u/Illustrious-Product1

I'm loving the rest of the game so far, but the frog battles where just nonesense. I really don't want to keep playing if that means getting stuck in a nightmare like that again.

And i know that the second one was suposed to be a meme and that you unlock more fitting stances later, but the fight was there and my base health was fully upgraded. It also became personal around the sixth try.

When i was reading Endymion and up to the end of the series, i was convinced Raul was going to become the Shrike.

It was mainly the way he was intimate with pain and violence. How that relationship was described.

Furthermore, Aenea was reffered to as the Bride of the Shrike and always acted strangely when pressed on the issue.

I also think that Raul and the Shrike were protrayed similarly on some level. With a certain coldness and inevitability to their actions. They also shared a similar disposition toward Aenea.

I actually still believe he became the Shrike. If i remember correctly, the Shrike was described as a composite of many people. And wasn't he left in charge of the Tree of Pain ?

Overall i think the similarities between the Shrike and Raul were explored far more deeply than its similarities with Kassad.

Dumbfuck idiot claims to be a comedian without knowing he should be sublimating his issues through his craft instead of sexually harassing everyone and their mother.

I don't know about you, but in my experience people who bring up sex into every single interaction are shoned away and regarded as weirdos. Let alone talking about topics like SA and bestiality the way P.T. does.

I think a big part of this is him coping with the fact that he is not Howard Stern (although maybe he still could be if he got divorced and fired the whole crew except for the [TW] two sleazeballs).