Megumeru wrote:
Your waifu loves Hisao.
You are not Hisao.
Now let that sink in...
I'd argue that you are Hisao, because you were his internal decision making process.
If a rock hits someone, it's the person who threw its fault. Not the rock, nor the momentum.
You decided what Hisao would say at crucial moments, leading to what happened in each of the endings. Yes, you may not have Arrythmia, and yes, you may not be japanese, but inside, Hisao was being controlled by you. In his situation, you were still the controller. Hell, I don't even refer to Revan or Cmdr. Shepard by that, I say "My Revan" or "My Cmdr. Shepard" because I was the one making the choices! There is no reason to believe that in the same situation as Hisao was I would not make the same choices as my Hisao would.
Do you blame the rock for your broken nose when it hits you? No, you blame the idiot who threw it.
If your life was being controlled by another person, who was in complete control of your choices and actions, would you say those were your actions? Of course not, logically you as a person did not take them. Yes your body did, but you did not make the choice or follow through. The entity did. It's the basis of self-forgiveness to realize that you would make a different choice in the past, or that it was the best choice at the time. While other may not believe you, it'd be the only way to stay sane, and, logically, the only true way to say it. If you don't believe in free will, this argument falls apart, but even then you are wrong, and I'd venture a bad person. Saying you have no control over your actions is denial of responsibility. If you can't own up to how you act you'll never improve.
Do you blame the hand of the idiot for his actions? No, you blame his mind and soul for making the choice.
Without getting into religion and politics, choices are the essence of humanity. Without one of your parents deciding to have sex, you would never have been born. Without you typing out an account on this board, you would never have seen this message. So how can you say the girl wouldn't love my Hisao or Marly's Hisao? We represent the same mind that made the choices that led them to fall in love. Sure, we may look different. Sure, we may not say exactly the same words. But in essence, we are the ones who made the choices. And as such, we are the ones who they fell in love with. Would Rin fall in love with me? No, I made different choices that led me to Lilly's good end (or Hanako's good end depending on how you count it). Would Lilly fall in love with Spunky? Probably not, he prefers Emi. Of course, whether or not he got Emi good end at first may determine whether that relationship works out or not. But at a basic level, we are the same as Hisao from the games.
Perhaps I'm pissed at you taking away dreams and stuff, but it's a fairly interesting philosophical topic. Free will is not something to be joked around about, as it is the essence of society. Without it, we are still animals simply rutting and hunting along with the deer and lions of ancient days.
