[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I mean, I wouldn't say "in the wrong"? She feels bad about how everything's going with her family right now, but the guilt she feels is that of a parent who wanted everyone to be happy; there's a difference between her blaming herself, and her being at fault. She only did what every parent does - protect her children from harsh truths until they're ready to hear them. I don't think she was wrong not to tell her children that their father was the victim of extra-governmental experimentation and they had to change their name to escape the grasp of mad scientists?

Yeah, I know very well that there's a difference between blaming herself or actually being at fault (though I noticed that you tend to hate the former); I don't really want for the words of someone blaming themselves to be taken into face value and have them demonized for it (e.g. self-loathing primary Rider types). But yeah, I guess I'm bringing this up because in many stories, someone keeping secrets like this is portrayed as being at fault, but I'd also wonder more what'd differentiate between those who are in the wrong or not.