Fallen from Venus

First of all... I still believe in the Chaseprice supremacy, yay!!! Even tho I didn't get the same impression of flirting in their conversation in the comments as the others😅 But at least they talked! My faves since 1st game! What a blessing to a shipper!

2) Thanks for the Caulscott content — not in the ways we as the MxN shippers could ever expect, but still🤣🤝 I just knew one of the D9 crew is one of us since that little background scene in BTS — what can I say, hinting twice (if not thrice) is almost canon to me🤪😁🤭

3) Vinh, freaking, Lang... The moment I saw Vinh in the sneak-peak before the release I predicted him to be the male love interest😜 I'm so grateful I was right — their progressing relationship was so beautiful... Even though their kiss was shorter than the kiss with Amanda, but damn... butterflies in my stomach were enough to say it was one of the most romantic scenes in the whole franchise. And the way he didn't want her to leave? Oh, my man, she has a way with leaving her almost boyfriends after kisses😭 And how happy he is after the game events when he finally sees her? And their hug? I'll never recover... I also believe in the DE Langfield supremacy, their interactions were absolutely one of the best parts of the game for me!!!

4) The pretty barista I didn't expect to love❤ I liked Amanda somehow, but I don't see her with Max at all... I'll say a very controversial thing, but the girl deserves so much better than Max😃 I would rather ship Ms Thomas with Ms Chen, and yet — they have some very nice scenes together. But even as a die-hard Caulscott shipper I'll say that Pricefield>>>Caulmas, especially after the way D9 just pushed the romance with her from the very first scene... The pushing was so cringy that I literally thought I would never like Amanda🤔 But here we are! She is fun and I love her, so she's my girlfriend, not Max's, okay?

5) Safi and Moses!!! Ooh, I loved them so much💔 Didn't like what they did to Safi by the end of the game, but she's a very great character besides all the other shit. And Moses is simply one of the best characters in the franchise, beat me. And his friendship with Safi is sooo dear to me🥺 Tbh, I expected much more from his role in the game and I believed at some point that he was helplessly in love with Safi. Not sure if this is for the best it turned out absolutely differently... And IMO Max x Safi/Max x Moses still have a better chemistry (even as a friends) than she and Amanda romantically😅 But there were definitely some sparks with Safield, yeaaah (it's very funny btw that it's the only sounding acceptable name of their ship, lmao)

6) The plot... What plot? Was it there? I missed it? Ah, it was so little and hasty it didn't deserve to become a BIG game... And yet! The game was much better in some ways I didn't expect, and so much worse at the same time((( There were some great ideas I truly liked, because they resonate with some of mine, but all the same they were ruined by some plotholes and inconsistencies — ooh, disappointment is strong here. But overall I liked the game! The music — one of the best parts of the finished product indeed🔥 The narrative was very lazy in the start and too rushed in the end, and it was the main reason what ruined the full experience to me😟 As for the characters... Well, most of them were cool, but there are so few of them comparing to the previous games. I honestly expected more of them, or at least more interactions with them... But let's end here!) Even if the plot wasn't perfect, there were plenty of moments I truly enjoyed.

7) The whole Chloe thing. I didn't expect much from the start (and I mean announcement), but was quite surprised we didn't saw her in the game besides photos. Breakup wasn't unexpected for me, but I suppose I can understand the feelings of the die-hard MxC fans. I won't say that I'm fully on their side, but still I understand what it's like🙏 And btw I had no problem with revoicing her by Rhianna since announcement, but... um... Something went strongly wrong — I absolutely fell in love with her work in BtS, and was absolutely shocked with what I've heard in DE🤯 She doesn't even sounds like herself((( What they did with her..? And why did she sound so emotionless? It was the only disappointing thing with Chloe for me. But perhaps there was some reason, if some theories will turn out to be true, who knows... But her haunting the narrative in the start and in the end was delightful in some ways, I won't lie.

8) The whole NOTMYMAX thing. Well, I can agree with some statments, but I do not see anything contradictory in her actions or her design. Even if it's Max-fkn-Caulfield, it doesn't make her less human and does not forbid her to grow and change, and especially doesn't forbid to become more serious and pathetic at the same time😃😆 Aaaand... Jesus Christ, Hannah Telle gave a simply outstanding performance — I missed her so much💔💔💔 Her returning to Max is also one of the best parts of the game and it's so heart-warming that her voice hasn't change at all🥺 And in the end: the bisexual queen returned — Max still is so Max it made me involuntarily smile throughout the game)))

This is one of my favorite scenes, and the one that came to me almost immediately when I started the fic. It felt so natural to write I shivered with feelings🤪 It's small (probably less than 1% of the whole fic), without context, but it is the one I am really glad to share:

Thórgestr looked at her. So beautiful and so sad it made his heart ache. The northman weighed her revelation. His mind was clear.

'I doubt it.'

"You'd never."

The woman looked up at him genuinely surprised by his reply. Something akin to a smile, rueful, sharp, and broken, just like a crack on a blade, twitched on her lips.

"Thinking about it now... you have a lot of common with him," her confession was audible, but still quieter than a crackle of the fire. Senua's eyes — always hollow and distant when she was looking at the dancing tongues of burning flames — now were full of something indescribable when she met his gaze.

'But he was your everything, and I'm not.'

It was a selfish thought, absolutely. In the worst possible way. And he didn't care about it. But he did care about her — about what she thought in general, about what she thought of Dillion and of ...him. And suddenly it hurts more than expected.

Thank you very much!🥰 I accept these rays of support and continue to work on gradual restoration...

Btw, I guess your writing is so superior to mine that it seems to me that all my work nervously smokes on the sidelines compared to the fragments that you posted — your style is SO awesome! Which means I’m also looking forward to your fic with great anticipation💕

For some reason, I didn’t even cry — perhaps, somewhere deep down in my soul, I intuitively sensed this. I'm frustrated, but I didn’t seem to be too desperate, I remember almost everything I wrote to recreate it, at least the sequence of scenes and the general meaning.

But it is still very disappointing: it was 25k words... (ಥ ͜ʖಥ)

Or was it a sign that I needed to re-examine some parts from a different angle with a clear view..?

The girl is too carried away and cannot stop!!

I write about them, I sleep with them, I eat for them..!

This is not my Magnum Opus (which I write in parallel) but I'm so invested in this one it's kinda scary🙀 I’ve been writing this for over a month, and the words keep coming to me — at this rate, I’ll get to the plot of the third game, having written it myself🤪😆

Btw, it’s funny and quite interesting that while I'm in the process of writing this work, several fics came out, and they have such similar moments with mine that I wonder: are we all so smart and we all have one brain cell, or is there a possibility that NT also thought about something similar, but they themselves didn’t get around to it..?

...Or is it generally the fault of only these two that it is so obvious to all of us what they were thinking and what should have happened between them outside of what was shown in the game?😂 Because even the wording of some of the descriptions practically coincides that I even had to correct something to be slightly different😁

The most interesting thing in all this is that for the sake of writing this fic, I have already reviewed the walkthrough of the game 10 times, and each time I discover some new details that seem to have never been talked about or discussed here before🤔

So I’m also eager to create a post with an analysis of what I noticed during my multiple rewatching; I hope yours will be added to my observations when the time comes!

*Quick sketch with my faves*

They inspire me so much that I, like many others, could not restrain myself and started a fic🤪✌

And his 'YOU'RE THE ONE WHO CHOOSE' as the last line during the ending scene hits much harder than original closing line or Druth's...*crying*

And, sorry, it's was his actual line 'Your story hasn't been written'?! *now i'm dying*

I knew the ship had sailed the moment I saw him in the first scene (no pun intended 😂): big bad boy with his big and sad blue eyes reminding me of Senua so much🥺

Have you seen it?! They renewed SaB!

But now it's called "Light and Flesh" AND the main protag is 16y.o. orphan Aleksander Morozova who searches for his mother, but after shocking events, he unlocks the abilities of a Shadow Summoner and then meets a mysterious and terrifying young women, general of the second Army: the Sparkling, who wants him to help her destroy the Solar Wall that has divided the country for hundreds of years.

What a fascinating news after a long year of discontinuation!!!

My dear author-pals, I’m so excited and already mentally imagining all the comments that I’ll write to you after my little reading marathon — so wait for me🥺❤

My first post was a sketch with these two. So today there will also be these two🥳

And... God. It's been 8 years and I'm still not over them🥺💔

*It's crazy to think they're almost 30 y.o. now*🤯

We reached 150k in just a week when Warrior Nun raised <130k in a year🥺🥺🥺

Translations under the pictures; I translated only the most important of what matched

/Fun fact: of all the versions of potential plotline I considered, the closest one was the one I considered last, ahaha/

*Most likely it will be a mini-series, probably 6 episodes long*

*If this happens, then each episode will be dedicated to a specific character*

*The atmosphere of the series will be darker than SaB, and despite the existing differences from the books, they will leave this component*

*There is an option that half of the plot will touch upon or indirectly precede the events of season 3, and for the second half it will consist of flashbacks and backstory of each of the Crows before the start of season 1*

*We will be shown flashbacks from childhood and the first meetings of the main trio*

There was just my rambling about other possible versions 😆

*They rescue Matthias from Hellgate*

*Finally some interaction with Colm*

*Potential episode order: Kaz>Jesper>Inej>Nina>Wylan>Matthias* though, it was not fully confirmed

*Wytthias friendship*

For now, that's all that matches up with what Ms. Strain said. I wonder if something else will coincide, completely or partially🤔 Of course, it will be great if Christina and the writers team put some more plot fragments on public display, but... I hope more that we will just see it on the screen😏🤞

These were all my thoughts, which related exclusively to the spinoff. But a huge part of my thoughts regarding the Crows plot is in my assumptions about season 3, since I was more inclined to think that most likely the spin-off will not be given the green light and their entire story will unfold within the framework of SaB. I will be sure to publish all related posts when I have enough time to translate them all and present them in the most digestible form. In the meantime, I have only a small part of them ready, which you will see soon🙌

Keep it up, guys, we can do the impossible improbable, let's fight til' our last breath💪 We were strong enough to survive the fall and now we are the hope for the future where SaB & SoC spinoff are exist!