You say flippant but that's probably the real answer.
switched back on the MC as the focus character. They were also... much better received, in terms of storytelling
I mean given the majority of gamers judge story quality based on "is my avatar the hero of the story"... I have very little patience for those people anymore. Gamers in general are bad at recognizing good vs bad storytelling.
Dan Heng is talking about the specific situation here, where he knows that's not gonna happen.
I mean that's the reason it's an issue. He's also an exception, so the story is also saying we (the audience) shouldn't be using the "normal" rules to judge his guilt/innocence, which I call bullshit. If, by Dan Heng logic, Taoran remains guilty after reincarnation, then so should Dan Heng. If Dan Heng really believes he's guilty of Dan Feng's crimes, then he should be sending himself back to prison. This is inconsistent and bad writing.
Dan Heng's view of 1/1.x/2-person theory probably is also contingent on how much memories of his previous incarnations he recovered, how much of it he identifies with etc...which is probably something that changed over time.
But in the current moment, Dan Heng seems to (based on his words) accept the responsibility of Dan Feng's guilt. But if that's the case then he shouldn't be running off with the Express team, since he's a moral character, hence ought to act like he needs to redeem his crimes. I mean it's possible him actively volunteering to be a character witness and being more proactive is his "redemption", but it looks more like he's just being a decent heroic character and have nothing to do with redemption. Aka, he's not acting like he thinks he's guilty of anything while he's saying he is.
There's a lack of consistency to Dan Heng's internal logic regarding his identity. I mean it's possible he's also hasn't come to a satisfying answer himself, but that's not being shown to us at all.
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You say flippant but that's probably the real answer.
I mean given the majority of gamers judge story quality based on "is my avatar the hero of the story"... I have very little patience for those people anymore. Gamers in general are bad at recognizing good vs bad storytelling.
I mean that's the reason it's an issue. He's also an exception, so the story is also saying we (the audience) shouldn't be using the "normal" rules to judge his guilt/innocence, which I call bullshit. If, by Dan Heng logic, Taoran remains guilty after reincarnation, then so should Dan Heng. If Dan Heng really believes he's guilty of Dan Feng's crimes, then he should be sending himself back to prison. This is inconsistent and bad writing.
But in the current moment, Dan Heng seems to (based on his words) accept the responsibility of Dan Feng's guilt. But if that's the case then he shouldn't be running off with the Express team, since he's a moral character, hence ought to act like he needs to redeem his crimes. I mean it's possible him actively volunteering to be a character witness and being more proactive is his "redemption", but it looks more like he's just being a decent heroic character and have nothing to do with redemption. Aka, he's not acting like he thinks he's guilty of anything while he's saying he is.
There's a lack of consistency to Dan Heng's internal logic regarding his identity. I mean it's possible he's also hasn't come to a satisfying answer himself, but that's not being shown to us at all.