#GAHHH I GO CRAZY ABOUT MY DAMSEL. sorry ok anyways got distracred

[thesoupisburning]

i just reblogged this, but realized i had smth to add

i think this is part of why i love apotheosis so much, even as it is half-baked. youve just come out of killing yourself due to lack of options, the tower has tormented you, taken control of the narrator, taken control of the narrative, and yet, you continue. you are going to witness the end of days, that's for certain. your voices tug at you back and forth, this narrator cuts the shit, and she wakes. you are given two choices. that is all. and of those two choices. one ofthem is to finally, easily, with one click, commit to the bit against the world ender herself.

um anyways i just think the progression is neat i always cry a lil when iplay it

I think the reason the Tower route always felt more linear than the others, to the point where it kind of grated on me, is that you don't really get any (Explore) options with her. I think you might get one point where you're allowed to stall, but besides that you have to respond to her as you go and don't get to meander. Even the Beast princess, who is actively trying to eat you, lets you chat a bit on your own terms between attempts.

And this is actually pretty cool and fitting with the chapter itself! Despite how powerful the Princess gets, the world is almost always running on your own terms. You get to decide what she becomes. You get to choose when to act, and when to ask a whole bunch of questions that don't progress anything. You're the one with the power, even if it doesn't always amount to a whole lot.

But the Tower takes that all away. She's the only Princess who can actually restrict your choices in real time—the Moment of Clarity takes away far more options, to be sure, but she has to wear you down to get to that point. The Tower just gets to decide right there that you aren't allowed to exercise all your free will. She's the one making decisions, now, or at least some of them. She's the one asking the questions this time. You gave her part of your agency, and she has no intention of handing it back.