Herrow

TW:  mentions of suicide, mental illness, self-harm. Please don’t read this if any of these things trigger you.

Asif got in contact with me and wanted me to share this message/letter with everybody. Please read it and be kind of them. Here is a link to the letter if the images don’t load. 

Here is also a link to their twitter. 

-Illustrations of our LIs with Candy= Sloppy,bland and with bad quality

Just putting it out there…

My Candy Love University Life is ending soon. They announced a “new chapter”. Candy has just finished school and is now going out into the real world. Where does Eldarya start? With Erika having finished school. The third part of MCL could be the story leading up to Erika going to El.

The stories sort of line up. It seems like Erika’s background.

AND! Candy’s aunt is a fairy. With the necromancer being introduced on MCL, it may not be Beemoov being lazy. It could be them linking the worlds together. This can explain the necromancer’s past too.

Erika’s default appearance has darker hair than Lynn plus a different eye color (Purple to Lynn’s Green). 

The MCL Manga Exists in the Eldarya Universe

Eldarya is a canonical game that Lynn plays/has played in MCL (Shown in the third art book on her “games” category) and has merchandise in the mall.

Erika, at the earliest, either got there after graduating high school or after graduating University. I personally go with the latter as I feel more lines up there, but University Life ends with a year time skip and then Love Life will be going even more years in so Lynn still is in the MCL universe. There’s no way for the third season to hint to that as she is no longer in school and is working now. 

Their family lives don’t fully line up. Not to mention that Lynn’s parents supported her for Art History while Erika seemed pressure to go into the same line of work as her father. Her family also seemed better off than Lynn’s was. 

None of the friends that Erika mentions match any of the friends we know of Lynn’s. Which could work if it wasn’t for the fact that Lynn returns to town for her final University year. 

My personal favorite version of the theory is that Erika and Lynn are cousins and Erika was Agatha’s daughter and she feels the need to dote on Lynn to make up for the feeling of someone missing (or because she’s the only one who remembers her). 

Outside of the appearance, family differences, and time problems though, you can argue about the Manga and Eldarya game being things someone who visited and came back did somehow (or something passed down through a family who decided to remember their friends from Eldarya before the Sacrifice). The Manga technically does not happen plot-wise so it is its own story even though it reuses characters and the character traits shown are canon (See: Nathaniel’s boxing). 

There, of course, are references to an extent regardless like how Erika can bring up a surfer with a lot of tattoos she flirted with on the beach. There is a high chance that could be Dake, but… a surfer with tattoos also isn’t a super uncommon stereotype nor is the idea of a Summer fling. 

Most likely though, they are just fun references. The only real linking we’ve seen is between Moonlight Lovers and My Candy Love between Chinomiko’s games. 

One of the things that you need to take in consideration too is when you do a post and put in the tag as a theory, some ppl may feel like to refute your theory or even do they input about that thought. That’s actually the moment when you should’ve shined bringing more facts to refute the ones that other blog did, kiddo. 

Here’s some facts for you kiddos:

1. You all talked about complementary colors for weeks, but never mentioned Erika and Candy. Not to mention eyes and appearances could have changed after being transported into a new world.

2. Beemoov never specified what degree Erika had, only that she was a recent graduate trying to enter the workforce. Her father’s job was also never specified. Also, the “pressuring” (which I never read) could have been because she didn’t get a job right away. It was also implied she needed work experience before she was about to work for her father.

3. The background given on Erika is basic, any story can be created from it due to minimal information. Their personalities are almost identical.

4. MCL’s illustrations are customizable. Eldarya’s are not. There is a possiblity looks have nothing to do with the character, but were instead created to build a character that had no true distinguishable properties. That way, the game could create illustrations that fit everyone, by fitting no one.

5. If Erika were to look like anyone from MCL the players would automatically build the theory from the first episode. They may have presented this character as someone that cannot be tied to any game so it wouldn’t spoil their plans.

6. Not all surfers have tattoos, that’s a stereotype. We only have one real reference to past friends and relationships. Eldarya rarely has dialogues about events on earth. We don’t even have names for family or friends.

7. The appearance of Eldarya characters at the mall or on merchandise could be a publicity stunt to gain traffic on Eldarya. It means nothing when it comes to Beemoov because they’ve always done this.

8. The necromancer was introduced on MCL without any information. (Which is what my original post was about). She isn’t evil yet, which means MCL takes place before or after Eldarya. Either before, because obviously the necromancer isn’t evil yet, or after if Erika and friends “save her”.

9. Yes it was rude because “but it’s fun to theorize” is a condescending statement. As is the statement “good to have a headcanon”. I never stated it was a theory or a head canon, I said it might be interesting. It was toward those questioning Beemoovs decision.

