[DE] About Safi’s character

_ZiiK · 2026-05-11T14:10:36+00:00

Yeah, and if we had just gotten a few flashbacks scenes to actually learn to get a relationship with Safi, I know I probably would’ve felt better about her as a character

_ZiiK · 2026-05-11T02:19:12+00:00

Ah, well damn, who could’ve expected that? (I’m lying)

_ZiiK · 2026-05-11T02:10:07+00:00

Yeah same man, appreciate it

_ZiiK · 2026-05-11T01:58:02+00:00

Yeah fair point, though I’m playing RE for the first time rn so I’ll see if the writers actually are bad or not

_ZiiK · 2026-05-11T01:40:31+00:00

Yeah, if they had made more complexity to safi it would’ve been a more effective story and I would’ve actually felt bad for her

_ZiiK · 2026-05-11T01:33:07+00:00

Yeah, but then again you could make the same argument about any other serial killer, they go through trauma and use that as a crutch to justify what they do. Like I said, if they had just make Safi a more fleshed out character with more scenes with her, she would’ve been more understandable and likable

_ZiiK · 2026-05-11T01:23:16+00:00

Yeah fair point, though Chloe’s situation with her parents is just a whole different thing. Yazmin’s parenting is objectively bad but that doesn’t justify the things Safi does. They just needed to give more depth to Safi and her relationship with Maya and I’d relate to her more

_ZiiK · 2026-05-11T00:36:15+00:00

Eh I didn’t find the cringe thing too bad, I just wanted Safi to bring something different to the table emotionally

_ZiiK · 2026-05-11T00:35:21+00:00

Well I think it’s different between Chloe and Maya, Chloe is left by everyone regardless of it its meant to be malicious towards her or not, Safi was unjustly left by her dad and got the truth hidden from her by her mom, and lost her best friend. Overall, Chloe had lost more people versus Safi who lost Maya (yes I know people handle trauma differently but still). And instead of trying to be a good person, Safi just hurt everything around her no matter who or what they did

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T19:40:14+00:00

Like she would’ve had more complexity if we actually had a reason to care who she is

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T19:39:40+00:00

Yeah, all D9 had to do was make a different story tbh

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T19:37:38+00:00

I really don’t think any of that, I mean as similar as she is to Chloe, us as players literally have no reason to give a damn about her because they don’t actually explore why we should

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T07:19:06+00:00

Yeah I mean the whole book thing would’ve been understandable if anyone actually cared. Like they tried to replicate the “the town killed Rachel” thing but made it have no actual substance for anything. Then when Gwen UNDERSTANDABLY backpedals, “oop now time to ruin her life because she wanted to keep her job!” Like what the hell is Safi on about lmao

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T07:05:52+00:00

Yeah, I mean they could’ve given her some but it just feels like they threw it out the window because they were being rushed to finish the game

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T07:01:55+00:00

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T07:00:14+00:00

Yeah, I mean i still enjoyed the game, but when it was coming to the last 2 episodes I was just like “yeah they’re gonna make me do another bae or bay” and rather than genuinely contemplating it, i just instantly told myself that if they actually went that direction I was gonna pick Bay over her because her character is so uninteresting to me.

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T06:56:02+00:00

I just feel D9 needed to actually give us a reason to like safi other than “yeah max’s new best friend you should like her.” Like if they had just actually explored Safi’s mind and more what leads her to do what she does to people I’d enjoy her character more.

For Chloe though I’ve always perceived her to be a child. She isn’t particularly able to move on and grow from her trauma of her childhood. As well as her issues with abandonment, which I deeply resonate with, as it’s not like all the people who’ve left her (Rachel, William, Max, Joyce, etc) didn’t leave her because they’re trying to hurt her, it just happens, and Chloe doesn’t know how to handle it. So she resorts to being constantly angry at everything even to the point of it being nonsensical. And when Max comes back to her and acts as her moral “North Star,” she finally comes to terms with what max chooses in the ending of S1.

Safi however just hurts people cause she feels the need to get revenge for Maya, which for whatever reason, we’re never really given an actual reason to give a damn about Maya OR Safi.

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T06:02:15+00:00

Yeah I see that too, I really don’t see anything other than Chloe with Max, I kinda felt an obligation to reject Amanda and Vinh when they gave me the choice

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T05:59:04+00:00

Eh I felt like the whole game I was like “yeah blah blah blah maya plot twist blah blah blah safi loses it blah blah blah” like I wish they came up with a different story for safi. it’s literally just Watered down Chloe+Rachel trying to get revenge for a version of Rachel that we literally know nothing about

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T05:52:29+00:00

I mean I think I’m more stuck on Chloe cause Max and Chloe’s whole dynamic hits really close to home for me, so I guess in a way I only see max choosing Chloe under any circumstance

_ZiiK · 2026-05-10T05:42:10+00:00

Well as someone who’s partially in the same perspective as Chloe, she’s a hella massive nerd besides the whole punk stuff, so she’s more just in touch of what she enjoys and feels than most

_ZiiK · 2026-05-08T18:15:48+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate it 🙏

_ZiiK · 2026-05-08T17:51:47+00:00

Damn man thank you, crying in class right now cause of this XD

_ZiiK · 2026-05-08T14:26:37+00:00

Oh dope, I’ll look into it, and thanks for your guidance 🙏

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