ename144

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Tommy's a user, in more ways than one. He manipulated Rusty into getting what he wanted because Rusty seems like someone who's quite easily led.
Tommy's certainly happy to benefit from Rusty's wealth, but it's hard to tell how much leading that took. We know there are a few things Rusty never indulged Tommy on, so how much of the rest was stuff he needed to be manipulated into rather than merely wanting to do it himself?

Based on the Episode 5 flashback, I get the impression coasting on his family's coattails was not a new thing for Rusty. Likewise, the decision to create his own fraternity (with blackjack! And hookers!) seems to have been inspired more by Tybalt than Tommy. I'm sure the DIKs wound up with less blackjack and more hookers than they would have without Tommy, but that's the nature of being someone's friend: they take your advice to heart.
 
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DMoney1000

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So this doesn't have much to do with anything, but after playing through this a couple of times I decided to go back and try to play through the game trying to be as much of a loser as possible: basically, avoiding friendships and physical affection as much as possible, failing tests, getting beaten up, and so on. You still have to kiss Josy and Maya, but you can avoid even kissing anyone else in the game. It makes for an amusing run: as far as the girls go, Sage especially tries to throw herself at you multiple times, and eventually questions whether or not you're gay. Cathy's dialogue reflects how you're not a very good student at multiple occasions, and if you try to help the one classmate with his work, your answer ends up being wrong.
 
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