ALTERNATE SHADOWYNESS IS FROM BEING UNDERDEVELOPED (INCOMPLETE ASSIMILATION), LOOKING PERFECTLY LIKE

ALTERNATE SHADOWYNESS IS FROM BEING UNDERDEVELOPED (INCOMPLETE ASSIMILATION), LOOKING PERFECTLY LIKE A HUMAN IS THE GOAL (COMPLETE ASSIMILATION), AND BEING MISSHAPEN AND FUCKED UP IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY GO TOO FAR PAST THE IDEAL (OVERDRIVEN ASSIMILATION)

WITH ADAM IN MANDELA CATALYST WE SEE HIM BECOMING OVERDRIVEN POSSIBLY AS A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION OF METAPHYSICAL AWARENESS DISORDER THATS SPECIFIC TO THE REPLACED CHILDREN IT IS SHOWN TO BE EXTREMELY PAINFUL

ALTERNATE GABRIEL CAN POSSIBLY SHIFT BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT STATES AT WILL CONSIDERING THE TIMES WHERE HIS FACE IS SHADOWED OR GONE, WHEN HES NORMALISH, AND WHEN HES SMILING ALL CRAZY

THERE ARE NOT DIFFERENT TYPES OF ALTERNATES (excluding Gabriel and possibly also the Intruder) THEY ARE SIMPLY AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN A PROGRESSION OF ASSIMILATION THAT CAN POTENTIALLY EVEN BE REVERSED.

A bonus silly drawing just to place the exceptions

I have a lot more to say about how Intruder may tie in to this progression but only if there’s listening ears

PREACH OML SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

however though, I don’t quite agree with your statement that “both of them are morally grey”

Primarily because a lot of what Mono does that could be considered morally darker was out of self defense (this applies to Six as well! But you already talked enough about Six!) Killing the doctor, killing the porcelain children, killing the hunter, those were all things that had to be done or the two kids would’ve died. It’s also important to remember that those entities aren’t really people, not anymore at least. They’re basically creatures- monsters, designed to attack and be hostile towards any kid they come in contact with. I don’t really think their deaths should be put on the same moral high ground as the death of a kid. And I don’t think it’d be fair to say those two are morally grey just for trying to defend themselves. Mono has consistently been portrayed as helpful and kind. He went out of his way to free Six from the hunter, he went through the school to save Six from the porcelain children, and greeted her rather gently when she woke up. And ofc he freed Six from her corrupted form in the signal tower. I agree with your point on the double standards between the two. People forget the way Six pulled Mono out of the TVs consistently, the way she pulled Mono out of the ruble when that building fell upon them, or overall the way she continually chose to help Mono through out the game, the fact she even stuck around.

I can pull more examples for the two, but I want to try to remain within just LN2 for clarity’s sake.

maybe its a bit of my own personal bias, but I don’t exactly like referring to any young kid as morally grey.

Mono and Six are only about nine years old, that’s incredibly young. I’m no expert in child development, but from my previous research, proper decision making skills, and emotional/social skills are only beginning to mature at that age. Mono and Six aren’t clueless of course, they understand what is happening but they wouldn’t understand the why of it all. They of course wouldn’t be able to process it emotionally either.

and that’s completely disregarding the effects long lasting trauma has on children and they’re development.

it doesn’t feel fair to expect these nine year olds to make morally sound decisions. Especially highly traumatized ones.

and I’m not saying your saying or trying to imply a lot of this! But I wanted to add these in as a response to the “they’re both morally grey” statement. I see a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings that come from that perspective as well. So I wanted to clear the air a little

I got really frustrated in a debate about Little Nightmares with someone so I’m drawing a whole comic for getting my feelings out.

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@cripplecharacters - A whole blog dedicated to helping people write disabled characters.

^ A Guide to Writing Disabled Characters

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Writing A Blind or Visually Impaired Character (Tumblr Post)

Independent Websites

Avoiding Stereotypes in Fiction: Characters with Mental Health Issues (WritersHelpingWriters)

How Do I Depict a Disabled Character Respectfully? (Fay Onyx, Mythcreants blog)

Respectfully Depicting a Character Adapting to a Disability (Fay Onyx, Mythcreants blog)

Writing Deaf Characters (T. Frohock, author.)

How to Write Deaf or Hard of Hearing Characters (Melanie Ashford, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association)

How to Write a Blind or Vision Impaired Character (AllWriteAlright)

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FOR REAL- I just also admire how despite everything, she still chooses to remain by Adam’s side and care for him? It feels like no matter how many times she has to argue with him, she’s staying because she wants to genuinely see him be better and grow as a person

Someone like Adam, a very messy and confused character, who appears to have very little agency in how he acts (and handles the result of those forced actions very poorly- you fucked up emo rat <3) would benefit with someone as aggressively/fiercely caring as Sarah is I feel.

But of course Adam doesn’t seem to return much of that care. So on Sarah’s side of things it’s frustrating and kind of sad to watch It’s clear that Adam doesn’t really hate Sarah- but we don’t exactly know how he feels towards her beyond that. And honestly I don’t think there’s one exact answer to that. There’s a chance where he very much does care for Sarah on some days- but on others he doesn’t really care for her at all. He’s just a very complicated character.

Regardless, Sarah continually chooses to stick by Adam despite seeing how he’s acting. And I think that says a lot about her personality.

I don’t know, their dynamic is just very interesting to me. I could write an entire essay on them tbh. Especially if you were to regard Thatcher into the mix. Like the theoretical dynamic between those three

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