#missing information

Seller: Weaver Halcyan

Price: 100 Rosaries

Description: A worn weaver effigy with a hymn written on the back.

(extra note: I found this is the high chambers of the Weavenest on Mount Fay. It's written in a language I don't understand. I would prefer it if it went to someone historically minded.)

- @weaverhalcyan

SoBe Elixir Oddworld advertisements + in-game product placement

Note: looking for more information and screenshots of the SoBe tie-in with Oddworld if anyone knows anything more about it let me know!

I'M SORRY?

"Your money," said the highwayman, "or your life. Which part of this don't you understand?"

OH, I SEE. WELL, I HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.

A couple of coins landed on the frosty road. The highwayman scrabbled for them but could not pick them up, a fact that only added to his annoyance.

"It's you're life, then!"

The mounted figure shook its head. I THINK NOT. I REALLY DO.

(sidenote, I love this blog, you're an epic mun)

I certainly would not have ignored them. I do wonder if I should have had them both killed. It may have been the best course of action. But still - if I had heard the full prophecy, I would have been more strategic. I would have perhaps...waited.

I knew there were two possible children. I was not, however, privy to the information that the child would be marked as an equal, and that one must die at the hand of the other, that we could not coexist on this Earth.

However, I was so rash in my actions, so absolute - would it not be common sense that we would be unable to coexist in the world? Could it not have been intuited? The "neither can live" part would not have swayed me. The "mark him as equal" and "at the hand of the other" however, may have. Making a decision, attempting to kill the child - it would mean interaction. And we would have to interact for me to mark them as an equal. The would be a chance taken. I imagine, then, if I were cautious, I would have decided to minimize all interaction. I would have instead monitored them, for years if need be, before making my decision.

But then what? The prophecy states they would have to die by my hand - but why? Could I not have had the target killed by another? What would happen if I tried to make it so? To avoid any interaction whatsoever, to prevent marking? Perhaps the "at the hand of the other" would only apply to the marked boy - in which case, if I treated them equally and had them both killed, then I would be avoiding the situation entirely.

It is a lot to think about, and from a hindsight standpoint, it makes it difficult to discern what I would have done without the knowledge I have today.

Genos looks so young here. There is no doubt we’ve seen him progress quite a bit since his introduction. In this picture Saitama’s expression seems to be a bit, shall I say, worried? We’ve seen him actively trying to help Genos ‘calm down’, ‘relax’, ‘have some fun’.

Genos is not looking at anything in particular he’s processing, as usual, desperately trying to solve *the* problem. Effectively, how to be ‘good enough’, though in his mind ‘strong’ is unattainable. 

Saitama and him almost live in two entirely different worlds even though they live together. Saitama experiences a world full of unpredictable inconveniences, rude people, stray pets, bureaucracy, a mostly mundane life. Genos lives in a world of monsters, threats, and a simple errand could be a life or death scenario, (more like the exciting experience of reading the manga or watching the anime the viewer has).

He’s already said he has no interest in being a hero but he has a strong sense of justice. So what could be in store for our divided hero, ‘Demon Cyborg’? 

The guy literally does not believe it’s possible for him to obtain what he believes he’s searching for but he pursues it anyway. 

It seems to have been established that in the OPM universe people have the power to obtain what they truly desire, what they believe in, or what becomes their obsession. 

You’d think with the amount of time Genos spends thinking about and studying ‘strength’ or ‘power’ he’d have obtained it by now?

Genos and Saitama spend so much time talking past each other. For one thing, Genos is having a hard time understanding why or accepting that ‘fun’ can be a legitimate reason to do something. That not everything has to be ‘training’ related. Unfortunately, that inability to recognise the importance of ‘fun’ may be a key contributing factor to his inability to understand the source of Saitama’s true strength. After all, Saitama is a “hero for fun” first and primarily. 

Genos is an extremely successful hero, a proficient fighter, strong as hell. But he’s so fundamentally unhappy. He’s so wound up he can find danger around every corner. When we do things for fun we’re not so fragile, we’re happy to make mistakes because it’s a part of the process, and eventually -even if we’re made fun of in the beginning- we become proficient in the things that give us joy.

Kind of makes one wonder what would make him happy? 

Would he actually be happy if he was able to defeat the cyborg that destroyed his village? (doubtful) 

Is protecting people really what makes him happy? (possibly that has been hinted at on a few occasions)