#the latter example was especially frustrating because the game came so highly recommended to me

[corvidcall]

this might be kind of a niche complaint, but this is the niche complaints website so im allowed!!!!

i hate it when im consuming a piece of media that has astoryline where a character is dealing with the sudden, seemingly-inexplicable suicide of a loved one, and then TWIST the reason it seemed inexplicable is because they DIDNT kill themselves!!! it was a MURDER!!!!

look. suicide is not a rational action. why someone would choose to take their own life doesn't always make sense from the outside!! someone who seems to have everything going for them could be dealing with stuff you have no idea about. they could have been struggling with their mental health for years, they could have suddenly gotten some bad news, they could have had a really bad drug trip... sometimes you can understand why someone would want to end their life, but sometimes you'll never know why someone did what they did. that's part of why it's a tragedy.

so it always sucks ass when I think something is doing a really interesting and nuanced and sincere depiction of the aftermath of someone's suicide, and then it goes PSYCHE!!!!!!!! people only kill themselves for really good reasons, OBVIOUSLY!!!! the fact that you can't understand why they would do this is proof that they didn't!!!!!!

like... why'd you threaten to do something interesting, and then the twist is that actually, it's boring? it just sucks. why'd you waste my time