Jumin Can't Cook

I know I never post here, and honestly I think I’m ready to move on from this blog. I’m not deleting it, however I don’t see myself posting here again. I am married to a woman and have realized recently that not only am I into women, I’m a lesbian, and I’ve shoved that down into me for most of my life thus far. Being a lesbian wasn’t even on my radar 10 years ago and I felt lonely as I lived far from most of my friends and my then-girlfriend (who didn’t even know she was a woman back then). MysMe helped me feel less lonely, but I also acknowledge that it was probably moreso an unhealthy coping mechanism for me.

Yoosung was and still is my fave of the bunch despite his gender, however he is ultimately a fictional character. He is also not comprehensive of all the experiences I have had regarding my sexuality.

Ultimately, I do wish there was a lesbian version of MysMe to play! However I don’t think it would play the same roll that the real MysMe played back then, considering how much things have changed. I feel like at the time I may have also used it to shove myself further into the closet without even realizing it at the time…

Spoilers follow.

So, I finished it last night. I initially got the infamous bad relationship ending and thus had to do a speed run to get the good ending. I’m still trying to process it to be honest, so the following may just be a jumbled mess of thoughts. I’m not really going to try to put it in paragraph form at the time of writing; perhaps I’ll go back and edit this later.

This after ending is what the Secret Endings and V’s after end should have been. Everyone knows the truth, nobody (well except V) is defending Rika or trying to get you to forgive her, and it’s actually well written.

I appreciated that Rika’s road to resolution was messier in this because... that’s life. She didn’t just shut down like she did in V’s after ending.

I feel like I learned more about Seven’s past in this than in his actual route which is saying something.

I still don’t like Seven romantically but I appreciate him as a friend/brother in law.

The art was so good in this... like... so good. Saeran now has 5 kiss CGs if you include the bad end one from his route.

It was so sad :’( Saeran was basically spending that time getting all his ducks in a row because he thought he was going to die

I’m also sad that this is probably it for Mystic Messenger...

If Cheritz did decide to expand further with Mystic Messenger, I do have a few suggestions:

Yoosung DLC explaining what happened in the four years between his good end and after end... considering he decided to be a patissier in Saeran’s AE I can’t help but wonder why he still decided to be a vet even after letting go of Rika. (Maybe Cheritz did that because Jaehee already had the café?) With spicy Yoosung content, please.

One final ending, truly final, where MC chooses their true end.

Next generation AU, where MC dates the RFA’s kids.

Entirely new story with a new cast, but the same basic premise of MC entering a mysterious chat room with a bunch of hotties.

Me: ...

Me: this is sad Alexa play Despacito

wth

I no longer trust V; I know he’s had a difficult past with Rika but now I feel like he’s an accomplice to her actions and really only cares about what she wants instead of what’s best for everyone

THE PROFILE PIC SAERAN HAD WITH MC WAS THE CUTEST

Saeran emojis are precious

This screenshot is hilarious

This is way more interesting than the Secret Endings and V’s after end

Also Rika makes me angry, but it’s in a good way if that makes sense...? Like, she’s sticking to her guns (even though they’re the guns of evil) instead of... well, guilting you into forgiveness like she did in V’s after ending.

First, since Zen, Seven, and now Jumin all have spicy CGs/DLC, can we please get some spicy Yoosung content??? Please?!

Now for the actually important stuff...

Bad ending 2 is still a bad ending, and this DLC doesn’t change that. I suppose Jumin’s mommy issues were revealed/resolved in this but he and MC are still very codependent on each other at the end. Sure, the good end in his route isn’t really a perfect ending because they get engaged super fast, but at least MC stands up for herself and lovingly puts Jumin in his place. I wouldn’t be surprised if she encouraged him to see a therapist and for the two of them to go to couple’s counseling prior to getting married. At least in the good ending Jumin would have actually taken action on her suggestions I feel.

Jumin definitely has a very strange relationship with both of his parents. I do kinda see more of where his issues with women come from, since his mother pretty much married his father for financial reasons. I wonder if maybe that’s where his father’s issues stem from as well, or at least if that was the catalyst. Like maybe he felt deprived of love, married Jumin’s mother, she broke his heart, so now he’s gone off the deep end sorta thing?

(Got that term from YouTuber Jenny Nicholson, don’t know if she’s the one who coined it)

So, if you don’t know by now, I hate Seven’s route with a burning passion and think it was poorly written. Here’s my attempt at kinda... rewriting it. I frankly don’t have the time, energy, or desire to make a full novel of it, so I’m just putting down ideas more than anything else.

Anyways...

Make MC more assertive instead of being a doormat.

Seven should go more into detail on why he’s dangerous and what sorts of things he’s done as a secret agent. ‘Show not tell’ sorta thing.

MC initially has feelings for Seven; in bad end 2, she is still acting on those feelings and they become a co-dependent couple.

To get the normal/good end, MC stands up for herself and demands that either Seven talk to her about what’s wrong or to leave. They have an argument. Seven eventually apologizes and admits he has feelings for her too, but MC says that she doesn’t want to be in a relationship with him at this time.

Seven decides to go rescue Saeran. MC agrees to go with him as a friend.

In the normal/good end, Seven and MC are friends, maybe best friends even, but there’s nothing romantic between them at that point.

Don’t really know what would happen with the after end, but they definitely don’t sleep with each other.

With the Secret Endings, V gets to live because... c’mon, was there really a reason for him to die? Yoosung and Zen know the actual truth about Rika and Yoosung’s hurt, angry, and in shock. Rika goes to prison and is mandated to go to therapy. Seven quits his job at the agency.

Seven supports Saeran in healing, and MC supports Seven. Eventually Saeran heals enough for Seven to be able to focus on other things. At this point, Seven revisits the possibility of a relationship with MC, and she agrees.

https://youtu.be/doEqUhFiQS4

Honestly the more time I spend away from his route the more frustrated I become. It’s pretty clear that Cheritz never even intended for him to have a route and I don’t think they wanted to but did it for the fans...

This is my fave Ray/Saeran CG and here’s why:

handsome boi

lookin’ at u with pure love

dressed nicely while looking normal

HE’S GOTTEN A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP FOR ONCE

purty flowerrrrsssss

tenderness...

HE LUV U 💖

RAY IS BAE

Route:

Yoosung

Saeran

Jumin

Jaehee

V

Zen

707

Relationship:

Yoosung

Saeran

Jaehee

Jumin

Zen

V

707

Truly though, it was a beautifully written route... I loved it. I honestly thought it was better than V’s route, and now Ray/Saeran has replaced Jumin as my #2 MysMe guy. Yoosung’s still my #1 but Saeran is a fairly close second...

I was very surprised; I didn’t think I would like him this much, especially considering that I was very annoyed by him in V’s route. I honestly didn’t even care about him before taking on his route. What has happened to me...

The one thing I was not a fan of was that V basically went back to Rika... like, was it a situation where they are actually back together as a couple, or simply one where they have reconciled and are simply cleaning up messes, but have no romantic relationship? I don’t get it. I suppose we’ll find out whenever Ray’s after ending is released... I need his after end now...