Am I the only one who did this? (SPOILERS!!!)

[Desespero Catatónico]

In the beginning we get to know that the butterflies are to be destroyed. All of them.
Anyway, I didn't do it, because I would never pluck butterflies wings. I mean, come on!!!
So, later on I noticed the collectibles menu and there, I saw that it was actually supposed to pluck the wings.
I did it to one and I heard a whisper that was actually really good "It's important to love and appreciate those who saw you when you were all but invisible to everyone else who gazed upon your being". Totally agreed! But then, The Watcher, kind of made me feel bad, saying something like: "did you enjoy the sound of the wings being ripped off?" It, wasn't 100% this accurate words, but that was the point. I can't remember since it was last week. I reverted back to an early save and continued the Testing Chamber, without plucking wings, because that's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sick!
I got a question though, if game wise, it's supposed to collect the wings, if I would never do that, isn't that going against the primary rule, of being honest with my actions??
On my second playthrough I'll try to peek as much as possible. Curious on what whispers I'll ear and what The Watcher will say.
On both my two playthroughs of the The Test trilogy, I was always honest. It feels the second time around with The Testing Chamber I won't be fully honest. I sure hope there's some meaningful result at the end. Maybe by actually doing it, we're saving the trasmorphed wanderers, stopping their pain of being ashtray, looking forever for an exit?

So, was I the only one that collected 0 wings?

[Arndell]

Nope. I read the sign but also chose not to pluck any wings.

In the library room there is a book that seems to say that other wanderers in the chamber met a witch or something, who let them pick to become any animal they want, and it said most of them chose butterflies so they could fly about unseen and quietly in the shadows.

I'm pretty sure it then said if another wanderer kills them in that form they are freed from the chamber.

It's heavily paraphrased as I don't remember the exact wording, but basically the butterflies are other wanderers / lost souls and killing them is actually freeing them.

I still opted not to kill any though, no idea if that changed anything.

[catchby84]

im on my first playthrough after playing through the "Test Trilogy " and having played games in the past that have "good and bad" endings depending on choices made...i havent plucked a single one. I have interacted with all of them however but then just walk away. I also read in the library about the butterflys being people who chose to be them but i thought that just meant it was good i didnt kill them. The book in the library also said they (the butterflys) and anyone else who was an animal of sorts had to pass on wisdom to be free, not just die but i could be wrong its been a minute lol.

[Dimanor3]

I believe the butterflies are either people or spirits who chose to transform into them in order to eventually give their life to another wanderer. If they provide a piece of information that the wanderer they gave themselves to deems acceptable then they are freed from the testing chambers. Where they end up going is unknown, whether its better to stay or leave is unknown. The only thing that's known is once you leave you aren't coming back.

[Dimanor3]

I believe the butterflies are either people or spirits who chose to transform into them in order to eventually give their life to another wanderer. If they provide a piece of information that the wanderer they gave themselves to deems acceptable then they are freed from the testing chambers. Where they end up going is unknown, whether its better to stay or leave is unknown. The only thing that's known is once you leave you aren't coming back.

[Lost-In-Canada]

My word was goblet and I also didn't pluck any butterfly wings. But I don't think it was a bad thing; just because the game says it's something you can collect doesn't mean you have to collect them. I've never been a completionist though. It may feel different for people who are.

[Koal]

Didn't pick any. Didn't want to know what consequences there were for people who picked apart butterflies. Not my responsibility.

[Desespero Catatónico]

Yeah. And if people think about it, though they might think that they're doing a good thing by freeing them with euthanasia, it's still terrible. Because, though the butterflies will die in excruciating pain. Tortured to death. It's sick as ♥♥♥♥, even if for most players there isn't the intent of torturing.
I'm sure the developers have something intended with this. I need to pick this up again. I'm really curious why not just answer Yes or No to something terrible, but actually giving the ability to do it.

[WanderingHero]

I avoided plucking any wings till I got the room with the book that told me they were the souls of people trapped and by plucking them I'd free them, after that I plucked as many as I could find.

[Oddness]

The book does say that they are people, but another piece of writing says that the Testing Chambers are 'full of liars'. I plucked all of the wings, and didn't shed any tears for the bisected binary-bugs.

At first, I plucked them because a sign outside of the chambers offered a reward, and figured 'why not? After I read the book that suggested they might be people, I shrugged and said 'why not'?

It's actually funny that "the Watcher" mentions the 'center of the nerve system' of butter-flies when you collect them all. Fun fact -- Butter-flies don't really have much of one (A central nervous system). They basically respond to stimuli, like little meat machines, so I don't see why "the Watcher" gets on his soap-box every time you tear their wings off...

It isn't necessarily an ethical question. It can be purely based on what you know, and the ethical imperatives which your knowledge limits you to.

[Rocky]

I didnt kill the butterflies either, i accidentally clicked the wrong button once but other than that i let them all live. I made sure to look at them all though.

[<<Natalie>>]

i felt too guilty to pluck any butterfly wings :( i didn't know the game specifically wanted you to