oh, woof. I already suspected this book was not something I'd enjoy, but it sounds even worse than I thought.
"Revan was never actually redeemed" -- you know what, you have a point! And I say that as a big Revan stan. If someone looks at the Light Side Revan KOTOR route and sees a heroic turn back from the Dark Side, they're completely missing the point. Because yeah, Revan did nothing for that!
What KOTOR is about, at least for me, is identity. Facing the fact that Past You was unquestionably evil and trying to figure out what that makes you. Are you even still Revan? And even if you say you aren't, does that mean you get to walk away from all the things you have done?
And like, my prefered Revan is Light Side Revan precisely because they still have to struggle with the Dark Side after the story ends. I especially like the idea that they start getting their memory back and that's when they redeem themself, memory by bloody memory, realizing they did some horrible shit and saying "yes, but no more". Trying to make amends, hoping for forgiveness and not getting it (because they don't deserve forgiveness just because they said "my bad"), and. And.
(Sorry for getting my Revan feels all over this reply, I thought you might find it entertaining despite that.)
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Date: 2022-07-28 08:04 pm (UTC)oh, woof. I already suspected this book was not something I'd enjoy, but it sounds even worse than I thought.
"Revan was never actually redeemed" -- you know what, you have a point! And I say that as a big Revan stan. If someone looks at the Light Side Revan KOTOR route and sees a heroic turn back from the Dark Side, they're completely missing the point. Because yeah, Revan did nothing for that!
What KOTOR is about, at least for me, is identity. Facing the fact that Past You was unquestionably evil and trying to figure out what that makes you. Are you even still Revan? And even if you say you aren't, does that mean you get to walk away from all the things you have done?
And like, my prefered Revan is Light Side Revan precisely because they still have to struggle with the Dark Side after the story ends. I especially like the idea that they start getting their memory back and that's when they redeem themself, memory by bloody memory, realizing they did some horrible shit and saying "yes, but no more". Trying to make amends, hoping for forgiveness and not getting it (because they don't deserve forgiveness just because they said "my bad"), and. And.
(Sorry for getting my Revan feels all over this reply, I thought you might find it entertaining despite that.)