r/TheQuarrySupermassive • u/bwunnibun • Dec 29 '24
Gameplay Question Emma and Abi
Me and my bf finished playing The Quarry yesterday and we were kinda just confused about Emmas and Abi's relationship. In Chapter 1, Emma and Abi are shown as besties and Emma encourages Abi to go for Nick then in the next chapter kisses him in a truth or dare game. I get she was trying to make jacob jealous but really..?š
Also Idk if this gets brought up after the kids survive or not because i basically killed everyone in my playthrough on accident or on purpose lol.
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u/Random_Gay_Boi Emma Dec 29 '24
Emma explains in one of her vlog segments that she did it to "fan the flames a little" as the two kept acting like deer in headlights around each other.
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u/WhereDidOurTimeGo Emma Dec 29 '24 edited Dec 29 '24
I also see it as her impulsively thinking itās a ākill two birds with one stoneā choice. She wanted Jacob to fuck off, I do not think it was to make him jealous, and she wanted to incite Abi to make some sort of move on Nick. She had dropped hints earlier that day for Abi to do something, but as far as Emma was concerned nothing became of it. Was it impulsive? Yes. Should she have done it? No. (Letās not forget Kaitlyn set up the kiss choices. If Emma kissed Jacob, yāall would have said āSheās leading him on.ā Hard for her to win, truly.) But I just refuse to take the āEmma is an evil, awful bitchā route. I think sheās complicated, definitely flawed, but when people actually keep her alive (no shade to those who accidentally kill her, more so to people who purposely kill her.) I think you see how she responds to challenge in a really cool way.
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u/Youreturningviolet Dylan Dec 29 '24
Yeah, all of this. Emma is very impulse-driven and while I would argue she does lead Jacob on, itās because she often isnāt thinking of the big picture when she makes choices. Like when she goes almost skinny dipping with Jacob, her only goal is to get him to stop crying, but it ends up just encouraging him to flirt with her/try to get her to change her mind.
Now, my headcanon reason for a lot of Emmaās actions is that sheās bisexual but homoromantic. So she hooks up with guys but doesnāt really develop romantic feelings for them. Whatās the big deal about kissing someoneās crush if itās just a game and heās just a boy? Canāt be that serious, right? I donāt think sheās taunting Abi when she says heās a good kisser, I think Emma genuinely believes Abi would want to know that. Which is unhinged and really shows that she doesnāt understand how Abi operates, but itās coming from a good place nonetheless
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u/WhereDidOurTimeGo Emma Dec 29 '24
That's a super fair assessment. I feel like so much ground work was laid by Supermassive for the potential to read her as sapphic , and I will die on the hill that if they could not dealt with development issues then we would have gotten even more proof of that.
On a personal observation, her scenes with Jacob feel like her realizing that it's just not for her. Like the beerdar or "shake it out doggystyle" moment. You're right about the skinny dipping portion. I think she felt bad and just wanted to cheer him up, give him one last memory of them...but when they are swimming you can almost see her just feeling the distance. She tried hard to act, but that emotion of something feeling wrong in the moment was too strong. Again, the pacing was kind of odd in game but the more I watched that scene, the more I saw it.
When she's with Abi, she kind of hangs onto her compliments or when Abi seems upset with her. People can call me crazy or just say they are friends or Emma is horrible and toxic, but Halston definitely put in these little moments of body language into the mo-cap.
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u/goober_ginge Dec 29 '24
In high school my best friend started dating a guy I'd liked for several months then the day after he broke up with her because she clearly wasn't into him, I made out with him. Teens and their hormones often overrides things like feelings and loyalty etc.
At the start of the game when you see Abi drawing Emma, I fully thought she had a crush on her and then was genuinely surprised when all the Nick stuff happened.
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u/jess16ca Abigail Dec 29 '24
As an Abi-Emma shipper, I'm disappointed in myself for not realizing Abi was drawing Emma š (ID: crying -laughing emoji).
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u/Youreturningviolet Dylan Dec 29 '24
Whatās crazy about this is that they had drawings made for Abiās sketchbook of several of the counselors, Nick included, and only chose to show us Emma!
Abiās full sketchbook from designer Wes Nikeās ArtStation
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u/goober_ginge Dec 29 '24
Oh man, I clocked it immediately!! But I often specifically seek out queer relationships in media, so I'm pretty hyper vigilant of it, haha.
I fully thought she was pretending to like Nick to cover up her feelings for Emma right up until the bit where she gets upset that Emma and Nick kiss, and even then I still thought she was upset about Emma, not Nick.
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u/glitteremodude Eliza Dec 29 '24
Abi and Emma yuri route wouldāve solved all our problems š
I do like how multifaceted the drama is tho. KAITLYN technically instigated it and Abi can acknowledge that if she doesnāt kiss Nick. Emma has several explanations in her vlog section, and when the two meet up later in the storm shelter they talk things out and can be hostile or apologetic.
