Jindoshās nonlethal ending is possibly my least favorite out of the entire series and feels the worst only behind that of Lady Boyleās in terms of morality. I know chances are it was a shoddy last second story decision, considering they were going to cut out his mission altogether if it wasnāt for the trailer, but that doesnāt change the fact it still feels godawful.
It only takes maybe five minutes of listening to his lore to figure out what he most desires is recognition for his ingenuity. He craves genuine interest like the love starved loser that he is, and if he hadnāt gotten it from all the wrong people, I genuinely believe he could have done good.
All it would have taken was Corvo/Emily knocking him out and kidnapping him onto the Dreadful Wale, dealing with his initial bitching, and telling him if he wants to keep the title of Grand Inventor he better help them. Heād snark and bite and squabble at first, especially with Sokolov, but not a week later heās upgrading C/Eās crossbow without asking and calling the original āshitty engineering he couldnāt stand by.ā
If a positive source of recognition came about, Kirin would latch onto it. I believe that fully. In the academy, before everything, what did he make of his own free will? A music box. A heart. He invented fucking photography. Even if he was schooling to become a master in engineering, he was an artist first.
One (I) could argue heās a reflection of the suffering real world creatives face when technology and engineering these days have a particular focus on military/weapon advancements.
I understand why it couldnāt happen. Corvo/Emily couldnāt really juggle two bodies back to the dreadful wale, but like Kirin himself said itās such a loss of intelligence and creativity that you canāt help but mourn what he could have done with it if only given the chance to better himself.
This isnāt to say he wasnāt a bit fucked in the head. Performing unethical experiments on unwilling victims is not normal and he should rightfully be punished for that, but I still hate hate HATE his nonlethal so much.
I could get into how thatās the point of the entire series, that the chaos system is not black and white, that thereās not always a good or bad answer, but thatās for another post. Itās something that I love about Dishonored that deserves a lot of recognition I canāt give it on a Kirin centered post.
Anyways of course the worst part is whatās left in the aftermath of what is essentially the electrical version of a lobotomy. I took the time when replaying 2 last night to sit there and listen to him, and what got me the most was this line.
āIām very much afraid of whatās happened.ā
āHello? I believe Iāve lost something very precious. Please help me find it.ā
āYou canāt have put me through that machine. But, wait, what does it do?ā
āSomething glori, gloriou, something big is gone, and I canāt name it.ā
āThe other students will laugh at me now.ā
I feel sick to my stomach listening to them. Corvo literally wrote in his journal āThe greatest intellect of our day, reduced to that of a confused child.ā
Everyone fucking makes fun of him after too. They write a newspaper exciting in his misfortune. āServants are gleefully coming forward with stories of the once great inventor now barely able to navigate from room to room.ā [The silver spike- genius inventor can barely recall his own name!]
Just going through the wiki to gather references keeps reminding me of more fucked up things about him.
Thereās no mention of his father, but when mesmerized he talks about his mother hating him, and his ābastard brotherā raising him.
They kept his inventions after kicking him out of the academy, and took them apart, permanently disabling them.
Not even Delilah and her witches gave a shit about him. One had a doll of him they stabbed with needles.
Heās dead by the time of Doto. Whether that is due to neglect, aftereffects of his machine, or something else is unknown.
Just. Christ idek what to write anymore. His life was fucking miserable from beginning to end. I know his mansion caused the studio some grief but they didnāt have to torture and lobotomize him for it.
He had such potential. He was beautiful. I will kill myself over this man.
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