#please lmfao

It hit SO MANY good aspects in the genre. Sentient pathogen, warping control from the host, mimicking and adaptation, using the host's skills. It really was like watching Birkin from Resident Evil show glimpses of his humanity trapped under the mutating virus. No wonder their world succumbed so fast if it was the "aware" kind of infection

ANYWAY, the episode! I got my wish of hearing Carme lose composure at least once – granted it was in pain and not emotional but still a win in my book. And then it just kept getting better from there with the infection taking over. So eerie how the algae just knew what to say. Such a tiny little detail like calling yellow when Moon asked for the infection indicator had me kicking my feet: it can problem solve and adapt to an interactive situation. Horrifying, fascinating, think about how it could be a bioweapon in very dangerous hands. No wonder the Haven and Sanctuary wanted the dimension quarantined and isolated. Anyone can be infected and if the host hides their mark, the algae can deceive so many and propagate like that.

Now it was so short-lived but Infected Carme came to deliver. Slashing the reinforced steel door open? The skulking and taunting? The way he crooned Moon? Chills. He's got enough speed and dexterity on a normal day for Dahlia to say it's very unlikely that Carme would walk away losing from a group confrontation, imagine what being boosted by the algae could unlock. If Moon had been in the middle of a memory relapse there is no doubt that it would have been so much worse. Carme would have been forced to witness how his own blades killed Moon whilst being trapped inside his own head. Seen the look of confusion and betrayal–

And then the first thing he does when getting snapped out is to make sure Moon doesn't get too close until he puts said blades away. Man just had his systems fried with a direct EMP blast and his biggest concern is Moon's safety. CARME, PLEASE.

I'm so incredibly curious how magic will come to play here. Making a bomb of worldwide magnitude will take too many resources for Moon to get unless that bunker has some crazy stuff. Magic is the safer, if incredibly draining, alternative. Sun still needs to recover if he'll help supplement Dahlia for it...

Omg

Twisted Glisten NEEDS a slight debuffI get that his entire shtick is that he needs somebody to help him feel less lonely and he gets mad when nobody is giving him company or when everybody is about to leave. I get that.

But his attention span is INSANE. Like low-key why am I running across the map, hiding behind all kinds of obstacles, and he's still chasing after me?!

Not even Tisha's attention span is that high and hers is pretty crazy as well!

Obviously I don't want him to be *super* debuffed. That would take the fun out of it.

But maybe just maybe lower his attention span a smidge?! 😭

He's especially painful during solo runs. I was doing a solo run one time and I didn't get to Glisten in time, so he went into enraged mode and BRO. I could NOT lose his attention no matter what I did. It was INSANE.

BASICALLY give Glisten some mild ADHD or something so he can lose attention and not chase you around the entire map and see through every obstacle. 💀