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a haiku by me

where is the update

i am slowly going nuts

without any news

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RC headquarters right now

Ok seriously what the hell is going on 🫠

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getting my bet in now so i can either lord being right over people forever or delete this in shame by the end of the week: i think the new feature is going to be a paid VIP program.

(and tbh i hope i'm right, because i would buy the hell out of that!)

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idk if this is me being a pessimist or me having a bad imagination, but I just can’t really imagine a new feature that’s cool enough to justify the update being a week late. I genuinely can’t think of anything I want really badly that’s also complex enough to require an extra week of testing…everything I want is either flat out impossible, unprofitable for RC, or just a simple QOL update.

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Um...don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting a happy ending with Casper (or any of the LIs) on the path of the beast, but are you fucking kidding me? This is it? I just kill my LI without even an option not to?

We've been getting warnings that we can "make Casper worse" on the path of the beast. I thought that meant, like, torment him mentally, not kill him. I was expecting angst, not murder + suddenly having no LI four chapters before the end of the story.

I still like this story a lot and I'm still really curious to see where the path of the beast takes me, but I'm so disappointed in how this LI route played out.

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Mercy vs Cruelty path differences in HSR: Part 5

The hidden path also impacts Lane's thoughts on Agape's sermon. On the mercy path, she's more receptive to his sermon, and on the cruelty path, she harshly judges the parishioners and considers religion an instrument of control.

Mercy path:

Cruelty path:

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Mercy vs Cruelty path differences in HSR: Part 4

I found a small path difference in Dmitry's overnight diamond scene, during the part where Lane tries to get Dmitry to change out of his wet clothes. On the mercy path, Lane is more concerned about Dmitry's comfort, vs on the cruelty path, Lane's priority is his utility to her.

Mercy path:

Cruelty path:

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reading Remy stories makes me feel like my sense of smell is seriously underdeveloped. all of her MCs are running around like "oh this person smells like grapefruit and vetiver, this person smells like powdery blueberries, this person smells like tart pomegranates!" and meanwhile i'm over here like "this person smells good. this person smells bad."

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Thanks Remy, would've never figured out such complex implications on my own.

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Uh oh...so apparently if Eva and Ramesses aren't close, he gets sliced across the stomach by the hunters while he's fleeing and he's probably got the dark curse disease. Things aren't looking good for him.

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Calling it: Hemset is under Anubis's protection. He's wearing a mask that Eva points out "isn't like ours", and it looks an awful lot like the "plain" Anubis mask Eva finds in the ibu.

Eva and the other shesmus' masks are modeled after Set, their protector, so if Hemset's mask is modeled after Anubis, he must be under his protection.

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I found another endless loop of negative renown in season 2 of SCN! My Eva is going to be an unstoppable force of incompetence.

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maybe the real romance club was the heaven's secret universe we made all along

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Me before the "ABH is actually part of the HS universe" reveal: I swear I'm gonna lose my shit if it turns out that the Superiors are actually HS characters, that would be so stupid.

Me after RC decided to nuke their lore and reveal story information in the dumbest way possible: Why the actual fuck aren't the Superiors HS characters?!

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I've noticed that "story" often gets mistranslated as "history" from Russian to English, so I think this might be the book that Dmitry was reading.

Summary from Amazon: "This rich and descriptive novel introduces us to Stephen Meredith and Ruth Clark, whose love affair is disrupted by Ruth's sudden decision to leave the country. Ruth insists on keeping her reasons secret, despite Stephen's suspicions that her departure is related to his financial difficulties. The author explores the complexities of love, duty, and sacrifice through the lens of this enigmatic relationship. Ruth's strength of character and determination to do what she believes is right come into sharp contrast with Stephen's passionate pleas for her to stay. The novel delves into the nature of true love, the weight of family obligations, and the challenges of making life-altering decisions. Ultimately, it reveals the profound impact our choices have on ourselves and those we love."

If I'm right...how beautifully fitting for Dmitry. Love, duty, sacrifice, and an enigmatic relationship.

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I think I'm going to keep track of every time Lane gets hit in the head next time I restart this story, bc I feel like it happens every chapter. How does this poor girl not have serious brain damage?