#her lore has been Tik-Tokified until it’s not what happened in the game anymore

[willothewispwisteriadawn]

There’s someone on Reddit I’ve seen trying to spread “Chris hates Jess” around. They just say it in the comments like fact as a way to support Emily and to argue that Emily x Chris is a good ship. When asked what they’re talking about, they say it’s from the beta. And a) This is misleading? I feel like you’d only just say it like fact if you’re trying to mislead b) So? The beta isn’t the final game. c) Chris… doesn’t hate Jess in the beta that I recall? I only remember him asking if she wants to come with them but maybe I missed a clip.

Anyway. I need to do my analysis on Emily soon because I feel like her fan base is starting to make me straight up dislike her. She has her merits, but I slog through misinformation or misleading comments pertaining to Emily every day it feels like. Her fans edit the wiki with false info and get really unfair in debates. The other day, someone got mad at me for saying “Emily helped Matt off the cliff” because they wanted me to admit she completely hauled him up, making her stronger than Sam? I’ve seen people say Sam doesn’t like Mike or Jess because she supports Emily. And now I’m seeing “Chris x Emily because Chris hates Jess too.”

Like if you have to lie about Emily to like her, do you really like Emily? If you have to intentionally misread scenes and frame them not for what they actually mean for the plot but more for a way to bolster your fave, do you really care about the lore? I feel treated like a massive Emily and Ashley hater just because I’m trying to understand the story and, yes, they did things wrong. And it’s not hating on Em to be like “this didn’t happen in the game.”