- Oct 18, 2017
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No, no, no, thats just the lazy justification a talentless hack would use to explain someone acting out of character: "they are crazy so anything goes".I don't mind the Kira stuff. She's crazy so I was expecting it.
Its insulting to the intelligence of the audience and the only thing making it worse is when said audience parrots that bullshit excuse.
More to the point, the person in question is in a position of leadership. You dont get or hold onto that by being batshit insane and being randomly counterproductive all the time.
There is always a method to the madness, thats what makes such characters interesting.
And this is where they drop the ball. There is no valid reason for the player to suspect that accepting Kira's invitation would result in a gameover. The premise is "be useful or begone", and as i stated earlier, its not followed because of halfassed lazy writing.
You wana know just how lazy; kira killing sabia after the successful mission simply throws you on the same sequence as failing the tests.
Not a single line indicating that she'd gone back on her word and killed off a promising recruit - who had the backing of someone whose word she trusts - on a whim just to get her rocks off that one time. That whole sentence doesnt even hit the marks for "crazy". Only "stupid".
"she is crazy so its ok" is the insultingly incompetent reasoning of a two-bit amateur, and only a chump would accept it as good writing.
Considering the events that take place prior, like her trusting you with the secret to her armor: suggesting Neve knowingly allowed your fate for some heretofore unknown grand design is just reaching. Youd also have to explain why would she bother with Sabia at all if whatever her agenda is can afford her being killed off out of hand without the plan being inconvenienced in the slightest.snip
Or you are just a contrarian, playing devil's advocate out of boredom.
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