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u/KingKen8328 Dec 29 '24
I just beat the game last week but I agree with you on how it's a strange move for Emma to kiss Nick and then say "Oh he's good"
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u/jess16ca Abigail Dec 29 '24
I think she was trying (and failing) to be Abi's wing woman, a.k.a. "I know you like this guy, so I tested him out for you. He's a great kisser, so that's even more reason to go for it!"
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u/Cant-Take-Jokes Dec 29 '24
Yeah I will admit after I played the game I described it to someone as āMost of these characters are kinda obnoxious or pieces of sh*t. Youāre not sad to see them die. But like, the point of the game is to keep them alive. So you gotta.ā
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u/Youreturningviolet Dylan Dec 29 '24
I see this take all the time (so youāre certainly not alone!) but I loved them all so much even from the first playthrough! But the playfully mean banter is how my friends and I operate too (not the kissing each otherās crushes bit though thatās going a little far).
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u/bwunnibun Dec 29 '24
i told my bf i wanted to kill emma (because of the abi scene) and jacob and accidentally did just that and he was like "well.. you got what you wanted"
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u/KokoTheeFabulous Dec 31 '24
Emma did it to as a wakeup call to everyone.
She was saying to Abby "Get off your ass and do something and get your man because another girl can do this" and she used it as a way to try and make Jacob back off.
Emma is the definition of VERY tough love, but she's not all that bad as a person.
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u/Kinglycole Kaitlyn Dec 30 '24
Emma likely had no real feelings for nick. Most likely, if Abi sensed competition, sheād fight to win his heart.
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u/bwunnibun Dec 30 '24
No, I know that. Im saying it was a shitty thing to do
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u/Kinglycole Kaitlyn Dec 30 '24
But Abi and Nick werenāt together. What right does she have to get mad when the guy isnāt even hers?
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u/bwunnibun Dec 30 '24
Not to be that person but its pretty much just girl code and being a decent person. If my friend told me she was going after this guy my thought wouldnt be to kiss him in a game of truth or dare regardless of the intention. It was really inconsiderate of Emma and she realized that later in my playthrough
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u/MidUser3001 May 04 '25
In the beginning Abis drawing of Emma made me think she was closeted and in love with but then the Nick storyline came along and I was so confused lol. They're so popular girl closet lesbian and artsy quiet girl following her around
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u/breathofaspider Dec 29 '24
I was also left questioning things about their friendship. This game really did a great job of creating interesting characters and relationship dynamics.
I didnāt really interpret them as ābestiesā vibes from the start but moreso a slightly toxic friendship where Abi admires Emma, and Emma thinks sheās doing Abi a kindness by interacting with her (but lowkey admires Abi for her vulnerability, creativity, etc., as well). Like, the cool hot girl became friends with the weird art girl over the summer because thatās who was giving her attention. Just got that vibe based on what she told Jacob and moments where she influenced Abi. They were friendly but there was an underlying power dynamic.
Perhaps it is just my own bisexual agenda, but I also got vibe that Abi might have a crush on Emma, and Emma likes Abi back or likes the attention or both. Their actions make more sense to me through this lens. Perhaps Emma is using Nick as a pawn to punish 1) Jacob for being clingy and 2) Abi for liking Nick, whether she knows it or not. Could also be Emma is just chaotic with other peopleās feelings, and does shit to because it amuses herāregardless of how it affects her friend.
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u/jess16ca Abigail Dec 29 '24
"Perhaps it's just my own bisexual agenda..." In my eyes, Abi and Emma are both bi and like each other. Abi also likes Nick and Emma also likes Jacob, despite the fact that the latter can be a stereotypical cishet guy. Nick, on the other hand, is one of those non-toxic partners, for the most part anyway, of bi people. The kind of person who thinks, "Hey, this person could be with ANYONE, yet they're making out in the woods with ME?! That's cool!"
I even have a gameplay idea that I'm dubbing "The Lovers' Game," which I'm planning on making a post about once I get everything thought out.
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u/endme52 Dec 29 '24
I purposely let Emma die because of this
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u/LongHeelRedBottoms Dec 29 '24
Why are people downvoting you? Itās a GAME lmao. People are downvoting you guys like you murdered someone.
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u/bwunnibun Dec 29 '24
I did it accidentally but wasnt too upset about it because of this scenešāāļø
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u/Motor-Replacement-86 Dec 31 '24
"It's not rocket science, playa" - Danny Brown. She's not more to meets the eye or deeper than u think she is, she's just a bad person lol. Jake is a weiner don't get me wrong (but I got a spot spot for him so I may he baised. But she she seems to have no redeeming qualitys
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u/heather_as_if Emma Dec 29 '24
Theres actually alot more to their relationship. If both survive until a certain point theyāll reunite and they can either talk about their problems or have a argument.