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Might be a bit of a hot take here, but I think presenting Finding Paradise and A Bird Story as separated, barely related games doesn't make much sense - both are two parts of the same story imo, and playing both improves your understanding and appreciation of the story considerably. Not to say they can't be enjoyed standalone, just that they cover two different yet equally important facets of Colin's life, and so should be "ideally" consumed together.
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Big Blue Light
Don't mind me, I'm just a big blue light in the sky...
This has probably been mentioned by someone, somewhere
But can we appreciate just how good the UI rework for the To the Moon RPG is? Before:
After:
It just...*pops* so well and the MP bars are soooo full of personality! Also Freebird Games pls update the game's store page soon. 🥺
Small Faye (Fayee) and "big" Faye in LHRPG
Continuing from @everydayear365's take on LHRPG and the promotional material shown so far: Linky
Of note is this image, released alongside the "trailer" of LHRPG (don't get excited, it's just a silly office episode lol):
Given some pieces of the promotional material, we know that small Faye there is acquired at the end of an elemental puzzle floor, and that she's a key part of defeating the final boss, big Faye:
Now, everydayear365 raised a good question about this:
I also wonder if only Neil can use her like that, I mean, striking her with a tennis racket or every character can do that. You know, they have a little special relationship. Oh, speaking of relationship, I'm also curious about how the boss Faye and the small Faye are related to each other.
And, well, I think it's fairly likely that Neil is the only one capable of "truly" defeating big Faye by bouncing small Faye at her. After all, he gave her space in his machine, so he'd likely know how best to defeat her. And hey, the "hero" of the story being the only one capable of defeating the true villain by channeling their inner potential/goodness is a fairly common trope in RPGs and fantasy stories, heh. As for small Faye, maybe she's Faye's "nice side" condensed into an adorably shaped missile? After all, before the doctors tried to remove Faye, she was actually quite the nice person (well ok, imagined person, but you get the point). It's possible that, by making Faye confront her "good self", her evil side would be weakened by the shame and guilt, letting the doctors save the day by melting it away and restoring the good Faye. All just speculation on my side though! I hope Kan is reading this and gives answers soon...👀
Quotable posts
Moments after Eva spoke to core Neil about how he died and how she misses him badly and how she's frustrated that even after death he's needlessly closing himself from her and how he should go out with her for a "real" date just once. His response is..."Hey, can I wear socks with sandals?" It's funny and tragic all at once
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Notice of absence
So you'll notice that I haven't written anything for a while. This is because I am hard at work, both with my course, and also with writing a new TtM wiki. While I'm not sure how much of an audience it'll find here, I'll be sure to share the wiki here once it's in a complete and presentable state. See y'all later!
Theory about LHRPG based on trailer info (and misc. stuff)
So, first off, it's clear that LHRPG is going to cover the time periods before and after BE. This is pretty obvious with the shot of Eva and Neil talking to each other at a diner, a clear reference to Sunset; the shot of Eva meeting a terminally ill Neil in hospital, and the shot of Eva, Rob and Roxie all competing in a surfboard race, a clear reference to BE itself. What's a little less clear is what the RPG, which is likely a game in Neil's sim itself, is about. However, I feel like there are enough clues to derive this. To start with, we see Faye taunting Eva through messages to finish the game at the end of the trailer. This makes it quite clear that it was one of either the core Neil or Faye who made this. Given that core Neil was worried about Eva's mental health and was trying to get her to spend more time taking care of herself, Faye herself makes the most sense.
But why would Faye make this game, and how does she have the power to do so? Wasn't she trying to help core Neil last we saw her in BE? Welll...
Per my thesis here, this game features two Fayes - a good Faye who works to help the doctors, and an evil Faye who corrupts the protagonists of the franchise (which is why the doctors are fighting them). It's clearly this evil Faye who devised the RPG and is taunting Eva for being unable to beat her, and the key to her salvation likely lies in beating her somehow. But how did Faye split? Well, I think she always had both a good and evil side to her, and always tended to the evil side outside of Colin's presence. It's possible that she didn't like core Neil trying to push Eva out of the sim and wanted to keep Eva out as her playtoy. That, or maybe she got bored when Eva started showing signs of using the sim less and started conniving schemes to pull her in. Also, this is a bit of a wild shot, but the final scene of Faye texting Eva happens in reality, not in the sim. We don't see that scene glitching out, and the machine does have the capability to contact phones, so it's quite likely the entirety of it played out in reality. Especially since it shares the same artstyle as the scenes of "reality" in BE. Alright, that's enough yapping. Time to continue working on the wiki. In the meantime, have a parting screenshot from the RPG.
Brief breaking of silence to opine on Finding Paradise's advertising
So I was looking at Finding Paradise's posters today on a whim, and I realized something seemingly simple: while Finding Paradise did suffer from A Bird Story not being liked by many TtM fans, and many other TtM fans not "getting" Colin's predicament, I think the advertising, while not exactly bad, missed a good opportunity to capitalize on one of TtM's key features: the horror of the mind's lies. It would have been a good way to appeal to TtM fans while being true to the spirit of the product; after all, Colin's hyperimaginative brain is a core pillar of Finding Paradise's story, and the big twist is about how his supposed good childhood friend was naught but a figment of his own imagination that happened to encourage him in a positive way, absent parenting or any "real" guidance.
