People (but mostly women) like Sophie are dangerous

[Placenta Salad]

What was basically implied within the narrative of this video game is that the dissolution of Sophie and Gustavo’s union stemmed from an irreconcilable divergence in their aspirations: Gustavo, united with an innate longing for progeny, found himself at odds with Sophie, who recoiled at the prospect of ushering new life into a world she deemed irrevocably condemned.

She further maintained that to birth a child in such a dire epoch would be to orphan them to existential desolation. Gustavo ultimately yearned for continuity and legacy and had hope, while Sophie withheld participation and resorted to cowardice by not even applying for an expedition to play some other role for the greater good of humanity.

Women, through the power of childbirth, serve as the principal architects of humanity’s ongoing chronicle. Although men are of course indispensable until such time as science untangles the final mysteries of artificial gestation, it falls predominantly upon women to ensure the species persists, flourishes, and evolves through the centuries by accepting the responsibilities and roles of womanhood. After all, some-40% of men do not get the opportunity to reproduce but every woman does unless she just chooses not to. Men, sadly, do not get that choice. Women either want to reproduce with him or they do not and so he is not granted the joys of fatherhood.

But I digress, in a world set upon by the slow genocide of humanity, it becomes imperative for women to resist the temptation of solipsistic inclinations and embrace a higher calling: to give rise to a new generation who might one day triumph against the Paintress and at last extinguish the cycle of trauma that has stained so many lives. By declining this charge, by espousing an anti-natalist creed, Sophie renounces a vital civic duty, one each member of society must at some juncture confront—be it as parent or defender. These are roles very vital and ancient, where if you don't want to be one then you have to be the other.

Existence itself is a relentless contest of probabilities; the greater the quantity of children, the greater the likelihood that among them will emerge an individual distinguished by a singular genius, perhaps even one who may illuminate a pathway toward miraculous cures such as for cancer or traveling the stars to colonize other planets. Sophie represents someone very self-centered in her attempts to be empathetic for the future of humanity. She is the worst of a doomer.

The crisis of depopulation is something we can observe in our own reality and is not a trivial matter. Sophie, in her convictions, emerges as a cipher for the real-world phenomenon of women electing to eschew motherhood, often in pursuit of purposes more intimately their own—which deprives society of great potential.

I opine that Sophie, together with those (both men and women) who echo her philosophy, are not at all important by comparison to those people who choose the path of creation. If you choose not to have children as a woman, you should be relegated to military service instead. In the context of this video game, that is to suggest applying for an expedition. But Sophie refused to even do that, hence why she is a coward who died a coward's death.

[Shin Happens]

Ehm.... ok? :-D

Sophie's choice is entirely understandable. Her child may have lived to the ripe age of 25 or so, and if Sophie had conceived at age 18 the child would have been an orphan at age 15. The game never tells us exaxctly what happens to the many, many, many orphans this society must have. And they are running out of foster parents as well.

If we knew for a fact that a world ending asteroid hit us in about 20-30 years from now, what do YOU think would happen here on Earth? It would be total chaos, that is what would be.

That the Lumièrians held it together as is is already amazing. Here on Earth it would be utter chaos. Very few people might decide to have kids.

They have been at it for 67 long years now in Lumière. With 0 success. You can't fault people for losing hope or not wanting their potential children to suffer through all this. Women are not "just" breeders, that is an incredibly narrow view of things. And actually a bit sexist maybe....

[Jester]

Isn't Sophie a foster parent? Which is just as important lol. Also it ain't that deep. People got depressed over the years ever noticed how small of an army they sent with 33 in comparison literal bodies flooding the ground in forgotten Battlefield?

[archmag]

The crisis of depopulation is something we can observe in our own reality and is not a trivial matter. Sophie, in her convictions, emerges as a cipher for the real-world phenomenon of women electing to eschew motherhood, often in pursuit of purposes more intimately their own—which deprives society of great potential.

Earth is already overpopulated. If population grows futher it will only lead to worse things, more wars, more starvation, more problems with wealth distribution, etc. There were 6B people in 2000, there are 8B now. Thanks god for people who choose to not increase that further especially when they don't have good local conditions for a child's growth. No need to bring a child into this world only for them to become a bandit or killer due to powerty.

I opine that Sophie, together with those (both men and women) who echo her philosophy, are not at all important by comparison to those people who choose the path of creation. If you choose not to have children as a woman, you should be relegated to military service instead. In the context of this video game, that is to suggest applying for an expedition. But Sophie refused to even do that, hence why she is a coward who died a coward's death.

Is being a mother or military the only way to contribute? What about running an orphanage for those who decided to give birth and then abandoned their children? What about making food or working at any other job which contributes to declining society and makes it better? Would you really give birth to a child knowing they will die at 19 years old and you die when they are just 4 years old and leave them without a parent (Gustave and Sophie were away from each other for 4 years, so I use that number for the moment when they could have started a family together)? It looks really irresponsible of you to bring a child in a world where you can't actually take care of it and just dump it on others especially knowing this child's bleak future.

Your position looks like a nationalist's position: if you can't increase the population of your own country go and kill people of other countries. That's basically what you said. You don't look at the whole picture and don't even see that in this world there is no other country to compete in population with. They have totally different rules.

[TCSyd]

Why must you write like an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥? This is the Steam forums, not your 11th grade English class lmfao.

[Sailor Gloom]

Not reading all that, you aren't as smart as you think you are.

[Kapika96]

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