#I will defend these games to the end

[kittyoperas]

come and find me, lying in the bed i made.

[lightnersdream-archive]

i've been thinking about exactly why people portraying one of the other crew members successfully killing Jimmy as a "for what you did to Anya" kind of thing rubs me the wrong way a bit and it's because like..... this is just another form of taking agency away from Anya, in a way. it's kind of framing her as some meek, shivery woman-thing who's entirely at the mercy of the men around her, either to hurt her or save her.

(i understand these are mostly for wish fulfillment on the audience's behalf because everyone would like to see Jimmy pay for his crimes. whether or not this is the intention of the person writing it isn't really relevant, characterization happens with or without intent. i feel like it misses the point by portraying it as an 'ideal ending'.)

because... Anya is a capable person. she takes things into her own hands when she can. it was partially(?) her idea to get into the cargo,

(before he interrupts her.. remember when she interrupted Curly in the dead pixel segment?)

it was her idea to get the code scanner from the cockpit,

it was her idea to get the medication from behind the foam.

(the chance to do these things herself is not given to her.)

she'd been keeping Curly alive for months in a critical state somehow, her psych evaluations at the start are only so useless because Jimmy refuses to take it/her seriously and Curly is obviously biased when he puts it into his own hands. he's known him a long time, like he said. "I'll just put good for that one."

there's not a lot of material to work with because of how the game is framed, but it's there. we are working with two very biased perspectives and neither one lends Anya what she deserves

there's significant changes in how she speaks post- and pre- crash, and depending on who she happens to be talking to. i recommend re-reading her dialogue, because the difference is drastic

she acts the way she does around Jimmy because he has tangibly done horrible things to her, is actively hostile, and physically could not escape him by any means. she can't take away Curly's agency herself, in my eyes. you have to remember that Especially in the post-crash segments of the game, it's entirely from Jimmy's POV, and he obviously does not (and has never) thought very highly of her or treated her with a shred of respect

i've seen a general idea that she can't bear to hurt other people for any reason, but that doesn't really track to me. this is the real point of the post by the way

it seems based on the parts where she says she struggles to give Curly medication. "It just hurts him so much, I can't stand the noise." "It makes me nauseous."

it's not really the same thing as, say, hurting someone in self defense

this sounds like she did want the gun itself. this never felt worded like someone who would refuse to, at very least, threaten Jimmy with a gun, with violence. if she had been given the agency to make that decision on her own. she wasn't though

she still tries to reclaim some of it even as she's denied it

by the end she's still trying to keep that gun out of his hands

i think some people overly soften her, for similar reasons the game itself is trying to comment on. she's not a tender victim who couldn't cause pain to another out of the softness of her soul, she's a person who's had every last bit of agency ripped from her repeatedly until she couldn't take it anymore. that's the point. that's why framing her that way, "needing" someone to save her, is odd to me

she didn't need Curly to save her, she needed him to take responsibility

she didn't want to escalate things, but she's not an idiot. self defense was absolutely on her mind

but who knows im just saying shit *smiles serenely*

[elene78-blog]

What do you think if someone knocks on the door of Cat, Laila, and Jean's new apartment, and Jeremy opens it, very surprised because it's late, and Cody stands there looking gloomy?

And then Cody fakes a smile and says,

"Hi, Captain. Sorry to interrupt. Hey… is Jean in?" Jean, of course, comes out from behind Jeremy, and the two look into each other's eyes without much communication. "Maybe you were right," Cody says.

No one understands, but Jean says,

"We were going to have dinner. We have food for more people. Come on," and Jean invites Cody in.

Jeremy, Cat, and Laila are very happy that Cody came there, although they don't understand what's going on. Whatever it is, only Jean seems to know, and Cody only came there to be with Jean.

When they finish dinner, Jean and Cody go out onto the porch and talk for a long time. Jean says Cody is staying over. They still don't know what's going on, but Jeremy can't take his eyes off this Jean who comforts Cody and has become someone else's confidant.

