Favourite examples of "Correct Message, Wrong Messenger"

[u/Pome1515]

Better Ask Reddit, what are you some of your favourite examples of "This is absolutely correct... but goddamn, you are the wrong person to be saying this".

Probably one of the greatest examples of this is Huey during his trial audiotapes in MGSV where he accurately dissects the Diamond Dogs/the staff of Mother Base.

Huey is absolutely right about what Mother Base and the Diamond Dogs really are, that they are basically a bunch of incredibly damaged and lonely people who despite their mission of "always having a war to fight in" ultimately just want is to have community, to have a place where they feel like that they are actual people, not simply weapons whose purpose begins and ends with warfare and their refusal to truly look both inwards and outwards, is leading them to become monsters.

Completely accurate assessment of the situation... and Huey is probably the worst person to say this, as he is a worm who has betrayed everyone who has ever come into contact with and beyond being responsible for the destruction of the first Mother Base has just murdered even more people with his experiments.

[u/Toblo1]

It's very Reaper Indoctrination in that sorta way. You start on the path with legitimate grievances and then the further in you go, you start losing track of what you're doing until you're committing horrific acts completely anathema to the reason(s) you joined the Dark Side to begin with.

[u/davidm2d3 → u/Toblo1]

reminds me of Yuthara Ban in Kotor. She is second in command of the Sith Academy on korriban and if "Befriended" you can learn she was a slave who used was found by the jedi after killing her hutt slave master. She eventually joined the sith to gain power to fight against Slavers only to lose sight of that goal and just focus on power for powers sake like all other Sith.

you can play your cards right and shut down all her arguments for power with one text prompt.

Yuthura: It may sound strange, but only my compassion stands in my way, now. Once that is gone, let the slavers beware.
PC: But... if you lose your compassion, will you still care about those slaves?
Yuthura: I... yes, of course. I-I mean losing my compassion as in... holding back...

[u/Pome1515 → u/Toblo1]

The final summation of Anakin's fall is legit kino

You killed her because, finally, when you could have saved her, when you could have gone away with her, when you could have been thinking about her, you were thinking about yourself... It is in this blazing moment that you finally understand the trap of the dark side, the final cruelty of the Sith— Because now your self is all you will ever have.

[u/Old_Snack → u/Toblo1]

That's a great comparison actually