You're saying that you can use reading a character as similar to another one who did betray you as grounds for asserting suspicion that this one might as well. I'm saying that that is not a fair claim and is not, in fact, justified. We might disagree, and that's fine, but I know which stance anyone interested in a fair trial would stand with.
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The way you see him, he might as well have a halo over his head. You seem to be placing him on a high pedestal. You're basing your opinion of him as a fact.
No, I don't. I'd have thought I'd made that quite clear by now, but you seem to be ignoring anything I say that doesn't fit your interpretation of me... there's irony. I have openly acknowledged the elements that I was unaware of as being potentially problematic in the future, or possible warning flags; I have suggested ways that I could foresee him betraying the player character if it comes to it. I've have never once denied the possibility of him being darker than he presents, and I have never once claimed him to be in any way perfect or infallible... you're the one mapping that onto me, to make your argument. Don't do that; I don't appreciate it. There are elements of his characterisation that I don't care for - there's just fewer with him than any other. He is a deeply flawed character with a lot of baggage; something which I have acknowledged multiple times. What have I said, anywhere in this entire thread, that I have claimed as factual which has not been so? Feel free to point it out.
I've stated as opinion that I don't see anything genuinely suspicious about him so far that doesn't require mapping something external onto him from the viewer's side. I've stated as opinion that I don't feel that there are any legitimate grounds for suspicion against him, as of yet. I've asked others who do feel suspicious of him to tell me what factors make them feel so, and some folks have answered! That's great! More or less still not seeing it, I've asked people to explain why those things they point out make them suspicious - why they find them to be so - and I've not gotten any clear answers there, yet, beyond external references to other games, which I don't personally accept as legitimate in the context of this game, here and now. That's where we stand, as far as I know.
