#Iwate

[shuusan1978]

[nefariousbee]

a little playful hopeye for all your exocolonist needs 💜

[lunarblossomyuehua]

It's been three seasons of heavy food rationing, getting more and more strict as the year drags on and the fields continue to struggle. You've been wasting away, you all have. What will you do? What can you do?

[lavandulalurker]

Have y'all seen this bug boy in your game or is it just me??

Jokes aside, AAAAAAAAAAAAA it's finished!! I can sleep peacefully now. I've spent the last two weeks working my ass off to actually code this guy into the game to make fake screenshots... I took so many shortcuts, I'm not a programmer.

Unfortunately, I have zero intentions of making a whole mod for this guy, sorry! This project was mostly just for fun.

[maruhi]

todays post desu 今日のポストでーす

[junjomonstah]

you're telling me?? that's a canon event in his route?? he does?? unprompted?? all on his own??? and i'm supposed to act NORMAL about it??? for why did he just... DO THAT????

[fastidious-and-a-mess]

i think a lot about iwatex lore and story stuff outside its context of Video Game

like, it’s coded into the Video Game that kom always dies and there’s nothing you can do to save him. but in-universe? i don’t think fate or predestiny is a big thing here, bc it’s a time loop and sol’s whole life is different every time, so i often think about an In Universe fluke timeline, where something different happens and kom survives. anemone gets to grow up with her older brother and she doesn’t become a soldier and sol gets to see what it looks like for her to have a happy life.

and then it never happens again. sol can’t figure out what let kombucha survive in that loop, and they can’t ever recreate it, and he never survives again. that was the only loop where anemone was actually genuinely happy, and the guilt of its eats at sol in semi lucid moments of loop-awareness.

[sourliartdump]

coloured sketch thing of Nomi-nomi!!! i love them SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH

[thewarinourstarwars]

So everyone talks about (on Exocolonist Reddit at least) how their first run sucked and was deeply unsatisfying. But I’d like to talk about mine, one I feel was bittersweet and set the tone well for my future playthroughs.

My first Sol was interested in the humanities from the start, in history and philosophy and culture. This was what sold me on the game, that these things were considered important for the colony's future.

My first Sol had no augment, my favorite setting in the whole game. As a disabled person, I felt really represented by having this option and ever since, I have played nearly every Sol with no augment (except a few cycles with Calm Temperament but shhh)

Tammy was my childhood best friend, although I was very split between her and Dys.

When Tammy died, I instantly reloaded to try again--and so was given the ability right out the gate to save her. Of course, her father still died and the pixie beans still happened and my mother died--but I kept studying humanities, kept playing the photophonor because I wanted my Sol to be a poet-philosopher, similar to the era of rockstars in the 70s in the vein of Don Henley or Bob Dylan who had deeper ideas about our society.

By the time that the Helios dropped, Sol was eager to find love and acceptance--especially so by the time her father died. So she threw herself into the arms of Rex, who has been a favorite and a lover in many a run for my Sols.

Solana began to shift focus, to teaching kids. As her other friends drifted away, at least Tammy remained true with a birthday cake every year.

I remember the ending so clearly. Life didn't turn out the way that my Sol expected, to be a rock star or a poet or a philosopher--but she was a teacher who followed in Hal's footsteps, who cultivated curiosity and continued to fight the good fight for her parents' dreams. She would be friends for life with Tammy, and she and Rex cultivated a home full of love and children.

So my first Sol was pretty happy, all things considered.

I don't know, I just feel bittersweet when I think of that first run and I smile.

[neko-suna]

9th Nov., 2019

[shuusan1978]

[manaquartz]

I hope they have Among Us preserved.

[authorofthemoon]

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist: Genetic Augments being a metaphor for generational trauma

So a big theme in Exo is avoiding repeating humanity's mistakes in Earth. And I always found the idea of the kids being born with genetic enhancements interesting. But it wasn't until I learned about a certain someone's augment that I really thought about how messed up it is. And then it makes me question why they were given then in the first place. I've come to the conclusion that each augment is what each parent thinks their child needed to survive and thrive based on their experience in earth as they are the only ones to remember how awful it was. It also makes clear what expectations they have for their child. So I'm just going to go through everyone and explain further.

