You Are My Reason To Be

It's obvious that they laid the clues there for us to realize.

First of all, because it's Mu precisely who realizes that Saori is worried about the bronze knights (especially Seiya) and wants to go see them (aham..him).

For a moment she is scared when she feels discovered.

But Mu smiles and tells her that she can go without a problem because he will take care of everything.

That moment is SO precious.

Almost as if he told her "Go. Go with him"

And just look at her. She's so happy.

In the Side Story something similar happens, when Saori is walking in Athena's fountain and Mu suddenly appears, scaring her, and telling her that he knows why she is there (to see Seiya).

However, I liked the change they made, because in the side story Mu appears to tell her (indirectly) that he is aware of the feelings she has for Seiya, but that these are not correct, and that she should give them up.

You know. Because she's a goddess and he's a human. And because she must love all her knights equally.

On the contrary, in this new series, it feels like Mu has more compassion for her situation, and allows her to go with Seiya, so that she can be happy like a normal girl (even if it's just for a moment).

"Right now, she's not Athena. She's back to being just an ordinary girl."

That phrase is repeated in both versions.

I don't want to raise my hopes too high, but this could mean that there is a posibility to develop their relationship in a more open way (as we have seen so far in the series).

The collage of all their moments together was the best addition of all. (people still asking if they are in love like..???)

And when she reaches the statue of Athena, she starts to cry believing that he died saving her.

Similar to when she cries while holding him in the side story.

The last part is also an addition, but it feels consistent.

How they look at each other.

And of course, he opens his arms to catch her, as always.

Don't touch me, it's too precious.

This is probably the closest we will ever get to adapting this side story.

And I am going to recant some statements. First of all:

Sweet Enchantments should not continue.

While I did like the game and the characters (minus Runa), I am now at that point where I can’t continue to support this thing. There are too many problems with SE that I fear will be just swept under the rug.

I mean, there are racist undertones in this story. The most diverse book in Lovestruck in terms of having POC characters is a book about criminals. The one character that is implied to not be a criminal because she can go home is white. I feel like this might not have been intentional, want to believe that Lovestruck didn’t play the stereotype on purpose, but it’s still tone deaf to a real problem. Kind of like in Sky Country (is that what it’s called?) where a character pulls a gun on the MC who could potentially be POC and is given the choice of talking back. It’s tonedeaf and it should have been given more consideration.

Asides from this, Lucien’s CGs were not colored properly. His sprite’s skin color does not match his CG skin color. He’s a pilot character that’s trying to persuade players to support the game. Lovestruck should have given more thought to his CGs and paid more attention to something as important as skin color. The fact that they didn’t says a lot about the game they’re trying to push.

Finally, Runa’s character is terrifying. Runa forced a girl to be with her romantically with her magic. She stripped her of her consent and took away her ability to say no. The fact that the game glosses over it, that Runa is supposed to be sympathized with, is disgusting. She still has not realized that she did something bad. The game is intent on sweeping it under the rug and you fucking can’t forgive something like that- especially not when the criminal doesn’t care about what she did. This pushes the stereotype of LGBT+ women being predators and is unrepentant.

Plus, Kamila, a potential victim of sexual assault, was even made into a villain that did the same to MC. She was made from a victim to an abuser and this is glossed over too. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I hate Kamila as well. She suffered from Runa but then made MC suffer the same thing to get back at her. This is disgusting and continues the cycle of abuse. Being a victim doesn’t absolve you from victimizing others because you are then turning yourself into an abuser, but the fact that the game did this and then went on to try and play MC as the victim while disregarding the same abuse that Kamila underwent- It is just vile. MC is sympathized for the charmed kiss Kamila gets out of her while Kamila is still villified for charming her and Runa is somehow pitied. The game really does not try to address anything that she did.

Runa’s apology was half assed and we all know it. She didn’t see the error of what she did, she tells MC casually what she did to Kamila, and refuses to apologize until she has to. And the game somehow makes this apology into her redemption when you can’t apologize for something like this.

Really, from all the implications in this game, I worry for the future of it. Lovestruck is not addressing some key problems with it and is really, really trying to sell some scary tropes. While I like SE and Lucien, I don’t want it to continue. If Lovestruck is this tonedeaf already, imagine what they will do to the remaining characters. This has red flags all over it.

So, while I did like the art for SE, the story, and Lucien, I cannot support SE anymore. I know I said differently in the past, but I’ve had time to sleep on it and reconsider.

Do not fight me on this. Do not send me hatemail on this. Do not attack me for this. I’m tired and stressed and still teetering on the edge of that mental breakdown. Please just, if you disagree, leave well enough alone.

And do not come to me and talk to me about a double standard. Runa potentially raped someone and felt no remorse. She never saw how her actions were bad and half assed an apology. She is in no way close to Helena or Renzei. Helena was abused and did horrific things because her abuser was manipulating her and using her trauma against her. She is not absolved from her actions, but she has seen the error in her ways and is trying hard to redeem herself. Renzei seduced his victims and murdered them but he saw the error in his own actions. He did this for his family yet he admits that he wouldn’t have felt able to be with his family for the things he’s done. He seduced his victims and punished himself for it by tattooing his body count so that he would never forget what he did, and he refused to sleep with MC for portions of his new season because he was disgusted at the fact that he had ever used his body as a weapon. He is also repentant and is on his way to recovery. This is not the same thing as a character who brushes her actions off.

So, anyway, that’s my thoughts on this.

I recant my old statements, and I no longer wish to see this story continue. I’ve had time to think now, and have forgotten probably some other big problems with the game, and I was wrong. Forgive me for my old words.

1) It felt like a series finale but with that ending i literally would have burned SyFy if they did not renew.

2) Second, okay I am just going to say it. That Wayhaught proposal should not have happened. They are not ready and honestly there was no build up. This season Wayhaught relationship got thrown in the back so therefore i feel like the proposal was a joke and a fuck you to the fans to be honest. They never even have proper converstion. The only time they ever properly spoke was in 3x03 and last scene of 3x05 Other than that show me where?

3) Wynonna was to out of character in the second to last scene. She was more focused on Doc instead of her Sister who she would literally die for.

4) Finale was good but I did have alot of issues that i hope Emily can fix in Season 4.

5) Also Kat is a series regular stop treating her like a side character. The fact that Varun (no offense to him) got more scenes than Kat is kinda worrisome. I just hope Kat doesn’t get bored with the character because they really are no giving her to do.

6) Also I hope Season 4 is not going to be alll about bringing Waverly back. Hopefully by the second episode she is back.