#RW-Lion

[blaire-beast]

"He's bald! He's bald and he's torturing people who have hair! " @miniyellow5 (hope you don't mind the tag 😭)

[anonymous-ivplay]

Inktober Day 10: Nomadic

Lion King style redraw of the Gourmand campaign food quest ending

[sillycontest]

Winners from Yesterday:

Yugi Vs. Azure Lion...

Yugi!

GIR Vs. Gourmand...

GIR!

Tommorws Polls:

Golden Freddy Vs. Kayte

Ned Vs. Fionna

[ladychandraofthemoone]

Traintober Day 17: Holiday

Ivo’s first Halloween 🎃 👻!! His driver, Kara Cupper will go all out for her little engine/sibling/brother/son figure . If he wants to be painted like a jaguar 🐆, she’ll decorate him as one!! Lowkey inspired by that fact that a few of Ivo related content had something to do with safari (his only wooden railway toy with the zoo hippo 🦛 , Ivo’s Hugh Hunt/Safari, etc).

[sordid-dog]

i keep seeing these ., so I made them

[bananacat76]

yooo old rainworld art and lion ocs

(dear lord i couldn’t shade)

i’ll stop now

[levisgeekstuff]

RW Lion

Een tijdje geleden schreef ik al eens een stukje over uitgeverij Nona Arte. Vandaag is het de beurt aan RW Lion, wat eigenlijk de natuurlijke opvolger is van Nona Arte 👉

Meer zelfs, het is eigenlijk ongeveer dezelfde uitgever. Eind 2011 werd het Nona Arte van Andrea Rivi opgekocht door de grotere Italiaanse uitgever RW EDIZIONE. Die had net ook de Europese licentie voor DC Comics binnengehaald. De ‘Distinguished Competition’ bleek nogal een taaie klant te zijn voor haar licentiehouders. Die mogen niets anders uitgeven dan DC-materiaal. Einde dus voor de Marvel comics bij Nona Arte. Maar het team achter Nona Arte, met oa. ook oude bekende vertalers als Peter De Bruin en Olav Beemer, bleef wel gewoon aan de slag. Zij verzorgden vanaf 2013 de ‘RW Lion’ imprint uitgaven. Zo herken je bij een aantal van de eerste uitgaven van RW, zoals '100 Bullets’ of 'Transmetropolitan’, de typische TPB manier van uitgeven van Nona Arte.

Vertigo

Er volgden echter al snel veel meer uitgaven. Doordat RW Lion een Europese speler was, en de printkosten dus mooi gespreid kon worden door grote oplages, werd er veel mogelijk. RW wou dan ook het maximale uit hun DC licentie halen. 

Opvallend was dat daarbij voor een groot stuk ook naar het meer volwassen materiaal van Vertigo werd gekeken. Zo verschenen luxe hardcover uitgaven van klassiekers als Sandman, Preacher en Fables. Dat leek aanvankelijk nogal een wilde gok. Veel lezers van Nederlandstalige comics stonden wat aarzelend tegenover deze (mooie maar ook vrij prijzige) uitgaven. Na eerdere mislukte pogingen met mature verhalen van oa. De Vliegende Hollander zat de schrik er dik in om weer met een onafgewerkte reeks te blijven zitten. Gelukkig bleek die vrees achteraf ongegrond en werden deze reeksen (op Preacher na) wél volledig uitgegeven. 

Superhelden…

Naast het meer volwassen Vertigo materiaal verscheen er ook zéér veel superhelden materiaal van DC. Dat bestond uit een mix van echte klassiekers zoals Batman Year One, Killing Joke, Green Lantern Rebirth en zelfs Ronin van Frank Miller. Daarnaast ook recenter materiaal van de New 52 reboot zoals Wonder Woman en véél Batman uitgaven. Dat alles verscheen steeds in hardcover, maar wel op verschillende formaten al naargelang het verhaal. Een aantal verhalen verscheen zelfs op het oversized 'absolute' formaat.

… en uitstapjes

De inhoudelijke keuzes over wat een vertaling kreeg en in welke vorm, gebeurde in Italië. Daar zaten al wel eens vreemde kronkels bij. Zo verscheen toegankelijk materiaal zoals de New 52 Batman reeks van Scot Snyder en Greg Capullo in een duur hardcover formaat. Het behoorlijk ontoegankelijke ‘Multiversity’ van Grant Morisson verscheen dan weer als goedkopere losse comics. 

