The Overmind vs Kerrigan

[Sheliek]

... If she is pursuing the Overmind's agenda of evolution, than might that mean that the Swarm Mind is overwhelming her? That *gasp* the Overmind might still resurface? From a story standpoint, horrible idea. ...

On the contrary, the Zerg hivemind overwhelming her would be a good story idea, at least in my opinion.

In Wings of Liberty, I suspect we will have an encounter with Kerrigan at some point. She seems like her old self, if only at a glance. She speaks like she did in the Brood War, but this is a facade; perhaps Kerrigan does not even know it herself.

The Swarm is slowly but surely changing her. Her sudden interest in the completion of the Overmind's work is but one of many symptoms.

In Heart of the Swarm, we finally get to see inside Kerrigan's mind. She is in a mental battle, with her own desires and wishes against those of the Zerg as a whole. At the beginning, we see she is somewhat in control. The wants of the Swarm do surface, but she is in control.

Or so she thinks.

In an attempt to convince herself of total control, she reconciles the assimilation of new species and the aquisition of the Xel'nagan artefacts with her own wishes. It will benefit her in the long run, Kerrigan thinks to herself.

But throughout the story, we see that she is indeed losing the battle. She no longer seeks revenge, or conquest. By the end, she is focused solely on the assimilation of all life.

She is the now the Overmind reborn.

And in the finale, Legacy of the Void, we see the results. It is a year later, and Kerrigan has conquered much of the Terran space. The proper assimilation of humanity seems unavoidable. Learning from it's previous mistakes, the new Overmind will be perfectly prepared this time.

Of course, this is all speculation. As I wrote, I realized I hadn't mentioned the Hybrids, but it would, as I said be a good story arc.

[Aldrius]

Bringing a character back from the dead once is risky, usually works out to be pretty bad.

Bringing a character back from the dead twice is friggin insane.

[Novasquadron]

I picked Kerrigan.
I mean are we talking about them fighting?
Perference? Charisma? Spunk? Skillz?
That wasnt really clarified.

But in any of those catergories, i would pick kerrigan to win all.
Well except for the spunk, i have to give that to the Overmind.

But as far as a character geos.
Both are great.
I do believe though in the end the better character won.
I mean who here wouldnt like to see Kerrigan dead?

If the Overmind killed Kerrigan and she was gone.
We wouldnt feel as much anomisty toward the Overmind for killing Kerrigan.
(As we would for Kerrigan killing the Overmind.)

But thats about my two cents.

[GentleBen]

I think it would be cool if Kerrigan struggles to gain power while retaining her individuality with the zerg. Then during the zerg or maybe protoss campaign she finally ascends to an overmind status and we have a new overmind (this time a female-ish one) that is more powerful than ever before.

[Syrilus]

Sarah Kerrigan is awesome !!

I think that she is the only real leader of the swarm and she will be it forever! *hopefully*

[Visions of Khas]

The wants of the Swarm do surface, but she is in control. Or so she thinks.

Mm, I like. Provides some good ol' fashioned internal struggle, something that was touched upon her character in the past but never realized in the games.

What it is about this that intrigues me is the lengths she may go to in order to maintain her own personality and dominance. Will she willingly sabotage the Swarm upon realizing that her destiny may no longer be in her own hands? (After playing WarCraft, this potential reminds me of the Forsaken Scourge group; in this case a splintering of the Swarm.) Or will she play a gambit or a form of Xanatos Roulette and bide her time, betting that she can keep in control why pursuing the Swarm's natural evolution?

One possible route I thought Kerrigan might take would be for her to increase the intelligence of individual minions so they won't demand so much of her concentration/supervision. Maybe this leads into the splintering I mentioned above? Ah, but I digress into completely unverifiable speculation.

[Gradius]

Overmind. He had a goal & that goal was the only thing that mattered. The goal was the following:

"We shall be...perfect!"

[Visions of Khas]

Overmind. He had a goal & that goal was the only thing that mattered.

Quick digression that may or may not be better suited to a new thread: maybe the reason the Overmind couldn't use the Xel'Naga's own psychic abilities and advanced physiology was because they were nearing the end of their lifespan and suffered irreversible genetic damage, necessitating a new order borne of the Protoss and Zerg?

[Triceron]

I like the Overmind. He represents an entire alien hive-mind conciousness. This foreign form of thinking gives the Zerg a great contrast against the Terrans, which loosely represents humanity. The Zerg are like insects, and the Overmind is this intangible force controlling them all, giving them purpose and striving to become a perfect race. He's a Cthulhu Mythos inspired primal entity, given a voice and personality. There isn't anything inherrantly evil about the Overmind, simply that his and the Zerg's existence is causing chaos for all the other races in this part of the universe.

Kerrigan is an interesting personality, and may be less predictable than the Overmind, but she's still human. I prefer my Zerg as alien as can be, not lead by a human who has perfect control over the entire race without any 'human error' in the way. She's a great character with a special place in the Starcraft storyline, but I still feel without the Overmind, the Zerg lose a part of their alien identity.

[Kerriganz]

Kerriganz FTFW! hell thats my name lol shes so evil, and backstabbing, and own the universe queen bitch that yeah, ya just cant beat her, as seen in the Omega mission .