Multiple people bothered by Vex’s focus on nobility in the comic forget one thing; This is about their beginning, before she had the character development that set her on the path of not wanting or needing nobility to be happy.
Its possibly only a few months in of both of them only just leaving Syngorn and being on their own. She hasn’t had the time to become who she is now.
Even at the start of the show, she was always more focused on how people perceived her and the need for money to be stable and safe. She was the one more focused on nobility and respect from others then Vax was.
It seems ooc to us now, to see her this way, but we don’t know how she was in the beginning besides the start of Critical Role, where it lines up almost perfectly with who Vex used to be.
I don’t like her focus on it in the comic any more then others, but from a writers standpoint it does make sense that she wouldn’t be the person she is now if she was just starting out.
It is exactly because this is their beginning that I am bothered by it. I mean, given their level of competence and age and skill, I highly doubt they only just left Syngorn – Stillben is a ways away and a lot of things have to happen between leaving and meeting the other VM members for the first time. Getting Trinket, Vax joining the clasp because of Vex’s stalker and working with them for a while, travelling to Byroden to find it ruined which is the direct opposite direction from Stillben… Saying they only just left Syngorn just doesn’t add up.
Vex was hurt deeply by being rejected by elven society. Those scars weren’t fresh when we saw them on the show, but they still hurt her like hell. If the implication is that they only just left Syngorn, then there is no distance to what went down. Then they have just reached their turning point with their dad. What we see on the show happens a few years later, and has Vax being mostly resigned, but Vex is furious about her father and his treatment of them.
And no matter when this takes place, the same person who tells Syldor she’d gladly tear his blood from her veins because she wants no part of him wouldn’t cheerfully use their blood connection to make some weird claim to nobility.
Also, if she tried to tell that to anybody else, that’d be one thing, but this is Vax. Had she tried to bullshit some NPC, that’d be fine. But Vax knows any claim she tries to make at nobility is bullshit, and he knows how things actually worked back in Syngorn. And, hell, if Vex had ever said things like that, would Vax really have reacted to her eventually becoming nobility the way he did? When it came up on the show, he was questioning why she’d even want that and how he’d never known about it before. He was completely taken aback with how much the title meant to her. If being nobility had been something she had ever been focused on like this, his reaction would have been a lot different.
The biggest fear I have about this is that these comics will just be another instance where Vex is used as a contrast point to show how great Vax is. Even though early!Vax we saw was a lot more morally ambiguous than Vex. Wouldn’t be the first time she gets shafted to forward him, either.
I guess I just wasnt too bothered to look very deeply into a comic. I am more happy to just read and enjoy the illustrations then try to reason why things happen. My mistake.
I enjoy the comic despite the problem it has with the twins, but I do hope it gets better and the characters aren’t screwed over personality wise.
I am a bit curious of if thats how the twins played them in the beginning though, before they made their backstories and deeper character thoughts for the show. It wouldnt excuse the comic but it would make sense sort of?
I enjoy the comic, more because I am easily pleased and entertained, than because I look deeply into what the characters do or say. I forget sometimes others do not do the same, so thanks and sorry for explaining my inconsistencies.
I’m sorry if that came off as overly aggressive, I didn’t mean to attack you or anything. I just figure anyone posting in the tag is there willing to have a discussion.
Also, I enjoyed most of the comic as well, especially Keyleth’s brief little appearance which was so on point and adorable. My heart just beats for Vex and the direction the comic seems to be taking bothers me a lot. Almost as much as that Matt Colville tweet about who Trinket is supposed to be…
Overdressed & Underappreciated 