#WWCG

[kulottt9]

Art Collab w/ @sanfangzhu, Thank you for agreeing to this 🎉

A tribute to both Crowe and Mychael!

Always happy to collab with a friend~

[endoxxx]

There you are! Let's go home...

(+ close-up)

Crowe from @prikarin 's visual novel, "Where Winter Crows Go"!!

This is very loosely based on the scene in one of the endings just before Aspen passes out after Crowe drugs them, just in terms of what's going on in the drawing (the setting is a little inaccurate, ik). But mostly I just wanted to draw Crowe looking cool :)

The art in this VN was so cool and I reallyyy loved the atmosphere in general. Also Crowe and Aspen are so cute together.. I was going to draw them both at first but I got distracted haha. I could talk more about it but I don't want to ramble on too much ;b

[myname02au]

Their dialogues just🔄

[hikkiko44]

happy birthday to my boyfriend Crowe.

[agaricfay]

XVIII. The Moon

delusions, mystery, deception, fear

[ebonysplendor]

Where Winter Crows Go Review ❄️🐦‍⬛

TL;DR: Chaga mushrooms ain't the only thing that Crowe be foraging, but this time he doesn't want to share the spoils with the squad for research purposes.

Game Link: https://prikarin.itch.io/where-winter-crows-go

Notable Features: Gender Neutral MC, Optional Reader-Insert with choice of pronouns, Yandere LI, 17+ Spiciness: 1/5 -- It gets a little flirty, but it's sweet and innocent LI Red Flags: 3/5 -- Manipulative, little hands on, has a temper

Want to know more? Well, let's get into it!

Okay, so, the full release finally came, and ya girl was SO excited! The demo was very promising, but I needed a little more convincing. That being said, this wasn't by any means one of the one's that I was the most ecstatic about, but I was still excited enough about it to check back occasionally for the full release. I just so happened to get lucky recently and saw that it had actually dropped back in November. So, I was late, but not embarrassingly so. Now, this review on the other hand... But listen! I just recently decided to take the plunge and start making reviews, so mind ya business lol.

Anyways, this isn't about me and my tardiness, this is about this pleasant little game that really went for it in the full version, and boi, did they go for it!

I'd classify this as one of those "slow burn" visual novels, simply because it's not obvious that our LI is a lil' psycho off the rip, and there's nothing too unsettling from the jump aside from getting caught in a blizzard. Actually, since we're on the topic, the LI -- his name is Crowe Lynn, by the way -- is actually pretty damn hospitable, and he's a full blown scientist. The most shocking part is, he isn't even doing anything sketchy! for the most part. He is deadass living in the middle of nowhere for research purposes and is writing books to know why nature is...well, naturing, for lack of better wording.

That being said, I think the intro is long enough, and I'm really excited to tell you more about this game, because you guys have got to play this whenever you get the chance! As always, I'm going to tell you as much as possible about the game without ruining the game itself.

So, boom. We're -- or Aspen, should you decide to play through their eyes, but I prefer self-insert -- going on a trip in our favorite run down car to get to some town where there is supposed to be this really nice place to let off some steam via skiing. Trust me, we did research on this; we know what we're talking about. Anyways, while driving, we start noticing how we've been on this same road for a long time, and yet, we haven't seen anybody for an equally long time.

Run down car? Long road? No one for miles? You already know what's about to happen.

Yep, you guessed it, we get a flat, and as you've also probably guessed, we have no spare tire, but bear with me! The game isn't this predictable, I swear! You've gotta understand that it can just be a little hard to get away from certain tropes, and let's be real, they kind've have to happen for plot purposes. I mean, think about if we actually had a tire in the trunk. We would've been outtie, we would've had a great trip, and there would've been no game lol. Sometimes, you just gotta cut the devs some slack.

Anywho, so yeah, flat tire and no spare. Naturally, we hike it to try to find some help, but the weather kind've picks up, and the clothes that we have, while appropriate for the cold, aren't adequate enough for a full blown blizzard. No worries though, because guess who comes to the rescue? This guy!

