#and Vicente is too goth dad to kill

[nerevar-quote-and-star]

In English, we say, "Regret."

In TES, we say, "I'm afraid there is a . . . situation. The time has come to test both your skill and your loyalty to Sithis. The Black Hand has learned that the Dark Brotherhood has been infiltrated. By whom, and for what purpose, we do not yet know. What we do know is that there is some link between the traitor and the Cheydinhal Sanctuary. The traitor has tainted that place beyond repair. It was learned that the traitor has been active for quite some time, since before you joined the Brotherhood. That absolves you of any suspicion. Listen well, child of Sithis. You have been chosen to perform the ancient rite known as Purification."

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Vincent. Buddy. I know you were in love with Lucrecia, but seriously, what the hell did you ever see in her? Choosing to experiment on her own child pushed her across the Moral Event Horizon right there. But even before that, she strung you along in some sort of close relationship until you found out she knew your dad, ditched you and broke your heart, and went for the rebound with Hojo, which should count as a second Moral Event Horizon. Oh, and then when you got shot defending her, she used you to prove her thesis (and save you, but pretty much by turning you into an undead monster/Planet avatar). And when you finally saw her again decades later, she did nothing but feel sorry for herself. Seriously dude, you're being an emotionally-stunted emo goth over her? C'mon, man. That, and the entire situation was her fault. Seriously, being a bitch to Vincent when he was only concerned about her well-being? What the hell, doctor? Then, he decides to man up for her and gets killed for it. No, they definately injected cells straight into Sephiroth himself and Lucrecia. And I'm kinda dubious on how kind it is to save someone's life by turning them into a Body Horror monster that needs a chunk of materia in their chest to remain sane, but that's just me. Seconded. She only saved him because she felt bad about accidentally getting Vicent's dad killed. It also bothers me that Vincent blames himself. Dude, she chose to be an idiot, marry your archenemy, who then chose to shoot you. These are all choices others made, and Vincent was the only one trying to do the right thing. He has the moral high ground here. They would've gone ahead with or without him. Well, that's exactly why this bugs me - in the original game, I assumed the same thing; that Lucrecia was a decent person who didn't realize what a monster Hojo was and unwittingly let him manipulate her. I even wondered if she even consented to having Jenovah cells put into her unborn son. That's what made Vincent's story so tragic to me - that he was so determined to let his love be happy he didn't see that she needed to get away from Hojo until it was too late. But then we find out she consented to the experiment ahead of time, Hojo made no attempt to hide his bastardry, and Vincent got fucked over by both of them. It really ruined the tragedy of the story.

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