#and it's not like laezel or voss give up at all. so idk for the githyanki i don't see a functional difference | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

chedelat · 5 days ago

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siding with orpheus and making him undergo ceremorphosis is what seems to me as the evil ending among those where you defeat the netherbrain. fucking amazing that it's the most popular one. like genuinely seriously it's so fucking good that they made the more sinister ending seem more appealing. i mean you can 1) not betray the guy who was helping you all this time or 2) free orpheus once and for all and players really choose neither. they choose betrayal and they choose orpheus to be the one to do the sacrifice. really did everything to make you see that you and the emperor are the same

#this is such ugh. good writing? game design? im not good with those words but it is so fucking cool #this interpretation of course can be challenged with the divine right of kings arguement #like iirc both voss and laezel seem more hopeful if orpheus was freed even if only to become an illithid #but orpheus does say that like yeah someone else should lead githyanki revolution #and it's not like laezel or voss give up at all. so idk for the githyanki i don't see a functional difference #also they both let you know that illithid orpheus is not like a best solution for the githyanki. to put it mildly #so yeah. the good and right ending is to free him and become an illithid. but not many people seem to choose this one #yet genuinely consider themselves or their tav to be morally in the right #anywayyy orpheus did kind of grew on me. i appreciate your function in the narrative as an example of someone actually heroic <3

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