#apologies if you didn't want a tangent on your post taking away from your art I can move it to a separate one if need be

[fullscoreshenanigans]

#hello I'm the artist this is my sideblog- #I just wanted to say something because I liked the whole analysis in the tags so much omg #I actually- never watched season 2- #So this was mostly done by the vibes I had after the S1 finale lol #I'm glad it matches with the start of S2!! #also what you mentioned about the moment with Isabella #:') poor boy was just being forced to grow up more and more #even though he already knew a lot of stuff the fact that he had to confront it sure wasn't easy #I might have to watch S2 now lol #anyway #i just wanted to answer in a way to say thanks for liking my drawing :'D #have a nice day and stuff <3

Aaaah thank you for being inspired and taking the time to share your work with community. <3 The essence you capture in your piece is one of the many aspects of the series that appeals to me and engenders my endearment for it, and it's always nice to see that resonate with other people too.

Slight spoilers but they don’t get to ruminate on that feeling of wondrous awe at the new world they find themselves in for too long because Things™ Happen fairly quickly, but despite its many, many shortcomings, I still highly recommend watching the first three episodes of S2 for what the medium shift is able to bring to the experience, namely the soundtrack and the voices. It’s another retooling of the main theme, but “The Adventures of Ugo” alongside “The Deep Forest” and “Guidance of Minerva’s Pen” to me capture the range of inquisitive exploration born of satiating curiosity purely for the sake of it:

To awe at the grand scale of what they’re experiencing being beyond their wildest imaginations, a thrumming undercurrent of magnificence and excitement reaching grand heights tinged with an aura of the ethereal:

To that retooling of the main theme that contextualizes all of this being possible due to their shared love and affection for their family pushing them to strive for the ideal:

That they’re experiencing this alongside each other and are unified in this new adventure by this previously used melody acting as a grounding, quiet swell of affection and gratitude that’s so beautiful when you consider the transformation it’s undergone.

From Leslie’s original rendition, not yet touched by tragedy, to Isabella’s refuge of strength as a song of solitary sacrifice and survival, to being the final straw that would have sealed Ray’s fate as well as his mournful and lonely solace in what would have been his final hour (again the anime has its problems but I will never not applaud the choice to have him hum the lullaby in the dining hall before Emma comes to talk to him. The layers of that have been fucking me up since I first watched the series in 2021.) And the children collectively take on that association and transform it into a song of familial love and solidarity that refuses to perpetuate that cycle of systemic sacrifice and violence.

Replay Value’s video touches upon this in greater length for the first season,

And while I think one could argue that S2 eventually winds up relying on the love and goodwill built around this theme too much to carry a heavily truncated and butchered story, I can’t deny my personal affection for it. If that’s something that might appeal to you, I think you could get some level of enjoyment out of at least the first three episodes of season 2.

In that moment, as the sun was rising and the snow was melting, he looked like the curious child he always was. ❄️

[creepyfruit]

hiii so glad u had fun playing iwatex! im sending this from my main but my iwatex blog is dillypillars <3 what endings have you gotten so far and how do you feel about them?

Hi, I actually love your blog omg

I haven't had many runs in the game yet, rn I'm in the first year of my fourth, but here's the three runs I've done so far.

1st run:

Bestie: Cal

Romance: Tang

Ending: tangent's cure

Alignment: 80 Loyalty

Augment: Eagle Eyes

Like I already mentioned in a previous post tangent's cure traumatized me to the point were I haven't gotten over 30 hearts with my girl tang in any other play through. The whole ecocide that I help cause paired with the fact that Cal (who gets shot and killed in that ending) was my bestie and also all the regular first play through deaths (Tammy, Uncle Tonin, Kom, the old governor I forgot her name, both of Sol's parents, professor Hal) made me feel so horrible. Your home girl managed to eradicate a whole planet and half the cast in one play through 😍🤞.

The one thing I absolutely loved about this ending was the angst. Romancing Tangent and seeing that vision/dream in one of the later years with the planet bare of life and her crying and apologizing was so confusing but hurtful. And then I actually got the ending and omg my hearttt. Poor Tang crying while that lunatic Lum pulled her up on stage and praised and congratulated her broke me. But the icing on the cake is what came after, Sol following Tang after she run of stage. Honestly I might go back to that save to try the other dialogue options but the whole scene of Sol finding out she helped cause this and then the truth about how Lum was forcing them do it and finally Sol forgiving Tang and telling her she still loves her. Ouch

2nd run

Bestie: Nem

Romance: Marz

Ending: Standard Ending as a Novelist

Alignment: 100 rebellion

Augment: Calm Temperament

My second play through was much more uneventful and light-hearted. I still managed to somehow forget to save uncle Tonin and I couldn't save my parents but the fact that Tammy was alive and that I focused on all the yellow stats set me up for a peaceful run. I worked in places I hadn't touched before and therefore I got a lot of fun and cute little work events. My absolute favourite thing about this run (beside the Marz romance ofc) was the whole secret club thing. It was soooo cute and such a sweet reminder that, hey these are still a bunch of little kids. Also the art piece of them solving that mystery is so close to my heart simply because of how adorable Tang looks in it.

I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't stay with Marz in the end but it makes for a realistic story that's for sure (also Marz getting with Tang for a short while after the break up made me giggle, my ship has sailed) I also didn't mange to work at the bar enough so the twins didn't get their moment.

3rd run:

Bestie: Dys

Romance: Nem

Ending: Disabling the Array

Alignment: 80 rebellion

Augment: Super Strength

My latest play through was interesting to say the least. I managed to save my mom finally although I didn't have high enough empathy at the time my dad died (stupid shimmer I have no idea how to cure it yet) and our relationship went to shit. I really wanted to focus on explorations and meeting Sym and I achieved that. I actually thought that disabling the array was a great compromise and I would consider it the best ending if it didn't force me to become besties with Vace in the epilogue, minus points for nemmie breaking up with me as well. I don't like Sym but I still felt kinda bad for taking away his immortality but at the end of the day between submission to the stupid gardeners and constant glow attacks I'll take this ending without a doubt.

Yet another ending were I couldn't keep Dys at the colony because he, yet again, disappeared and was never seen again. I was pretty certain that he wouldn't like this path given how much he sympathises with the gardeners for reasons I still can't understand but it still sucked to see him go since him and Sol spent so much time as expedition buddies. I honestly wish the creators didn't push this ending as the "asshole military dude who wants to kill all the poor animals". Like no I just want to leave peacefully while admiring and coexisting with the planet's native flora and fauna without having the ai soldiers over my head trying to kill me very year.