Ook inhoudelijk waren er soms uitgaven bij die, hoewel op zich wel goed en leuk, commerciëel toch niet altijd zo verstandig leken. Denk maar aan het eerder onbekende Vertigo verhaal ‘Ergens een God’. Of ‘Black Orchid’, dat in de jaren ‘80 al eens vertaald werd door Baldakijn, maar ook toen zonder succes. Zelfs bij de superhelden waren niet alle keuzes even logisch. Zo is de 'New 52 Green Lantern' écht geen goed instappunt voor nieuwe lezers.

En dan was er nog de plots nieuwe vertaling van ‘Hellboy’ en ‘Sin City’. Die waren nog maar enkele jaren eerder vertaald door De Vliegende Hollander. Wie echter hoopte dat het gewoon om de laatste deeltjes van die eerder niet afgewerkte reeksen ging, kwam bedrogen uit. Er werd opnieuw begonnen bij nummer 1 én in een ander formaat. Niet zo slim bleek al snel. 

Knappe hardcover uitgaven

Allemaal heel fraai materiaal. Het levert een mooi stukje boekenkast op 😎. Ik moet zeggen dat ik ook écht wel blij was met deze uitgaven destijds. Vroeger was ik stiekem altijd jaloers op al die prachtige Franstalige vertalingen van comics in knappe hardcovers. Nu was dus ook de Nederlandstalige markt eindelijk aan de beurt. 

Foutjes en ergernissen

Toch liep niet alles van een leien dakje. Zo kwam er wel eens een foutje voor in het drukwerk. ‘Batman: Jaar Eén’ verscheen bijvoorbeeld per ongeluk deels in kleur, deels in zwart-wit. Daardoor was een dure terugroepactie en herdruk nodig. Het team vertalers werd ook uitgebreid met Hans Pols en Arco Van Os. En ook daar sloop al wel eens een foutje in het vertaalwerk. Allemaal niets onoverkomelijks, maar in een moeilijke markt en met relatief dure uitgaven is dat natuurlijk best te vermijden. 

Hoewel het management van RW in handen bleef van Andrea Rivi in Italië, was er uiteraard ook wel een ‘chef’ in Nederland. Die werd echter overladen met taken. Van het regelen van de distributie tot het voeren van marketing en communicatie. Dat is natuurlijk wel érg veel werk voor één persoon. En hoewel dat allemaal met de beste bedoelingen gebeurde, liep er onvermijdelijk wel eens iets mis. Zo liep de distributie bijvoorbeeld niet altijd optimaal. En er was ook eens een misverstand met een niet door DC goedgekeurde promotieposter. 

Vermoedelijk door tijdsgebrek kwam er van een échte website ook nooit veel in huis en gebeurde de communicatie van RW Lion met de Nederlandstalige fans vooral via Facebook en het forum van ‘De Getekende Reep’. Overigens wel knap dat ‘Bernard van RW' daar heel openlijk durfde communiceren. Oók over wat niet goed ging. 

Begin van het einde 

In 2016 besloot oprichter en boegbeeld Andrea Rivi RW vaarwel te zeggen. Dat had een grote impact op de uitgeverij. Zo gebeurden er heel wat herschikkingen binnen het bedrijf zelf en werden er ook heel wat contracten herbekeken. DC zelf nam de touwtjes ook veel strakker in handen van haar vertalingen. Dat leidde uiteindelijk tot een grote bijsturing van de koers van RW Lion. Waar ze eerder voor véél uitgaven gingen, werd dat aantal sterk teruggedraaid. Er werd ook besloten om volop in te zetten op de nieuwe ‘Rebirth’ reboot van DC. Dat maakte dat een aantal lopende ‘New 52’ reeksen zoals Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman en Green Lantern werden afgebroken om meteen door te springen naar ‘Rebirth’. Dat bleek geen te beste keuze, want veel lezers bleven zo wat verweesd achter met onafgewerkte series. Daarnaast was het voor de Nederlandse tak van het bedrijf ook knokken om de laatste delen van de Vertigo reeksen zoals Fables en Sandman er nog door te krijgen, want het hoofdbureau wou daar eigenlijk mee kappen. Voor Sandman en Preacher is dat helaas niet meer gelukt en is van beide reeksen het laatste deel nooit verschenen, al was het achter de schermen wel zo goed als klaar. Zonde.

