Holy shit I guess we’re actually gonna (potentially) be able to go to the Ortega-suggested shrink (is that a spoiler? I dunno), according to Malin’s tumblr
I didn’t actually think that’d be a thing, but now I just can’t wait! (bad me for not Believing)
that feeling when you tried to catch up with the thread from post 100 to around 800 and decided to give up at 320 when the next day its already past 900 post , seriously guys, i feel so left behind, you are to fast… is there anyone who kind enough to give me a summary about any new information for the next instalment, or anything important at all… or any new theories after post 320 please ?!
Wow did you see the Argent scene where you peek into her mind and Ortega was all blushing when she talked about you and had a crush on you, it looked so cute.
You even get this scene if you didn’t romance Ortega and you were just old friends
We know possessing the puppet means the MC can’t use her telepathy. Does this also make the puppet unreadable by other telepaths?
Obviously, the puppet isn’t immune to all uses of telepathy, otherwise the MC couldn’t possess her…but if so, the puppet might be useful if we brush up against other telepaths. I mean, yeah Locus is missing, but I have a feeling she will turn up at some point, especially if you manipulated Argent to blame her.
Well if the MC can’t use their powers in the puppet I guess they become like everyone else in regard to telepathy and have to defend themselves rather than have an immunity. They ciuld have an advantage compared to other non telepath because they know how it work but to me it’s no more than that.
As for Locus yeah I would also like to see her but more like an intro in book 2, where she would get captured and you would have to defuse the situation before it blows up in your face
What would happen if a telepath posses the puppet though? You’d have 2 telepaths in the same body, it could be really weird. I guess it would be a telepathic battle of who has the stronger power that controls the body and the MC will likely win (since they have strong powers) against heroes like Locus but lose against the special directive operatives (cause they’re really strong)
Heck, I’m just figuring that there will be a time where the MC is in their puppet’s body…and some other telepath will take over the MC’s body. That would be some real fun and games.
It would probably be really difficult though. When Argent was dreaming and unconscious it wasn’t easy to control her and she had strong mental shields, and the MC as a telepath (and probably a re-gene would have far stronger shields than her, even if their body is unconscious at the moment. Plus the MC will likely notice their body is being hijacked the moment it happens since they’re still technically using it’s powers to control the puppet. I think the only ones who have powers strong enough to control the MC are the farm
But if you are indeed a regene, wouldn’t you be part of the special directive too ? I mean if you were created to be a potent telepath by the farm, only a younger one with potentially more advanced creation could possibly be stronger or subtler than you, and you had more time to develop your power… To me the only worthy telepath enemy would be the Heart Break
Yeah but if the farm are the ones who created you they would know how to control you. They wouldn’t make something they can’t control, if it was like that the re-genes would rebel and take over. They probably have some switch in you or something that can make them control your body.
Also their elite special operatives are probably stronger than you are, the Psychopathor is a stronger villain than you and that re-gene woman beat him.
Ah I thought you meant stronger as in a stronger telepath, my bad… Yeah in that case you’re right of course, there is a reason the MC is afraid of the farm
Even if with the suit… All bets are off
I meant it as a telepath, they probably have more advanced re-genes than you are with stronger telepathic powers. You were created about 30 years ago and the recent re-genes would be more advanced, and you also didn’t really use your telepathy seriously to posses people until the recent years (it is said you only used it to read minds in your hero career and it wasn’t that strong). They’d have some powerful telepathic boosters too (stronger than the suit one), but by the end of the third game you could probably match or surpass their powers.
Okay well in that case I stand by my previous post, (how do you know they have stronger boosters ? I see why you can think that given they’re well founded and have top scientists, but research doesn’t always work that way, Dr M may have had a better concept than the farm and they would have no way to know what that concept is, I’m not saying you’re wrong on that regard, just that you can’t be sure you’re right…) And as for the telepath like I already said, I’m not sure they would have a better telepath other than the HB… But I guess we’ll have to wait for the next one to see that
I assume they have strong boosters cause they’re a government agency with a lot of money and influence. If they could create such strong re-genes they could probably create other strong artifacts. Besides the rangers and others already got telepathic dampeners so I guess making telepathic enhancers instead wouldn’t be that difficult. Although it could be that they don’t have it, after all Mortum made it from the cannon and only you took it.
You have to hide yourself in the croud (there is an option saying the croud will inconvenience the hero not me, if I recall correctly, then you taunt him and the croud will panick)
“personality” can be used to describe famous people in the English language as well. i just misinterpreted sorry!
anyway, is this an opportunity to share fancasts? because i will always jump at the opportunity to share fancasts! here i gooooo
zenbu's fancast
Ortega : OscarIsaac // ZoeSaldana Marshall Steel : honestly idek. his real name, Wei Chen, implies that he’s of Chinese or Taiwanese descent and i can’t come up with appropriate celebs for him;;;ZhangHanyu Lady Argent : JanelParrish or SonoyaMizuno Herald : ArmieHammer ( or maybe younger Chris Evans?? )
@forWantOf hmm… that is possible Ortega really seemed to take the new villain too seriously for it to just be Hollow Ground though. he even said that it’s “too personal” for him and he may just be imagining things but he’d still like to be the one to bring her in. also, Hollow Ground speculation is mentioned by Argent and Herald before the fight.
there have been speculations in the thread that MC is an improved clone of Hollow Ground and/or that both of them were from the same make.
personally, i pictured Sidestep as like that too. though my interpretation of my main MC is closer to “mysterious vigilante” than “bad girl hero”. i do have “bad boy/girl” MCs though; some who are broody type while others are more on the laidback “i don’t give a shit” type.
tbh this is me about the Wayheaven thread. i don’t even bother keeping up with that thread at this point anyway,
summary
confirmed by malin: MC’s villain persona will have a fanclub (and there would be t-shirts!) in book 2. predictably, everyone in the thread went cray.
thread headcanon is that Herald, being the Sidestep fanboy he is, wrote embarrassing fanfics lol and was Sidestep fanclub president. he’s probably also saved by them back then hence the hero worship. also ships in-universe. could it be possible that there are Sidestep/Charge fanfics written in this universe?
discussion about MC’s appearance. are they really uggo or just have so much self-loathing? consensus is that MC is slightly above average in terms of looks but has let themself go because they’re too busy with their plan and taking care of the puppet + MC hates themself too much to practice self-care.
speaking of self-care, a user speculated that MC may have to go to Ortega’s shrink in book 2. everyone then chimed that what-if Ortega joined and the session ended up being a couple’s therapy lol
confirmed by malin: MC will go to Ortega’s shrink but no couple’s therapy lmao
tldr theory: MC is an infiltrator unit Re-Gene and/or a clone of Hollow Ground.
tldr theory: Puppet is Heartbreak villain and/or another product of the Farm. may even be planted by the Farm idk
i probably missed a lot of stuff so sorry about that. a lot of the theories are similar anyway but with some variations.
oh my god… if they really celebrate Day of the Dead then…
Ortega and their mom must’ve put up a picture of Sidestep in their ofrenda
i’m not so sure but i got that scene when i decided to destroy the exhibit as the goal. then i made the people cower in fear and manipulated them into destroying the exhibit.