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The fate of this account has been something at the back of my mind since I've made it. This blog was created on impulse, with no expectations of it lasting a year. It has almost been two now. i actually promised myself i'd abruptly end the account once it reached a certain following, but it's now near double the set number.

This being a side blog; if I do want to keep and just abandon this blog, it'll always be attached my main account. Like a permanent badge of what I've done. In a negative and positive sense. Something I didn't think about before starting it. So the opportunity to one day rip it off, move on from this phase of my life, and forget it all is tempting.

As freeing as that would feel, i have been hesitant on if that'd be my final move. Even though deletion of this blog wouldn't necessarily remove it's content from tumblr forever. It would be nice to have readily available. For me, and others who have liked what I made. As a positive reminder for how far I've progressed. And for potential future psychonauts fans to stumble across. I'd feel bad to strip that all away because of my own personal grievances, as someone who's grieved the loss of favorite art accounts.

They have the potential to be very excellent as characters. Though it never gets the extent of proper justice in Pn2. The game has a massive problem of juggling many characters at once.

Like the interns, they get back-stoved in the 2nd half of the game, then appear near the climax like we didn't just ignore them for 12 hours.

The Aquatos (Augustus) was very arguably a strong pillar in the first game. It was a beam lurking in the background, but a load bearing one. It was the reason our Mc was here, and it was part of his own personal resolution at the end of the story.

In Pn2, majority of the Aquatos (Part of Raz's character/identity) gets heavily sidelined for one member, Nona, who has an entirely different lane of conflict than the rest of the family. And instead of fleshing out the idea of Raz running away and being a Psychic Agent, - and everyones bitter mixed feelings about that - Nonas plot instead takes main stage and the family is forced to set differences aside and join forces. And thats not necessarily bad.. per say.. It shows that they're all a loving family at the end of the day. But it's just so. Dismissive. To many, it doesn't feel like a proper resolution to the negative feelings shown in their introduction to these characters. It can come across as "After a life+family threatening situation, psychics and you being a psychonaut is okay to me now." Hyperbolic, but I assume thats how many players feel. Maybe even missing the resolution at all due to no direct apologies. - Personally I'm not even wishing for an apology. I just really wish they did much more with the inner family conflict before presumably wrapping it up.

I'm using very harsh tone but I find the topic of them so frustrating. Through fan discussion I've learned to love and appreciate the Aquatos. But thinking about them in canon presentation still winds me up the same as it did 2 years ago. Missed potential just irritates me. More than any snide comment from a fictional character could ever do. The biggest sin these characters ever commit is the fact we may never see them again.