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[OOC] Lambda, empathy, friendship, and Rika

May 01, 2011 23:29

So Rika wrote an essay on her relationship with Lambda, and I was going to respond in the comments... but then it got so long and unwieldy and off-topic that I just decided to write my own essay and post it here. :|b

( Doesn't contain big spoilers per se, but probably requires at least some knowledge of Lambda's backstory given in EP6 to make complete sense. also beware of idk my bff incoherency )

ooc, essay

Comments 3

moextispicy May 2 2011, 03:59:40 UTC

WE NEED RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING.

I mean. ...Well we do.

Anyway! This makes a lot of sense to me. -Actually, in a lot of ways, I'd say that Lambda actually reminds me more of Rika than Bernkastel does. They tend to cope in similar ways. I'd say the biggest real difference is that Rika's most important people are mostly human, with the limitations thereof. Also that Rika's not really driven like Lambda.

Hilariously, Rika has interpreted the story to mean that if/when she wins, she'll go around hurting people like she's been hurt. Which is making her go augh forever more.

Also what are the odds of Lambda reappearing in Rika's life when Rika's in the middle of the hangover from hell?

certifiably May 2 2011, 04:33:55 UTC

We need like....... EVERYTHING COUNSELING.

Yeah, I can definitely see Rika actually being more similar to Lambda than to Bern, and like I mentioned in that question meme, I think Rika and Lambda have a lot of things in common that Lambda and Bern don't. It's definitely interesting to see those connections!

Oh Rika. :( It would be interesting for her to find out about Lambda's little logic error problem somehow (because although Lambda does not have a mindset of "IF YOU EVER MENTION MY PAST TO ME I WILL KILL YOU!!!" like Bern does, it's not something she really talks about without a good amount of prompting either), and maybe then things might click into place a little more. Until then I guess Lambda will just continue to confuse Rika and make her feel terrible! \o/

Well Lambda will probably wait one or two days before coming to bother her again, so. FAIRLY LIKELY?

moextispicy May 2 2011, 04:44:17 UTC

I think actually Rika's getting increasingly curious about Lambda's human past? If there's one thing that she's realized, it's that she Does Not Understand Lambda, and she likes understanding people's berserk buttons.

...Poor Rika.