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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So if he tries to do good, does that also backfire, or does everything become a good deed regardless?

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The prompt only says the villianous plans backfire

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah, true. So trying to do good won't help him do evil, either. What if he tries to do something morally ambiguous, like stealing bread to feed a starving family?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or if he winds up in a trolley problem type situation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If he tries to switch the track so the trolley only runs over 1 person, it will probably (harmlessly) derail and save everyone, but doing nothing is more interesting to figure out. He's a villain, and I would consider seeing people about to die and doing nothing while cackling inwardly a villainous act even though the "act" is actually doing nothing. Would malicious intent through inaction count for the curse? Maybe not.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Wow what a terrible train crash. Good thing no one messed with this "blow up the orphanage" lever too. (Why do we even have that thing?)