It has it's serious moments but in many cases the dialouge is there to be silly, and bits like what you describe from Claptrap in both cases are exactly that kind of dialouge. A good percent of Borderlands writing in general is not meant to be taken seriously. Your comments about how Claptrap fully intends to betray the Crimson Raiders and is irredeemably awful over what is being written and played off as a joke. You yourself are taking a character way to seriously who isn't really meant to be taken seriously at all. There's also one other flaw with your argument. That's who Claptrap has been particularly since Borderlands 2. But most of the time he's going to be obnoxious and annoying. A good chunk of the Claptastic Voyage DLC was literally built around that idea. He seriously intends to make you jump through hoops and only plays it off because the stash is revealed ruining his plan.Īlso the franchise knows Claptrap isn't a bad person at heart. I'm really, really nervous.Įxcept Claptrap isn't trolling in your first example. If the rest of the writing is as bad as Claptrap was written in CLatFFS, well. What crippled TPS was bad environments and bad characters. It's obviously a reference to bitcoin and the Darkweb. For pete's sake, consider this one:Ĭlaptrap: "Good riddance to bad webs! Who knows what kind of dastardly deeds could be done on such a web!" None of his lines in the new DLC are funny, not even(heck, especially) the ones that are meant to be funny. He's being 100%, completely serious.Īnd that's all it takes to bring him from hilarious to absolutely awful. And worst of all he's not trolling anymore. He actively plans to betray the Crimson Raiders, only giving up when said plan fails. He legitimately likes the various people in the Crimson Raiders.īy contrast, the Claptrap we see in CLatFFS DLC is pretty much entirely irredeemable. Marcus: "And then Claptrap said something dumb and ruined everything."īut the sentiment, despite being poorly timed, is authentic. Fixes Claptrap's eye anyway, because despite being annoying, they're still friends. Everyone knows he's trolling, and that's his one redeeming trait while he's a troll and can't tell a joke to save his life, he's also not a bad person at heart.Ĭonsider Sir Hammerlock. Namely in the first one, Claptrap is trolling. Now, for contrast, a quote from the Fight for Sanctuary DLC:Ĭlaptrap: "Oh, Lilith! Mighty ruler of the Crimson Raiders! I beseech you to please, please let me have my old job back? I'm sorry I abandoned you in your time of need."Ĭlaptrap: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, your mercifulness! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!"Ĭlaptrap: "As atonement for my hurtful actions, I now offer you. THEN you shall bring me the head of the Destroyer of Worlds, and THEN YOU SHALL DANCE FOR MY ENJOYMENT! HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHA!" Then, pilfer the lost staff of Mount Schuler. "You helped me reach Sanctuary, minion - and for that, you deserve a reward! I have a secret stash hidden very very far away from where I currently am! In order to find it, you will have to perform a serious of devious challenges. Most always, the trait/action becomes completely outlandish and it becomes their defining characteristic.Ĭonsider, for a moment, one of Claptrap's lines, perhaps one of his most hammy and over-the-top in the entire original release of Borderlands 2: The act of taking a single trait from a character and exaggerating it more and more over time until it completely consumes the character. Unfortunately, things got muddled, what with the different stories between the VA and Gearbox, and what I think is the most fundamental(and concerning) issue got swept under the rug.įor those who don't know, Flanderization is: When the new DLC dropped, there was a fair bit of criticism over the new VA for Claptrap. r/BorderlandsGuns for trading gear, as opposed to begging for it r/PandoranRedCross accepts powerleveling and duping requests, unlike us Same subject matter as here, different (colorful!) style r/Borderlands2, /r/BorderlandsPreSequel, /r/Borderlands3, and /r/Wonderlands all allow link posts. Previous SHiFT codes: bl | bl2 | tps | bl3 Partner reddits Finally, where are you in the game itself?ĭiscordians should join the Verified Borderlands Discord or the Unofficial Gearbox Discord.Ĭo-op matchmaking reddits: /r/coopplay SHiFT Codes Timezone (for schedule) and geographical location (for lag) can also be significant. When seeking co-op partners here, don't forget to mention your platform, PC, console, or whatever: you can add suitable Flair to your post title, or simply if you'd like. At the very least, browse our group policies. Resources: Wikia | Gbx Forums | Lootlemon We are all things Borderlands, including all DLC, sequels, pre-sequels, and re-pre-sequels. Welcome to Pandora, its moon Elpis, and the Helios station.
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