Originally Posted by Milkfred
Actually, on reflection, this makes plenty of sense. Think of it this way. The Emperor has done everything to help you constantly and consistently, he's been there for you, he's only given you good advice, he's opposed to the Absolute, etc. The only thing he's withheld from you is that he's a Mind Flayer (sensible) and that he maybe should've appeared as Balduran instead of the dream waifu (relic of Daisy, not his fault.)

And for all of his assistance, the player keeps acting like a child -- wah wah wah, I still don't trust you despite there being no rational reason to do so.

So, the Emperor goes, 'Fine. Look into my mind, and see what I could do to you if I wanted to hurt you. So, shut the fuck up and stop acting like an idiot.' Yes, it does change his dynamic a little, yes, it can make you wary of him. But I don't see how that's much different from a loyal hound bearing its teeth and growling if you keep yanking its tail.

Nah.

The advice might seem good from the Emperor's evil POV but that doesn't make it good advice - good in both sense their advice is neither morally good nor is it sound advice. The Emperor's advice is based in the notion that ceremorphosis isn't a sickness, it's evolution. We learn this from the story where he kills the good-aligned guardian of Baldur's Gate.

All of their advice boils down to increase your infection so you are powerful enough to take down the brain that could dominate me once again. They've never been there for us, they are looking out for themselves.

Transformation destroys your soul, fills you desires to dominate others and forces you to subsist on the brains of intelligent creatures. It is a sickness, a turn to evil and not "evolution"

So the Emperor is like the nurses in chapter two who believe that their efforts are helping their patients when, in reality, they are torturing them to death. Sure the merchant nurse actually believes she's doing the right thing . . . The emperor's own sickness prevents from the from seeing us as sick

Last edited by KillerRabbit; 23/08/23 04:04 PM.