>>3869284
You don't really understand what she meant when she said she loved you, anon... She loved you because you were the incarnation of her thesis. In the manner of all malignant narcissists, she didn't care about you for your sake, she cared about what you meant as an instrument for her own self-actualization. She was excited because you represented an opportunity for her to fully and finally be proven "right" according to herself.
She was Ayn Rand in space, and you were her Alan Greenspan. And, much like Alan Greenspan, you would eventually prove her hopelessly, completely and embarrassingly wrong about literally EVERYTHING she ever said, whether you realized it or not, whether you wanted to or not.
She's a great character and an amazing monster precisely because of how real she was. That kind of malignant personality is extremely real - there are examples all around you, though most people with such a profound personality disorder are not nearly as philosophical or introspective about it. Trump is a great example. The archetypical Disney step-mother. Hitler. Kim Jong-Il. Voldemort. It's such a classic character trope it's borderline cliché, and despite tottering on that knife edge for thousands of years it remains a compelling trope because it's just such a recognizable crystal of human faults and sins.
The reason she was great as a character is that the game's story actually went into detail to understand why she is the way she is, how she thinks, how she justifies herself, and shows how she can reframe literally anything to suit her need for self-soothing. And she does it in such a classic manner, that professional writers rolled our eyes even while we admired the purity of her depiction. She wasn't innovative, but she is who Palpatine should have been... if Star Wars were meant for a more mature audience. Palps is the flagship, though, because Star Wars with all its childish "dark and light" nonsense is meant for children primarily.
