2025-03-30 2:45:39 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

voice-of-the-tired:

> the voice of the opportunist is a character with a surprising amount of layers to him and I love him. he’s a rat bastard but he’s my rat bastard.

> with opportunist, I feel like it’s impossible to really get a grasp on his character unless you do almost every route where he’s the new voice (so, ignoring razor and moc) the only exception being beast’s wild, really. because you need the contrast those routes present to understand his behaviour.

> he has a very interesting mindset and philosophy, and I find it crucial to see the differences between how he acts and adapts between multiple situations and princesses, for example:

> his willingness to slay thorn vs wanting to spare wild and hea; he doesn’t trust thorn after she betrayed us in chapter 2. he doesn’t see wild as a threat when she’s so completely helpless, nor does he want to be alone. he feels bad for hea who was trapped in the same misery as him.

> or his groveling attitude in wraith vs crueler taunting in patd vs wariness in witch. this is how he behaves when faced with different enemies (aka versions of the princess); kneeling over to those who are more powerful, being cocky and cruel with those who are weaker, and being careful to gain an upper edge against those who are equal.

> and there’s not only importance in the differences, but also in the consistencies within those same situations;

> the desire to be on top in all routes. the quick change of opinions depending on who has leverage. the want to survive mentioned in both witch and wraith and implicit on hea (and patd if you stretch)… it’s all linked, and a parallel to hunted.

> both have this need to survive carved deep into their natures, it’s just that to opportunist this manifests in a social context and the idea that safety only exists at the tip of the world.

> like, hunted also adapts depending on different enemies - only flee when she has no apparent weaknesses (beast), strategize to defeat her if it helps (eotn), just go at her if you’re equals (stubborn den), help her if you’re not actually enemies (skeptic den). hunted also wants safety (mirror dialogue especially shows this). the main differing characteristic between the 2 of them is that hunted isn’t a massive piece of shit and is actually helpful lmfao.

> anyways, trying to understand opportunist is like piecing together a puzzle. considering he seems like one of the most one dimensional voices at first, it’s incredible how much depth there is to him.

> also he’s a fucking riot. he’s actually so funny, steals the show every time.