I'm happy with Orianna's direction

Larriet·7/30/2019, 2:27:10 AM·7 votes·4,009 views

Seeing as how Jinx and Orianna got updated bios alongside Pantheon, I was very interested in seeing what was new. While they both are shorter than before, I'm particularly interested Orianna's bio, since the things I like about her from her bio and the possible directions for her character don't necessarily align. I like this part from the end:

... and she needed to find where in the world's vast machine she might fit.

I think this really captures what I like about Orianna; although she feels distant from her old self, I think this longing of hers is calling back to her interest in foreign lands depicted in the ballets of her childhood, despite the insistance that she has lost interest in such things. I really hope to see an Orianna who seeks that which she doesn't understand--herself, and others. I feel there's a lot more to her than simply "I'm not who I used to be", and I appreciate it.

My only issue is that it no longer explicitly mentions that they moved to Zaun.

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Chembaron Yamada7/30/2019, 7:51:29 AM3 votes

Her story is beautiful.

She abandoned her humanity, but at the same time, she claimed her freedom. Her father was too strict, always trying to hide her at home, forbidding her to follow her curious nature and learn about the world.

Let's admit it, the key he installed for her lungs even went so far to try to force Orianna to stay at home. She still loved her father and wanted to save him with her heart, but at the same time, she threw away who she used to be, allowing herself to live her own life. Even if this means that she now has to find a new place for her to belong to, in a world she always just heard stories of.

Windup8/1/2019, 9:26:37 PM1 votes

My thoughts:

  • I like how they incorporated her doll making earlier in life. It felt like a more natural progression in her transition.

  • I guess we can assume Orianna dealt with the Chem Baron? My initial thought was that he's gonna come back and threaten Corin. In spite of that, I do like this motivation for making the ball over just being robbed once.

  • I do wish they implemented more of her passion for dancing in the story other than being an observer. Her visual motif is of a dancer so I would expect it to reflect more on her character.

  • The key was made canon again.

In general, I would say it's an improvement. They made everything more snappy and coherent.