given how much you liked the prologue. how did you feel. about isat's act 6 twist,

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR ISAT

You know. It doesn't have to be prologue!Sif. It could be any Sif. There's obviously a multiverse's worth of Sifs. Who knows. Many Sifs out there are assholes waiting to clown on idiots. It doesn't have to be something that makes me sad. Who knows. I don't know. It's ambiguous.

I do remember not liking Loop's presence at first, because it felt significant in prologue that Sif was all alone. But it was also significant that ISAT!Sif wasn't alone, because he escaped and Loop didn't. The difference that one person can make in a life - the difference that not being all alone in the world can make - is wildly significant. ISAT had a happy ending because of the tremendous amounts of suffering that had to happen. Some lessons can only be learned through pain. Or maybe pain is inevitable, because avoidable pain happens and creates a rippling domino effect of years of inevitable pain, and the best we can do is try and learn something from them. Try and make the life of the next person who comes after you better.

Also, shout out to the absolute truth that for some people, there's nobody they hate more than themselves. Nobody is more self-destructive than Sif, and I see why Sif was willing to destroy the life of another version of him in a way that I don't think they would ever do to anybody else. But Loop still willingly put themselves back in the time loop for a Sif they didn't even know. I think they were still somebody who wanted to help. Maybe just to steal Sif's life, but - I don't think so, you know!

I was very surprised by the twist, but upon reflection it made a lot of sense. I like the fact that most of the game was about Sif's relationship with their friends, but that the very end is about Sif's relationship with themselves - and that, as their friends were able to forgive him, he was able to forgive himself. Being saved by others allows you to save others too, and seeing Sif receive that love and thereby have the ability to give it was very nice.

Did make me sad, though. Doesn't HAVE to be the prologue!Sif, is what I'm saying. But I can see it. They weren't a kind person by the end of it. That happens sometimes. They'll be happy again one day, I think.