In 2019 viel dan definitief het doek voor RW Lion. Het contract met DC liep af en werd vanaf 2020 voor de Nederlandse markt overgenomen door Dark Dragon Books. Hoewel de 6 jaar met RW best woelig waren, leverden ze toch een groot aantal zeer mooie uitgaven op. Met meer dan 230 titels op hun naam hebben ze zeker een waardevolle bijdrage geleverd aan de wereld van de Nederlandstalige comic.

[holmsister]

Fuck it assigning Major Arcana to Dunmeshi characters GOGOGO

Spoilers. Using RWS

Laios - Strength. Overcoming difficulty through fortitude. The traditional image reminds me of him choking Falin, and if that wasn't an incredible display of strength (physical, mental, spiritual) I don't know what is.

Chilchuck - I've seen that card that made him the Emperor and he genuinely works. He's both a family man (divorce notwithstanding) and an authority in his community. He also acts as a guide to his younger coworkers to some degree.

Senshi - the Empress. Look at me. He's nourishing, he's creative, he's capable of turning the sterile dungeon into a fertile source of food. Hes got his big senos de hombre. Hes coparenting with Chilchuck. Gender is nothing.

Marcella - the High Priestess. In the end the "harbinger of secret knowledge" aspect won me over to this one.

Falin - the XIII - Death. Death as transformation and reconstruction, as the end of a cycle and start of another. Something has happened. You will go on but you will never be the same again.

Kabru - this one was HARD AS HELL. In the end I choose the Hanged Man. Choosing the difficult way over the easy one. Suffering for the greater good. Looking at things from a different perspective than everyone else.

The Winged Lion - the Devil. This one is just a low hanging fruit tbh like... hes pretty much a perfect match.

The Canaries - the Hierophant. Here to enforce magical rules with any means necessary, custodians of knowledge and tradition.

Mithrun - the Tower. The fall from grace. A castle built on sand cannot last.

[angelofchaos001]

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Firecracker and Acid (scavdad) belong to @batnip (check out @firecracker-pup for it specifically).

The plot thickens.

For anyone who likes deciphering RW symbols, my thought behind the 'Acid' mark was Violence + Void (based on a post I saw before). Less for the ascension side of void fluid, but more 'this will dissolve you'. The arrow is just directional (Ahead or Up)

And a quick WoR design explanation here, since I design all my scugs off of some kind of real world cat based on their actions/home/vibe, Artificer is based on a lion (my normal Arti is based on a black-footed cat). Specifically, she is a maned lioness (caused by excess testosterone), which she passed onto her kids. So Blight also has a maned lioness base design. (She young tho)

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[comparativetarot]

Strength. Art by Nara Lesser, from Neurotic Owl’s Faerytale Tarot.

From a fairytale I felt no need to summarize to one I probably should:

Snow White and Rose Red is totally separate from the much more famous Snow White story.  In this one, an old woman has two rosebushes, one white and one red, and two daughters.  Literally the whole description of them is that Snow White is like a white rose, and Rose Red is like a red one, so they tend to be drawn as a pale platinum blonde and either a brunette with rosy cheeks or a redhead.  In the middle of winter a giant fucking bear turns up at their house and basically settles in – lies around in front of the fire while the kids beat the snow off his fur and play with him like he’s a big dog.  In the summer he disappears to protect his treasure, and the girls go wandering around the woods, repeatedly saving a very rude dwarf who’s always in some kind of treasure-related trap and needs saving by way of cutting off bits of his beard.

Eventually the dwarf threatens the girls directly, the bear kills him, we discover that the bear was actually a prince cursed by said dwarf and he handily has a brother.  I particularly appreciate that in the Grimm version we end with ‘EVENTUALLY, Snow White married the prince and Rose Red married his brother’.  Thank god for one fairytale that remembers the lead girls are children – I’m going to choose to assume that the enchanted prince was also super young, please feel free to assume that with me.

Anyway, the RWS strength card is a woman holding a lion’s mouth closed, and I’m a fan of a slightly different version, where it’s about lack of fear and friendship and a little girl feeling totally safe braiding ribbons into a bear’s fur.

[starfilled-galaxy]

System info + introductions for the alters :D This post is occasionally updated !

