Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
This is getting way too long. And off topic.

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Nobody who really knows us thinks of us as a machine, but they never try and bring up an alternative solution to a primal summoning. Their first and only option is to throw us at it.

Everyone who only knows of us thinks we're the ideal hero, though. The Warrior of Light him/herself doesn't believe it (just look at Fray), but tries to live up to those expectations - and it puts them on the verge of psychological collapse by the beginning of 3.0, to say nothing of the shit that gets heaped on them throughout that story. Doing the DRK 30-50 line does help them regain some composure, I think, but it's not like the fear, doubt, and despair is gone - you're just actually acknowledging it and actively fighting it now instead of pretending it doesn't exist.
Tbh when I was playing the DRK quests I felt like my character was being setup in a very familiar sepirothy/Nibleheimy way.

But instead of losing yourself and [the town] "burning"
you actually acknowledge it and reign your self in.

Not to mention s the people seeing you as a hero and practically being infallible dunno just gave a crisis core vibe to me >_>