#slay the princess contrarian

[worldbeyondtheworld]

While the Voice of the Contrarian only appears directly in the Shifting Mound's Heart if the player had the Stranger Route, I think he's always there like the Voice of the Hero? And like the other Voices, he's always there in the Construct.

If Voice of the Hero is the Long Quiet's agency, then the Voice of the Contrarian is his individuality. Making the decisions he wants based on his desires as a person, not what others want. Desires that sometimes are independent from the Construct's narrative or what the Narrator fears.

Contrarian is there in the option to separate from the Wild to keep his personhood.

He is there whenever TLQ voices the part of him that doesn't want to be a concept, a god.

He is there when TLQ refuses to engage with the Construct entirely, rejecting it over and over again.

He is there when TLQ and the Shifting Mound argue.

He is there in the Shifting Mound's heart where TLQ can slay her for good, ask her to repeat the loops, or they brave the unknown together.

[just-a-turtleduck]

fuck you *observes my reflection anyway by looking into the metal dagger that you specificed was pristine and therefore very reflective*