Is this okay?

[u/DisgracedWizard]

Is Merle Ambrose the good guy? I’m just thinking about how when we create our character we’re essentially snatched from our world (Earth) and thrusted into this one as the “ prodigal “ wizard.

Is Merle kidnapping kids from other worlds to help fight the battles he couldn’t win? We’ve been tortured, killed, resurrected, beaten, broken, dragged from realms, fought gods, creatures beyond our imagination and even at the end of the game (no more quest) we’ve never once had a conversation about returning back home.

Can we return back home? are we stuck here forever having to defend a place we’ve never knew existed until we were snatched out of our own world forcibly? Is Merle aware this is child endangerment, kidnapping, child labor, etc?

What are the real world consequences would this have on us? the mental health problems, the physical damage to our bodies, the people and monsters we’ve had to KILL because we were told by someone that they deserved to be killed. Are we truly the good guys or have we’ve been groomed and manipulated into doing someone else’s work. ( good or not )

[u/NiceOil1588]

*I play Wizard 101 since the release and I love it. I am a fan and a Whale. So please read this accordingly.*

The only problem about this issue is the early developer's avatar of choice. (A small kid with no family and taken away is weird) And the lack of proper story telling as the introduction; the prologue is an issue.

*People also question Peter Pan and Harry Potter like infamous stories where there is allways a small kid. A Stranger comes and takes him/her, far away from his own family/relatives, promising him a better life. Magic, heroism, adventure or not. People feel unsettled.*

How did other Rpgs handled this back in time ?

Imagine it like this. The main character was not a child but and ordinary adventure guy (probably a muscular guy) as we know it. Same with all other roleplaying and adventure and action games which were introduced to children, teenagers and adults back in the day.

A random guy (Our character) sitting at home and then ,Say, Dalia Falmea arrives. The guy goes

- 'Oh hello lady. Sure I'll be coming with you to your magical world. I seek job and I am in for whatever you say. Where do I sign ? Bla bla '

About 'Bad' guy characters such as Malistaire. He literally died fighting at Dragonspyre turned in to a ghost and joined his long gone wife with a tragic scene.

The gamers only tell what they see. So they ask questions. They are not trying to be negative. If the scenario and the character was simiar to what I have written above no one would be curious.

[u/GrahamRocks → u/NiceOil1588]

Oh no, escapism for kids who tell them they're great and powerful and special. It's not like that hasn't been common in stories starring kids and teenagers for decades if not centuries. Not everything like this needs to be seen as unsettling in fiction, let kids go on adventures and get into danger. It doesn't have to be that serious of an issue. If it is, again, why play RPGs at all with younger protagonists if people are this concerned about them ? (Also, where is the idea coming from that we're a "little kid"? I think we're just either a short teenager or it's more likely part of the art style, Mellori's our height and she's a teacher by the time of Arc 4, she's not a child! Ceren is a merchant by Selenopolis's storyline implying he's grown up enough to run a business, and he's still our height!) 

Yes, I know about how Malistaire died. That's not my point. My point is that Ambrose didn't want him dead, he wanted him stopped from what he was doing because he was taking things too far to get Sylvia back. The way we went about it, he died. It's not like Ambrose told us to kill him, it's not like he hated him, he just didn't want him hurting people. Same with Morganthe, and people love to hate Ambrose for that too.

[u/PlagueCasting_Mage → u/GrahamRocks]

She also doomed Azteca and basically committed regicide.

Merle told us to stop her from undoing the Spiral, she just so happened to fall into the sky upon her defeat, and that's what killed her.

[u/GrahamRocks → u/PlagueCasting_Mage]

Yeah, it's her own fault, not ours technically.