Demonic Possession: Rutger's final stand involves him being corrupted by saecelium energy and transforming into or merging with a monster from the alternate dimension; thus, this also involves Transformation of the Possessed.
I don't see where you're getting the idea he's possessed? He clearly retains his original personality. It looked to me more like he was spliced with a monster or just plain mutated by the energy rather than being completely possessed or taken over.
Rutger isn't "entirely evil"? I would argue Raccoon's actions are also pretty objectively evil (he committed genocide for purely selfish reasons), even if he does get a sympathetic portrayal.
I don't think the trope applies. Raccoon never attempts to sugarcoat his genocide after the fact, which is what this trope refers to. Are you referring to the way he lures the workers into the trap before the genocide? I think that's more a case of New Era Speech.
The reflecting pond. You know it's going to come back when you save Richard, but you think you're done with it when you save Alan thirty years later. But nope, it comes back again when you have to play back everyone's Soul Tears.
The God's Eye. Justified in that it's an incredibly powerful weapon, so any number of people want to get their hands on it.
I honestly don't see how anyone would assume the reflecting pond was over as a plot element after Alan. It clearly still hasn't been explained, and it showing up to spit another Giant Space Flea from Nowhere at you hardly counts as a major plot detail in the first place. I'm honestly not sure if it even counts as a Chekhov's Gun, because it's so obviously weird and inexplicable. It's impossible to overlook, and I highly doubt anyone would dismiss it as something that would never come up again; those are the two important components that differentiate a Chekhov's Gun from a regular Plot Twist. Same deal with the God's Eye; there isn't even any delay between its introduction and its use, it's always used immediately whenever it appears.
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I don't see where you're getting the idea he's possessed? He clearly retains his original personality. It looked to me more like he was spliced with a monster or just plain mutated by the energy rather than being completely possessed or taken over.
Rutger isn't "entirely evil"? I would argue Raccoon's actions are also pretty objectively evil (he committed genocide for purely selfish reasons), even if he does get a sympathetic portrayal.
Edit: Also:
I don't think the trope applies. Raccoon never attempts to sugarcoat his genocide after the fact, which is what this trope refers to. Are you referring to the way he lures the workers into the trap before the genocide? I think that's more a case of New Era Speech.
Edit 2: And also this:
I honestly don't see how anyone would assume the reflecting pond was over as a plot element after Alan. It clearly still hasn't been explained, and it showing up to spit another Giant Space Flea from Nowhere at you hardly counts as a major plot detail in the first place. I'm honestly not sure if it even counts as a Chekhov's Gun, because it's so obviously weird and inexplicable. It's impossible to overlook, and I highly doubt anyone would dismiss it as something that would never come up again; those are the two important components that differentiate a Chekhov's Gun from a regular Plot Twist. Same deal with the God's Eye; there isn't even any delay between its introduction and its use, it's always used immediately whenever it appears.
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