Plush (partner) sys!! @n3hmof1sh ^^

Each alter is associated with 1 emoji that we tag Emoji combos = co-con ❓= blurry, unknown, or we don't have an emoji for them yet

Collectively sex-repulsed asexual & share almost all of the same NDs, though some of us have more heightened ND traits than others

Nitrogenic /srs Give us 1 year of Nitro and we will follow up on the promise to tell you our origins ;3 And hey! If you give us 1 month of Nitro we'll still give you a random one from our list :D

We use both I/me and we/our, please don't use you& for us

Usually we use the term "alter" but we dont mind sysmate/system member/headmate etc, alter is just the shortest lol Do not call us "parts" though!!!

Alter playlists: https://www.youtube.com/@starfilledsys/playlists

Alter intros under cut bc it's very long!

Current host: 🧡 - (hs) Kel He/him Boy Sugar addict ;3 I really like kid stuffs, also Kirby!!!! Age regressor also !!! Rw Hero is my CG :3 Agere blog - @kels-pillow-fort Mm... hav lot of trauma though :< Um... I have hallucinations and delusions sometimes... Role: Swankid, doekid, cardinal

Non-fictives:

⛅ - Blurry They/them

🐏 - Emu He/she/they/it

❤️‍🔥 - Aspen/Scarlett She/they, he/it Intraplural (aka subsys) Aspen is an angerholder, Scarlett is just there lol Factive of a mutual and their now split alter Usually chill unless something makes them upset Role: Beesecutor, angerpartialholder

✨ - Kiko/Kuki Any pronouns but no non-cat nounself ones

☁️ - Frost He/they/xe/it

Fictives:

🏀 - (rw) Kel He/she/ae/xe Bigenderfluid, pan gaybian, possibly aroflux Furry & obsessed with BMTH Rw Hero is his comfort person In-sys dating Sunny<3 Role: Traumaholder, depressionholder

Genuinely fuck off if you treat me/source like a joke stop it I'm a person too you assholes -🏀

🌹 - (rw) Hero He/him Transmasc, abro pan bi Alterhuman (SilkWing (WOF) hearttype) Really likes bugs and especially dragonflies (very source-divergent lol) Bug blog - @heros-bug-collection Likes to comfort and take care of everyone in the sys, but gets burnt out easily ^^; Is a CG (caregiver) for hs Kel Role: Dear, medic, caregiver

🔪 - Sunny She/he, xe/xim, & xe/xer (primary sets) Rawr/kandi/spark/neon/:3/X3/XD (secondary sets) Genderfluid, gaybian He loves scene and BMTH! In-sys dating rw Kel<3

🪷 - (rw) Aubrey She/xey/bun Girl, xenogender, bunnygender, & lesbian(?) Really likes bunnies !!

🌻 - (rw) Basil He/him? Boy???? He thinks he's pretty and likes that he's pretty :>

🍳 - (hs) Hero He/him Transmasc Doesn't talk much... don't know much about him Role: (Extreme) anxiety holder

🪻 - (hs) Mari She/her

🦴 - Hector He/him Gender and romanticity is N/A Shiba inu He's very excitable, and only speaks in barks, even in typing. We have to translate for him any time he talks

🍊 - (ma) Kel He/him Boy, gay (for Sunny ;3) AUtive from @bananacat76's Magic AU, specifically from the route where he dies Spirit/ghost/angel dog Role: Gatekeeper

🥀 - (DN/TB) Hero He/him Transmasc AUtive Role: Traumaholder, griefholder, depressionholder

🌸 - (Endless) Aubrey She/petal

🌿 - (OTWF) hs Basil He/she

❄️ - (OTWF) rw Hero He/him

🧊 - (OTWF) rw Kel He/him

🌙 - (OTWF) Spaceboy He/they/xey/it

🌑 - (Deep Dive) Stranger They/xey/she

💘 - The Empress She/her

💿 - The Physician He/👁️

💌 - The Postman He/😁

💙 - Alula She/her Feathergirl, aromantic Fictive of Alula from OneShot Cal's younger sister

🍁 - Calamus He/him Featherboy, aromantic Fictive of Calamus from OneShot Lula's older brother

🔋 - Cedric He/him

🍃 - Hollyleaf She/her Xenogender (christmasgender) She and Lion are very source-detached since when they introjected it had been a long time since I read the books with them in it lol

