Lets say that we were to find out Tychus was revived from the dead and given a similar treatment to Stukov. He became a special kind of elite sentient infested with long term life and Raynor was to run into him one day. Do you think Tychus would forgive Raynor for what he did or do you think he would understand it? Or could they even be enemies?
I think Tychus would be ok with it.
I mean, did he seriously think Mengsk would let him go free after killing Kerrigan?
He probably was expecting to die there, whether he managed to kill Kerrigan or not, whether itâs from the hands of Raynor or his soldiers or Zerg anyway.
Raynor picked a zerg over him (in Tychusâs mind). Why would Tychus be okay with it? They should forever be bitter enemies. Tychus knew of Mengskâs leash but he still had hope, hope for freedom that Raynor robbed for a mere zerg. They were supposed to be best bros.
Viewers minds are clouded, they see Kerrigan as a human because theyâve seen life through her eyes, but Tychus never got to see that - he only got to witness and hear about all the horrible things she did to the galaxy. For Tychus to forgive Raynor without extreme plot development is braindead story writing.
Assuming he came back he would ser that Kerrigan was really important and that she killed Mengsk, so probably he would be ok, he seemed to be the type of guy that accept his fate,he sacrificed for jimmy one time,maybe he would see his assasination as another sacrifice or something inevitable in that situation,he made a pact with a scummy dude and lost.
Tychus deliberately let Jimmy shoot him rather than actually killing Kerrigan, so yeah, iâd say that Tychus knew exactly what Jimmy was going to do and made his peace with that.
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I think its especially bad when you consider the queen of blades killed billions and all they risked to get there. And even though she was under control of amon. Weâve seen she can be quite evil or herself without the touch of amon as seen in HOTS. She killed general Warfield in cold blood.
Warfield is an enemy combatant. Youre the first person ive seen who tried to say his death was especially problematic. Like, there are plenty of other events you could have used that make her look at least superficially worse.
Yep my head cannon is Tychus let Jim, shoot him.
I dont think thats headcanon. Flashpoint outright settles on Jim concluding this too.
I donât think you understand the concept of âheadcanonâ 
Its true he was an enemy combatant yes, but he was also someone who saved the queen of blades from the grasp of amon. Killing him just seems plain evil given what he had previously done to save Kerrigan from her horrible fate. Another factor also. Is that she didnât really need to kill him. He was incapacitated and she could have sent him to Valarian or something.
True, no mercy no empathy.
Trouble is the majority of viewers canât see the story outside of Kerrigan/Raynorâs lens. We can speculate on the journey Tychus started to realize his mission puts him at odds with what Raynor wanted, but Tychus still had hope until the end that his bro would choose him over a mere Zerg.
If we take the whole situation out of the Starcraft universe it makes even less sense, who would want to be murdered by their best bro, so best bro can hang out with a terrorist that killed many friends and destroyed beloved places.
As mentioned, people donât want to see the truth because it actually weakens the love story. It makes us question Raynorâs choices and also places the observer in a moral dilemma, was Kerriganâs life worth killing off those who didnât deserve death.
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As mentioned, people donât want to see the truth because it actually weakens the love story. It makes us question Raynorâs choices and also places the observer in a moral dilemma, was Kerriganâs life worth killing off those who didnât deserve death.
Yea and seriously. Isnât there a saying called"Bros before hos". Seriously when the ho is one who murdered billions". Tychus was no saint either, but nothing compared to he evil of kerrigan.
Another thing I wonder. When Raynor did this. He wasnât alone. He killed Tychus in front of others. And all of the others should have seen this as a massive betrayal. The fact also is that Raynor in reality just killed someone in cold blood who didnât deserve to be killed. That knocks him down the morality spectrum a lot.
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The dude had an I-beam in his torso. Is she sending him to Valerian in a coffin?
Methinks you need to go replay WoL again. Tychus was A: not well liked on the hyperion and B: actively in the middle of betraying Raynor. Nobody is going to shed a tear for him in the Raiders besides Jimmy.
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