03-14-2015, 10:50 AM
I'm not entirely sure that Wesley is with Iris and Derrick. He seems to want us not involved, where they seem to want to involve us in their plan. Clearly we don't all agree all the time, so that doesn't mean they aren't working together. But I've seen no evidence of connection between them.
Honestly, I don't know how many factions we have in play here. I'm relatively sure that Wesley was serious about not wanting to see anyone hurt in a fight that wasn't theirs, but if we jump in the wrong way (for him) I don't think he'd necessarily spare us.
I don't think Iris and Derrick have any particular desire to harm us. I don't think they would be thrilled to see us hurt. But I absolutely have no reason to expect, that if this goes badly, they'll put themselves at risk to save us. I don't necessarily think they're terrible or evil, but I do think they're not terribly concerned about our fate beyond the abstract.
(And yes. For the three of you or so who remember me when I got here, that was pretty much where I stood on most of the population. I'm not making a moral judgement on being able to dispassionately send people to die. Sometimes you have to make those choices. Hell, drop the dispassionate and I sent people to their deaths only a few months ago. And yes, it was awful. But I would make the same choice, were I to have it again.)
Honestly, I don't know how many factions we have in play here. I'm relatively sure that Wesley was serious about not wanting to see anyone hurt in a fight that wasn't theirs, but if we jump in the wrong way (for him) I don't think he'd necessarily spare us.
I don't think Iris and Derrick have any particular desire to harm us. I don't think they would be thrilled to see us hurt. But I absolutely have no reason to expect, that if this goes badly, they'll put themselves at risk to save us. I don't necessarily think they're terrible or evil, but I do think they're not terribly concerned about our fate beyond the abstract.
(And yes. For the three of you or so who remember me when I got here, that was pretty much where I stood on most of the population. I'm not making a moral judgement on being able to dispassionately send people to die. Sometimes you have to make those choices. Hell, drop the dispassionate and I sent people to their deaths only a few months ago. And yes, it was awful. But I would make the same choice, were I to have it again.)