Special:Badtitle/NS90:User talk:NoxiousSludge/Are we feeling better now?/reply (3)

I'll just say that my doubts have been cleared up now that I've cooled down, but I got a bit concerned that we were riding off of Fridge Horror a bit too much for Ghetsis while characters like Cyrus and Lysandre made no bones about what they had in mind and the consequences that would arise if they ultimately won being perfectly clear. (And you're not alone with the whole Matt and Courtney thing, I was surprised that these guys were meant to be redeemable: I could buy Archie and Maxie being redeemable since they were in over their heads, but these two knew full and well that they would bring about the end of the world. I was particularly bothered by Matt since unlike Courtney who already seemed messed up in the head, Matt was a passionate, boisterous guy who loved his comrades. Hell, I kind of view Zinnia as being in the same boat as them, but that's for another day...)

Look, for the example I had in mind, you WILL be annoyed, but I flat out can't view Cyrus as anything but a monster. He may have had a shitty childhood, and I can see that he genuinely thinks that a world without spirit is the perfect one. Yet, he's willing to destroy the world and recreate it just so he can play god and impose his incredibly selfish wishes on the new world's inhabitants. And to that end, he tortures three innocent Pokémon in order to create the red chain needed to control Dialga and Palkia, allows his henchmen to engage in dangerous terrorist activities with the Galactic Bombs, manipulates said henchmen while keeping them in the dark in regards to his true intentions... Sure, Looker and a lot of Galactic members like him, but it's because they're impressed by the charisma displayed by Cyrus and aren't aware of what he really wants. People like the scientists Cyrus employed to oversee the experiments conducted on the lake trio are horrified and disgusted with what they had to do, and Saturn himself admits to being appalled by Cyrus' ultimate goal after Team Galactic's defeat. The only person who seems to pity Cyrus after he's been defeated and his true intentions are made clear is Cynthia.

As for what Cyrus tells the player when he's confronted after his speech, he flat out says that the world he had in mind wasn't for Team Galactic, but solely for himself and says that they're useless and incomplete with not much room for interpretation. I'll let it go as I know this will go nowhere, but I can't view him as anything other than a sociopathic, selfish madman with a sob story. I do however have another qualifier, with some new evidence that I'd like to discuss, but only if you're up to it.