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Shardlight / Re: Final Choices (Endgame Spoilers)
« on: March 13, 2016, 04:08:09 AM »
The Soothsayer living or dying has no effect on the narrative, it's just a choice you can make for your own peace of mind.
As far as Danton, yes she helped Amy out, but the intent was to show her true colors during the raid sequence. The fact that Amy is shocked by her brutality at decapitating a guard and her "stab first ask questions later" attitude that she's experienced first hand is meant to place those seeds of doubt with regards to her actual intentions. The final straw which justifies Amy's decision to kill her (if you as the player so choose) is her admitting that she's going to assume the identity of Tiberius, which, while it sounds good in theory, is more likely to lead to her just becoming the same enemy she was fighting. Power corrupts and all that.
(I originally wanted Danton's true intentions to be that she only wanted to oust Tiberius so she could have his power, but that made it very difficult to justify choosing the Danton lives ending)
Danton mentions in her ending that she intends to "find out who is loyal to our cause, and cut down all who oppose us." She wouldn't hesitate to kill Amy if she didn't side with her. After all, it wouldn't be the first time she drew her sword on her. Amy shooting her isn't so much "instant execution for people who disagree with her" as much as it is self-preservation.
And for the record, the reason Danton didn't run Amy through as she was reloading wasn't because she couldn't believe Amy was doing the unthinkable, but because her sword was out of reach
As far as Danton, yes she helped Amy out, but the intent was to show her true colors during the raid sequence. The fact that Amy is shocked by her brutality at decapitating a guard and her "stab first ask questions later" attitude that she's experienced first hand is meant to place those seeds of doubt with regards to her actual intentions. The final straw which justifies Amy's decision to kill her (if you as the player so choose) is her admitting that she's going to assume the identity of Tiberius, which, while it sounds good in theory, is more likely to lead to her just becoming the same enemy she was fighting. Power corrupts and all that.
(I originally wanted Danton's true intentions to be that she only wanted to oust Tiberius so she could have his power, but that made it very difficult to justify choosing the Danton lives ending)
Danton mentions in her ending that she intends to "find out who is loyal to our cause, and cut down all who oppose us." She wouldn't hesitate to kill Amy if she didn't side with her. After all, it wouldn't be the first time she drew her sword on her. Amy shooting her isn't so much "instant execution for people who disagree with her" as much as it is self-preservation.
And for the record, the reason Danton didn't run Amy through as she was reloading wasn't because she couldn't believe Amy was doing the unthinkable, but because her sword was out of reach
