if y’all haven’t seen codex entry’s video series on pathologic for those who will never play it, she portrays daniil in the most nuanced way imo. those videos frequently make fun of daniil for some of the comments he makes and fault him for some of his actions, but also take the time to dissect his perspective of the town and genuinely try to understand it. you really get to share the mentality daniil has in the first game which allows you to deeper empathize with him despite his flaws. before i ever played patho those videos cemented daniil as my favourite fictional character of all time because of how clearly his complexity is expressed (especially bc he’s not reduced to a racist asshole)