User blog comment:DYBAD/Character Sheet/@comment-25135454-20171011120908/@comment-4867780-20171013071656

Quite the frightening thought, isn't it ? ^ ^; Without anyone you love or really care to emotionally connect you to others, it does seem the natural outcome. Nature abhors a vacuum after all, so without empathy to balance the scales between oneself and others, oneself is all that remains. Although I may have exaggerated in this case, as even without companions Lawrence would still retain the moral principles of the original human, probably in a "not hurting not caring" kind of way like Dr Manhattan, although the same causes leading to the same effects, if his beginning is the same then he would inevitably follow the same path and end up with Selforge City sooner or later.

Dr Manhattan is way too smart not to figure out effective solutions to the problems he is facing, especially life-changing ones. Either it's technically impossible even for him due to the feat's immeasurable complexity, or his godlike intellect was sacrificed for the Rule of Drama as it so often happens.

Without time there can be no process, so zero seems more likely than infinity, although I guess that would compromise the "accumulating orbs for eons" part that is currently a core feature of the First Soul.

Precisely, an Omnipotent being would simply have no need for a world, especially one like ours ^ ^; As far as I can tell, God himself didn't actually reveal anything, and the creationist revelation is ultimately just human beings putting their beliefs on paper. So I'm not sure how believers manage to put so much stock in it, though I suppose that's what faith is all about.

To me, Selforge City is a vibrant testimony that our real-life world would be vastly better if God got actively involved and made our happiness his priority, brillantly debunking through example our attempts at justifying the existence of evil and suffering, and thus invalidating the idea of an all-powerful benevolent God in our real-life universe, that is plagued by both.

In Selforge, everyone is both free-willed and exquisitely happy, every day of their entire lives, proving these two sides are perfectly compatible and only require the one in power to roll up his sleeves and do things right. He most definitely loves his people and is loved back in kind, and this love is the exact reason their free-willed happiness is his highest priority.

...instead of dumping them in a wretched world to painfully struggle all their life, and on top of that having the balls to pretend you love them and it's for their own good ^ ^;

Couldn't the First Soul have indirectly uplifted them as a civilization, teaching them how to constructively figure out their differences and grow stronger through cooperation ? He is definitely the kind of entity people would religiously listen to, so he could have united and guided the world on the path to long-lasting peace and prosperity. That's what everyone really wants deep down after all, they just need a sufficiently capable and inspiring leader to show them the way, and no one could fulfill this role better than the First Soul.

He took no part in wars ? One would think that forbidding mass slaughters would be be among his top priorities, rather than crying over the countless tragedies unfolding before his very eyes without living a finger to stop the horror ^ ^;

I love happy endings, so no complains from me XD Shame the characters have be tortured all along so the audience may tolerate this ideal conclusion, but any writter has to bend the knee if they want their stories to be read, however questionable their expectations may be.

Sounds a lot like the monotheistic perception of life, in which we have to endure everything thrown at us, do as we are told and put on a good show to finally earn our ticket to heaven. Instead of just... you know... show some empathy and hand it out like a civilized person ^ ^;

I'm not sure you would like it though, while deep and captivating the game is also rather complicated and the combats quite challenging. I myself cheated a bit to make them more manageable and satisfying, and just enjoy the gaming time without unnecessary stress XD