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Anonymous User 03 wrote: These comments are getting so long, it's almost funny.

I guess I'll just have to accept that I won't get my nice, "logical" explanation for why the events transpire the way they do. I still don't like the Genocide ending to be honest. I stand by my statement that it feels like something that was just added in to make for a shocking ending that doesn't make too much sense, but that's a seperate matter entirely.

You argued your points well, I must give that to you! Do you usually engage in these sorts of disscussions? I'll grant that the nice, complete explanation you'd like is impossible. At least not without some mental and interpretational gymnastics and hole-filling. At the end of the day, authors can only anticipate so much. There's going to be some gaps that aren't filled. The question is more about whether the main theme fits together.

I'd disagree rather strongly that the Genocide ending was added in for shock value, or that it doesn't (properly speaking) "make sense." There will be some issues with minor details here and there, such as what you are pointing to, but there is plenty of evidence that Toby put a lot of thought into the major story elements. But I won't go any further into that unless you want to, since it is tangential to the topic at hand.

In terms of the Wiki, I tend to hang around to answer questions, ranging from storyline elements to basic mechanical issues with the game. I also tend to post in response to theories, as I care a lot about the process of constructing and analyzing theories, though I don't post in every thread where somebody makes a theory. More generally, I essentially specialize in discussions of interpretational analysis, so there's a bit of overlap between what I do for a living and the kind of discussions that go on here.

I'm always happy to answer questions about the game and its story, at least to the best of my ability. I usually have my own interpretive paths through things, but I try to not put those paths front and center, as I did in my previous posts. And obviously, I go to great efforts to provide the most coherent answer that I can.