#i need to finish my dlc replay

[ariapmdeol]

How would you describe the dynamic between seosane 🙏

they mean everything to me,, (receiving your question right after i got one that says "yaoi" was very fun for me. yeah thats my yaoi <3) Spoilers for the entire DLC, including whats past the youtube TL! I mention things from Hermit Room. quotes are paraphrased or referenced bc i am too lazy to dig for them.

I have another seosane essay somewhere in drafts but i can't find it rn and it's not edited so you're getting my current stream of consciousness <3

sanemitsu and seodore are two people who, by the end of dlc, have very different perspectives on how to handle the timeline and what should be done. Sanemitsu in particular goes through several perspectives on this, varying from his POV pre-1999, 1999-2015, S root, and S+. They are parallels and narrative foils, and this shapes how they interact with each other.

From their first interactions, they both have something that the other party wants. Seodore promises that Sanemitsu can change things, if they can reach Gods Love. Sanemitsu is critical to changing things (as we see in the start of DLC/S root). You can see them talk about this in record 4, where neither of them will know if Sanemitsu's ability has activated or taken effect. Seodore wants Sanemitsu to use this ability. Sanemitsu resists because he knows that if he changes the past, then he'll lose Reiji. Reiji, who is his number one priority, who he's clinging to as tight as he can.

But they appreciate each other. There's fondness. Their breakfast conversation at the end of DLC highlights that despite them ending up on different perspectives on the past, they still understand each other.

What always stands out to me is in Hermit room, there is a choice that the player can make. The two options are (paraphrased):

Even if we gained something at the end of it, it would have been better if none of it had happened. [better to change the past even if we gained something in the end]

If we gained something at the end of it, then we can't say that it would have been better that none of it had happened. [better that the past happens (good and bad), if we gained something in the end of it]

This choice is both paralleling Sanemitsu's perspective change in S vs S+, and the perspective of Seodore versus Sanemitsu (and System.NH) as two halves of the same whole. They're foils, and remain on good terms despite their differing POVs.

it's about the Metafiction. Sanemitsu doesn't break the fourth wall until after our current point in canon (System.NH is 2019 and also Outside the Timeline). Seodore breaks it ALL the time bc he Knows but doesnt SEE. Tangent but can you tell I really like the metafiction groups. I like System.NH + Seodore + Mutei, I think it's fun.

It's about the quiet things going on in the background. About blood, about factors, about inheritance. The contrast between the domesticity of daily life (seodore canonically makes him breakfast!). It's about "I'll take your hand, Seodore" (PARAPHRASING AGAIN) and things left unspoken. It's about what he says about Seodore in his journal from 1999. (see just before record 4. yt tl doesnt show us whats inside unfortunately).

Also it's SO good that they have other priorities than each other. They both know and are fully aware of this and it's so <33

This is why I like the intro scene to DLC so much too-- they both know that they're dying there. Even if this plan works, even if things change, even if the interaction between the Rainbow Factor Artifact (Malkuth) and Respawn means that there's a chance to save Reiji, then the selves that exist in this moment still die. This is peak yaoi to me.

There is something to be said about how sanemitsu refuses to risk using this power, until the very last moment. He only does so when Reiji is dead and he's lost the last person he wanted to cling to so desperately.

Fun Fact: Seodore has his eyes closed for this entire scene except for ONE frame as sanemitsu raises the blade <3

I realize a lot of this is about them as a duo but not necessarily in a shipping lens oops.

From the lens of them as a COUPLE, they dont talk about it LMAO. They are doing couple things and ignoring their feelings about it bc theyre both still mourning other people. I do think they're the kind of couple who do domestic things like grocery shopping together,, cooking,, sitting around at home,, a casual kind of comfort in each other. The hand holding symbolism gets to me. "ill take your hand" linked with THIS SCENE, RIGHT AFTER THAT LINE. Linked with Sanemitsu's scarred hand only being present in S+ because it comes from killing Seodore. They mean everything to me.

You have no idea how crazy i went when i saw this scene DSALKLKJDSA

This ended up off topic. this all factors into the dynamic of two guys who keep thinking about other things and have a lot going on but can choose to find comfort in each other regardless. i think they should kiss <3

anyways. these are my guys who i love and adore. Seosane forever <3

[andrewknightley]

da4 is making miss inquisition and i dont even think inquisition is good

[mashias]

probably my favourite dialogue

[fantomette22]

I should draw the blorbos more u_u

And finish my godamn chapter! I can't advance procrastination is killing me and I'm not motivated. To no arrange thing the last weeks of my semester are going to be combine in 1 week instead of 2-3 because of strikes ^^ (go btw teachers and nurses deserve better!)

So if everything go very well I might be free actually early! Or have 1 week vacation then have classes to catch up -_- just 1 week before Christmas.

My plane for the holidays is just going to be well, late into the month but that would give me time ! Also I need to finish my new run of bloodborne!!!! (and I will have the platinum finally!✨) But rip the chalice dungeons I won't be able to do them all in the new run and I still don't know if I should do the dlc. I really don't need to but I would like to.

[ruairy]

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[brokenreality--xa]

I should write.

*hours later* and there’s another edit of a background. Lemme just fan over my own creation. 

someday the new writers will know who he is .. i promise! I’m hoping for tomorrow !! 

[rivaiin]

i finally decided to start tevinter nights again and read the comics i was missing and im so stupid excited for this game. halloween cant come soon enough

[disfrutalakia]

I should replay assassin's creed 2

[arolesbianism]

Alright boys pack it up no more rain world posting new oni dlc is coming out in less than a week

[vanivanvanilla]

been thinking about the our life games again

[gifti3]

What am i supposed to do now...

[megapocalypse]

AU where Shen Yuan plays a PIDW otome spin-off game where you date all the male characters and he decides to give it a shot because he heard Luo Binghe's characterization was really good in it. He's a hardcore LBH fanboy and he can't pass this chance up, but it's one of those games in which you need to unlock guys by finishing the first few and because LBH is the protagonist he's not only locked behind another character but he's also paywalled and his route is extremely difficult.

Shen Yuan ends up spending 100+ hours into this game and trying to explore all the routes and side quests, he's gotten almost all the secret endings for every guy and he's maxed the dlc characters.

LQG - One of the first love interests. You meet him when you find him poisoned, you protect him from a three headed snake monster and he's deeply indebted to you.

MQF - Unlocked via LQG's route, you get him when your MC has to take LQG to get healed.

GYX - He helps you on a mission to Bailu Forest, only romancable once you unlock the Huan Hua area.

YQY - Unlocked after you complete the good routes of all the romancable peak lords of CQM. His good ending is extremely hard to get.

ZHL - Unlockable after you romance GYX, he's a dlc character.

TLJ - Also a dlc character, you can romance him once you've completed every character's route.

SJ - Arguably the hardest romance route, almost all options lead to the bad ending and you really have to be specific with which routes you choose for your New Game + playthrough. Not to mention he has a secret ending that's even harder to unlock.

Now Shen Yuan has FINALLY gotten to LBH, you meet him through SJ's route as a white lotus disciple, but you have to romance SJ and TLJ before you can romance him. In his bad ending he kills you for siding with CQM, the neutral ending you become part of the harem. You can only unlock the good ending by unlocking SJ's secret ending. The good ending you get an option to tell LBH your feelings, it's an experimental game mechanic where you can literally type out a response. Some people may shit post on this section, but SY puts down his real and genuine thoughts out towards LBH. LBH then asks SY to promise him that they would stay together forever, and SY chooses the yes option.

Okay so new game plus time, SY got through all the endings now he needs to replay to get the super uper duper ng+ secret endings, so he plays the game normally just speeding through with the first love interest, Liu Qingge; but as he's on the rank 7 love confession scene, the game suddenly crashes and he has to reboot the game. His save file got erased so he just plays again normally, but for some reason it keeps veering him towards Luo Binghe's route, when he meets him during Jinlan City...

