This a a reminder to not fall victim to the sunk-cost fallacy. Just because you invested time and energy into something, does not mean you should indefinitely waste more time and energy on it, if you decide it’s not what you want anymore. This goes for anything, from books, to relationships, to jobs, to hobbies, etc.
I actually like it when ships hurt each other in long lasting and unforgiveable ways. I like it when they leave vicious, glaring scars. I like when they leave traumas. I like when they stab each other and torture each other and ruin each other’s lives and violate every inch of each other’s values. and I like it when they fucking kill each other permanently dead.
The direct contrast between C137’s fear of death and Prime viewing death as a badass event in his little game hit me hard.
It makes me wonder if Rick’s fear of death is symbolic (or even a manifestation) of his fear of being just like Prime.
Prime laughs. We’ve seen C137 pray to God for mercy.
Rick got all the way there, face to face, and Prime wasn’t even scared. He didn’t even care about living as long as the ending was fun.
To be honest, the whole experience seemed satisfying to Prime. It was all part of his sick game, almost as if he got to watch his cute little puppet do exactly what he wanted him to do.