Gneh!

I'm not sure they're always supposed to be, and to be fair none have topped the magnificent Princess Beach line yet, but they're still extremely entertaining.

Looking forward to s3!

Not all posts seem to be public (although some are--it is interesting to see the other shelters message each other!) but even the personal ones don't tend to be as direct and open as the emails. Not an inaccurate portrayal of social media if that was the intent--connected to more people than ever before, but the bonds aren't as deep.

I won't play it for a couple weeks yet, but it's the first game in ages I've actually preordered. I'm so excited, i hope it's as good or even better than the first. <3

The entire game is about seeing through the fog and false leads to find the truth and yet these people see queer themes/imagery and treat it like atlus just went full cowards with all their arcs because the stories weren't what they're initially presented as. Everyone's arcs are presented as one thing and then you need to venture further to see that the initial issue was NOT, actually, the core issue. Its also why you have so many people arguing that "no one changes", because, like, Yukiko not wanting to inherit the inn isn't ACTUALLY about her not wanting to inherit the inn, and they double down on that by having the conclusion "not change" anything. But thats a whole other rant.

I absolutely adored how Stampede's finale had him regaling Vash with tales of plant independence (while aiming to strip Vash's away from him and forcefully impregnating the others) and also telling Conrad he was perfectly enacting their plan (when he was actively avoiding wiping Vash's memories of him as the plan required, thus creating the opening for Vash to be freed.) Incredible focus on how Knives' words and actions directly contradict each other, which Elendira is now noticing. So I am not surprised, at all, that studio orange had the same takeaway I did: Knives' fear of humanity and want for revenge triumphs over his want to save the plants, and his speeches of plant freedom only extend as far as the freedom to side with him. Absorbing the plants by force makes sense with this understanding, because his number 1 priority is not saving/freeing the plants, even if he might think that it is.

Idk if I'll actually get around to it, but at least I'm having fun writing!