one of my most petty complaints: although i dearly love the writing in the secret world, it is painful to be a fan of it
yes mostly because of funcom's monetization strategies
but also because showing that i am a fan of it is Very Difficult due to Real Life Considerations
sure, in game i may be proudly If It Ain't Red It's Dead, but no way in hell am i actually going to go "whooo knights templar" irl. for one thing the symbol the templars use in-game has been taken over by neonazi fucks, and i'd rather gouge my own eyes out than do that particular crossed signal.
could do with a council of venice pin for my bag, though.
because, realistically, that's where i'd end up if the secret world was real. crying in a library about mold getting on the books, and also crying because everybody else won't stop fighting for like five minutes to save the world
illuminati? well, for one thing, i AIN'T illuminaughty, but also using THAT symbol means drastically higher chance someone takes me dead serious and stabs me to death in a parking lot while i cry IT'S A COMPUTER GAME PLEASE MY BLOOD! YOU'RE STABBING OUT ALL MY BLOOD AAAAA.
and well, the dragon, the dragon is just sort of proof that not every faction can be a winning concept, it's just a fallen souffle of yellow peril and Confucian quotes. embarrassing.