Jeremy can't stop smiling in admiration.

[nessberry]

more on insane thanos fanboy namgyu- since namgyu was canonically born in 1997, which means hes 27 during the games which take place in 2024, and it's applied thanos is supposed to be quite a bit older than not only him but everyone else on team thanos, I am now deeply thinking about namgyu spending all pf his teenager years absolutely obsessed with thanos, since that's around the time thanos was probably most popular. all of his friends are into fresh faced kpop idols that are around their age or a bit older meanwhile he's giggling, twirling his hair, and showing all his friends 10 pixel pictures of that old man (hes in his late twenties so old to them lmao) on his shitty ass iPhone 5 or whatever the fuck lmaooo

[lesbianholyspirit]

Thinking about Ranni slaying and abandoning her body to inhabit a doll.

Miquella abandoning pieces of his flesh throughout the shadow lands.

Miquella discarding his love, “Something (he) should not have. Under any circumstances.”

Ranni’s words to you after you kill the baleful shadow, “Tell Blaidd, and Iji… I love them.”

Miquella’s order of unalloyed gold, a caged divinity. An age of compassion that he seeks to include everyone in, whether they want to or not.

Ranni’s order of the chill night, an order that she plans to take far, far away so that it cannot control anyone.

A caged divinity.

“I would not be controlled by that thing.”

[blinddetective]

terrible day for Dae-ho enjoyers worldwide

[renatogpadilla]

See, the cruel thing wasn't the joke.

The cruel thing was not giving us Skong AFTER the joke.

[bowehbowah]

my arts not arting lately in fact its been farting if you ask me. whats that pointer finger and ibis paint? you want me to animate more?? whaat???? aoooough im animating it im animating it

[littlebittyhollowbugs]

The lyrical version of the Hive Knight OST by Man on the Internet has me in tears rn

[hopeful7]

I will never accept any Gihun slander istg yall have the worst takes on his character and it pisses me off. Yes I’m a Gihun apologist but it honestly seems to me like some of you never watched the show with your complaints and reasonings for why he’s such a horrible person, at the same time as you’re thirsting over cold hearted murderers but yeah Gihun is the absolute worst…

[lyxchen]

A thought on Myung-gi and how it's hard to choose to die and how it's hard to still care enough and sacrifice yourself for your child when you have repeatedly been told that you do not deserve this child, that this child doesn't belong to you and that you will never be allowed to be in the life of your own child, in this essay I will-

[multi-lefaiye]

something about a gameshow where the goal is "get second place" is just so funny. this season is off to an amazing start

[evilkitten3]

if you go back after getting the tear you can talk to him????? i love this game, i'm always finding new things

[veatomis]

i cannot take the lucanis romance discourse anymore. this game was advertised as having the best romances in the entire franchise and then when the actual game dropped he is the one character with the least content in the entire game despite being a MAIN companion esp in relation to the other quests + his romance lock in scene is LITERALLY 45 seconds, it has barely any substance and it's pretty poorly written AND if during the first big choice in the game u get locked out of his romance (which. even tho it could be in character that is a BAD decision in a game series that prides itself again on its romances and is actually a sign of not good decision making taking into consideration the fact that he becomes a NOTHING character regardless of romance after saving minrathous) i think people are allowed to be a bit bitter and disappointed because THAT IS NEITHER NORMAL NOR A GOOD DECISION IN AN RPG THAT'S COMPANION DRIVEN.

[g0nta-g0kuhara]

I don't really know how to really describe it or why this is but seeing people red string about V3's connection to Hope's Peak Academy and the other two games in general makes me feel really, really weird.

[sieglinde-freud]

i want to keep playing black eagles but everytime i open three houses i open it to the gautier inheritance and by god that map is just so. terrible. and then i turn off the game. unfortunately linhardt and lysithea have not learned warp yet so i just have to play it. the worst map ever. who ever designed this, 5000 curses upon ye. FUCK YOU