So this is my 4th play through, I decided to play hardcore mode to see what having 3 different traits gets you in terms of content, it was \*A LOT\* of fun, I knew some bad stuff was gonna go down- because of the warning before starting the run but I went along anyway!

During the Keneeka confrontation, I found all the stuff Tabitha says to Keneeka to get her to reconsider being absorbed by her mother surprisingly similar to what I was telling Tabitha to lift her spirits and to potentially bond further in the future- which gives me some impression that I rubbed off some of my ideas to her, because if she isn't willing to sacrifice Keneeka to keep everything going like Sybil wants, is there a chance she has reconsidered wanting to sacrifice me?

I had alot of mixed feelings about this because just before all this went down Tabitha and Stella both betrayed me when I went to visit her at mines and just before that I went to the pastor to confess everything and he told me to have faith in Tabitha, yadda yadda people don't get the chance to prove themselves before they get judged.

A part of me is so confused! I thought she \*WANTED\* to sacrifice me and she even got her flake ass friend to be her lackey (Stella), I told them to Fuck off and I also called Tabitha a bitch. 

I just wanted to share this experience because it only made my feelings towards Tabitha in this run so murky! I love Tabby, more than any other character in the game to be honest- Dustin is a close second because he doesn't betray me and follows me as far as he can inside the forbidden wing. So her betrayal struck a nerve and hearing her say this to keneeka gives me hope that she isn't far gone. ( To be fair, during the betrayal Tabitha seemed very reluctant to even talk to us and let Stella do most of the talking, probably feeling some kind of shame I would hope lol.)

  
Here are some screenshots so you all can make sense of this. 

  
I also partially "Romanced" Stella, I'm not entirely sure if that had any effect on this. 

(Also a weird detail I noticed when the betrayal scene happens, you can just not fight back and willingly agree to be locked up and it takes Tabitha by surprise lol, this whole interaction felt to me like it was more Stella getting ahead of herself while Tabitha was still uncertain about what to do with me, idk let me know your thoughts!)

  
Also Gretchen..how could you betray me too! :((  Dustin forever!!

  


Hardcore mode ending I Chapter 5