Update: what the fuck
So, the town manipulates people into doing horrible things, like Sydney trying to kill tj and chase being made go through with killing Flynn, so that the responsible ones can keep those horrible secrets to themselves and that feeds it I guess? I think it probably has to do with the quartz or whatever, like the coyote said. It absorbers the bad things that happen and maybe somehow that energy created the entity that manipulates people? She also said that sometimes, when the conditions are right, the quartz releases back into the town the horrible memories of what happened, like the fox hanging himself. Just... wow. That last part where chase killed Flynn and now hes together with tj saying how he wonders if they're gonna forget all this happened again, just like with Sydney... makes me think the town also does this, this effect of making people forget, so the secrets can remain buried.
Im not 100 percent sure how im feeling. This has put a bitter taste in my mouth. I don't feel like things ended up good, not because flynn is dead and so is Sydney- even if the town was making Sydney act like that, which now im actually not sure, he might just have been a psychopath piece of shit, and I loved chase drowning him- but because, like, the thing made them do those things... back then with Sydney and now with Flynn, and now they're just going to get out of there without going over any of that? Literally just forget what happened like the first time? Man, this leaves a bad taste in my mouth.. not to mention that with how everything ended everything feels a bit toxic about chase and his obsession with tj. I guess he's not going to hurt him or whatever, after all he did all that for him, bur still, its fucking messed up. I didn't really like how this ended, but of course, this is a horror game and obviously this angst feeling is part of the story, like yeah things are supposed to end messed up like this. And while I really don't like how this has got me feeling about chase and tjs relationship, I get why its intentional. Its supposed to be like that... great gamr though. I've only played tjs route so far but I've got to say I would definitely pay for this. Unfortunately im a minor and I can't ask for my parents to pay for me, but maybe if I remember this when im older I'll definitely pay the creator somehow! This game's amazing!
Okay, I thought it over, and- yeah, chase was definitely falling for tj before the thing started affecting him, and I think he got so possessive and obsessed because of the town's influence. Tj clearly didn't reciprocate though... the way he acted when chase kissed him, and all after that... i now see that everyone that happened after chase killed flynn, tj really isn't in love with chase. Chase's obsession with tj is toxic and he's way too messed up because of everything that happened. If tj does end up choosing to be with him (Haven't finished the story yet) he's definitely doing it because of the trauma he went through- this isn't love. Chase is unhealthy obsessed and tj is traumatized so much to the point hes gonna be very easily manipulated, not to mention his already trusting nature. I thought it was a bit bad how things ended up, but now I see it's worse. Its so way worse. It's a sick, toxic unhealthy, trauma based relationship they've formed, and chase definitely isn't good for tj. Tj doesn't love him, and everything he does after what happened its because of their shared trauma.