He’s a fucking idiot. He’s the personification of ritual belief in an idea instead of the material reality. The very first fucking thing he does is ignore his own boss, who is clearly more experienced than he is, who wants to brush the 2 deaths under the carpet because it will cause more trouble otherwise. His boss understands the fucking mess everything is and how none of this shit actually operates cleanly and how they have to let shit go to keep things smooth.
What does he do? Ignore him. Do his own thing. Get multiple people killed, start shootouts in the street, lose a fucking dropship (like losing a Blackhawk) and fucking everything up. Why does he do this? Because he’s completely and totally bought into the empire, the fascism, the hierarchy, the rigid corporate structure and rules. He’s a hall monitor rules pervert. He’s not willing to analyse reality and adapt to it. He wants to follow the rigid structure and it goes wrong literally every single fucking time.
The fascist system and structures do not work the way they claim they work on paper and you have to adapt to how they really work in order to succeed, he never learns this, not even once. He just constantly conforms to the obvious bullshit of everything and fits into the nazi machine and dies for it. Fuck him. He deserves it. The little rat piece of shit. It is only his own mortality being threatened that finally makes him realise it, seconds before his end.
You see dweebs like this in every fucking corporate job too. The morons that fully buy into corporate structure and the work hard and climb idea of them. The absolute toolbags that never think to stop and analyse how it actually works inside the company because it sure as shit never works like they claim it works.
I believe Syril is a great litmus test for your average lib. Either a person realizes Syril was internally a crap individual that got satisfaction by being a rules Nazi, or they turn him into a sad little woobie man who could be redeemed any day now just you wait! Nope there is no redemption for the dude that willingly became a gestapo bean counter, he goes into the pit with the rest of them
Lowkey I love his character because he gets domed in the head when he realizes, only when people are legit torn apart in front of him by murder bots, that he “might be a bad guy”. Nope you libs you don’t get to whitewash the space Nazi.
A great example of how many people believe in the mask of liberalism, to borrow the term from the
spoiler
Deserter in Disco Elysium
:::. They belive all the propaganda about freedom, bootstraps, the American Dream, democracy, blah blah blah. Some people need the mask torn down right in front of them to see the truth. It’s one of the big advantages of the US is that it has all its wars abroad instead of at home, with an all volunteer military, and now even with drones. Each step keeps the truth more and more removed from the average person, so they will never have to see the mask drop.
Yup some people legit need to see the mask of capital to truly fall off before they realize the empire is not human and never has been and they are participating in mass murder.
Great take! I really like Andor and really appreciated how much of a whiny sad sack this character was. Your comment makes me want to rewatch it with this perspective.
He likes the hierarchy and strict order of things. He likes conforming to a simple set of rules and “the way things work”. He believes that this is all structured and fair and that it all works like they say it works.
None of it does though.
There’s a lot of people who sincerely believe this about the system we currently live in too. They are completely oblivious to it not working that way until a cop literally beats the shit out of them, or something happens in a job to utterly destroy their life, career and more. Only a true life shock snaps them out of believing it and makes them reassess. In Syril’s case he externalised his life shock onto Andor though, it wasn’t his own fault that his life fell apart it was Andor’s fault in his mind.
He’s a fucking idiot. He’s the personification of ritual belief in an idea instead of the material reality. The very first fucking thing he does is ignore his own boss, who is clearly more experienced than he is, who wants to brush the 2 deaths under the carpet because it will cause more trouble otherwise. His boss understands the fucking mess everything is and how none of this shit actually operates cleanly and how they have to let shit go to keep things smooth.
What does he do? Ignore him. Do his own thing. Get multiple people killed, start shootouts in the street, lose a fucking dropship (like losing a Blackhawk) and fucking everything up. Why does he do this? Because he’s completely and totally bought into the empire, the fascism, the hierarchy, the rigid corporate structure and rules. He’s a hall monitor rules pervert. He’s not willing to analyse reality and adapt to it. He wants to follow the rigid structure and it goes wrong literally every single fucking time.
The fascist system and structures do not work the way they claim they work on paper and you have to adapt to how they really work in order to succeed, he never learns this, not even once. He just constantly conforms to the obvious bullshit of everything and fits into the nazi machine and dies for it. Fuck him. He deserves it. The little rat piece of shit. It is only his own mortality being threatened that finally makes him realise it, seconds before his end.
You see dweebs like this in every fucking corporate job too. The morons that fully buy into corporate structure and the work hard and climb idea of them. The absolute toolbags that never think to stop and analyse how it actually works inside the company because it sure as shit never works like they claim it works.
I believe Syril is a great litmus test for your average lib. Either a person realizes Syril was internally a crap individual that got satisfaction by being a rules Nazi, or they turn him into a sad little woobie man who could be redeemed any day now just you wait! Nope there is no redemption for the dude that willingly became a gestapo bean counter, he goes into the pit with the rest of them
Lowkey I love his character because he gets domed in the head when he realizes, only when people are legit torn apart in front of him by murder bots, that he “might be a bad guy”. Nope you libs you don’t get to whitewash the space Nazi.
A great example of how many people believe in the mask of liberalism, to borrow the term from the
spoiler
Deserter in Disco Elysium :::. They belive all the propaganda about freedom, bootstraps, the American Dream, democracy, blah blah blah. Some people need the mask torn down right in front of them to see the truth. It’s one of the big advantages of the US is that it has all its wars abroad instead of at home, with an all volunteer military, and now even with drones. Each step keeps the truth more and more removed from the average person, so they will never have to see the mask drop.
Yup some people legit need to see the mask of capital to truly fall off before they realize the empire is not human and never has been and they are participating in mass murder.
“who are you?”
Was such a great ending for him.
I haven’t watched Andor but this guy sounds like this
(No offense to Spongebob)
Yes
Took me way too long to realize you are talking about syril not about the critical drinker
Waaaiiit a moment I don’t even think the critical drinker has a drop ship
The critical drinker should be given a drop ship so as to massively increase his odds of dying in a drop ship related accident
Great take! I really like Andor and really appreciated how much of a whiny sad sack this character was. Your comment makes me want to rewatch it with this perspective.
He likes the hierarchy and strict order of things. He likes conforming to a simple set of rules and “the way things work”. He believes that this is all structured and fair and that it all works like they say it works.
None of it does though.
There’s a lot of people who sincerely believe this about the system we currently live in too. They are completely oblivious to it not working that way until a cop literally beats the shit out of them, or something happens in a job to utterly destroy their life, career and more. Only a true life shock snaps them out of believing it and makes them reassess. In Syril’s case he externalised his life shock onto Andor though, it wasn’t his own fault that his life fell apart it was Andor’s fault in his mind.
Sounds familiar…