It’s just entirely unsubtle individualism propaganda.
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I nearly stopped after episode 1 because the main character who is from the exploited undercity just willingly becomes a cop after a 30 second internal debate about how they killed her parents
And then the cops gas the entirety of said undercity to look for one person and this is just ok for some reason
And then the message of “the one (Russian coded!) person giving out free healthcare and trying to create a better society is just actually just injecting magic gene changing spookiness into their bodies to make an assimilation cult”
In the last episode it’s fully mask off. Victor tells Jace “choice is an illusion” but of course he can’t actually say “choice is an illusion because systematic oppression”, just “choices are bad because people make bad choices”. Then the message of “there’s no point trying to create a perfect society because then we wouldn’t have anything to struggle for”???
I haven’t even gotten to the completely bewildering character choices, glaring holes in the plot, and totally unexplained (and inexplicable) magic system
Insert “the swerve” article here I guess. Of course I should have expected no better from a Riot production but it was infuriating that they spent all that money and splurged all that incredible artistic talent making this piece of crap