Everybody, this is Crowe. Crowe, this is everybody.

As you'd expect (I know I keep saying that, but lmao it's not a overly predictable game, I swear!), Crowe is this really chill dude. Actually, more than a chill dude, he's a massive nature nerd. That's actually why he's out in the middle of the woods anyways! Like I mentioned before, he's researching why nature be naturing, specifically -- at least, his current topic from the way it was worded is -- partial migration. If you've never heard of that, don't even worry about it, in the game he explains it to us. Like, I'm telling you. This man is super into this stuff, and we love a smart man.

Getting away from that though, he basically ends up telling us that the town that we're in is pretty much deserted with the exception of like 13 other people, and because of the blizzard, the time it'd take to clean the roads, the likelihood of there being another blizzard right behind the one that just happened, and cleaning up after that blizzard, getting to our planned destination just wasn't going to happen. ...Well, shit.

What are we going to do then? Our car has a flat, we can't travel, and there's not any resorts nearby. No worries though, because the bae came through! He said "Oh, you can just stay with me!" Oh wooooooord???

So guess what we do? Make ourselves cozy in this bomb ass cabin. I'm not even exaggerating about that. Like, this cabin is REALLY nice! Take a peek!

That's just our room and the hallway. You can only imagine how bomb the rest of the place looks. Like, I'm telling y'all, it's super cozy up in here. But we must stay focused! And by we, I mean me, because I could go on and on about how nice this cabin looks.

Back to the topic at hand though, we've agreed to stay with Crowe, even though, we honestly don't have much of a choice, but it was just dope that Crowe was cool with everything. That being said, during our stay, we do all kinds of pretty cool stuff! We go foraging with him for chaga mushrooms and winterberries, we create some powders to add to other stuff, and we make some medicines. Everything was going super smoothly ... until it wasn't.

Crowe kind've has...a weird temper. Like, we had accidentally gotten hurt, and he had gotten super pissed about it. We love a man that cares about his guest, but he was a bit overdramatic about it. You'd think we would've lost a limb or something. The main thing that got him really pissed, though, was when we had mentioned our car and implied leaving. He did not like that, and when I say we got into it bad? Oh, the insults were flying. Like, look at this!

So, yeah, we fought, and what about it? It's whatever. Forget him...

...Actually, we felt really bad about the whole thing, and so did he. We talked it out, and everything was all good again; however, now he's acting really weird, we're getting really suspicious, and we still have to get home. That being said, we call it an early night, borrow one of his books, and pretty much make a gameplan so we can figure out how to get home as well as what the hell is going on that is not only making Crowe act weird, but what is going on in general.

And we do! We sneak out the next morning and ... we actually make things worse because now, we're REALLY confused. I'm not going to get into the details, but just know that there are more questions than answers at this point. So, yeah, while the investigating helped, it only helped a little, and I genuinely mean only a little.

One thing that we know for sure though...

This man is definitely crazy in love with us.

And that's all I'm going to tell you! Lol I'm sorry! But if I tell you the rest, it'll literally be the ending, and it'll ruin it! You know how much I want you guys to play it, so no way am I going to spill the details, but like most visual novels, how it ends is completely up to the choices that you make.

Guys...the full game delivered.

I prefer choice heavy visual novels like Darling Duality and Forcefully Yours, but this still wasn't bad by any means. I actually thought it was quite good! Like I said, the most shocking thing to me about all of this is that this man is deadass a scientist! Like, he really isn't doing anything entirely sketchy out there! That was the biggest plot twist of the century to me! But, anyways, letting go of that. Let me tell you more of my thoughts on the game, and why I feel like you should play it whenever you get the chance.

The visuals are absolutely stunning, first and foremost. So far, my favorite VN visual wise has been Mushroom Oasis, but this is definitely a solid number 2 spot. I absolutely adore the art style. I also appreciate the revamp that they did with Crowe. There is nothing wrong with femboys by any means, but to me, Crowe was a little girly looking, and he very much so looked like a small child lol. Like look at the difference in this.

