History AlternativeCharacterInterpretation / Videogames

*** One of the reasons Orgrim is up to so may interpretations is the number of retcons relating to him; originally he decieved and ambushed Lothar(greatest human hero ever); later this was retconned into killing him in an honorable, on on one fight-- something a lot of people didn't like. Also, he was known among the orcs as "The Backstabber" for usurping the posistion of warchief from Blackhand. A lot of people took this to mean he literally stabbed Blackhand in the back in a cowardly assassination attempt; it was never clearly stated in the original lore and was someone in line with his behavior, like ambushing Lothar. It was later explained that he killed Blackhand in a fair fight-- he was called the backstabber because Blackhand was [[VillianWithGoodPublicity popular]]. From there, Orgrim was mainly doing what was best for the orcs even if it meant wiping out the humans.

* ''TheWorldEndsWithYou'' (or It's A Wonderful World) has many of the characters being easily able to be Alternatively Characterized, and in fact has an extra chapter where it does basically just that, expanding on many of the traits already visible in the main story, such as Joshua's ambiguously gayness having the ambiguous part taken out. This can even be further alternatively characterized as him simply messing with Neku, and in fact being straight. Shiki is either cheerful and positive because she's pretending to be more like Eri, or because that's how she is, but she's too shy and unconfident to show it. Neku either genuinely hates people, or can't bear to be close to them, afraid he'll get hurt. The second seems more likely though given what the top of Pork Tower reveals. He could also be afraid that he'll hurt them, indirectly. Does Neku have a romantic interest in Shiki, or is it simply the first person he's opened up to that she becomes [[spoiler: his fee for the second week]]? Is Beat so stupid he doesn't notice what's going on, or is he so driven by his goals he doesn't notice? Kariya is either too lazy to get promoted, or he enjoys Uzuki's company so much he doesn't want to leave their partnership. Is Joshua a SmugSnake, MagnificentBastard who [[spoiler: enjoys forcing people to play games and in fact knew he wouldn't destroy Shibuya from the first day, or was he inspired by Neku's refusal to shoot him?]]

** Is everybody forgetting the Blot? In several continuities he's just a crook who aspires world domination ([[VillainDecay or has daddy issues and]] [[{{Discontinuity}} tried to become the Phantom Rainbow]]), in Epic Mickey, he's an EldritchAbomination made of Ink and Thinner, with the possible goal of erasing everything.

* Claude of ''GrandTheftAutoIII'' has this, due to his HeroicMime status. Is he motivated by revenge against Catalina? Against anyone who betrays him? Is he merely a PunchClockVillian who takes all these jobs for money? Power? [[BloodKnight Blood lust?]] On a smaller scale: Did Claude actually [[spoiler: shoot Maria]] or did he merely [[spoiler: fire into the air to shut her up?]]
** CJ from ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' is a divisive chararacter, due to his more {{anti hero}}ic attributes. Some view him as an ultimately good person who has to do bad things to help the people he loves. Others view him as just as much a monster as every other GTA protagonist.

*** Orgrim was one of the notable few who [[spoiler: didn't drink from the chalice which turned most of the orcs into demon-like brutes]]. He's also the PlayerCharacter SoYeah. HumansAreBastards or HumansAreSpecial.

*** Also, she's not really displacing creatures. It's not as if she ended up bringing the Sheegoth from Phendrana Drifts to Aether, they just moved into different rooms that are exactly the same as the rooms they were previously in with no help from Samus. Hell, the Chozo Ghosts are friggin ghosts, they can walk through walls (plus, most of the rooms on the 1st floor of the ruins don't have roofs, SoYeah).

* "[[Portal And when you're dead I will be still alive]]". Threat of a future murder attempt, or lamentation of immortality?
* [[Marathon]]: Considering that the Marathon trilogy has far more {{Fanon}} than actual {{Canon}}, there's plenty of room for interpretation. Is [[MissionControl Durandal]] a self-centered psychopathic [[AIIsACrapshoot computer]] saving the colony ship and universe just because he's in it, or {{The Atoner}} trying to make up for what he did under Strauss's control (and possibly even before he was known as Durandal)?

*** Yeah, but the first game they were trying to exterminate the humans. The Repliforce incident, not so much... ''but'' their refusal to even so much as negotiate after the Sky Lagoon incident suggests their [[HonorBeforeReason pride]] helped sabotage an already volatile incident. Plus, they're an army and they seemed to have been disobeying orders. Any government would be scared if one of their best armies refused reasonable orders to come in for questioning because they were implicated in a major atrocity, and belong to a population well known for going murderously berserk. Declaring them Maverick wasn't exactly done on a whim.

*[[Portal "And when you're dead I will be still alive"]]. Threat of a future murder attempt, or lamentation of immortality?

[[Portal "And when you're dead I will be still alive"]]. Threat of a future murder attempt, or lamentation of immortality?

*** The canonical Manga shows that her parents and home colony was destroyed by the Space Pirates. And the Chozo raised her to be a force for good.

*** The canonical Manga shows that [[Freudian excuse her parents and home colony was destroyed by the Space Pirates.]] And the Chozo raised her to be a force for good.