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Thank you for reminding me of the Thomas Covenant books! I was trying to think who Sensei reminded me of — and you nailed it on the head. He’s wounded, deeply f%{%ed up — and he disbelieves in his current reality. But he’s finding himself caring about the others in spite of himself, which tells me he’s redeemable. Whether he is redeemed (and what he has to go through before he gets there, if he is), Sel alone knows. But it’s a compelling ride, that’s for sure. Whether I can make it through Sensei crapping on each of the members of the cast before he finally does… I don’t know. TheI'm reminded of the explanation Penn Jillette (and used by Rickie Gervais in After Life), when questioned on his atheism, the person saying that "without God, what's to stop you from raping and murdering all you want?" Penn said "I already rape and murder as much as I want: Zero."
Personally, I don't get much enjoyment from playing asshole MCs unless there is a chage over time. Then it becomes a form of Campbell's "monomyth."
Very meta!
Based on the main events, I'm about one fifth of the way into Chapter 2 material (between Caterpillar and Let Me Die In Spring). I don't think I've seen enough of these hints to make an impact yet. He does think about asking those important questions of what he was like "before the break," but he never actually asks.
Well, we're already seeing his humanity and compassion pushing through. Your explanation reminds me of eponymous character in the Thomas Covenant books. Plagued by leprosy, he finds himself healthy in an unknown world and considers it more of a dream and acts with abandon, raping a young woman. He only later realizes that this other world is real.
Something in what you say supports the theory that it's still the same "soul" inside but just after a break. His current self enters the cycle right after a reset. It would make sense if he had the break during the reset process. Even though she seems to recognize that he is "new," she also says he's been doing this for a number of cycles already.
I don't remember this. Based upon where you say you are in the game, I must have missed it. There is something that happens near the end of Chapter 1 that would be VERY interesting if related to what you mention.
I feel that I'm already starting to see significant positive change. I guess one could argue it's not significant yet, but it seems so to me.
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The point of the monomyth is that the hero — and therefore the reader/viewer/player — is supposed to go through a symbolic (or real) death to who they used to be in order to become who they are capable of becoming. I’ll have to keep holding on to potential!Sensei to keep on slogging through the destruction he’s leaving in his wake. Probably foolish of me.