10. I also said this could be the necromancers back story. I never said I know for sure this is what was happening. I even edited my post, which you’ve all reblogged saying I just thought it would be interesting. That was it.

This is a game, not my life. But to each its own. I never once said I had a theory, I was suggesting ways the necromancer might be incorporated into either game.

I’ve played Beemoov games since 2012. I have also written about that several times. That’s how you find out what someone nows. Which is what I would have done. I also never brought Moonlight Lovers into any of this. I don’t play that game.

Yes, a reply is fine. As others have. I don’t need an essay on facts disputing my small paragraph post on why Beemoov might be using a character from Eldarya. If my post weren’t filled with “could, might, and maybe” I would understand why people would respond trying to explain their side. But it’s from a confessions blog, not a real persons blog.

This blog is not a “Confession Blog”. It is a blog to answer questions and share information. It is run by multiple people. That’s it. I had no way of knowing what you did or did not know. I simply gave information based on what you said. 

I was not trying to be condescending. I meant what I said with 100% earnest. You adding that it was just your opinion felt to me that it was a head canon. I am sorry if I misinterpreted it and that is not how you meant it. 

I only added information because your post felt very on the nose. Sure, you said “seems” and “sort of” as you yourself pointed out, but your header is simply “Candy is Erika”. Not “Candy could be Erika”.

All I wanted to do was add input and more information. I even gave my own opinion on how part of it could still work and one of my own favorite theories in this ball park.

Going on your most recent post, I think Erika would have noted if her appearance is different. And yes, the illustrations are customizable in MCL, but that doesn’t change that she has a set appearance in nearly all the promotional material. 

It’s fine if you wanted to theorize the Necromancer (though, you also said you weren’t trying to do a theory?), but I would have never guessed that was the point of your post when it was only at the end and with the header mentioning just Candy/Lynn and Erika. 

The three routes (and Lysander, Armin, and Kentin in general) will not be returning. 

There is nothing for Lysander, Armin and Kentin for both UL and Season 3. 

There was also confirmation on what Chinomiko had said on one of @tetrakys10 ‘s post about a project to bring them back and/or even include them in Season 3, but it sadly was rejected. 

Other tidbits: Beemoov actually wanted to change the base for Season 3 with all new clothing yet again, but this was thankfully changed due to Chinomiko speaking up about it so people would be able keep the same clothing and not go through a full change.

1. Play the spin-off. Keep playing it. Show it wasn’t a waste. If they don’t see anyone playing new content they made of them, they have no reason to believe people will play other new content featuring them.

If only. You. Knew.

SWEET ELITE LORE | CH. 5 | The Scholarship Program

For twenty one consecutive years, Arlington Academy’s Scholarship program has been open to the public, giving talented and brilliant teenagers from all over the world the opportunity to attend the prestigious high school for a fraction of the price. Each year, only 10 spots are given away after a long and diligent application process.

Don’t get me wrong, the artstyle is not bad and I do have a preference for anime style. That being said, it does feel like such a huge downgrade compared to the old artstyles. I really don’t think the artist was ready to take up this type of work yet. It’s a lot of responsibility. I know how hard it is to make sprites because I myself did a few in the past and they came out really bad tbh.

I feel like you must have a very good understanding of anatomy to be able to make good sprites.

The artist’s anatomy looks really off.

Scholar’s legs, eyes and pretty much all the facial features look crooked. The pose is awkwardly stiff and lacks flow compared to the old sprites. They redesigned some characters so much that they don’t look like themselves anymore? I was shocked when I saw Tyler’s, Alistair’s and Raquel’s new sprites.

I just looked up Alita’s website and she’s in fact a very talented artist! However, her painterly style was by far the better style so I don’t understand why… we got this instead.

I can understand if the SE developers may believe that the artstyle is the least important aspect of a visual novel because I myself pay a lot more attention to the writing (SE’s writers are outstanding, I have no complaints about the writing). But the inconsistencies with SE’s artstyle is still its biggest flaw and I can’t stress this enough.

There’s a reason as to why an illustration team is paid to learn the main artist’s style.

Beemoov artists learned how to replicate Chino’s style. Diabolik Lovers’ artists learned how to replicate Satoi’s style even though she’s no longer in their team. Consistency is that important because the players need to know how the characters actually look like from the get go.

They're trying so hard to be edgy that I'm more bored than entertained tbh.

I'm fine with characters dying but if you're gonna do it...do it right? Build up the mood well so I can feel something when they die lmao

My reaction to that character's death was like: