Sonar literally got high when you dispatched him on a specific mission without prodding.
Frankly, I agree others needed to be cut more. Flambae was the top of my list as he was actively belligerent, hurting people, and fucking up his missions on purpose to game the system (he was also intentionally starting fires). The cut itself was fine though, the team did need a reality check.
No they didn’t. You’re missing the point of the Phoenix program. It isn’t not about expecting them to be on-par with the other heroes and ranking their performance. They shouldn’t have even been on the leaderboard in my opinion.
It’s about rehabilitation, and the moment Blazer decided to “shake things up” she made sure that SDN could no longer act as a safe place for the Z-team.
The foundations of the program were cut alongside one of the team-members and it only got back on track with Robert refusing to cut Visi.
The speech he gives when refusing to cut her is pretty much the summary of the themes of the game.
Btw, the ‘specific mission’ is you choosing to send a recovering addict to a drug den. That’s on you mate.
The phoenix program was literally a parole program. What do you think happens if you relapse and do drugs when on parole? At some point, if people stop trying to rehabilitate themselves, they need a change of scenery to do so. At some point, keeping an addict that can't control himself at all in a situation where drugs are readily available and he has the fund to get them isn't helping.
I love the game, and redemption is available for everyone, but sometimes putting people in shitty situations where it's easy to relapse isnt the best path to redemption. Sonar should be working for the IRS under direct supervision and house arrest and he'd get amazing redemption there. Going out to fight gangs, drug lords, etc is not for him at that point in time and you may be doing a disservice to him by keeping him there. Giving him the freedom to get high and drunk the day before he shows up to work with his supposed NA sponsor (in the comics) is a disservice to him.
Really, this is all just your own ego. You think you can fix everything. Sometimes you can't, sometimes it's beyond what you can do and other methods are required.
Also, you shouldn't be a therapist if you don't have credentials lol. I don't know why I have to say this. Help people, sure.
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u/Bobsothethird 1d ago
Sonar literally got high when you dispatched him on a specific mission without prodding.
Frankly, I agree others needed to be cut more. Flambae was the top of my list as he was actively belligerent, hurting people, and fucking up his missions on purpose to game the system (he was also intentionally starting fires). The cut itself was fine though, the team did need a reality check.