#but putting myself in the pov of the scuggies. I can see why they might pick either path

[kargaroc]

I don't even know exactly how I feel about ascension in rain world, but it drives me up the wall when people equate it to suicide

#and I cant even argue because its up to interpretation. that being a plausible one #but the game does push you towards the idea of death being bad #I currently am holding the vague idea of the void fluid disintegrating you #but the void worms make that moment pleasant. if you have proper karma #youre removed from the cycle.... but there is a bigger overarching cycle that nothing can be removed from #its just that it's not remembered #the cycle that is escapable is the thing creatures become aware of. having memories of branching timelines #ascension removes the memories but they are still ultimately the same being once the Large cycle comes back around to them #probably very confusingly explained. thats why its tags lol #rw #rain world spoilers #and like. from the pov of those wanting to ascend. I think it's not 'I want to die' it's 'I want to be free from suffering' #for the ancients I think it's a bit more in a selfish way for most of them. like as if they're so enlightened that they earn this bliss #most ascension endings are very happy for the slugcats. so are their alternate endings. one is not 'the bad ending' in most cases #it also is weighted by how YOU feel about being removed from reincarnation. I personally would want to stay in the cycle. so I like the #alt endings more #but putting myself in the pov of the scuggies. I can see why they might pick either path #also idk if this is in the lore but... wouldnt suicide be a 'sin'? idk what they call them.. burdens? #it can be interpreted as not earning your 'freedom' and indulging in violence and possibly greed #of course theres two sides for the spirituality of rain world... that being how the ancients viewed it. versus how it actually is #and we do not know much about how it actually is. so.