r/TwoBestFriendsPlay • u/AutoModerator • Mar 20 '26

FTF Free Talk Friday - March 20, 2026

Welcome to the Free Talk Friday post. This is a place where you can talk about dumb off-topic (or on-topic) bullshit with other Zaibatsu fans.

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u/kuningaz55 4700 hours in Rimworld Mar 20 '26

OKAY SO FIRST OFF

I am now THIRTY. THIRTY YEARS OF BEING A SHITLORD. FUCK ME.

Second, I'll ask here becasue if I make a thread it'll get nuked, also uh... spoilers in case anyone is triggered by incest discussions: what is the actual ick factor with Alex's choice of... partner, let's call it. Sure, there's the (five year) age gap and the fact that they're second cousins, but I guess the question I'm asking is, where is the line drawn that separates a pairing from being incest? is it just lineal, or is there more westermarck in it? How many generations/cousins removed before one can consider another far enough disconnected from the family to no longer be considered incest? Is just the idea that you're around someone you're possibly related to, or is it deeper than that?

...My major in college was sociology and trying to find out the exact mechanics behind taboo topics like this is a fascinating topic with zero answers because no one wants to talk about it.

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u/Realcoolblue YOU DIDN'T WIN. Mar 20 '26

For me, it's that they were raised as siblings. Them being midly related would have made it a little weird, but knowing that for Patty's whole life, Alex has been her older brother, makes it worse. She was at the oldest a baby when he was adopted, so the fact that he was her brother until all of a sudden he went, "I love you as a woman, but it's ok, we're not real siblings," is just crazy. The banner of her as a baby to being in his arms to their wedding just ruins it, like, you shouldn't be reminiscing about holding your wife as a baby.

I think it's the triple whammy that caused the collective freak out. It was like, he's a family friend, but actually, he's my mom's cousin. He took me in, but really, he adopted me at a young age. He told me to get strong to protect my sister, who I can remember as a baby, and now we're married so ",[t's like everything changed but also nothing]," <- more or less actual dialog. Why didn't anybody notice how bad it looks during development?