What do you think Clem is most likely to lose in Episode 5, or in Season 3?
This was brought up in a discussion with @Dark_Star on Skype. We thought that Clem would lose something next episode, or possibly in the near future like in Season 3. We came up with a few possibilities that could happen, and I put them in a Strawpoll to be voted on. Which do you think can/will happen next episode or in Season 3, or which do you think is the most likely to happen?
NOTE: This isn't meant to offend anybody, but this was an honest discussion of what could happen.
http://strawpoll.me/2228885
EDIT: I also misspelled the word "Psycho" in the choices.
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The way I see it...
-Innocence: Sees like a natural choice, but it would be very polarizing, especially for people who play a lighter version of Clementine. Making her completely devoid of morals would cause players to become apathetic.
-Virginity: I don't think so. Rape is not something that's easy to get past the censors. Even then, explicit rape in a game is crossing the line in my book.
-Item: it's possible that Clem could lose her hat, though I don't see that happening for a while. I think Clem will let go of the hat, when she truly feels no connection with her life before the outbreak. I voted for this.
-Body Part/Appearence: This could happen in Episode 5, if Clem gets caught in the crossfire. I doubt it would be permanent, but it could change gameplay for a while (ex. doing things one-handed if she's hit in the shoulder).
What....
Probably innocence. But also, it's not on the poll, but I would say that she loses her friends.
Whatever innocence she has left will be long gone by the time Season 3 rolls out. And I highly doubt that Telltale will allow a teenage girl get raped in their games. There could be a scene where someones tries to (like with Carl in the show), but then someone will intervene and stop it.
Ya but thats assuming there isn't a time skip between Season 2 and Season 3. She could be like a 14 or maybe even 15 year old by S3E1.
Most likely attempted rape may happen.
And she's 11(12?)
About the Body part/ appearance: What about chronic pain? Most likely Clem'll be shot in the end scene (who knows how badly), though she'll probably live through it. But that doesn't mean healing from it will be that easy. Even after healing, if she gains back the use of any body parts affected by the bullet, she's likely to have pain for at least years after, and without even ibuprofen readily available all the time, that shit's gonna hurt. Clem's only 11. Imagine if you had pain for the rest of your life from such a young age. I've never had something like that happen to me thankfully, but I imagine that even when you're just sitting down, it's not easy to relax and it frankly sucks. At least today we can get meds, but in the ZA...well I guess it's just depressing.
At least Arvo might have some meds....
I don't think they'd really portray chronic pain in the game because it's not that easy to, but maybe Clem gets a limp or something? Just a little more visual reminder, rather than just a scar.
Read the poll.
What is with this "clem gets raped" thing some people have? It's not going to happen in game. It has almost certainly been rule 34'd though, I'm sure you can find it somewhere on the internet if you look hard enough.
One reason why the slide for Amid The Ruins was so striking was that Clem didn't have her hat, which seemed to indicate she no longer had an attachment to her memories prior to the dead rising.
Oh my God!
No Nate wouldn't do that... I feel so shaken by that lol
I believe she will lose her humanity
I would be kind of ok with attempted (the world is bad accept it) but full on rape scene? no
Because rape is the standard trauma for female characters in lazily-written post-apocalyptic stories, particularly if they are young women.
I was actually somewhat afraid that Sarah was going to be subjected to sexual abuse because she was a naive teenage girl, but that never materialized. And the rape subtext between Rebecca and Carver is 'subtle' enough to fly right over a lot of players' heads.