>>35825210> He is not mentally weak, just mislead.But that's just it, that's what makes him mentally weak. Ghetsis was literally an idiot and N's own weakness allowed him to be manipulated, used, and discarded. But it makes some sense, N is a head case, a picture that slowly fills in each and every time you meet him, until eventually you're literally in his room and it's quite literally just the room of a child filled with toys, toys that showed signs of being played with recently.
He isn't just weak, he's mentally retarded and it shows from moment one. Every time the player meets him is weird, he's hyperactive, difficult to follow, naively trusting, struggles to understand others and their points of view, lacks focus. He isn't completely out of it, but he's an overgrown
manchild that latched onto the barest thread of an idea that captured his attention and Ghetsis simply ran with.
> otherwise his convictions would have been shattered [...]But they were. The player never actually has to mount an argument against N's point of view. N would show up, challenge the player, and when he's defeated N would have a personal crisis of convictions that eventually unraveled entirely. It wasn't a battle of philosophies, the player never really takes a side. He's just a passenger in N's journey of self-destruction.
> but not the kind he wantedBut he did want it. By the end, his philosophy is in tatters by his own hand, he couldn't defend it against someone that wasn't challenging him to begin with. N sought the player out and his own ideals were struck down, but he couldn't handle it and resorted to seeking power so that he was able to force his ideals on the world. A tantrum from an overgrown child.
> He has story, depth, character, and a purpose.Purpose is cheap. Anyone can give themselves a purpose, it doesn't mean it's a meaningful one and N's so-called purpose is as shallow and trite as they come.
