Why Not?

The Narrator (The Stanley Parable) vs Kirby (Kirby)

Propaganda for each character below the cut! May include spoilers

every time I meet her after defeat

Dessert Patrochilles | Procreate

My roommate says i have to post this sketch dump i did last month in case even one of you has the same dumb sense of humor that i do.

In the story, Narcissus is lost and can't see Echo, but Echo sees him and falls in love with him. And instead of listening to what Narcissus actually said, Echo projected onto him what she wanted to hear, a love confession. The misunderstanding dooms Echo to heartbreak and Narcissus to his death.

Once Hypnos wakes up, or they somehow meet in a dream, Melinoe will realize she kind of built a version of Hypnos in her head that doesn't exist. But instead of letting things go south, she'd recognize that it wasn't fair to Hypnos or herself to assume this romanticized version of him was the real him and she'd get to know the real Hypnos, this goofy muppet of a god.

Maybe that could be the resolution to Echo and Narcissus' story too. Right now they're both the inverse of each other's curse. Echo can only live as the reflection of other people's thoughts and voices. Even when you try to help her speak you're still putting words in her mouth and projecting what YOU think she wants to say her own identity is more a construction of your assumptions. Meanwhile, Narcissus' own curse has him project his self-obsession onto us where we must be as into him as he is with himself now and is largely disconnected from others because of it.

Good day, earthlings!