I Like Sloane

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@jpcerutti1 wrote:

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@Kondaru wrote:
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Reyes just wants to achieve something, and thus he protects the planet from all its enemies, like Sloane or Roekaar. You know, it is like sheriff of Nottingham (Sloane) vs. Robin Hood (Reyes). Is it wrong that Robin enjoyed making fool out of the sheriff?   ;-)

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Errol Flynn or Kevin Costner?

You can find a datapad that lets you know the beatings will continue until morale improves on Reyes' watch - but they should remain in the shadows. I could stack the deck against him with adjectives but it doesn't change the cards he deals. He plays the same game Sloane does... just sneakier. Sloane's no angel... she just plays it straight.

She doesn't expect a duel, she expects a flat out ambush. She asks me to accompany because she finds me 'honorable'. That is saddling me with unasked for expectation - but if there's any fault to be found with letting the sniper take the shot it's not on her. Not just why Sloane but why Reyes too!?!? Why not just quietly take the shot and we talk over a dead Sloane? What is Reyes' motive for the theatrics? Raw sadism? Showing off in front of me? I would think Robin Hood above such things.

If the defense is he never lies to *me*, neither does Sloane. He does mislead me, use me, and, at least in my playthroughs, place that same poor choice of character reading of me Sloane does in play at his dinner theatre performance. 🙂

I might even forgive him but some of his lines are so *incredibly* cheesy I just groan. I don't know if I could take a second game of those.

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Errol Flynn for comparing to Reyes - Kevin Costner was too serious and not "enjoying" his role so much.   ;-)

There are many datapad and terminal messages that are leftovers from Outcasts even after Collective takes over the port, so perhaps that is one of them. I am not sure which one You are mentioning exactly but since Collective is not truly working as militia after High Noon it doesn't make much sense to be related to them.

All the same, I do understand that Reyes in not an angel, and that Collective is not made of honorable citizens. I definitely understand that Reyes can be perceived as snake in the grass - though I still find him preferable to Sloane. You know, as soon as I know that there is snake in the grass, and as soon as I *see* the snake, I really do prefer it over agitated bull charging on me time after time. Especially if I can use snake's venom to prepare some medicines...   ;-)

Yes, I do believe that Reyes really mocks Sloane because of some personal issue. Perhaps it is out of malice; but perhaps he has some kind of compulsion to humiliate own foes (not unlike many famous vigilante - like Zorro, some Marvel/DC superheros, etc.). As already stated: I find it repelling, and I really do not like the moment. Sloane is dead, the deed is done, mission accomplished - no need to mock the dead. But I still believe that Sloane deserves it all, and in some way it displays just how misguided and ineffective she was.

True, Sloane never actually lies to Ryder, and I do not think that I ever suggested she did. At the same time she seems delusional to me by declaring how much she wishes for the new beginning, for better society, and for justice-for-all; but at the same time encourages bullying and beating, profits from drugs, and arbitrarily sentences people to death. And please note: I am not telling that she is insincere - I do believe that she really hopes for Brave New World. The thing is that Sloane is the worst enemy of her own ideals and goals.   :-(

As for Reyes "flamboyant" behavior... Well... I somehow agree... But You know... Leia was hardly attracted to Han Solo at first. Perhaps it is the same thing with Reyes: he just grows on You with time...   ;-)