I Think One Of The Most Fascinating Aspects Of Joshua's Character Is That He Was Raised By A Cult That

I think one of the most fascinating aspects of Joshua's character is that he was raised by a cult that worships him and it shows.

The game is very unsubtle in depicting the Undying as a cult, if a benign one whose goals are largely aligned with Clive's: the way it recruits from the disenfranchised dredges of society, the way it isolates it's members from the outside world, and associates devotion to their deity with worth as a person, even glorifying self sacrifice even past the point of reason- something Clive and Cyril butt heads on repeatedly.

And you can see the way that both being raised by them and being their messiah has impacted Joshua: the way Joshua feels that he can and should be able to do everything on his own (rebuffing Jote's efforts to help him even with small matters, avoiding Clive in order to 'protect' him), the way he's feels a right to order the lives of others around his own wishes (his meddling in the politics of each Kingdom, especially Sanbreque), even the subtle hint that he's given up on trying to persuade the Undying not to sacrifice their lives for his gain (and the even more subtle implication that he's maybe accepted that self sacrifice is a good thing, given his own self-sacrificial tendencies for Clive).

Their's this big gap after the reveal Joshua is alive where you wonder: how did he get from where he was Phoenix Gate (the shy innocent boy who wanted to do his duty more to make his brother proud then for it's own sake) to where he is at Drake's Spine (confident, mysterious, cold blooded in his pursuit of his goals), and the game answers that so effectively in the introduction of the Undying. This is where he learned it, this is what shaped him after everything fell apart and he went into hiding: a cult that all at once was trying to parent and worship and aid a 10 year old messiah whose only real desire was to save his brother from the monster that tore them apart.

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Carrying a bottle of painkillers for them

Making them laugh when they're upset

Bringing them a drink they didn't ask for

Kissing their forehead

Running your fingers through hair

Buying them something they never would have asked for

Making them their favorite meal after a long day

Knowing their schedule as well as your own

Listening to them rant

Taking interest in their hobbies

Letting them nap with their head in your lap

Doing their hair for them

Telling them to stop working so hard

Listening to their favorite music

Sitting with them after a bad day

Comforting them after a nightmare

Walking in step with them even when you don't have to

Letting them cry on your shoulder

Having their favorite snack in your bag

Squeezing them as tight as you can

Helping them move house

Buttoning up their coat for them when you don't have to

Bringing them medicine when they're sick, even though you know they won't take it

Communicating wordlessly across the room

Sharing a plate of food

Helping them build their confidence before an important meeting

Making sure they're safe on their way home

Helping them calm down

Remembering their favorite things

Rubbing their feet for them

Pulling over to comfort them

Having food ready for them when they come home

Turning off the lights when they have a migraine

Making sure they get sleep

Driving them to work just so you can have a few more minutes together

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Buying them a piece of jewelry that reminds you of them

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“…This is why I knew I shouldn’t have gotten close to you.”

“I’m going to need you to stop for one second because I just find it so incredibly rude that you think I’m not head over heels in love with your stupid, oblivious ass. Are you a brick? Because you’re dense as fuck.”

“Tell me how I’m supposed to un-love you, then. Tell me. Spare me.” 

“Yeah, well, if I could, I’d lose feelings for you. But it’s not that easy. It’s not that easy to just let go of someone you’ve held onto for so fucking long.” 

“What part of ‘I want you, and only you’ do you not understand?” 

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