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i have to do everything myself around here -_- .... redrawing of that one scene with how i draw frey

(and so i can imagine with my mind about how a softer masc asian face mold would look like in game)

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A painful snippet of Lettie's KIM chat:

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I didn't expect today's convo with her would broke my heart.

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Arthur Gemini Skin Romantic Voice Lines

Should be all! Took much too long lmao, im not normal about this man

Enjoy~

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Arthur Gemini Skin Romantic Transcribed Lines

You can ring me anytime.

Hello, Darling.

Nobody.. lays a hand on MY Drifter.

No one i'd rather be fighting beside.

Heh.. We work well together, don't we love?

My body.. is in your hands.

Well, hello. Missed you too.

Us against the Universe. They don't stand a chance.

Any excuse to be by your side? I'll take.

You and me. Here we go again.

I'll have to admit.. this is.. weirdly romantic.

Normal people go on dates... heh.

You don't mind abit of stubble, do you?

Just don't.. go peeking while you're in there. Your birthday gifts are on order.

So what's your plan? Take this body for a spin then shower it down after?

Did you miss me that badly?

I know how you can make this up to me later.

Just remember, when we are like this. You feel, what i feel.

I don't think they know who they're up against, do they babe?

So.. what romantic adventure are we off to?

And that should be all of them! If i missed any or have a wrong spelling somewhere feel free to tell me~

It's 3am, im deranged and im going to bed with arthur brainrot now, laterz-

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Sobbing from laughter at rereading the webcomic and getting to this part knowing what I now know from the KIM convos I've been having with Arthur like

We've now learned that Arthur got the protokol Skana from Albrecht stabbing him with it. He has it here, which means that event happened before this

So he has been stabbed by Albrecht before

And STILL LEAVES HIMSELF OPEN TO BE STABBED AGAIN

HOW DID THIS MAN SURVIVE EITHER THE BRITANNIC ARMY OR THE IRC

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Awkward

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On In each other's throats again

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Warframe probably has one of the most realistic depictions of how it is to have more than one simultaneous conversation online

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When your Drifter believes they're damaged goods made worse cause their entire family are long dead, their alternative is loved by many and they feel no tether to the current Origin system. Drifter always tries to downplay their trauma with jokes and sarcasm, always trying to throw off hard questions, and they'd rather focus on helping others rather than themselves.

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what potential millennia alone in a pocket of the void does to a mfer

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I hope the MitW starts showing up as The Hex to torment Drifter. I think it could be really interesting if it starts trying to use them against Drifter.

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SOBS

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I really want the Hex to meet the Operator, because yeah they've heard stories from the Drifter but also how do you prepare yourself for something like that

Your friend shows up to the function with a child. Like, twelve, thirteen years old tops, and the resemblance is so uncanny you have to remember that these are not mother and daughter, but the same person from two different realities (which you've only just recently been notified is A Thing).

And that would all be enough to swallow even if this was just a regular kid, but from the second she opens her mouth it's readily apparent that she isn't. She talks like a hardened veteran, like a kung-fu master from the movies, she holds herself upright and proper in a way that's so incredibly un-childlike, and what's even weirder is you can kinda see echoes of your friend in her, like a funhouse reflection. She thanks you for being her other self's friend, as though she's the grown-up in this relationship, and you're not entirely sure she's wrong about that.

And maybe the Drifter's more than your friend, maybe you two have grown close, and now you have this other person who, thanks to the magic of quantum entanglement, knows every intimate detail of that relationship, who is *way* too young for you to be dating, and how do you deal with that? How do you deal with the knowledge that a child untold thousands of years in the future is privvy to everything that happens there? Do you even bring it up at all?

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THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING

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big things are happening in alliance chat

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Okay, I lied. One last set of Warframe 1999 spoiler thoughts to get them out of my system:

Bookending the story with Transference into Arthur (once very rudely without permission to start off on the wrong foot, once begrudgingly with permission to bring them home) is just great theming structure. Building thematic parallels into your story isn't hard, it's just so much better when the characters' and their growth reinforce their meaning.

On the surface, the Drifter's "help" to the Hex looks like a mere cheerleading pep talk, but that's not how I took it. Who knows more about fully matured Warframe powers than the Tenno? How can they lend that expertise to the Hex in their desperate moments? Eleanor can wrangle the Infestation within with a little willpower boost; Tenno do it all the time, or else their Warframes would be out of control. "Quincy, remember, your frame has the Seek power and it's busted." Aoi especially just needed a bit of support from someone who's used a fully kitted-out Mag before and mastered her magnetic powers. "Amir, here's something you would have never found out on your own: Your Warframe body has a Parazon, which doubles as a hidden blade AND a data-link!" And, of course, Arthur - if your body can't move, then I can move it for you. It's all the Tenno being an experienced Tenno to help the Hex.

I was definitely in the camp of "wait, I thought Albrecht shot Amir- OH THANK GOODNESS WE STOPPED THAT."

It's so incredibly great that the instant-messenger stuff allows us to discuss and digest a lot of Warframe's weirder lore in an in-character way, on top of all the other ways it's great. Love me a game system that accomplishes multiple goals at once for different player interests.

My absolute favorite thing overall? Thematically, this is a mirror-image of The Sacrifice. Somehow, through sheer empathy if nothing else, the Tenno have the power to share their inner strength with troubled, broken, hopeless beings, take away their pain, and unlock their full potential. The Operator did it with Umbra (and by extension every other fully converted Warframe), and now the Drifter's done something arguably even more impressive - using that power on partially still-living humans, with understanding, consent, and mercy.

Look, I'm arguably a writer by trade. I love analyzing story structure, and I especially love seeing action genres take a stab at being emotional, vulnerable, and empathetic while still being kickass action. That's a delicate balance, but oh boy does it make for a delicious dish for my particular palette.

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So, there's a set of hacked emails on a PC behind Aoi explaining the Technocyte Coda's backstory. And it's hilarious.

It turns out, no, the Tech rot did not brilliantly realise a concert would make a fantastic super spreader event. Instead, a music CEO looked at the murderous computers and decided to AI generate music using Onlyne's DNA so he wouldn't have to pay them anymore.

And Onlyne is still alive and trying to get out of their contract concurrent with the Technocyte Coda running around using their voices and names. Fucking A+ writing from DE, no notes.