Streaming Wars is a weekly opinion column by IGN’s Streaming Editor, Amelia Emberwing. To read the last entry, check out Netflix Stealth Dropping Godzilla Minus One Is One of Its Greatest Flexes In A Long Time. This column isn’t really about The Legend of Vox Machina.
I mean, it is, but not in the “I know secrets you don’t know” kind of way. The time for me knowing secrets passed when we announced the release date of Season 3 of the show last weekend at IGN Live (it's October 3rd), an event which I am about to gush about not out of self-service — my involvement began and ended with my Rings of Power and Legend of Vox Machina panels — but because I want to scream about how impressive my coworkers are and because it’s connected to my need to marvel at how funny the universe can be sometimes. Said universe is fond of its cosmic jokes, and those jokes are cruel as often as they are heartwarming.
This week’s entry is probably going to sound a little rambly, and more than a little introspective, largely due to the recent unexpected loss of a friend. Life’s short, yada, yada. We as people are bad about acknowledging what we have when we have it, and praising people for their impact while they’re alive.
Death shouldn’t have to be the thing to remind us to tell people that they matter, but damn if it isn’t the catalyst far too often. Still, I find myself lucky to have been on the receiving end of both a cruel cosmic joke and a kind one so close to each other..