🦁 - Lionblaze He/him Agender He's silly and fluffy and honestly kinda similar to our hs Kel fictive personality-wise, but less kid-like

I know source was written in a super boring way but it still makes me sad to be called boring :< -🦁

🪶 - Beetlepaw/Beetlewing He/him Transmasc OCtive sourced from a mutual's Warrior Cats OC A bit shy and nervous but very sweet :>

🐾 - Gothi She/her

💜 - Vicky She/her

🎯 - Kasane Teto She/her, zhe/her, zey/zem, fi/fizz, elle, and a lot more Xenogender (too many to list) Fictive and possibly songtive of Teto from Mesmerizer specifically Enjoys typing quirks, uses s & th -> z quirk in English Sugar addict French apparently?? Almost always refuses to speak English and will only talk in French. Unfortunately we don't know very much French so zhe forces us to use the inaccurate hell that is google translate 😔

💖 - Little Miss She/her Girl Fictive of Misfortune from Little Misfortune Prefers to be called "Little Miss" or "little lady" Loves glitter and misses Benjamin</3 Please be careful with her ! She's our youngest alter

Babpa! :D -💖

🖤 - Wynn/Mr. Scratch He/him Male Fictive of Wynn from Scary Stories for Young Foxes Despises his source's actions

Fucking ableism... I love Uly, the nuisance who has my name in the book is not me -🖤

🍀 - Lorena She/her

[blaire-beast]

oc stuff, guy on the left is Pia and guy on the right is Phillip

[cursecuelebre]

My Top Favorite Tarot and Oracle Decks: PT 1 just reminder that it’s just my opinions and not facts! If you agree or disagree please feel free to comment let me know your thoughts, I do put TW if anything inappropriate that can be triggering in the deck because not everyone likes that in their decks.

The Crow Tarot By Mj Cullinane 🐦‍⬛

TW: Dead Crows (Death and Ten of Swords, the Four of Swords), Blood and internal organ like hearts (Devil and Three of Swords) very detailed like a human heart so if you’re squeamish just a warning!

I thought I wasn’t going to like this deck because I’m not so into all animal decks and the art isn’t my favorite. But I wanted a deck that represents deity work and most of the deities I was connected to had a Corvus bird associated with them like Odin, Lucifer, Apollo, etc. plus Ravens especially are like messenger birds.

It’s not dark at all but it’s not light I can’t describe it but the best way I can describe it’s realistic in the messages. Also it feels like I’m not talking or getting a message from one entity it feels like a collective answer from a community or group. It’s a deck that I love especially when I need a quick helpful response from an entity or spirit.

It does have a unique spread which I tried out which was lovely! A tarot spread that outlines a Crow. The guidebook is small but it gives good information keywords for the major arcana including elements but minors are small paragraphs. The system is RWS which I’m the most familiar with. I should mention there is other animals like fish, horses, lions, other birds for the courts and some major cards.

Cardstock:

It’s stiff but flexible, I can riffle shuffle but hard time bridging the cards.

Rating is 4.5/5 on shuffling, depending on your hands the cards are like size of oracle cards not big that I can’t hold it I have small hands it’s bigger than the regular standard RWS tarot card but not too big that you can’t hold them and shuffle them.

Art:

Not my overall favorite but it’s definitely unique and I can understand the symbols and the crows are visible but some cards it’s hard to tell what suite it is like the Three of Pentacles I keep mistaken for Three of Cups but it’s not bad I’m just not use to the depiction. The Roman numerals can be confusing but I can easily tell what card is what base upon the card’s scene.

Rating: 3/5 overall its unique and quite intuitive but I can see why people may not like the artwork it can be overwhelming and an eye soar. But I can bear the art for the message and that’s what important for me.

My overall rating:

8/10 I feel comfortable with that rating, I absolutely love this deck and the energy is so friendly but it’s trustful and genuine.

[mugen-no-majo]

who would be the most transphobic person in the ushiromiya family

krauss gives rw weirdo vibes but he grows to tolerate lion

natsuhi would be supportive

rosa would share terfy stuff on facebook but doesnt fully understand any of it

rudolf used to be transphobic but got insane head by a trans girl and became an ally

eva would be supportive

hideyoshi doesnt know what transgender means

kyrie doesn't care too much but leans on the terfy side

kinzo...is kinzo

george is a chaser (evil)

battler is a chaser (good)

jessie would be hyper supportive no questions asked

maria would say "like beato! uuu uuu!!"

ange would think it's kinda weird until battler talks to her about it

[purpleplaid17]

Jess Watches // Wed 28 Feb // Day 156 & Thu 29 Feb // Day 157 Synopses & Favourite Scenes & Poll

Ugly Betty (rw with mum) 3x15 There's No Place Like Mode

Fashion Week brings chaos to Mode.

I was wondering how Ignacio had fully recovered yet Christina was still pregnant. I had forgotten the literally show-stopping way they brought Baby Slater-Meade into the world. It was like The Lion King if Scar was the main character lmao.

Fool Me Once (with L) Ep 1

Maya attends the funeral of her murdered husband Joe at his family's stately home - then thinks she sees him, days later, on a hidden nanny cam.

I thought the picture frame was suspect the second the friend gifted it to Maya. So for the friend to immediately explain it had a hidden camera was an unexpected early reveal. I don't trust anyone. Even the toddler is unreliable lol.

Severance (rw with mum) 1x04 The You You Are

Irving finds an intriguing book at work. Helly aggressively pursues a meeting with her Outie. Mark attends a funeral with Ms. Selvig.

The voices Dylan and Helly could hear were his kid and her dad, right? Did Lumon feed that in or were they actually remembering?

Did the name (Christopher?) crossed off on one of Mark's packing boxes mean anything?

Who was the man in Cobel's photo?

The hand holding!

The candle was a test for both of them!!

[ Enter Sandman ]

Resident Alien 3x03 141 Seconds

Harry accompanies the Hawthornes to Yellowstone to find out what the Greys are up to.

A rough episide for the women (and plaid) of Patience: Asta has ptsd, Kate and her phantom but-actually-very-real baby (Wouldn't she be expressing milk?), Liv and her very mean nana, Judy deserving someone who appreciates her, with D'arcy trying to comfort everyone. A group hug and some pie *slaps away Harry's hand* is in order.

[arcplaysgames]

warning this post has a LOT of cartomancy talk

Every other time I start P4G it drops this extremely important configuration. I cannot fucking deal with the right button being cancel, it's WRONG. Bottom is cancel, right is confirm, and I will kick the ass of anyone and everyone who says different.

Anyway.

sigh. if Akihiko were here, he would go into Sauve Mode and remind me he's here to protect me with his awesome crit skills. Hell, so would Aigis and Junpei. /DREAMY LOOK INTO THE HORIZON OF ANOTHER LIFE

anyway, soccer it is!

Which..... doesn't seem to matter because I hang out with both of the options anyway? wh-what's the point in choosing? OH WELL.

STRENGTH SOCIAL LINK: GET. I have zero opinion on these guys yet, I've known them for like 10 minutes. I have a scene with them later that's basically them asking if I like urban areas or rural more, so like. We're not dealing with a lot of depth yet.

Koromaru was Strength in P3P and was actually a very good one. Strength is infamously not about physical strength but emotional, particularly controlling the danger around you with personal fortitude. The de rigueur Strength symbolism is a woman and a lion with her calmly holding the lion in place, sometimes her hands on its mouth to prevent its attack.

Koromaru's S-Link was all about helping Koromaru act as the guardian of Iwatodai and particularly the area about the Naganaki Shrine, often assisting people who needed help. He's also very good at de-escalating situations. A very good boy and a very good Strength card.

So what we're looking for with the jocks here is an arc of emotional control and standing near something dangerous without flinching.

[/hot cartomancy talk]

ALSO ONE OF THE SHOP OWNERS RUNS A COOL LITTLE BAR AT NIGHT? I'm not allowed to go yet. GOD I want to. She seems so cool.

what th

okay.

wait, that's a real book and fairly modern literature. They're talking about fucking Murakami in this game??? That is fucking wild.

So I'm kicking off the Marie social link, and Yosuke rolls up. Other characters show up in SLinks way more often in this game. In P3P it was Shinjiro and Fuuka who did a lot of overlapping, but not really anyone else. Yosuke just ROLLS UP HERE and.

/squints at Yosuke

yeah what do you mean, Yosuke. /squints more

i'm sorry what did you just say

i feel like an ancient memory was just unlocked from my fucking skull. I knew Peachi way way way way way back when on Livejournal, we were contemporaries in the Metal Gear fandom. Holy shit that's so weird to see them referenced in Golden.

AEON SOCIAL LINK: GET. Marie feels "nostalgic" about Inaba and starts idly composing poetry while we walk around.

If you are expecting insight on the Aeon, I cannot help you. It's definitely not a standard card in RWS, and I think is an artefact of the Thoth deck.

Lemme google the card and just look at it.

Whoa wait. So Persona is playing fast and loose with the Arcana. Thoth is supposed to replace Strength with Lust and Justice to Adjustment. Aeon is supposed to replace Judgement, but P3P had Judgement. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF P4 DOES THE SAME, but I'm not googling that, it sounds like Hella Spoilers.

Anyway. Aeon. Has a lot of the same heralds as the penultimate step of the Fool's Journey, but while Judgement is often about An Event, the biblical shit of the trumpets and angels descending, all that shit, Aeon is a much more person climax, the cracking of the egg and the burst of new consciousness. The dark archway over the Aeon is Nuit, Nyx, the night. There's spiritual symbols in it, so it's sort of like a synthesis of the trials of Star-Moon-Sun. It's a bit reductive, maybe, but as someone who isn't a huge fan of Judgement because it's just really tied to Revelations christianity shit, Aeon is interesting.

Since I'm aware that Aigis basically takes over as MC if you play The Answer in P3P, the Aeon suits her astonishingly well, as her journey is a culmination that mimicks the MC's.

So, Marie is the Aeon, currently stuck in the blue velvet darkness of the liminal limo and due to come out into the light to synthesize the spiritual madness of the Moon with the hope of the Star and the clear vision of the Sun.

Maybe. I say this having not really known wtf Aeon was ten minutes ago.

Where the fuck was I?

RIGHT, saving Yukiko. I headed back into the TV on 4/21 and powered through some floors. Compared to Tartarus, this is easy-peasy.

Shadow Yukiko strikes me as very.... lazy. She was born into a destiny she doesn't want, but is also completely unwilling to push back against it. She's submissive to the desires of her family and the needs of the Amagi Inn, but under the surface is festering with frustration she won't voice.

I truly genuinely wonder if her family even has an inkling she's so unwilling to take on ownership of the inn, or if she's never told them. Like, I have no idea. Not that I think saying so would get her out of it, but it's sure Something to just... grow this dense ball of resentment in yourself without even cluing people in.

ANYWAY Chie is her prince. Yukiko wouldn't make a terrible Rose Bride, lmao.

Well. Given how Chie introduced Yukiko to Reverie and talks about her, I'm not sure Chie knows that Yukiko hates her destiny either. lmao girl you gotta fucking communicate like any of this at all to anyone.

Yukiko has severe doormat issues.

SHE SAID THE THING!!!!!

Well, this one is less exciting. A powerful bird in an opulent cage with an open door and the lock clearly visible and undone. Yukiko, I would hazard, really enjoys being special, being essentially a noble of the town.

And she may have the power and opportunity to fly away from her cage, but beyond its light is a big unknown. It might not be as comfy. So, she wants the perks of being someone important but lashes out against the expectations that come with it.

That's my read anyway. /jazzhands

Chie full on crying is very sweet. Not much resistance to the label of Prince, huh Chie?

Yukiko's persona is Konohana Sakuya. I went "oh shit like from Okami" and then wanted to smack myself.

Yukiko needs to go home, she is Le Tired. We outie!

(SIDENOTE I AM VERY CONFUSED. I started to die in this fight and purposefully ate shit to get it over with faster so I could try again, but the game was like "want to retry?" and I was like "oh man what a nice QOL feature, yeah retry!" and it REVIVED EVERYONE TO MAX HP/SP BUT SHADOW YUKIKO WAS STILL AT LIKE 15% HP. which is.... not what I wanted. that's super weird, I just wanted a do-over.)

last thing to wrap up

WHAT THE FUCK IS THE JESTER ARCANA

oh now we just MAKING SHIT UP i see. Aeon i was AWARE OF as a Thoth thing. I have scored my cartomancy app and Jester ain't a real arcana to my knowledge. It sounds like it could be from the Tarot de Marseille, but I've never seen it before. (TdM was more game-y than other styles, similar to Lenormand, so you can more easily "play" it.)

I... am thrown. Is that an Arcana with an S-Link? What the hell.