Talk:Dishonored: Death of the Outsider/@comment-30613712-20170907155039/@comment-26536672-20170909043456

And yet, assisted by their abilities otherwise, it was on their own volition that Duad, Granny Rags, and Delilah committed their atrocities. Perhaps there's a case to be made for the Outsider enabling them, but as he's not omniscient and cannot see the future (what would be the point of observing the Marked with fascination if he was?), ultimate culpability rests on their shoulders.

Perhaps had he not Marked said individuals, certain atrocities would not have transpired, but generally the concepts of justice and (philosophical) desert is based on intent, not consequence, for better or worse, and his only intention was to give human nature a little more scope in its self-expression. And perhaps certain good outcomes would never have come to pass either. As Respawn says, it's the humans who are good and bad. Blaming the Outsider is like blaming kinetic energy for someone dying of a gunshot wound.

Besides, had I never Marked people, we'd never have the Dishonored series of games, and thus would have to become productive members of society! What a ghastly notion.