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 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3Mqkq9r1ExNXlY by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       i was the kind of child who wouldn't play too rough with toys because i didn't want to damage them or hurt their feelings, and i mostly play deltarune according to similar principles. Not because i necessarily see the characters as toys per se, but because real or no, i don't want to hurt them. And them being imaginary wouldn't change the actual guilt I'd feel for purposefully hurting them because of what that says about me. I don't want to be that kind of person.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3N4a0kufvpqaJc by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       it is a shame that i won't be able to see some parts of the game holding to those principles but i really don't think the "but what would happen if?" urge is strong enough in me.There have been other games where I've considered doing "oh just one or two cruel/mean things that could help me/just to see what would happen" - fallout 1 and 2 are examples. And I don't think I have *ever* been able to make myself do anything worse than pickpocketing random people, even if I stand to gain a lot by doing it and feel confident I have the power to.I haven't even used save-scumming to do it. I just don't want to. Even if they wouldn't remember it it'd hurt me to do it
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3NLazUWYmboAq0 by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       there's something to be said for "freedom" but freedom at the cost of everything I care about isn't really freedom for me. I want freedom I can share with others I care about
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3S57OBJZSx8aLg by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       similarly i don't think my desire to hear megalovania is strong enough that i'd be able to condone doing the evil route in undertale
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3SHscjWU6X6mEy by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       In daggerfall and morrowind it's the same way, even there, in a sociopathy simulator, I just can't do it. GTA is hilarious to watch others being comically evil in (my brother for instance), but I don't even think I could make myself do it there
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3SOcDguWRQG9js by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       there's also a distinction between freedom TO do something, and actually wanting to do it. And a further distinction between the kind of freedom where you see others as toys that you have the ability to mess with, and the kind where you don't want to be someone else's toy and want to control your own destiny. I hold much more respect for the latter.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3T5rctVObYUh9M by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       meanesst thing i've done to kris so far is the sword route in chapter 3 and i felt bad about that but was also locked in and did my best to make it as not-horrible for them as possible. i also did not terrorize kris further when given the opportunity because i really don't want that for them. Moved towards them, saw how they reacted, and turned around before i could scare them further since i didn't mean to be threatening but evidently was
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3Th5OVHOSzuQAS by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       i think that's a big difference between me and my best friend, who normally does a good route the first time through but then does all sorts of weird or mean things on future playthroughsi just don't have the guts to do that i think
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3TzWHy1bOAX8ts by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       The world does not revolve around me, as convenient as that could be. and it shouldn't revolve around anyone else, either. But maybe we can all ride around on it together and get on and off where we want.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3U0EFKalQMri0O by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       liberation is more important than absolute freedom, although i do not deny the interplay between the terms they are different
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3UUiPyyiwv83Wa by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       i don't know if i trust kris and i'm fairly sure kris doesn't trust me, but i'm trying to bridge that gap as much as i can by being gentle with them and hopefully doing things they want. it's a relationship we both have to work on and i'm hoping i can sway them that i mean no harm, if they are afraid of me (they have every right to be)
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3VMbBe51e2L5Vo by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       yes i am talking about the deltarune freedom theme here, which i am almost certain is a thing because i've seen the "the air crackles with freedom" line multiple times, and several other repeated phrases/motifs ('the world revolves around you') in an almost homestuck-esque fashion. It keeps happening.:hella_jeff:
       
 (DIR) Post #B9Bw3VeK7kG4X0dF8i by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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       absolute freedom gives you trillionaires and poverty