Vace and Rex: I think they fall under the category of 'social survival.' Vace is the one who made me realize the connection because why the hell would you want to enhance your child's genitals? Vace is a clear representation of the patriarchy instill by his pos father. A 'man who takes what he wants, builds a family, a tough guy' etc. I actually really like Vace though I get why people don't. But it can't be denied his father messed him up and constantly talked down to him. He developed an inferiority complex and his augment fed into that, making him feel the need to prove he's a man. He's proof the patriarchy causes men to suffer under it as well as he suppresses his emotions except anger and takes it out on other, finishing friendships not based on fear. He's probably the most 'earth' out of everyone. And all the intimidation he uses kind of assured that he leads and excels in a social setting. Rex is the opposite of this but serves a similar purpose. He's a dog, sweet and lovable. He's friendly and helpful and people are drawn to him. I think it's also important to recognize that Rex is a black or at least dark skinned male. With this in mind, I think this is why his family found it important to give him the dog augment. Under the light of racism and white supremacy, black men are seen as aggressive and dangerous. So, it makes sense that a black family that came from that earth would want to ensure their child would be seen as a non threat and thrive socially even if it drastically affected his personality and shortened his life span. Though it's unknown if they knew that. I think what makes Rex and Vace good foils is how they navigate social interactions. Vace through fear and Rex through charm.

Nem, and Tammy: Both fall under the category of survival. Tammy has sensitive hearing which allows her to pick up on a lot of things. More than likely this was for hearing predators, animals, etc. Or even things like a baby crying. Even though it's useful, we see it can also be a detriment as she gets anxious hearing what's outside the walls and loud noises hurt her ears. Nem has her scaly skin which seems to help her defensive capabilities and such though we don't really see it in action. It makes sense her mother who sees very coddling would want her to be tough so she doesn't really get hurt though it seemed to backfire in a way since she joined the defense force. They both seem to be augmented to survive and help others survive as well which makes sense since earth seemed to be at war when they left.

Cal and Tangent: I think they have a looser connection of 'thriving in career.' Cal doesn't need to sweat (which I still question if that is biologically healthy) which allows him to work in the fields and avoid heatstroke and can brave the cold as well. It makes sense his family would want this augment and it fits in to his farm life. But it does make you question if his augment affected him at all in that way. Tang needs much less sleep than other people. We know that her and Dys have a rough relationship with their parents, their mother taking her own life and they dealt with that in different ways. Her mother more than likely wanted her to not need as much sleep to just survive and maybe help her mentally. However, it's an obvious detriment as it causes her to overwork which damages her mental health more. It's tough to know what their mother was really thinking especially after she named one of her kids Dysthymia. I do believe the augments were a way of her trying to protect her kids in some way.

Dys and Marz: A couple of my fave characters and I think fall under 'mental health survival.' For Marz, I once again think it's important to recognize that she's a black woman which I think directly affects her lack of shame. A lot of black women right are shamed for anything they do. Their body, their attitude, their hair. All things Marz unapologetically displays. Her dads, also being gay men it seems, would probably want her to live her life without being oppressed by other people's opinions. She can be grating at times, but it's just because she unable to feel bad for her existence. This allows her to thrive and stare her opinion without feeling bad later. Obviously even if it sounds nice, there's some obvious downsides such as her bullying others when she was younger and doesn't really feel shame over hurting others. Dys doesn't feel fear and that causes him to do things without restraint. However, he has a soft heart so he can still feel bad and have hurt feelings. Similar to Tang, his mother probably tried to protect him, thinking getting rid of fear might help him mentally, but he can still be anxious. It really makes you question whether a lack of fear actually helps anything. Life on earth was probably dominated by fear. There's no confirmation on what exactly happened on earth before they left, but it obviously wasn't good considering Flula's attitude.

Edit: My dumbass forgot about Nomi. Even though Nomi's augment status is unconfirmed, their parents attitude towards it is telling. Based on dialogue, they feel like very hippie hands off parents who want their child to have the freedom to be themselves, but the problem is that they equally don't offer guidance so Nomi has a hard time knowing what they want and feel a bit stranded. Again it's probably a reaction to earth ebung very strict in some children and many people are forced to be something they didn't want. Including things like gender and career. So they try to give Nomi freedom but not the support they need.

All the kids in Exo and their augments are products of their parents trying to escape the late stage capitalism white supremacy authoritarian hellscape earth had becomes and have their kids protected against those dangers on the new planet. These have been the thoughts infesting my mind as of late. Might make a similar post about how the kids are each in danger of repeating the earths mistakes. If you wanna weigh in with anything you're more than welcome. Thanks for reading!

[lavandulalurker]

I've had this sitting on my computer for a while so here's Nemmie!

[maruhi]

peace ピースピース

[junjomonstah]

More CalRex is good for the soul 💖