MOTHER/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

* I swear, I am the only person who feels horrible for Porky. First, he's got the abusive parents. When you return him to them after he runs away, he gets beaten offscreen. (In the Japanese version, leastways). It turns him into a psychotic, annoying asshole, yes. Then, comes the Incredibly Safe Capsule. He goes in there. And can't come out. I know, the game's dialogue is entirely in text, but goddamn, I can hear his voice cracking when his says "D-don't you see? I'm going to live forever. Ahahahahha... -cough-" Sure, he's an evil, immature jerkass, but that's just it. Beneath his evilness, he's still a child.

** You are not the only one. What makes it worse is a bit of [[Fridge Horror]]. It wasn't just Porky's parents that corrupted him when he was young...It was ''Giygas''. [[Fridge Horror|Think about it.]] Wasn't there a Mani Mani Statue alarmingly close to where Ness and Porky grew up? It was underground, found by a certain man in the neighborhood that most players forget to speak to after leaving for Onett. That statue had taken complete control of the man who had found it, and would later make Ness and Jeff hallucinate that a tiny room was a huge city. It just ''radiated'' [[Brainwashed and Crazy|brainwash]] and corruption. Now you might wonder why Porky couldn't fight back like Ness apparently did. But then keep in mind the fact that he had so very little will power as a result of his upbringing. Ness, in contrast, had very kind parents who supported him and raised him to be a strong boy. And then (though it was [[Motive Decay|blotted out in the English release]]) he thought that Ness had stopped being his friend. That [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|set him off the deep-end all the way]]. So really, Porky never stood a chance against everything crashing down on his psyche. He never recovered, even after Giygas was destroyed. It's still very easy to hate him, but this troper can't help but [[Cry for The Devil|feel sorry for him.]]

* How about the ending after the Dragon is raised and we watch the world destroyed, we get to walk around as, presumably, yourself, listening to the people of the Mother 3 world thanking YOU, the player, for all your help, and asking you how you are doing in your world, or if the world you are in is treating you well. I'm welling up right now remembering it.

** Oh god, seconded so much. That scene had me bawling for minutes straight.