#Lemuria spoilers

[kindcolors]

She sounds SO happy to see duck she loves her so much it makes me ill /pos

[destiny-moonforge]

broke: haha mandar's not a gentleman !!!! LOL barbarian brute !!! i am kingsisle :)

woke: mandar's nonbinary and stallion is being an ally and supporting him

[tenapricots]

My thoughts on Lemuria (warning for spoilers):

Probably my favorite world yet. I’m glad to see that KI is taking the game in a new direction story-wise. This is definitely the most engaged I’ve ever been with the storyline and dialogue

First of all, DASEIN. I’ve only known him for like 4 irl days, but I already love him so much! “Or am I indelibly stained by what I have done?” Oughhh!! I’ve never felt this attached to an NPC before, he is so darling. And as a general note, I’m glad that we’re getting more focus on characters as the game progresses, instead of it being generic NPC gives us quests for one area and then we forget about them forever

I also really loved the exploration of heroism and morality in Lemuria. Both Dasein learning about what is good/bad and the heroes themselves. I think there’s a good parallel between Dasein and the heroes, where all are greatly shaped by the Old One (Dasein physically looking like him, the heroes designed by him), but that doesn’t mean that they can’t develop independently from him and ultimately reject his ideas

It’s also really interesting that the final dungeon, which is usually when we defeat the big bad of the world, is actually us stopping our own allies, the heroes, from using the world synthesizer to decide the fate of the whole Spiral by themselves and robbing everyone else of their agency

The whole world seems like a critique of powerful figureheads in general, whether their intentions are immoral (the Old One, who conducted deadly experiments on a whole world in order to remake a better Spiral through eugenics) or benevolent (the heroes, who wanted to remake the Spiral but without everything the Old One stood for, but were still shown to be wrong), which is a very interesting angle for the game to take, considering that we have been a powerful figurehead (savior of the Spiral x3) for arcs 1-3. I really wonder how they’re going to expand on this for the rest of arc 4 and future arcs

Also this is why imo Heap >>>>> Marleybone, I loved the contrast/dialogue between the Shadoe and Dog Tracy and that more systemic causes of crime are mentioned. Whereas in Marleybone where we basically just show up and beat people up to address the gang/crime issue, occasionally helping individuals with their problems but hardly doing anything to fix the class/species discrimination, the Shadoe actively challenges this approach, criticizing us for doing just that (just showing up and beating people up), teaching us that we need to help and understand the people who live in Heap in order to address the underlying issues in the community

I’m glad to see a more sympathetic approach toward a downtrodden group and that the prejudiced viewpoint is rebuked (clearly the Old One is wrong for using Heap as a dumping ground for those he saw as too degenerate for his eugenicist vision). On the other hand, questing through Marleybone is so bizarre because I feel like KI makes the discrimination issue quite clear, so the game is pretty self-aware. But then somehow we spend time helping racial profiler Abigail Doolittle and following the orders of cops who have arrested innocent people (technically the first one is a side quest but still)

Additionally the badges for this world are so unique (“Desperately Seeking Lemuria”, “vs. the Volcano”). “Accomplished…Something” is my favorite though, it’s the one I currently have equipped. I really hope Dasein’s arc gets a good resolution in Wallaru (I know basically nothing about it story-wise because I’m still midway through Novus. This poor man is getting colonized and having a breakdown about it, somebody please help him)

[kingatrice]

You don't know how badly I need more Bantam Dasein friendship

[zorphie]

the thought that will forever plague my head is the fact the wizard and dasein are so similar. the wizard definitely sees themselves in him. this is so obvious given the fact dasein takes on the paradox form. their friendship will always ruin me

they're both not from this world. they both are brought in, not really understanding it, but look forward to what they must do. they both are working towards making a name for themselves in the way where the wizard becomes the spiral's hero and dasein just wants to become Something. They both realize "oh man the spiral is kinda. whack. and the things ive seen/had to do for people without any outside support system r even worse"

dasein looks up to the wizard so much and it's so sad how it ends up overwhelming him and hurting him instead. and the wizard has probably felt that way too. the wizard also probably feels awful that someone else tried to be just like them, understand how it feels to be in their shoes, and it ended up hurting him and scaring him away

they're just. mirror images of each other. Screams And punches the wall.!!! The entirety of arc 4 felt like an indirect way of saying "Hey what if the wizard just went insane" except it doesnt use the wizard, it uses dasein. and the wizard just. has to watch. the wizard has to save someone else from the same fate. but nobody is really there to save the wizard Huh Oops Anyways

really excited for wallaru because i need to know if dasein gets the happy ending he deserves. the wizard will probably feel at ease to finally have someone to relate to. they both need a break already Please

anyways im so Not Normal over dasein hiii

[thenothlng]

in theatres um......... never

[sentient-cloud]

“Gulp”

[chesometer]

<Wizard101 Lemuria spoilers>

I find it a really interesting decision from a storytelling perspective to introduce such a genuinely evil character in the Old One, a character that I think might actually be the most evil entity we’ve encountered in the spiral up to this point, and then just immediately kill him off.

Everything we learn about him in Lemuria is in the past tense. We learn about his genocides, his experiments on people, the worlds he’s torn apart for his own sick amusement, in the context of the impacts he’s had on the people he’s touched. We never really meet him, and the longer you progress, the more you realize you never would ever want to.

Idk, I’ve never seen a piece of media do that with a villainous character before. Usually when we get memories of a character that’s gone, it’s because they’re being lauded and fondly remembered. It’s in memoriam. With the Old One, everyone who’s been touched by him has been impacted, but it’s all consequences of his narcissism, lack of respect for life, and desire to reunite the first world at all costs. He’s just such an interesting character I could talk about him for hours, and we only get to see him in the flesh for like 3 dialogue lines total

[polaris101]

LEMURIA SPOILERS ‼️

idk if i still need to do this considering this world came out in like what 2021????? but just incase i’ll start tagging my posts abt lemuria from now on…

I FEEL ILL 🫠🫠🫠

when will it be MY turn??????? god… please help a gay out

[heroes-of-lemuria]

[m00nveil]

hi wizblr good mornin id just like to ask what you think wouldve happened at the sky city hotel thingy if they really were to host us and not ambush us

[kindcolors]

In honor of the pookie world

[astral-schools]

playing through lemuria again. hey can we talk about this. why is there a book w a picture of earth and also what is almost exactly our periodic table in the old one's labs.

(see og tags before adding commentary)

[jaspersketch]

nighthawks homage spotted in the heap

[kingatrice]

Finally posting my pyromancer

[zorphie]

that one part of lemuria when the heroes could see dasein for like 5 minutes.. this is how it went down 100% i was there trust