#twa au

Because like, I've seen people say that those two are both the same concept but a different degree of solidarity against distrust. In Look Outside, an incomprehensible being, the Visitor, comes into the sky, and it's sight mutates hundreds of forests, the oceans, and most importantly, the people around you. As you try to survive the two weeks, you have to explore and are forced to fight for survival against people that don't look like people anymore. You can choose to save the mutated kids, trust those who come to your apartment seeking shelter.

In No I'm not a human, the world been invaded by visitors, by doppelgangers that pretend to be something they're not. The world is drenched in dread, as you play as a homeowner who has to decide who will take shelter, die by your hands, or be turned away. You have to follow the instructions you're given day by day to find those who wish ill upon you. The rest? It's up to you. You have limited supplies, limited space, but you have a choice.

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And I can't stop thinking about how much The Weirdest Adventure follows that same narrative. There are hundreds of familiar, even matching faces - but you can pick and choose which ones you care for. But caring has its own consequences, and the question always becomes, can you keep it up with every person you meet? Every person has a story to tell, will you listen?

For someone like Azrael, he doesn't know that he was betrayed by the narrative AND his guards. For someone like Labs!Rainbow, he doesn't know that he was never supposed to be a person at all. That his very existence was meant to be nothing more than grotesque entertainment. Even now, is that still true? It's up to you. So many lives hang in the balanced dissonance of this shattered world, and there's a reason for everyone's existence. Hell, if you love enough, you can will them into meaningful existence.

How much of their story is told relies on who will care enough to listen. And sometimes, the only story to tell is one of malice. Much of the population is in fact not human, not what you'd expected. I think that's where the other "non redeemable" villains' role lies, in the hostility of every new encounter. I've spent most of my time on Trapped!Victor and the Labs duo, but I think there's some harsh reality in people like the Wisp. People who are Truly Dangerous. People who could end it all if they manipulate the pieces of this world correctly.

...I have a feeling Victor and Wisp could be a brutal duo, especially when Victor almost serves as a parallel to King Elric but even more twisted and strict, full of greed... ironically, Victor is human. But he uses his scepter of magic in a blatantly greedy and thoughtless way. Though someone might look more dangerous, he has enough power himself to increase hostility. Being human does not mean safe.

For someone like Azrael, that is a truly unnerving fact. What do you mean there are inhuman people I'd rather trust with my life? Its unnatural. It shouldn't have to be this way. But it's that or death, if you can't protect yourself from all matters of dangers. For someone like Labs!Rainbow, that means having to learn to trust all manners of strangers, to get away from those who hurt him. But it's not that easy. His own body says bite before they bite back. It's a dog-eat-dog world, after all - what else could it be? He's not known safety, this is what home already is.

So they have to learn. Find reason to trust that this can be home, that this can change. Because it's all they've got now. Despite the too-sharp teeth, uncanny voices, the eyes that stare into their soul, the people who aren't what they seem - this has to be home, for now.

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Also, THIS SONG AAAAA!!!