#i just hope its handled well

[oathofkaslana]

hiii!! I really love how you think about the lore; so i wanted to know how you think the inevitable Rhine & Albedo reunion will go.? What it'll be like, the actual situation it'll happen in,, all of that!!

Since we just saw Skirk and Childe meet again and it was, interesting, to the say the least; how do you think Albedo's gonna react to seeing rhine after all this time? and vice versa!! 💜

OK HI MONARD!!!!!! <33333 OUGHHHH IM SO SO EXCITED. AND I HAVE HIGH HOPES..

albedo and rhine are so deeply interesting rn. she symbolizes both his life and death all the same so i feel like its only fitting if we see her during albedo's corruption. perhaps she returned because of the corruption? perhaps to get albedo's answer before he dies (assuming he would be fated to)? either way mixed emotions all around! i have a hard time parsing rhine which yk. makes sense seeing as we know so little of her. but i do think she cares for her creations, just maybe not in the best way possible. i think she's looking forward to albedo's answer. and i think albedo's answer would have to be best communicated through action (re: his wondering if the traveler could stop him from destroying mond). bc that martyrdom born from a love and compassion of others (something so tenderly fostered by alice and klee) would be his answer to the truth and meaning of the world. n i think that would tie in so so well w the traveler seeing as how their entire mission is made of grief and love AND its a direct change from what we would expect rhine to want (albedo going from someone purely focused on a logical and scientific answer only to find the answer is something as fluid and enigmatic as emotion..) AND it fits in w your rhine posting :3

[cent-scratchnsniff]

hoptal

[sticks-stones-sonic-insanity]

Its possible someones asked this already and I just havent seen it yet, but to pose the question just in case:

Bonus question! Does what you WANT to happen align with what you THINK will happen?

I'd love to hear why you chose a certain answer too if you want to explain in the tags or replies! I'm curious what everyone's reasoning is :]]

[sam-violet]

am i the only one disappointed with the wwdits ending 😭

[wiltking]

i think the effects stress has on a body are both unfair and wildly out of proportion and that my tummy should stop hurting, please

[froschli96]

you know, i always find it really funny when dudebros complain about syndicate and odyssey being too "jokey" or not "taking its characters seriously" or whatever…

like, did y'all collectively sleep through "it's-a me, mario!", "i meant besides vaginas", ezio inventing the latte, bartolomeo's... just... *gestures vaguely* entire character, etc?

like, it's fine to have preferences of course, i myself prefer a more serious and grounded tone, but these are usually the same people who tout the ezio trilogy as "peak assassin's creed", call ac1 a glorified tech demo and hate on connor for being "too serious and boring", like? make it make sense!

[vampkomori]

i love how star rail paints fate as not just one single End. there are countless paths towards fate, and theres multiple possible "endings", even if some are more or less likely than others because one end may have more paths that lead to it

and that defying fate isnt even on the table (currently). they work within the confines of the rules, seeing a potential "ending" they want to achieve, so they try to work with the established order to specifically land on the path that leads towards it. it doesnt paint fate as a terrible, unavoidable thing that makes you feel powerless (like genshin) but rather as fate just being the way the world works and highlighting the importance of Your Choices

maybe 99% of fates suck, but theres still the 1% that doesnt suck. although the chances of getting that are unlikely, its still technically possible. in the wise words of dr. veritas ratio himself

a possibility still exists even if it is infinitesimal, but it is Not Zero

[skunkes]

unsure how to word this but there is something about having ocs with unsavory events happening in their past where it's like. talking about it, even when asked, seems almost gratuitous and inappropriate. and i'd much rather describe it through the oc themself and/or draw Them saying it. which is like. fitting for the subject matter? like of course its weird to talk about somebody else's business...!

and falls back into humanizing em/exploratory writing and development where u consider the impact of words said/words unsaid/HOW those words are said etc etc

[guinevereslancelot]

eye doctor was trying not to scare me today bc i have a sight threatening condition 🥲 it's probably treatable but i need to go to a specialist

[mincerift]

you could make an analysis of how immortality has effected bbh's character (very lonely, needs others) and foolish's character (laissez faire, very aware of what is going on)

[lesbianpegbar]

ayane you need to get a grip. ayane please. for me

[bmpmp3]

and theres also the scrolling format manhwa i so desperately want physically. they did it with raeliana PLEASE do it with a wicked tale of cinderellas stepmom PLEASE please

[foolishfalls]

having a bad time

[loveydive]

okay. finished veilguard. um. it sure was definitely a game.

[somehowsomewhat]

Kinda rambley thoughts because my Christmas season entertainment has been rereading+getting up to date with Tower of God. Very general impressions on how rereading felt like, especially after years of not reading and legitimately thinking I wouldn't ever touch it again (spoilery tangential mentions to the last events so beware??).

Going from 'maybe I can reread this arc i liked' to 'actually let's reread the entire thing and if i keep liking it i'll get up to date i guess?', it's amazing how starting from the beginning made the issues in season 3 leagues that much more bearable and how much ToG gains when read as a whole instead of weekly.

Because, the foreshadowing is there and the thematic parallelisms are there. Knowing that the plot is going to end up with full focus on Traumerei (and Gustang's quest to get rid of the Great Warriors, because I spoiled myself that much when I was determining if I actually wanted to give the story a genuine chance) makes the narrative decisions in early Season 3 especially a lot more understandable. Actually remembering all the bits about Blue Thryssa (and the mention in the Floor of Death that it has administrator rights for some reason) makes its appearance as a power paralleling the Red Thryssa in an official manner that much better too

And that struck me in particular because I remember i was already spot reading at that point and getting increasingly confused and frustrated. A lot of the foreshadowing and buildup had happened so long ago i just... didn't remember it.

Do I still prefer season 2? Yes, for a multitude of reasons. I understand why season 3 had to focus on characters like Yama or even Dowon, but it felt much to the detriment of those characters I was already invested in. Wangnan come back pls the plot has evolved to a point your involvement would add So Much beyond me missing your silly ass. Tho at least his plotline has actually progressed (even if not through him directly), some of the other main Regulars have their plotlines 100% frozen as far as we know or only barely touched on.

Even if I think the Season 3 escalation of events goes very far on explaining why FUG felt the need to fake Bam's death in Floor 2, it meant the Regular characters aside of Bam fell hard to the side 70% of the time.

Yet all feels so purposeful otherwise??? I can only hope SIU compensates for all those things in Season 4 and, once we can read the story as a whole, it feels like a very understandable side trip.

Also V being, by the looks of it, just as much of a Mess as the rest of the Great Warriors is, honestly, to be expected but I sure didn't thinking it would be Like That. I'm lowkey worried about how SIU will be handling that.

I legitimately thought I was done with this series, but I guess the worldbuilding is just too tasty for me to ignore. If anything, the reread has confirmed to me that SIU has a Plan for the story long-term, which I value in a narrative like this quite a bit.

[darktetras]

Hi guys I'm still alive don't worry how's it going