[ SECRET POST #6606 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6606 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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03. [SPOILERS for Dead by Daylight]




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04. [SPOILERS for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew]




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05. [SPOILERS for In Stars and Time]




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06. [SPOILERS for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew]



















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Comments

[neoyi]

I was legitimately surprised his fate ended up the way it did. Given so many stories recently talked about redemption being a possibility both because they have sympathetic reasons and both an understanding that they will work to undo the harm they cause, the fact that the King didn't get it (though I suppose he did get a sense of eternal peace) did shocked me. It's been a while since I've seen a story basically decided to pull a, "cool story; still murder." Which, fair enough.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, you can't redeem someone who refuses to change.

[(Anonymous)]

I wasn't surprised. The cycle of storytelling has gone back to "cool motive, still murder" being considered better than redemption (and I say that cautiously because I think the fandom narrative that redemption was ever overdone is very in itself overdone. Redemption of the Big Bad has always been the exception even as it's become more common).

What saved the way it happened in this game was the fact that he didn't end up punished for the sake of punishment, and he finally got what he wanted (to remember his country) and be happy in his final moment. I think so far it's the only post-redemption-is-overdone story I've seen that didn't feel like a mean-spirited Take That at the concept of redemption (cough Voltron cough Centaurworld).

SA and I am also the OP

[(Anonymous)]

I'd like to add that there was that whole part where Siffrin attempts to murder the other party members, and doesn't stop voluntarily out of the goodness of a change of heart. So it would be hypocritical to punish the King for murder, which he didn't even do in the final loop, when the protagonist was forgiven and redeemed by the narrative.