What side is Kindred on?

laststanding6·Oct 16, 2015·1 votes·802 views

They are supposed to be an embodiment of death right? Yet it seems like that in the story of the actor, she wasn't going to die yet she was implied to have been taken by wolf or lamb. So did she steal the actress's life for enjoyment or did she eat a genuinely poisoned apple or what? Is she as nuetral as death or do they find enjoyment in prey? Just a little confused.

5 Comments

MimyOct 16, 20153 votes

She wasn't taken by wolf or lamb, had that happened she would of died. But in the story even they acknowledge SHE CAME TO THEM. It wasn't her time.

Wait.. If you go to kindred does that mean you try to kill yourself, have the near death experience, and because of it your scared for life? After you seen for yourself what is waiting for you... in the end?

charcharmunroOct 16, 20152 votes

It's just... What they do. Wolf finds enjoyment in chasing those who run from death, Lamb... Doesn't really have many emotions, so.

ElectroScalarOct 16, 20151 votes

I think Riot is confused themselves. Kindred as embodiment of death shouldn't be on anyone's side, they just do their job. They should be professionals. But Riot's writers gave them some kind of agency, in spite this. They probably weren't thinking, plus it would be boring to have characters that don't care about anything.

WaffletimewarpOct 19, 20152 votes

It wasn't so much agency as acknowledging that free will is a thing. Kindred recognize that if a certain choice can lead someone away from them outside of the two choices they give, they don't have any power as the individual isn't going to die until later on that path.

ElectroScalarOct 25, 20151 votes

Why was I downvoted? I think my comment was misunderstood. I was referring to Kindred as characters from folklore. They should be acting like agents, with no real intentions, just a natural phenomenon that represents death in a metaphorical sense. Kind of like the Sun shining, it doesn't shine because it wants to, or because it likes shining. It just shines. But, having characters who are absolutely disinterested in the world around them would not be interesting to the audiences. That's why they have personalities.