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The flipside to that, or at least how I first interpreted it, is that Hermes' disguise is flimsy and not especially tough to see through. He's an old god with a nearly non-existent following, so he's going to be a little out of touch. Like the MC says, "a 'deliveryman?' Really?"

I never felt like seeing the neon sign behind Jean that reads "by the way I'm Hermes" took anything away from his arc. His motivations were always the bigger part of the mystery. Whether or not you clock him doesn't really have an appreciable impact on the story up until the point that you/Asterion sock him.

Was this all just an excuse for that last sentence? Maaaaaaybe. Suffice it to say, I think Jean was handled very well!

Nanoff3 years ago(+2)

We expected most people to pick up on it right away, so we put in several ways to have the player call out who he was early on.

But you'd be surprised how many people were surprised by the twist. I guess it isn't too obvious if you're not familiar with Greek mythology.

cue5c3 years ago(+1)

I was surprised. I misread his conversation in Chapter 15 pushing Asterion and the MC together as a wink to the audience that Jean was Storm's father and he was working off some debt lmao.

I really should have seen it, because I am someone who notices details...but sometimes my mind sees one thing and starts filling in the blanks before I have time to get the full picture and I end up missing really obvious text.

rebyc3 years ago(+1)

He even makes a subtle self-deprecating joke when he first arrives in the hotel, explaining his name by saying that his family likes to join others' names together when naming their children.

And then, of course, he starts making references to his child Hermaphroditus

cue5c3 years ago

I must have read that, but I have zero memory of that line. Wow.

chapomon3 years ago

It so did not occur to me to use the phone entering name segment to call Jean out on my suspicions. I just thought it was a meant to have some potential funny pay off later in the story since I had no doubt that Jean knows the MC's name despite what he says. "Nice to see you again Mr. Chungus!"

Minoh Workshop3 years ago(+1)

Yes, we didn't want the mystery of Jean being Hermes to be too difficult. If anything it was the introductory mystery that leads to the juicier ones surrounding Argos, which in turn connects to P's.

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