#Insertdisc5

[drawcupidsbow]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADRIENNE INSERTDISC5!!!

saw it was their birthday and speedran this cause ive been meaning to draw her for a while anyways teehee

the best present u can give insertdisc5 today is to buy isat and sasasap and loop plushie trust me this is true

[matchapancaekes]

I just have such strong feelings about In Stars and Time.

Because it’s not just the great writing, the amazing quality of life, and the masterful gameplay…it’s also how InsertDisc5 brings the player into the story.

It’s the illusion of choice.

Siffrin is a protagonist, not a player stand in. For example, Siffrin will always make the joke about the Favor Tree even if you select “stop,” it’s funny, he loves puns, of course, they must go on.

So, when I tell you how nauseous I became when I had to physically choose more and more unhinged and cruel options as Siffrin snapped, it was the most emotional response I have had to a game in a long time. Had to take a lap, honestly.

Because it’s not really a choice. It’s a line of dialogue. But the act of picking it, having to come to terms that “oh, this is happening now, ok, ok, this is fine, we’re fine,” brings about all these feelings of hopelessness, desperation, and, yes, really does just stab into the heart of “I can’t choose the bad dialogue option because they’ll get mad at me”.

That’s the point! It’s a meta narrative about someone believing they have to be perfect to be loved. That they have to do all the right things, in the right order, at the right time to lock the people they care about in an elaborate scheme to win their love.

To unlock all the achievements. To get the best ending.

But there’s just Siffrin. And we, as players, are just as trapped as he is.

[slobfern]

i saw the name of this and went "hey wait a minute......" then i clicked on it and saw the comic layout and went "HEY WAIT A MINUTE...." and then i clicked more information and went "HEY W

[collabwithmyself]

Having a fantastic time playing @insertdisc5's In Stars And Time

[emthepotatocat]

shitpost

Sav in Odile clothes

Sav in Odile Clothes + black background and kinda transparent??

Just a bit of a warmup shitpost from a one off comment at the end of the finale stream. I can't even approach the eat-ability of insertdisc5's style (pos). I would honestly consider this closer to a sprite edit. Credit to jelloapocalypse for the original sprite that I mangled beyond belief.

Lore accurate:

Sadile with the Jays

I mean in cannon he (Sav) don't have legs sooooo

lore accurate

[clottedscream]

oh yeah i love in stars and time. with uhh,, snuffkin,, and um,, bullround….

[waalkr]

Well, did you play the best new indie game yet or are you stuck on a loop,

[boos-gh0st]

I have a friend who played ISAT recently and they finished in thirty-six loops.

Thirty-six.

36.

I have

No idea how

They completed the entire game in 36 loops

They got bad touch, they got sus, they got 2/3 go throughs after friend quests, they got so many of the side quests if not almost all and they finished in THIRTY. SIX. LOOPS.

I have no idea how often they died to sadnesses or anything, assuming none.

I don’t even know how the hell they did that in general because you would assume the entire game is more than thirty-six loops, yet they did that and MORE in less?

They didn’t get the loop dagger scene though. Because siffrin didn’t get to that point before they went into act five (or whatever the cutoff for getting that scene is)

Because they didn’t reach the qualifications for it

And each time they died they went back to Dormont and spoke to loop, so they ran through the entire house ever loop

And completed the game

IN THIRTY-SIX LOOPS.

They didn’t even have memory of self on.

I’m so confused

I’m so intrigued

I’m so awestruck

I’m so impressed

I’m so C O N F U S E D

I am considering tagging insertdisc5 but I don’t want to bother them with my intrigue on how this happened

Cause it is just genuinely intriguing

how…how did you get through in such few loops…and get so much completion…

THIRTY SIX

Anyway

It’s 04:58 good night

Maybe

[twilightprince101]

I see a lot of AU's for In Stars and Time revolving around the idea of "what if X character was looping instead of Siffrin" and they are all wonderful. I adore the sight of seeing how exactly they slowly but surely break down over the course of months, maybe even years of repeating the same day and seeing how they contextualize the game's events from their perspective.

But there's one piece of all of these AU's that I wish was included a bit more: their feelings at the very, very start in regards to communication with others.

When Siffrin is told that he can tell his party about the time loop at any time, he immediately dismisses the idea because that is who he is as a person. Extremely caring for others, barely caring for himself. This is arguably the catalyst for the entire story (yes, even compared to WHY the loops started at all).

But how exactly do the other characters deal with that information around the start? How do they initially start the timeloop when told "there's nothing stopping you from asking for help?"

For example: Mirabelle. She already has a LOT on her plate since she's struggling with being "The Chosen." But I feel that being put in the time loop like this would actually be a relief for her. She is quite literally chosen by some sort of deity to try as many times as she wants. She's thankful because she really was chosen by the Change God (hahaha). So maybe at the start she would be more confident, talk with everyone and explain the full situation at the clock tower. "Yes, we did die against the King, but everything is back to how it was. If we work harder, we can make it!" But she would do that, every single time. The same conversation. And she's too wrapped up in that routine that she just focuses on reassuring everyone that things will be okay and saying the exact same words. Mirabelle's catalyst is similar to Siffrin's in that they both care for their friends, but while Siffrin helps fix everyone's problems, Mirabelle helps comfort everyone emotionally and doesn't focus on herself.

Then there's Odile. I feel she would treat the matter objectively, almost like a standard time loop protagonist. The first thing she does is tell everyone about it, finding some way to prove it ("Bonnie got X ingredients, Isabeau never made a wish at the favor tree, etc."). But after a certain point, going through all of those extra steps becomes draining. So she instead focuses on saying the right words which will get everyone else to do certain actions. "If I ask what fruits Boniface is bringing tomorrow then they'll keep that in the front of their mind, which will cause them to eat the pineapple early, eliminating the risk that Siffrin will die of their allergy." But throughout it all, she never factors her own feelings as to why the time loops are happening. That is Odile's catalyst: she is too logical and doesn't acknowledge feelings as part of the equation.

Perhaps later on in the timeloop they would do different things entirely, stop talking to others all together. But this is specifically about everyone's catalyst at the very start, their own version of "Why would you need help? You're in the position to help everyone here." It would likely take longer to happen than Siffrin's, the emotionally repressed gremlin, but the end result would still be the same. It's about self-isolation after all.

I just think it's a fun thing to think about.

[amemcake]

You're surrounded by your friends! ⌛✨💕

[2491sane]

✨️Happy Birthday, Stardust✨️

I forgot to post this yesterday and I really liked in stars and time and decided to draw this

[lagomort]

I have nothing left And all I feel is this cruel wanting Thank you to @insertdisc5 for creating In Stars and Time to hurt me specifically ✨

[hackgamex294]

@insertdisc5 i was gonna go through isat clips for a video me and a friend of mine are making, but we caught notice of your birthday so i've created a quick drawing for you!! enjoy your silly hat and eye patch !!! 💜💜💜

[madamlava]

YOU FEEL A TUG

ON YOUR STOMACH

[legitimatesatanspawn]

... well that's a mood.

[clottedscream]

made myself a siffrin playlist and then immediately got super emotional listening to it. bada bing bada boom