#love dylan but my god the bias is real and alive

[levibulletbrain]

2024 and we're still on the "nick furcillo is actually evil because of how he acted when infected" debate, oh my god i'm so tired- maybe it's just me, but i wouldn't trust how a person acts when they're infected with the virus that makes you explode and eat people. why are we taking THAT as "the real nick"?? are we not listening to all the others in game vehemently saying "that's not nick"???

"but dylan told kaitlyn to run away when he was about to turn, that means deep down he's selfless and kind and nick emma and max are actually evil-" did you also notice that dylan shows like, no symptoms of the infection until the literal moment he turns? maybe, just maybe, the answer lies in the writers not planning ahead for him being infected and it was definitely the afterthought of his character's status? but don't mention that, it's a lot easier for people to characterize nick emma and max as evil because they're not as well liked by the fandom like dylan is, people are more willing to throw them under the bus because of that.

i take this stupid werewolf game so damn seriously and i'm willing to go down in flames defending nick. it's so much more impactful to have an insecure but sweet teen get corrupted by a mind altering dehumanizing curse, rather than have it revealed that "they were always actually like this in secret." that singlehandedly eliminates all the stakes. having a "he was actually evil all along!" character just thrown in with a bunch of otherwise realistic adults is messy whiplash. no nuance, just morose bleakness.