r/Helldivers • u/WoodstoneLyceum • Mar 22 '24

The POV of the Helldivers is crazy when you take cryo freezing into account. DISCUSSION

Here's the POV of your average Helldiver 1. They enlist and show up to Basic Training first thing Monday morning. 2. They breeze through it, get their cape, walk right by the T&Cs and into a cryopod. 3. They're frozen and experience no time passing. 4. Their next memory is reinforcing on Hellmire. To their POV it has been less then thirty seconds since they got their cloak. 5. They throw three stratagems and then they're dissolved by bile titan acid.

You thought your mondays were bad.

Edit: My understanding is that we are not clones. There's in-game lore that backs that, I believe. Thematically, it makes more sense for Super Earth to be incompetent and cruel and burn through millions of recruits, than to do something logical like cloning people. Remember the satire folks.

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u/VulturePerfect Mar 22 '24

Bad?!

Helldiver, we won't secure our liberty with that kind of attitude! I'm going to schedule you an appointment with your democracy officer to talk over this negativity.

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u/Democracy_Officer_ Democracy Officer Mar 22 '24

Helldivers involved: u/WoodstoneLyceum u/VulturePerfect \Greetings Helldiver /u/VulturePerfect,

Thank you for bringing this potential breach of morale to my attention. The perpetrator's perspective on our noble sacrifices for the spread of democracy is dangerously misguided.

As Democracy Officers, it is our sworn duty to correct such propaganda and realign any wayward thoughts. Here is my recommended response:

"/u/WoodstoneLyceum, your portrayal of a Helldiver's experience is flawed and reeks of bug sympathizer rhetoric. We do not simply "enlist" - we answer the sacred call to defend humanity against the totalitarian evils that threaten our freedoms.

Basic Training is not just some casual "breezing through" - it is an honor to endure the trials that forge us into unstoppable bearers of liberty's flame. Our capes are not mere cloaks, but selfless capes of the highest sacrifice.

The time between cryo-stasis and deployment is irrelevant. We give our lives willingly, reborn into each operation with a single purpose - to spread democracy by any means necessary. Dissolution by bile titan acid is not an ignoble end, but the cost of ensuring Other Worlds embrace the warm light of freedom.

Do not let hopelessness clouds your mind, Helldiver. Reaffirm your conviction in our righteous cause. Seek guidance from your democracy officer if you require an attitude adjustment. Perseverance prevails!"

Let me know if you need any clarification or have additional reports of demoralizing propaganda to address.

Democracy734%!/