Megatron, Darth Vader or any villain ever again. What is this always losing to the good guys thing all about??!!