I keep thinking about how Sony handles God of War, and specifically Kratos as its protagonist, the way a bad wrestling company books the top of the card. Like surreally it doesn't even seem like it's the franchise God of War that they're trying to protect, it's Kratos the character. From the old Mortal Kombat 9 crossover where there was a directive that he not be allowed to show fear in fatalities to the fact that they just put out a duology of God of War games that was very much about his relationship with his growing son and the importance of that son that feels like setting up a pass the torch sort of scenario but no just sets up MORE ADVENTURES OF THE ANGRY MAN (but we know a large portion of the audience doesn't want that kind of character so he's not TOO angry anymore) it just feels like clueless short term pro wrestling booking is the closest approximation to how that character is handled.