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* Aeons have passed and the onion is fully peeled *

Alright this ending probably has the most to unpack out of all of these here.

At the end of the game, the player ends the trauma loop, entering the Cradle of Life, and meeting Malice, the first Triagon. Specifically, this line is very important to the story of Malice

It assumed total control of the biological shape of things. It became primal engine of technological progress. And so everything started to twist and turn, pulsate and pump. The infection is final.

Generally, the story of Malice is a metaphor for the state of the world, the immortality and the negative value of life.

The Cradle of Life itself, is likely what allows this resurrection to occur, and the Protagonist seemingly destroys it, killing Malice.

Because of how much text there is in this ending, it'd definitely be better to go through it completely.

Section 1

I think this section is supposed to represent a childhood or at least earlier memory of the Protagonist, a point in his life where his life still had value, before he became what is an immortal being. In a lust for power he abandoned his dreams, becoming what he is now. I'm not entirely sure, but I think the "pure soul" is supposed to be the Protagonist as well, he's the only immortal being completely willing to throw it all away, and put a stop to this.

Section 2

Everyone else in the world is seemingly going down, lazily, just sliding down the hill. The Protagonist is the only going up, taking a large step up. He basically becomes a god, cutting through the corrupt world and fixing it.

However I should note that the "God" metaphors imo are kinda iffy whether the Protagonist is like, literally a God or just simply compared to one, in the way that he changes the world. Either one is probably possible in this game lol

Section 3

The onion is probably a metaphor for the world itself. Essentially, the Protagonist takes the world, and cuts into it like an onion until there's nothing left, creating a new world out of it where everyone can die once again.

Although, as said before it is unclear to me whether he is actually a God or not. Here it could jsut be interpreted that his actions have changed society and the world.

Either way, at the end of this a large image with the words "GOLDEN AGE" appear on the screen, indicating the beginning of a new world and an end to it all.

And at the very end, it brings us back to the Georges Bataille quote I mentioned at the start.'

So in the end, what does this all mean? Is there an overarching message? A "theme" to the story? Probably somewhere, idk what it is tho

tl;dr game kinda crazy

--u/girlwhocantread

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrueltySquad/comments/ocnoti/unnecessarily_long_post_talking_about_the_endings/

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