This is the old Crowe Lynn

And this is the new Crowe Lynn

Lol you see what I mean? He looked like a child that wanted to be a scientist when he grew up versus the actual adult him that chose science as a profession. The redesign was definitely a good choice, and I love how he looks now, especially with the longer hair and worn out lab coat. What do you think, though? Which did you prefer?

Aside from that though, you know what one of my favorite things about the game was? The fact that -- and listen close, because this is about to be a tip! -- the endings that you get are based more on how the character feels about Crowe versus how Crowe feels about us. How curious is that?

In a majority of visual novels, the endings are literally dependent on how far we push the LI or their affinity for us, but it's not like that in this one. We get a different ending based on if we trust him or not, if we flirt back with him or ignore his remarks, and some other factors that I don't want to include and possible spoil the story. I just thought that was a really interesting take, and that was super creative of the developer. It was definitely refreshing to play as more of myself and base the gameplay on my -- or rather my character's -- feelings versus playing for the LI and his feelings.

With all that in mind, I definitely say give this game a go! It has a nice mystery/suspense to it, and not to mention, there is a really bomb song during the credits. I was so sad to see that it was not on Spotify! Well, let me clarify, it IS, but it's not available to me which sucks ass. It's not even on YouTube, and it hurts me so bad! Ugh!

Anyways, in case my feelings and opinions weren't clear -- play this game, play this game, play this game, play this game! As always, be sure to leave your comments on the dev's page if you feel like they've done a good job, and you want to give them that extra reassurance to keep making games. Of course, donations are always helpful to them as well! Like mentioned at the very top, here is a link to the game so that you can play it for yourself, and I really want you to play it for yourself!

That's all from me! Drink water, don't be dumb, and hope to see you around~!

Where Winter Crows Go

[mallorylambart]

"crows collecting jewels? that's just a myth."

[justyoureverydaytwstsimp]

Where the winter crows die <fanfic>

Everyone loves happy endings. Rory was leaving, and taking the boundary with him. Crowe was free. Free from the blood pact. Free from sacrificing corpses. Free to love Aster. It was a perfect ending.

...

"Squawk". The crow(beast) cried, a hand wrapped tightly on its neck. Aster's. "You think I'll just let you leave? That I'll let you murder more people? Letting the villain live is such an anticlimactic ending, don't you think?" At the murderous gaze, even the cruel beast shuddered.

Crowe had never seen Aster like this. He had never seen the timid, sweet girl act out. Never saw the deranged smile on her face as she choked the beast silly. "You must think I'm stupid." She said, in the cruelest tone he's ever heard her speak.

"Release me." Said Rory, as he tried to escape her grasp. "You do not know with what forces you're messing with, Human." "On the contrary, you do not know what human you are messing with."

*you may skip this part if you're not into Christianity*

"I am the daughter of the God of the universe, little insect. Do not underestimate me or my power. I call upon his name, the one and only. Father, avenge me. avenge these broken souls. By the power of the first, and the power of the last, your beginning has come to an end"

*Christianity part is done*

Aster watched as Rory screamed in pain, as he withered from the inside out. She relished in his pain.

But the bird's dimming red eyes reminded her. Crowe.

She ran to his side, a hundred apologies coming out of her mouth.

"I'm sorry, Crowe. I thought - No, I knew you'd live. After all, the bloodpact only stated that you'd die if Rory was killed by you and yes that was pretty risky but I couldn't let what happened to Winter Hollow happen again, I couldn't let someone be his victim and I'm really sorry-"

"That was...amazing. You never do run out of surprises, snowflake. I almost fell for you again.'

Aster blushed at his words, yet the greyness of his eyes caught her off-guard. Crowe felt her gaze on him. And though her unwavering attention was flattering, the worry in her eyes made him shirk back.

