Probably the biggest debate was which path to pick, Natah, Lotus or Margulis. Wanted to post my thoughts on the whole matter.
I kinda regret picking Margulis but the way I see it, the Lotus was created by the Orokin, a false persona and nothing would have been fixed by returning her to that state.
Natah was who she originally was, a sentient fighting against the Orokin and Tenno. But the thing is I dont think she could fully go back to that past, its long gone. Both by what Ballas and the Orokin did to her but also by her relationship with us the tenno.
Its why I picked Margulis. To me it’s kinda like a mix of who she was, and who she wants to be now. Margulis loved the tenno, but Lotus isn’t fully margulis she’s still her own person, just now takes the role and name of the tennos ‘mother’. Like the quest said, Margulis is only leading the other two personalities and over time I beleive they will meld into the person she truly is.
Anyways what are yalls thoughts on this?
I chose Natah. At the time I didn’t really have some big rationalization for it, I literally just chose it because I like the sentient look for her.
However, over the course of Archon Hunting and getting dialog about Pazuul and possessed-Erra’s Narmer it’s clear that she still cares, not just in the she’s the order-keeper of the System and Pazuul is a threat, about her original family.
To me it feels like she’s not/no-longer being forced to be someone she isn’t however simultaneously she’s not forced to be her old self either. She seemed to be aware of who she use to be from the Natah quest and just hiding it behind the name/appearance change. Seems like if the Orokin did originally do anything to her it was recontextualizing her thoughts/experiences rather than overwriting or erasing much/anything.
She doesn’t have to hide behind her mask now weather she made it herself or if it was forced on her. She can be herself but that doesn’t mean her time wearing the mask has to have had no/little effect on her. She’s grown over time like most people do.