Vitiate is very similar to Sidious in some ways, in some others he's not. I just see them as different characters and am not bothered that much by their similarities. Vitiate isn't such a blatant rip-off to the point that makes me say '**** you, TOR.'
The characteristics that make me say those words are others.... For example, the fact that the Empire itself is very much a complete, absolute, blatant rip-off of the Empire we know in the PT and OT, to the point it's just stupid. The same type of uniforms for officials, the exact same military ranks, the exact same logo, the archetype of troopers being virtually identical, their goals, their motives, etc. TOR's Empire is a huge copycat which is imo a lot more frustrating than the similarities between individual characters like Vitiate and Sidious. The only thing out of a thousand identical shitloads that is different is the fact that TOR's Empire has a Dark Council whereas OT Empire does not.
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edit- I also liked this comment:
" Regarding no. 4: Not all sense of
entitlement are created the same.
Some are very positive. For
example, it's extremely important
for a society to have a strong
sense of the importance of a fair
system and it's very dangerous to
start declaring little demands like
"food", "education", "housing", a
"functional justice system" or "a
decent job" part of some rampant
plague of self-interest.
Abandoning even the pretense of
fairness robs any authority above
the individual level of any shred
of legitimacy."
You guys should go post in the cool thread. And then Tempest should go and wank Sidious as the best pick in every category.