#kotor 2 is about CONSEQUENCES about CONNECTION about truly seeing the world around you and your place within it

[gizkalord]

I’m soooo obsessed with atton’s backstory.

made it his talent to cut himself off from the world, from his emotions, from people so he could carry out his purpose without reservation. and then when it’s forced back upon him, when he can no longer turn his eyes away from the consequences of his actions, he just snaps. kills the person who did that to him. strangles them to death. he kills her because he loves her, because he hates her. he kills her to thank her for saving him. he kills her bc facing his own sins all at once is too much, so he‘s desperate to do something, anything to shut it all out again.

but his eyes have already been opened, and he finally sees that this person has suffered so much at his hands and will surely continue to suffer a drawn out death regardless of his participation, and so he kills her. and in doing so, he delivers mercy for the first time in his life.