[SPOILER] New ending Mitch and Panam

[Oksiki]

Watch the ending again carefully and how Mitch speaks, all of the information about Panam comes from Mitch. Panam died too and Mitch is trying to spare V's feelings.

That's one way to interpret this ending, but my thoughts on that is Panam didn't die trying to reach V, and Mitch doesn't seem like a guy who would lie and hide to spare V's feelings. Aldecaldos in general are very open with their feelings and honest as a group. And even if Panam did die to save male V as a love interest, would she go that far for female V as a friend? Even if they can become close friends, V isn't even an Aldecaldo member and not that close to Panam in Tower, or any endings other than Star.

Like many others would criticize, this ending is simply poorly written when it comes to how to handle important side characters, imo. I'm fine with how V's fate is miserable now and these side characters being distant or angry towards V because it makes sense. But not with whole lack of communications and especially dialogues of Judy, Panam, River. They really feel out of character in this ending.

 

[mjHushpuppy]

I just got to this point in the story and I was so caught off guard by Panam. I thought Phantom Liberty's writing was fantastic up until this point, and they just decided to burn away all of Panama's character with this ending. I don't get it.

 

[nocoolnamejim]

I just got to this point in the story and I was so caught off guard by Panam. I thought Phantom Liberty's writing was fantastic up until this point, and they just decided to burn away all of Panama's character with this ending. I don't get it.

The best way to interpret that ending is the devs and writers rolling their eyes at anybody who wanted any sort of "happy" or "V lives" ending and throwing a bit of a hissy fit.

"Okay. Here's your 'V lives' ending. Are you happy now you ungrateful fuckers?"

Because the writing of so many characters - Panam is the worst but far from the ONLY example - is egregiously sulky and not consistent with the characters as established. "We'll make DAMN SURE that everybody we CAN come up with a reason for abandoning you DOES do so."

 

[MartineDee]

Ah, now I get which ending this is about.

That ending sucks. Seen it once and never again. Reduced from hero to zero. Otoh, V is still young there, they sure have all means to jump start their life if they gtfo from NC.

NC only rocks when you're a superhero. Or a supervillain, like Smasher.

 

[Mr-Evil]

I don't know why people get this impression. There's nothing in the relationship between Mitch and panam to suggest there's any romantic interest either way and it isn't true that Mitch shows up and supports Panam without question, when you first meet him he literally refuses to help her. My impression of Mitch's call to V was that he felt awkward about calling V because he is generally a nice guy and is a friend of V and also doesn't want to have to deal with Panam's reaction if V keeps contacting her.

In any case the real answer is that the ending in relation to male V and Panam's is bullshit and badly written.

Or, in short, Panam is, was, and will always be a brat.