I don’t lurk on discord, I lurk on your blog! I misspoke. also here is grandpa
Bunni reply:
GRAAAAAAAND PA
its grandpa!! He’s grandpa!!
The grandest of pa!!
I love him what a pure and good example of everything huggable about a gramps! He looks so kind and smol!
Im happy that he’s the only one ive seen so far that didnt get ruined in the redraw, he just got a fancier jacket and apparantly a chiropractor. Good for him!!
I hope he is a good dude that i can hug and that he doesnt die in the plot or something. He has such kind eyes!! He’s like the kind of guy you would see as a college professor teaching ye olde literature and he’s very quiet and softspoken and wears an argyle sweater and hands out werthers originals to all the students and he’s totally forgiving if you hand in your homework late
Also i like that he has the Grandpa Classique hair! I’m always like ‘dat charon’ whenever i see a guy like this, but really charon is just a particularly goofy example in a long list of pointy croissant hair mens. Its a proud tradition of viddygame minion gremps! I like how this guy has a more realistic less stylized version. And i like how they made it seamlessly transition into his mustache/sideburns. I think the original’s combination mustache sideburns is better than just the sideburns in the remake. And also they pulled back his widow’s peak a bit for some reason? Did they want him to be less grandpaish? Is that also why he doesnt have a slouch anymore? Tho srsly i’d love to imagine that his boss gave him a raise so he was able to get better healthcare and get some relief from his back ache and also have the money left over for the fancy outfit he truly deserves. But yknow it could always be fancier!! And have more medals!! And every medal says #1 Gramps!
God i have no idea who he even is or what his personality is but i already want to hug him so much!!! Its definately the same Instant Gramp Fave feeling as Charon and Vexen. (Tho vexen did turn out to be younger than i expected so he’s just like a 40 Something Dad With Sort Of A Gramp Aesthetic Fave)
Anyway *pulls up a chair* PLEASE TELL ME MORE
I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen someone call Heiss kind looking xDDD Not that it’s bad!! But Heiss here is a ruthless spymaster with a very ends justify the means personalitymost of the time. His one soft spot is for main character Stocke, who he dotes on like a proud parent and tries stuffign Werther’s into his pocket whenever he sees him. (like, i personally adore him, but i can’t deny the man has issues)
His redesign is one of the few I like as well! And his new voice acting is, for the most part, absolutely amazing.
I’m trying to dance around spoilers for hte most part here, so excuse my vagueness, but Im assuming a big chunk of his glow up is because the original game was trying to hide his importance to the backstory, while the remake was like HE’S IMPORTANT LETS MAKE HIM PRETTY!!
(like, uh, be careful googling for him, grandpa is attached to some plot revelations and I don’t know if you want it all laid out yet!)
BUT HE’S SMILING! He has a little 🙂 with the lil corner cheeks thing they give anime grandpas and he just looks like he’s gonna say “i’m proud of you kiddo!” I wanna personally punch everybody who says he doesnt look like a huggable friend!
Aww shame to know he’s a jerk! But honestly ‘jerk with a soft spot of potential redeemability specifically through a parental role to a younger character’ is like MY FAVOURITE EVERYTHING! He’s like vexen but for sora! I’m really intrigued to find out how in the heck our protagonist ends up with a villain guy who loves him?? Is it like you were part of the villain country during the backstory but defected when you realized what they were doing, but then it means fighting your BELOVED GRANDPA WHO STILL LOVES YOU????? i dont think my heart can handle that aaaa
Im glad to know he’s an important plot role tho! Most of my faves are very minor npcs, lol. I kinda hate the idea of ‘important peopoe have to be conventionally attractive’ tho, im glad they just gave the grandpa a polish and didnt actually replace him with some young bishie dude. Im imagining them spit-shining his bald spot XD
It does make me kinda worried tho cos seriously as soon as you said he’s got some parental-ish relation to the hero but is also a villain im like “he’s probably gonna die and im gonna cry my eyes out”. Like,him being a grandpa instead of a dad makes him even more expendable. There arent many jrpgs where the protagonist’s grandpa/equivelant unrelated gandalfy mentor stays alive through the whole thing.
So umm yeah can i ask for spoilers on one thing? Can i ask if he dies? Just so i can be prepared and not get my hopes up too much.
I am so so so weak to antagonists with soft spots for the protagonist,and Heiss is just. So well written.YOU ARE IN LUCK, HEISS IS A MAJOR PLAYER AND HE WILL NOT LEAVE.
*already preemptively shedding tears* oh god..oh fuck… That sounds like such a damn good plot oh god for once one of my grampfaves is getting the good character development he deserves BUT AT WHAT COST
Plot Designing 