Slightly edited copy/paste from the other spoiler thread - hollllllyyyyy shit at that cliffhanger. I thought we'd keep getting flashbacks of David due to the Javier/Kate/Gabe dynamic, but I wasn't expecting the reveal. Admittedly, I also wasn't expecting it because it was another Kenny/Clem magically meeting up again situation. Telltale can almost-kinda get away with it with David's backstory army set-up, and that he could have conceivably had a lot of experience leading. I mean, I'm assuming David is the leader.
The fallout should be great either way, I'm looking forward to it. David's own group killed his daughter and shot his wife? Delicious drama. For the first two episodes, I was feeling like S3 was meandering a bit more like S2 did, but with the David revelation, I feel like the next three episodes should have a stronger narrative throughline like S1 did. I really like Javier and his family, I just wished we'd gotten to spend a bit more time with them. I like Tripp, but again, would have liked to spend more time with him before shit went down. I really enjoyed the family dynamics, too, let alone the Javier/Kate dynamic - which, of course, just got a hell of a lot more interesting with the David reveal. I'm pretty unimpressed by how short the episodes are, but I'm annoyingly invested enough that I'll keep buying them. The length of the episodes felt the same as Michonne's. I've seen a few people say this, but S3 feels a lot more cinematic? There's some really nice camera angles, and whilst there is still some reused animation, there is a lot of nice new stuff as well. The characters feel a lot more natural overall.
I'm also surprised by how much I enjoy observing Clementine as a (mostly) non-playable character. It's an interesting combination, where she's a character influenced by both Lee and myself, but she's also done a lot of changing and growing without both of our influences. I felt proud of her, whilst still feeling guilty about the situation she'd ended up in.
I'd chosen for Clem to leave Wellington with Kenny ending in S2, which I'd felt guilty about at the time, due to AJ. Even though the way Kenny died in the flashbacks was fucking stupid, I did love that Kenny's death captured the essence of why I'd made some questionable decisions to keep him on side. Especially after the actions of Bonnie/Mike and kinda Jane, it was comforting that Kenny was always willing to sacrifice himself for Clem and AJ, no matter what the circumstance. It was also nice to know that Clem, AJ, and Kenny had some happy years together. Holy shit at Jane's death, too, she was a fantastic character. I love that both Kenny's and Jane's deaths felt true to both of the characters, but the automatic necessity of them was frustrating.
I'm still finding it incredibly, incredibly bizarre hearing Garrus Vakarian's voice coming out of Jesus' mouth. I'm hoping I get used to it, but man, so goddamn freakin' weird. I'll probably hear Garrus now when reading the comics, too, arrrrrrrrgh. I did think Telltale did a good job with Jesus as a character, though, he feels quite close to his comic counterpart - he's courteous, a little snarky, but still quite reserved. Telltale did a fantastic job with Michonne, too, so I'd love to see a Jesus mini-series someday.
