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I'm not sure I'd say it's obvious when she offers to talk at home. She seems to be grinning, which might be because she just fucked her brother and whatnot (those timing issues have been discussed to death.) I think the least she could do* is answer the first question MC asks about why he'd be mad, not doing so seems like a massive shift in her stance for no reason (that's been explained.) Unless she told the same thing to the mom when she told her, but Haley seems smart enough to not want to repeat the same mistake twice (unless that's the whole point). It's a strange thing to offer to talk if she's not willing to do so. It's not like MC is demanding answers right then and she's just trying to throw him a halfhearted bone in the spur of the moment.I'm not entirely sure what we're arguing about. Haley doesn't want to talk about it. That's obvious despite her two offers to do so. If this is based on an experience with her mother back when it happened, I'd certainly understand why she doesn't.
*No, anyone else that's reading this, I'm not demanding the game do something I want. I just would like the game to do something it set up all by itself with absolutely no help from me.
No disagreements but every update that comes out I'm questioning whether or not there's a bigger plan for this game more and more. I know a lot of my "problems" could easily be dismissed as nitpicks but they also might be clear evidence of much bigger issues. I also know we won't know until later.We can handle dramatic tonal shifts in fiction. We handle them less well when we can't see the bigger picture. Praise be that there wasn't much of an internet back when Absentee Daddy told Luke the truth, because I think you know what that reaction would've been like. And yet nearly everyone thinks it's the best film of the trilogy, and usually the whole series.
For sure. I wasn't trying to dismiss her reasoning, just question her portrayal as someone that's okay and offering to talk and no later than a few hours later completely dismissive of any conversation and not wanting to talk no matter the circumstances (taking into account the time lapse). Her actions make sense, but it could have been handled a lot better if we're supposed to feel sorry for her.This is more or less the heart of my objection to what you're writing (and if I didn't think it was worth responding to I wouldn't). Haley isn't a psychopath by her own malevolent design, she's damaged. Whether she initiated it or Klaus did, she's got a whole constellation of issues built up around the incident(s). They're not her fault. She can't help but respond to the MC this way. Is her entire history with the MC bound up with this damage? That's an exceedingly crucial question and we need to find out. Did she have opportunities for remedy? Certainly, but we can't and shouldn't blame the victim.
I repeat what I wrote a few posts up: this game may not be about fucking Haley. This game may be about fixing Haley.
At the end of the day we don't know who to blame the faults on. Be it Viit, Ptolemy, or Haley (and thus ultimately Klaus, obviously.) It could be all of them as well. I just wish the audience was more in on what's happening. It certainly could be a very well thought out ploy for the audience to be driven to despair right alongside MC but then again I'm not sure that's a ride I'm willing to take. MC also seems to be too much of his own character for that to work very well.