#especially soma

[lyss-butterscotch]

SOMA's ending just made me go wow,humanity is screwed and 3rd Simon is stuck on Earth.How is it still so satisfying? You willing to try it out?

It's not satisfying i hate it but i also love it. It's such a double whammy with how they presented the ending too, what a major tonal shift.

I probably should spoiler this lmao

Humanity IS screwed it's been established from the get go that everything is going to shit. All humans has been uploaded to robots and the ARC and even the last living human wanted to die. There is no salvation here.

I think it's just like what Katheryne said. 'They're in the stars, and we're here'. She knows it's not possible for everyone to be saved here, it's not possible for THEM, current Simon and Katheryne, to be saved. But even in the most bleakest moment of humanity. Even if you want to call in question if whatever's in the ARC can even be considered human anymore, some of the hundreds and thousands of years of human history still managed to survive. That a version of Simon and Katheryne survived. That is what is hopeful for her.

I think it's a strange moral dilemma, where you'd of course want to sacrifice yourself for the good of humanity. But in the case of SOMA, you are both sides, you are the sacrifice AND the saved. And if they are the same person, why can't YOU be the saved. This is why people had started to believe killing your human body would mean you 'transfer' to the one in the ARC even though its physically not possible.

It doesn't work that way, as Katheryne said.

This is also why I both hate and love the coin toss idea. It... technically isn't. Simon 2nd got copied to make Simon 3rd. Simon 2nd WILL stay as Simon 2nd. But Simon 3rd, having all the memories of Simon 2nd, will think HE is Simon 2nd when he isn't.

It's the matter of perspective too. We change perspectives to be Simon 3rd to follow his journey, so Simon 2nd became the sacrifice for the greater good. He's 'not us'. But if we stayed with the perspective of Simon 2nd, then it wouldn't be so easy to accept that we became the sacrifice because Simon 3rd is 'not us'.

Just like what Simon 3rd said when he launched Simon 4th. He's 'not us'.

It's a matter of perspective.

[radi0range]

happy belated birthday to my son, he just turned 9 years old (points to a depressed 36 year old man)

HAPPY 9TH ANNIVERSARY SOMA!

[antirepurp]

Hey! Are you still in there? I can still hear you, you know! Come on, say something, we're all waiting for you! Tell us your name!

[jichanxo]

judgment version of one of my all time favourite memes (bc i just couldn't stop thinking about it)

[smokbeast]

regarding the bite ask, I find it hilarious that Fang is aggravated by the mere idea-

simply because I am like a midget compared to him

Big, small, his attitude don’t discriminate

[kurothoughts]

I know I'm getting too much ahead of myself with this thought but imagine when they get to adapt the Blue Cult arc tho. No, I'm not talking about the cult of stars, the literal bloody schemes, the betrayal, the revenge or whatever...

it is, mates... the battle of the victorian boy-bands!

[glorfys-glorioushair]

The biggest missed opportunity of Julius Mode in Dawn of Sorrow is the low level of dialogue. We only get it when Julius recruits Yoko and Alucard and the final confrontation with Soma. And even then the dialogue is limited. I want to see more!

I want to see Julius, Yoko, and Alucard talk to each other after boss fights. I want to see them grapple with the fact they have to kill someone they deem as a friend. Even discourse between them regarding their different approaches with Soma needing to be killed would be interesting to see, essentially a display of their individual character in regard to morality. Though it’s obvious that Soma must be defeated (it’s his own wish afterall), the line does get blurry. I’d like to see conversations with the cult and their reaction in being successful. Are they happy and smug? Do they mourn Celia’s loss? I have no idea! But it would be cool to know! I would have loved to see Alucard comment on Yoko’s ability and how it reminds him of Sypha. Something to Julius about the Belmont legacy too! That would have been awesome! Maybe even a moment with Mina, like what would they say to her??

Anyways, I just think it would have been rewarding to get some more in-depth dialogue as the mode is rather challenging. 

[screamingsquamousthings]

um guys....guys hello...can anyone hear me hello

[justsayapple]

It's pretty fun to see how much my art has improved as of late ✨ (2019 vs 2023)

[bluuscreen]

some messy amarantas because i don’t draw her nearly enough

[angel13xo]

i think about prince soma saying arre yaar everyday ... every day ,.... literally every single day .... once a day .... everyday not lying it genuinely lives rent free

[sorrowveined]

by the way i am very emo about alucard and soma and the whole concept of their dynamic and i need you all to know this. they really wrote aria and dawn for me personally, actually,

[sassyfever]

Now that the new mini arc is finally starting Imma make a couple predictions. Angelina is now a bizarre doll and ✨coincidentally✨at the hotel. Grelle is also there. For drama's sake you know how it goes.

[k20spock]

shoutout to castlevania characters why are you so fucking hard to draw

[tuxxydo]

...people hate this skin?

[zaddyazula]

trying to process this fucking masterpiece