Congratulations, you saved the Multiverse, your reward is to be stuck in the Afterlife forever!
I think that making a story were a character is stuck FOREVER in a place they don't want to be is of very bad taste in the current global situation.
I mean, Taylor is not as asshole or evil, I don't want her to suffer if there is no happy ending.
Well, I mean, assuming souls are a thing then
everyone's reward for
everything is to be stuck in the afterlife forever. That's kind of how the afterlife
works.
The goal is to try and make sure you get to be stuck in one of the
good parts of the afterlife, instead of the bad parts. In Greek Mythology, that means ideally the Elysian Fields or at least the Asphodel Meadows. (And, if you're feeling brave and manage to make it to Elysium, you can try for reincarnation instead of staying, manage to get to Elysium 3 times in a row in 3 different incarnations and you can go to the Isle of the Blessed, which is where all the awesome demigods and heroes get to live.)
Taylor has actually managed to do even better than Elysium, having landed a position in the House of Hades as a goddess, which means she is right at the very top of the Underworld
(I c wat u did thar Hades) and could even go hang out in the Isle of the Blessed if she wanted to.
Getting upset because after Taylor died she got stuck in the afterlife is a bit strange when you think about it.
Hades is, bar none, Supergiant's happiest game to date. All characters get a happy ending, or at bare minimum are miles ahead where they were emotionally and in terms of circumstance.
Zag is an all-loving hero, the people of the Underworld Taylor will be working with are genuinely good despite their flaws, and even Hades himself (antagonist though he may be) isn't an irredeemable asshole. It is a far gentler and kinder place than Earth-Bet for the gods involved (which Taylor is now one). Put plainly, it is very possible that once Taylor finds out more about the setting she'll find that becoming part of the House is a reward.
The course of the initial game is somewhat emotionally fraught, but if this follows the formula of its story? Once Taylor and Zag start 'clearing runs' things will begin to improve.
Just because she can't leave the place doesn't mean she can't change it. As the game shows, the underworld and people's state in it isn't immutable (barring certain circumstances).
Yeah, Zag is stuck in the Underworld forever just like all the other Cthonic gods, but (endgame spoilers)
after he gets Persephone back and helps mend fences between her and Hades, Hades gives him the official job of stress-testing the Underworld's defenses by continuing his escape attempts, which Zag gleefully throws himself into and keeps escaping before dying of *cough* natural *cough* causes. (Finds a pool of red water, a voice asks if Zag could possibly help them out by jumping in the pool, Zag, being a friendly quest-completing bro says 'sure!' and jumps into the pool, you-know-what happens next. You're not even trying anymore are you Zag?)
The game is really infinitely less grimdark than its premise first appears.
e: Also, yeah, for future reference: Primordial Chaos is not male or female, Primordial Chaos does not have a gender, Primordial Chaos is Primordial Chaos. They
predate the concept of gender and it does not apply to them in any way, shape or form.
As a note: Khepri is a rebirth god, god of sunrise, and creation god.
Also that was the name Hypnos liked.
Watch it all be connected to that and Taylor somehow bring light to the Underworld because Chaos wanted to have a giggle.
Even better, watch Osiris turn up to chat with Hades and ask him if he's seen Khepri anywhere at Ra's request, because Khepri went missing awhile back and Ra is getting desperate enough to stop hiding this fact because he
really wants to stop being responsible for making sure the sun rises every morning; he has enough shit to deal with without adding that onto his duties.
Turns out Khepri decided to give this whole 'reincarnate as a mortal' thing a try, only in their inexperience they accidentally reincarnated into the wrong reality.
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