the footage opens on lucia in one section and jason in another so it tells us nothing
gut says jason because he is the one who gets pulled into her orbit and you want the player in the position of being pulled. but lucia is the headline and the first female protagonist so opening on her would be the statement
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The prison material is the tell. If there is an opening involving her release then you play her first, because you cannot open a game on a character who is not there.
jason. you want the player in the position of being pulled and you want lucia to arrive as an event rather than as a starting condition
Counterpoint: opening on the first female lead in the series is a statement and this is a company that has just spent six hours on a streaming service. They know what a statement is worth lol
ok that is a genuinely good counter and it had not occurred to me that the marketing logic and the story logic point different ways here
and that reply just moved me off my own position which is the correct outcome for a thread like this
Agreed and for a slightly different reason. Jason is the passive one, and a passive protagonist is much easier to inhabit in the first hour because he is also finding out.