"It's nothing, snowflake. Don't worry." he said, trying to calm her nerves. "Oh right! Breakfast! I'll better start soon-"

"What did we say about communication?" said Aster, crossing her eyes and trying to look firm.

Crowe stopped in his tracks. he fidgeted a little, rubbing the back of his neck. Crowe was quite cute when he was nervous, with his ears a shade pink.

"I may or may not", Crowe said, "havelostmostoftheabilitytoseecolorexceptredwhiteandblack?"

And he was even cuter when he was honest. "Don't worry, Love", Aster said, caressing his hair. "I know a place that makes colorblind glasses. It's actually quite close to my current home. Plus, I bet glasses would look really - nevermind."

"I'd look really what?" teased Crowe. Aster denied giving Crowe an answer, instead quickening her steps to the cabin. "Come on, we better start packing!" Crowe caught her hands, and started walking side by side with her. "Alright, dear!

"...by the way, what is colorblind glasses?" Peals of laughter rang through the snowy forest.

[flipfordead]

Ann saw ownership of a black cat as a mandatory part of being a witch. Thus, Wednesday the Scrungly was adopted.

He is generally indifferent to Ann’s manic research and performance of magic. (He is a cat.)

[kanasbinwriting]

{REQUESTS OPEN}

klick here for request information

CROWE

ONESHOTS

coming soon...

HEADCANONS

coming soon...

[prikarin]

Hey Where Winter Crows Go fans! I've recently bought some sample keychains cause' I'm planning to sell some merch soon!!

These two will be a connected keychain & I have one more Crowe chibi that will be available.

I'll be opening pre-orders around the end of March. Stay tuned!!

Shoutout to @husbandogoddess for helping me out with this. Thank you so much!! ❤️🥰

[yoserossa]

Feliz cumpleaños al bello Crowe!!!🎉💕💕

[asteria-725]

✨️Dibujitos de aspen que hice hace un tiempo ✨️

(Y se me olvido publicarlos por aqui DFODKFKKS)

[myname02au]

[spectral-rat]

Okay okay I just finished my first play through of “Where Winter Crows Go” by the lovely and amazing @prikarin and oh my goodness, it was amazing! I found this game ages ago when I was looking for Yandere itch.Io games to feed my appetite (started by 14DWY by CuteSai, thanks for getting me into this genre), and I found WWCG! It was in its beta, only four or so days but even with that I had already fallen in love! I followed the game very closely after that, signed up to the newsletter to get info quicker, and last night I waited with bated breathe, continuously reloading the web page until I saw that little download link (I almost screamed when I saw it <3 ). This is probably one of the best VN’s I’ve ever played, and I just want to congratulate and thank Pri for working so hard and making this amazing game!

[calcinator]

(Original post was declared a no reblog zone while I was typing my response, so making my own post )

Hey, cult survivor here (WWCG)

If a religious org comes at you with something that appeals to you, you should consider it with the same scrutiny you would if it was offered by Coca-Cola.

If Coke showed up and told you that drinking Pepsi would curse you an endless torment beyond death, and that drinking Coke would make you live forever in pleasure, you'd be skeptical to say the least.

I'm a cult survivor. WWCG. They feed on your hate and fear when it helps them. They feed on your love and hope when it helps them. They will use your emotional biases and needs against you.

That's what hippie free-love weed Jesus is. A cartoon mascot to sell Christian authoritarianism to the love and hope demographic instead of the hate and fear demographic. But it is there to serve the exact same purpose as "Pokemon is a world of the demonic," "the gays/transgenders are coming for you," and "God plays favorites we're those favorites!"

There's no point in wasting the time debating just how left-leaning or right-leaning a shadow puppet is. It isn't there. The people casting it on the wall are.

Please, listen to my lived experience when I say that when the house of cards falls, they'll "see the light", change their denomination and keep on rolling. No apology, no justice, no Jesus, (stoner or otherwise), anywhere to be seen.

And absolutely no refunds.