[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Dragonstrike]

I'm kinda surprised you and Nathan are so torn up over Ventus going away, actually. With them gone, you two are no longer under the onus of their various hang ups and seething hatred/fear of Orthros, and can continue your plans unopposed and no longer fight with them over moralistic/pragmatic decisions.

That, and weren't you tired of his shit, and wanted it stopped? Well....its gone now, for better or worse. Hopefully better for all, really, as I rather not have history repeat on us....

It's a double-edged sword.  While there were a lot of frustrating traits for Ventus, there are also a lot of aspects to his character that I do like, and Nathan does have some reason to look up to some of those parts of Ventus.

Plus, Ventus entrusted Nathan with highly illegal, top-secret information on Genesect that could get both of them in massive trouble with the Unovan League, which is, quite frankly, an equally humongous sign of trust in this case.

In short, I would have very much liked it if Ventus could have followed some of Alder's advice on becoming stronger: even if you lose, if you do better than you did before, you'll have surpassed yourself. (I'm paraphrasing that a little).

On the flip side, it's rather...freeing to not have to worry about one of the major sources of conflict.  And I'd oh so much like it if the other silly ones could just be solved, too...

Also on the flip side, Ventus is ignoring the advice that Nathan gave Ventus concerning giving up back in Stair City...that's fairly jarring as well.

There's also a lot more to both sides than this.  I just wrote a small part of it down.  Nathan is totally messed up right now...