in regards to the last post about ralsei ships, i feel like the lighter darker dynamic is actually really interesting-
what if it's trying to say something?
like you know thefun gang, specifically Kris and Susie probably want ralsei to be aware that being your own person is ok, having a personality is ok. you don't have to treat them as a god.
what if it's mirroring the interactions between the player and the characters, maybe later on in the chapters they also realise that THEY are treating us like their god, listening to our actions and whatnot.
ralsei having these beliefs of serving the lighters might actually make Susie and the other lightners more aware of kris' situation. once Susie matches the puzzle pieces and realizes what's happening to kris, they would start to become self aware that they are being controlled by the player.
so basically to sum it all up i think the interactions that'll happen with ralsei and the lightners will make them more self aware since the situation ralsei's in, is very similar to the situation THEY're in.
No, yeah, exactly! The way that the lightner/darkner situation parallels the player/lightner situation feels very intentional, and looking at the way that Kris and Susie will slowly convince Ralsei that actually he doesn't have to adhere to his slavish devotion and that he can be his own person and pursue his own goals... well, you can see the ways that mirrors Kris's struggle with their own identity issues, on top of the whole player/SOUL nonsense.
Of course, the difference is that the dark worlds give darkners a chance at parity with lightners in the first place, to have direct interaction and dialogue, and work out their differences to come up with a mutually-beneficial arrangement. This would be very difficult to achieve with us as players - unless of course Mr. Fox has somehow developed a way to beam our consciousness directly into the discarded vessel or something! And there we see the sheer gulf in power and influence we wield over Kris - no dialogue can be established, we can't communicate in any meaningful way. And until some way of doing so is developed, or something else happens to change the dynamic, Kris can never fully be themself, no matter how much we might try to "act out" their preferences.
Perhaps the simple act of bringing our existence to everyone's attention might allow them to come up with a mutually-beneficial solution, which would certainly be nice... but what if that's not possible? If Kris and the player cannot find a way to peacefully coexist, then does that mean the lightners' attempts to uplift the darkners into equality is also doomed to failure?
Really interesting perspective, thank you for sharing it with me! :D