You're right, they shouldn't.
I fundamentally believe it's wrong to hurt animals, and I once dated someone who fundamentally didn't agree, and liked to tell me about how she used to glue birds' feet to branches so they starved to death, or put mice in little boxes with rocks and broken glass and shook it till it was crushed to death. We still "loved" each other, so does that cancel out disagreeing on a fundamental issue?
Of course you didn't see it that way, because you were the Hawke in that relationship. If you were the Merrill in that relationship where the Hawke character treated your character the exact same way, I wonder how you'd feel?
*sigh* And now we're antagonizing each other.
I'm sorry, if my reply came out cold, and I'm sorry you had to go through what you did. And you're right, if I was in Merrill's situation, I'd feel terrible and most likely break it off. But that doesn't mean a Hawke on a rivalry path couldn't have just been trying to help someone she still considers a friend to get over something they're probably safer not doing. Disagreeing on whether or not to fix the tainted mirror does not equate to whether or not you agree on animal rights, since the first might actually lead to Merrill's death and more, so you could oppose that with the goal of saving her.
Details matter. Just because you're asking someone to change, as Hawke could be doing here, doesn't mean you're abusing them.
And if you don't want to discuss this further, then I suppose that's all I'll say about it.
Retour en haut
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As long as I recognize that 1) I'm playing a video game 2) the thing I'm doing is horrible and 3) other people may not want to do the same horrible thing, I don't think my actual IRL behavior will suffer.
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