Tessa and Tom were insufferable, first time they were on screen I wanted to barf, well done in portraying them, further evidenced by Tessa's bigotry at the cemetery and Tom's douchebag-ness at the end, really was hoping for Tyler to punch him in the face vs just the shove.

Just finished, overall a good game, spoilers follow While I sympathize with Mary-Ann's mental health problems, she was a force of destruction and selfishness that the children - good people in my playthrough - finally escaped. While Tessa reported Mary-Ann out of a place of vindictiveness, Tessa also wasn't wrong: Mary-Ann posed a danger to her children.Įven if Mary-Ann didn't intend to kill Tyler, she was pointing the rifle at him.

Mary-Ann lived in a fantasy world where her needs and her status - represented by the tiara, perhaps - were of primary importance over the needs of her children. Mary-Ann wasn't equipped to raise two children on her own, pushed Sam away even though he could have helped even more, and refused to reconcile with her father who could have helped provide support if Mary-Ann would have offered an olive branch. The children are her goblins, but Mary-Ann choosing to keep them (rather than having an abortion) comes from a place of welcoming disaster. Piece by piece, Mary-Ann dismantled her support system much as it sounds like she did with cutting the cord with her parents (though that situation sounded complicated). So Mary-Ann choosing to be with Tom wasn't just about feeling crappy, but also potentially destroying her relationship with Tessa.

Sam loved Mary-Ann, but a person in a depression spiral doesn't want love but rather to feel terrible about themselves. At one point, the children speculate that Tom was a sign of how desperate Mary-Ann was for a connection - but that doesn't track with the facts. Mary-Ann was spiraling when she chose to have an affair with Tom.

Tell me why reddit