Pain — And Pleasure -v0.3- -smasochist Lain- //top\\

, a common theme in darker fan interpretations of the series' protagonist, Lain Iwakura.

When she was sad, she felt a giddy, manic joy that made her laugh alone in her room. When she was lonely, the emptiness became a soft, velvet pressure, almost loving. Lain stopped knowing what she truly felt. The map of her inner world had been redrawn, all the mountains turned into valleys, all the deserts into oceans. Pain And Pleasure -v0.3- -Smasochist Lain-

“A finished pain is a commodity. An unfinished pain is a prayer. v0.3 is the point where most players rage-quit. Good. That is the first honest emotion the game gave you. The pain of incompleteness. Now you know what Lain felt.” , a common theme in darker fan interpretations

The Wired does not hate you. It is just indifferent. And that indifference is the deepest pain of all. Lain stopped knowing what she truly felt

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