Which all makes far more logical sense if it's his actual family....not people who adopted him. If he is not aware then no dynamic has changed....if he is aware however then sorry, I will die on this hill that blood/not blood matters a whole lot to how people react, especially depending on when he found out.
Oh absolutely - I'm not arguing that it won't have a different effect. But the result can be the same, William still would be moved to resolve the past. I have two friends that I have tension with. If I found out they were in hospital dying, I'd want to resolve the tension if they stil thought certain things about me. My friends are both too proud about the particular situation, so I don't have a way to easily do it. But I'd want to. I see this as similar - the shock of the past hitting us in the present can jolt us out of our status quo. The level and intensity of the feeling and the reasons are different, but if we care about that person, we might indeed drop our day to day rituals.
I think the nature vs nurture concept could be a great thing for Ocean to explore while he's doing this game. One of my favourite games had the premise "what can change the nature of a man?" Everything in the game revolves around the repercussions of your actions, how one pebble cause the ripples in others lives. In the same way, if Ocean was to explore some of these boundaries and intersections of human nature, it could strengthen the narrative. Not a heavy handed or nerdy way (like Nika talking about cause and effect), but situationally and through actions, only using words when absolutely necessary.
I just don't think after so many years of being NC (a lot by choice) that if it was adopted family (and he knew...knowing is key here) that he would literally drop everything and be off the day after....his real mother in an accident and his sister calls him out of the blue...makes perfect sense.....the other way....really doesn't to me. Sure, still go...but it wouldn;t be immediate and drop everything like he does. Again, we're at a loss unfortunately if he does know, when did he find out etc. I think people are forgetting the time period he's been gone is quite significant and that also makes a difference.
Excellent points and yes, was a great game indeed I agree
Well, there's also whatever the reason for his choice to stay away was. From memory (I have to redownload a version to properly access the script), William mentioned a sense of shame about prison, and not being able to look Helen in the eye because of what happened. He might imagine how much everyone hates him, having left because of blackmail or whatever the new situation is. ALthough those reasons are no longer current, there's still a logic that can't be discounted until we know his reasons. Leia his (definite) sister called him and asked for him, so it even works on your premise, it can be that he's doing it because of Leia. The other thing is that William doesn't actually seem to be doing anything, as an author, it's pretty easy to pick up and put down work on your own terms.I just don't think after so many years of being NC (a lot by choice) that if it was adopted family (and he knew...knowing is key here) that he would literally drop everything and be off the day after....his real mother in an accident and his sister calls him out of the blue...makes perfect sense.....the other way....really doesn't to me. Sure, still go...but it wouldn;t be immediate and drop everything like he does. Again, we're at a loss unfortunately if he does know, when did he find out etc. I think people are forgetting the time period he's been gone is quite significant and that also makes a difference.
As you say, the next chapter should be interesting.
Excellent points and yes, was a great game indeed I agree
The issue with the latter is something I've been saying since the rework, and that Katie and Leia tell him to his face.... William is a coward. That the solution to a supposed blackmail by a 10 year old girl is to run away without looking back, makes him look pretty bad even without any change on the relationships... now, if he is adopted and he knew it, so any threat from Katie has some logic (who are they going to believe more, me that I am adopted or they own blood?) makes the betrayal he makes to Leia even worse, not only he abandons her as a coward, but he leaves her in enemy territory...
exists, and I guess I won't pay attention to it in the future because Katie exists.
And it does get down to that - we like what we like because that part we like resonates, whether it's Katie or someone else.The issue with the latter is something I've been saying since the rework, and that Katie and Leia tell him to his face.... William is a coward. That the solution to a supposed blackmail by a 10 year old girl is to run away without looking back, makes him look pretty bad even without any change on the relationships... now, if he is adopted and he knew it, so any threat from Katie has some logic (who are they going to believe more, me that I am adopted or they own blood?) makes the betrayal he makes to Leia even worse, not only he abandons her as a coward, but he leaves her in enemy territory...
And the next question that occurs to me in this hypothetical case is why come back if before he believed that the blood would weigh more? did he overcome cowardice? As a starting point it leaves a lot of unknowns which I didn't pay attention to because Katie
I feel Vidal, who SG doesn't give a damn as long as he has Bella.
As a starting point it leaves a lot of unknowns which I didn't pay attention to because Katie
I feel Vidal, who SG doesn't give a damn as long as he has Bella.
ohhh sorry if it wasn't very clear... if it was a direct attack to Vidal the king of Pervert
it is true I don't care about anything as long as I have my Bella
More than anything I'm guilty of both XD
I'd assume so, there's no reason why the open relationship would dropped because of the change. But it'd be Miru/Katie/Zoey
Let me check if I understood you correctly. Are you saying that MC's decision to put everything aside and blindly rush to help the woman who raised, loved and cared for him depended solely on whether they were related by blood?
Preach...which I didn't pay attention to because Katie
Is it my turn now Yossa to accuse you of only reading what you want to? (sorco2003 would be so proud of me lol).
Nope, I read what you wrote. You say the MC's reaction should be different depending on whether they are related by blood or not otherwise it doesn't make sense to you.
Your words not mine, don't put them in my mouth please. You should be well aware by now, I mean what I say and I certainly say exactly what I mean.
I’m watching s7 of Suits, and I learned that the outcome of the trial is a matter of interpretation of words
Not something ever watched, I'm not a big TV watcher, never have been really, a few select things aside.I’m watching s7 of Suits, and I learned that the outcome of the trial is a matter of interpretation of words
Just my two cents
I have to side with Yossa here. To me, mother is mother, blood-related or not. Just makes more sense to me to not even factor in blood-relationship if I were in that situation. But as I said before, it all depends on the individual.
