#am I probably gonna suffer in harrow tomorrow?

[bloodbonesandmarrow]

I was Nona for like the whole 5 hours I was at Sacanime today

[prisoner-000]

Which trial's song from each prisoner is the better one?

Fun thing I thought I'd ask myself. Since most song vs. song debates come down to character preference how about we just pit one character's songs against each other? Tee hee.

Haruka - All-Knowing and All-Agony is my pick. The piano melody in the background is honestly just breathtaking. As much as I overall like Weakness' guitar and harmonies, i think AKAA is overall the better product.

Yuno - Tear Drop. The chorus just absolutely bangs and the synths are so good. This is a very slight win because honestly Umbilical is kind of on the same level in my mind - they're both similar in the vibes department, but have different strengths. I also have to give props for being the longest T2 song by far.

Fuuta - Backdraft. I'm pretty neutral on Fuuta as a character which makes me not listen to his songs quite as much... Extremely slight win, 'cause I like it's consistent level of energy. Ask me tomorrow and I'll probably say Bring It On (the last chorus especially is so damn good). Fuuta's CV's voice is an absolute treat.

Muu - After Pain. I was obsessed with this song when I first got into Milgram and still kind of am. It just sounds so uniquely 'lonely', conceptually extremely sad and yet somehow cheerful. It fits Muu's character really well. I also love INMF for it's isolated vocal moments where Muu's CV can really bring her all into it, but overall, this is my pick.

Shidou - Triage. I've never liked Throw Down all that much because it's always sounded almost Too normal and neutral to my ears. Triage has this soft melancholy in its instrumental and somber vocals during the verses. And also, that final chorus... OUGH. I can see why someone would prefer Throw Down, though.

Mahiru - I Love You. I really like how this song played with everyone's expectations when the previews came out. Mahiru rapping is so fun and really works compared to the cutesy idol-like chorus. The lines before the final chorus and the double-voiced rap part leading up to it is also fantastic. TIHTBILWY has instruments I like a bit more, but kind of suffers in the interesting concept department IMO.

Kazui - half. Gonna be a contrarian here, but this song has always been one of my favorites. It's very unique in Milgram's selection of songs with its slow, soft melody and almost minimalistic instrumental compared to the others. It sounds sad, Kazui's CV is so soft with his voice and yet expressive. Besides, it's a song about unrequited love. This was made specifically for me I feel. Cat is also really, REALLY good, i love Cat, but. Half. !!!!!!!!!!! I blow up

Amane - PURGE MARCH. DO I NEED TO EXPLAIN MYSELF. I like Magic, but it pales in comparison to this song's mixing, its chanting, its concept, its MV.. GAHH!!! THE AMEN BREAK?????? The verse repeating the 'commandments' over Amane's singing? What else do you want me to say. This is a banger.

Mikoto - MeMe. Harder metal instrumental = me likey. The chorus is gorgeous, and the back-and-forth between the two styles is especially great. I prefer Mikoto's CV's voice in Double, but I can't say I prefer Double because it's just too damn short, not to mention it only being 2 verses and 2 choruses with a long speech break. I love Double, I really do (also because a piano is always good), but... MeMe has the tightest grip on me.

Kotoko - Deep Cover. I've never been the biggest fan of Harrow. I love Deep Cover's gimmick of counting the prisoners and the Undercover mirroring, plus it has Double's appeal with the bridge before the chorus sounding angelic. I wouldn't say I love it, but it's really good.

And . yup. Umm. Feel free to do this too if you'd like and you can fight me on my opinions i am objectively right always. Forever. Btw. Farewell

[ninthhousedyke]

Nona The Ninth Live Blog - #2

ALRIGHT

SO

I’m on chapter 15.

My thoughts are as follows:

I fucking KNEW Crown was gonna be Coronabeth!! It was maybe chapter 3 I thought, “wouldn’t it be funny if Crown were Corona because Corona means queen? And then I WAS RIGHT!

On that note. “I don’t even know you anymore Coronabeth.” LIKE WHAT? I wanna know what kind of falling out happened here.

Nona wanting to know what everyone finds sexy was so cute. Pyrrha loving toxic and explosive redheads was not at ALL evident! /sarcasm

On that note. Palamedes wtf

Nona just fucking READING Corona too like. Don’t feel bad Cor, we all want Camilla Hect to cuddle us and look at us like we’re the most fascinating thing in the world.

Also poor Judith. She’s a prisoner AND suffering from the resurrection beast. (That is what’s up above the planet right? Like it’s gotta be.)

I would die for Hot Sauce and Honesty and Kevin. Still debating on Ruby and Born.

The Angel and Noodle have gotta be important somehow.

Man these people REALLY hate necromancers.

Love how We Suffer is all “Lyctors have helped us do some great things” but is also like “Lyctors evil don’t trust Dve” and also like “hey how fast can you make Nona a Lyctor we can fight with?”

Pal and Cam are totally gonna die *sobs aggressively*

WHERE’S GIDEON’S BODY? No one has mentioned her and Cam’s whole “we lost something important” in the battle that happened post Harrow makes me think John got his hands on her somehow. Or they traded her for Harrow’s body maybe??

Pyrrha holding Camilla in her arms is a SCENE I NEED DRAWN

Pyrrha Dve can hold me in her arms any day of the week.

Everyone thinking Pyrrha is a pimp is hilarious.

Also since I’m on a Pyrrha kick, her staring at Wake’s portrait was sjsgdkagdksgdkdg SHE STILL LOVES HER GINGER PSYCHOPATH

Love how so many BOE members have cool shortened versions of their names like We Suffer and Crown and Wake but then there’s fucking Pash. You really got the short stick there baby.

Also the double machetes? I can already tell Pash is a character I will want to top me.

“Boobs and hair” lmao dont do Corona dirty like that Pash. She’s also got insanity in her family tree.

Speaking of insanity, when do we get to see Ianthe again. Almost missing her.

Nona having a crush on Cam tho…like join the club babygirl

John casually traumadumping in his dreams to “Harrow”. Is it actually Harrow’s soul and they’ve met in the River? Is he creating Harrow in his dreams because he feels she would understand the burden of needing to save your people? The fear of being seen as a sin?

So the trillionaires who escaped Earth as it was dying became the Blood of Eden now. Loving the “there are no good guys” theme here.

Ulysses and Titania being child corpses who were John’s first necromantic acts going on to create the Fourth House and it’s child soldiers is making me feel some type of way.

Cassiopeia and Nigella were in love *screams*

Wonder if John protected Mercy and Augustine more than his other Lyctors because they were his closest friends as humans….

John grave robbing corpses and Pyrrha being annoyed she has to clean it up rather than being annoyed he GRSVE ROBBED CORPSES is amazing

There’s probably more thoughts I had but that’s all I can think of for now! Gonna read more tonight and post thoughts maybe late this night or tomorrow morning. But I am enjoying Nona so far! It’s not too confusing like HTN but it’s definitely missing the spark of GTN.