Every time he tries to get the other routes his save file crashes, or it would just go right to Luo Binghe's route. He looks it up on the Internet to see how to fix the bug... Nobody else is having this problem.

So he just decides to keep going with the Luo Binghe route again since he liked it so much, and he gets back to the true ending where he promises Binghe he'll stay with him forever. But then, suddenly there's an error message on the screen saying "System Reboot: initializing" and when it fully loads it says "Welcome User 002, to Proud Immortal Demon Way". And then the power cuts out, Shen Yuan is a little startled and confused until he feels an electric jolt. He falls limply to the ground, and wakes up in a new world.

A pop up screen shows up in front of him

Select your Name

________ ________

It's the PIDW start up screen.

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Okay my brain is fuzzed but basically SY gets doki doki fucked and transmigrates into the game. Luo Binghe is a yandere who keeps trying to mess with the system, maybe he kills a few guys just to be silly 😜. Yada yada that's all I got.

[magilv]

pardone the absence 1p brainrot real :pensive:

[velourfant]

phoenix wright is really fucking hot.

and i mean, objectively, sure, he’s pretty attractive, but i’m more so talking about everything he does in the og trilogy. spoiler warnings for aa1, aa2, and aa3!

he’s supposedly a self insert character but that assumption loses all credibility as soon as edgeworth comes into the picture and the player is forced to contend w the fact that yes, phoenix wright actually DOES know him—you’re the one who’s left out. i don’t even mean this in a shippy way (i do ship them but i didn’t start raising my eyebrows until phoenix’s “let me defend you” line at the detention center and i didn’t actually acknowledge i shipped it until phoenix’s “nobody knows the real edgeworth” monologue in his office). i just think that, regardless whether takumi meant to, he established phoenix’s cageyness so early into the game and it works SO FUCKING WELL!

you might think i’m overthinking it but in jfa, phoenix does this again by not letting the player or maya know what became of edgeworth. i’m also going to cite him never telling anyone about dahlia—which IK happened bc JFA and T&T weren’t originally meant to be games—as evidence he’s a cagey piece of shit. even tho aa1 was supposed to be a standalone game, phoenix’s character is so consistent throughout the first trilogy that you would never know otherwise.

i also think the music direction was 10/10 whenever phoenix and someone of importance to him was involved. it’s part of the reason i was so moved by narumitsu, and also why i was INCREDIBLY moved by his reuniting w iris in 3-5.

side note but did i ever mention i actually really fucking like feenris? i am not immune to subtext. i am not immune to good storytelling.

t&t was also perfect for furthering my phoenix wright brainrot because he treats his ex so fucking well. soooo fucking well. when he and dahlia were dating, he treated her like a queen. and even when he became incredibly cagey, he still has that charisma and genuine care for folks he trusts and he’s also so so good w kids and he j makes me wanna explode into a pile of hearts and gooeyness. i love him.

when i finish SOJ DLC, i plan to replay the trilogy just to let everything sink in + feed the part of my brain that actually does ship narumitsu now…and i will definitely be spamming abt it!

i’m writing a think piece abt his character on my main blog but i just think he’s so attractive in a way i didn’t expect him to be. when he broke down the kurain manor channeling door in 2-2, i was ..listening. then he gets pearls to open up to him and i’m thinking oh wow. 2-4 comes and i’m like OH WOW. the final straw was 3-5 when he crosses the bridge for maya. sir, you are so fucking fine. i need you BAD.

[allmannerofmalady]

DATV/: Thoughts after first 10 hours of playing

So. Many. Thoughts. With the caveat that I love the first 3 games and have been playing for years, and the storylines mean a lot to me.

I was really disappointed the day before launch because of spoilers I had seen, and it really dampened my excitement. BUT I’ve been enjoying the game much more than expected: specifically the environments and combat. I didn’t give a shit about Rook and was salty over losing the keep, and by an hour in I was growing quite fond of my Rook.

the dialogue writing is not good imho. It’s jarring and stilted at many times, and inconsistent between characters. The usual awkward BioWare quips etc are not the problem - the VO direction seems off? