as somebody who’s grown very much attached to the man from the shadow I feel distraught and disappointed by the direction of the lore it has currently. granted I can’t speak russian and I can’t trust google translate to be accurate but from what I’ve read myself about his lore as well as hearing it from other people discussing it, I feel very conflicted about it
let me be clear, I do believe that his lore, for being a wip/draft or whatever, is actually pretty solid and well written. it’s not the fact that he’s a bad person that’s done really bad things that’s the problem. at the end of the day he’s a horror character and thus his lore reflects on that, being equally dark and traumatic and heavy. the problem is the way it’s portrayed both in game and outside of it.
I’m certain most people, like almost everyone I know, on tumblr, twitter, tiktok, everywhere, has always gotten the impression that August has a romantic connection with the player, specifically from the “Do you still love me?” “It will be pleasant” lines he has in game and more. There was even an instance where Danila replied to a russian comment asking what August’s reaction would be to The Knocker and The Obsessed, two other mods famously romanticized as well, and Danila said that August would feel jealous, yet again reaffirming the possible romantic relationship between him and the player.
many people created artworks and depictions of him in romantic situations with either the player or people’s ocs whom would also be the player in that scenario. myself included, I’ve made many artworks of my selfship with August
Danila has continuously encouraged this by reposting a lot of romantic art of August, you could argue that he’s not encouraging the romanticization of August but he simply encourages fanart for his character, which sure, does make sense, but that’s not the impression a lot of people have gotten, many people, myself included again, took this as a sign that Danila approving of his character being romanticized means that there is actually some romance involved. I could be wrong, but I’ve personally never seen him correct anybody about the relationship that August actually has with the player, with him being a predator and the player being his victim.
From what I’ve heard Danila has been reworking on the lore, if anyone has anymore info I’d greatly appreciate hearing them, but I sincerely hope that they address that portion of his lore more publicly or change it entirely and get rid of it. you can still write a traumatic and heavy character lore without child sexual abuse being involved.
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