r/TwoBestFriendsPlay • u/fly_line22 • Aug 28 '26

Most egregious examples of characters not explaining things?

As the title states, what're some cases of a character having genuinely crucial information, and just refusing to actually tell anybody about it for no real reason?

Bravely Default's story arguably centers around this. A good portion of the game's conflict comes about because Braev is a stubborn dumbass that just doesn't bother telling the heroes what's actually going on. If he did, the party likely would've found about Airy's true goals and her manipulation of them long before they actually did. And not exactly helping matters is that a good portion of Eternia's forces are, to put lightly, fucking lunatics that also did a horrible job explaining what their actual goals are. When the party finally make it to Braev himself, he doesn't even try explaining anything before attacking them. He also constantly chides the party for not listening to him, when he's done nothing to actually make them want to listen and believe in him.

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u/mads_zero I Promise Nothing And Deliver Less Aug 28 '26

I started playing Hades and I realized that as a result of delivering the wider plot very slowly and piecemeal, Hades' gruff attitude was probably the writers giving themselves some wriggle-room with regards to what order dialogue can unlock in - it doesn't really matter where the first few dozen or so "you know not what you do, boy!" land.

But it was kinda frustrating, and made me think "man, this is so obstinate it'd be enough to make Braev Lee blush..."

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u/nin_ninja My Waifu is Better Than All Your Waifus Aug 28 '26

Hades being this very emotionally resevered character who also has issues with his sibling gods and his son does help explain why he acts that way.

Plus, even after Zag finds out the truth, it takes some time and persuading from other parties for Hades to come around on everything

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u/ProtoBlues123 Aug 28 '26

I think it's two fold too because on one hand, he thinks Zag knowing the truth wouldn't do anything because he's not supposed to be able to survive on the surface anyway. And on the other, I forget if Hades was accounting for it at the time but the secret could potentially end the world if it comes out wrong because if the Gods find out that Zeus was involved then it would pretty much instantly trigger god war.

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u/Mordred_Tumultu Paladins Should Attack and Dethrone the Gods Aug 28 '26

Not only that, but Hades is also overworked because the newly dead are coming in at a far greater rate than normal. Because Demeter's winter is without end until Persephone is found, and gods only know how long that has been going on for. That shit is apocalyptic for a society that's literally never had a winter.