u/The_Flex_Offender69

For real though, that expression was one of the best things about the Ventures.

Everyone else in this series has either a frown or a stern and serious face. Literally EVERYONE!!!

That smirk single handedly gave the Ventures more personality than anything else about them. Instead of him just expressing "I am a figure head for this faction." That smirk said "yeah I'm rich as fuck. What are you gonna do about it, brokie?" It helped them stand out from the crowd and it's just fitting too, because why wouldn't the rich people be smug asf about it? I literally wear the exact same smirk when I just shovel Heatstamps at whatever problem I have in my city and watching it just magically go away.

11 Bit Studios, this not a meme, it is me begging on my hands and knees for you to revert this change.

I sometimes see people who will joke about how ridiculous the Proteans idea of transhumanism and "becoming more" is. Because if the Great Frost isn't permanent, then why even have this ideology to begin with.

But I don't think people understand that the Legionnaires aren't just treating the Great Frost as an enemy, they need it to exist in the first place. The Legionnaires are militants, through and through. They treat the Frost like its an enemy and themselves as soldiers in a war. But you can't just be a militant in a vacuum, militants require an enemy to justify themselves and their ideology.

So what would actually happen if the Great Frost passed? The Legionnaires would fall apart. Without an enemy, their militant beliefs would be completely useless. Why would you need to be a solider? Why would you need to constantly stockpile resources and be indoctrinated into their military, if they don't even need a military?

Both the Proteans and the Legionnaires beliefs are reliant on the Frost. Without it, they're just a bunch of weirdos who have no real purpose. At least the other factions can stand on their own feet without the Great Frost. Menders are just nature loving, sorta communist, survivalist, and Ventures are just... Capitalist. But those Proteans and Legionnaires are doomed to die off if the Great Frost ever ended.