i like Homestuck

mug that says "worst sacrificial lamb ever"

Yep! Thats right! The character whos whole story arc involves feeling stuck in place, unable to change their fate or even act for themselves transitioned off screen before the narrative began. Youre so good at this

you are my coworker and to some extent my victim

we have a very healthy victim/abuser relationship, actually, thanks for asking

i DON'T need them to kiss i need them to come to the sobering realisation that their souls are merged and no part of them is extricable from the other anymore

Something a lot of pastiches of games like Disco Elysium and Slay the Princess fail to grasp is that you are allowed to have a maximum of one (1) skill/voice/whatever that's basically well adjusted. All of the others have to embody something that's fucked up about the protagonist, or else it doesn't work.

@aluria-sevhex

im also a fan of when a character has their autonomy stripped from them (possession, curse, some kind of contract or deal, etc etc) and tries to kill themselves as escape / to exert any sort of control on their situation at all, and is denied the ability to do so

[gravely loading bullets into a revolver] i will add nuance to this conversation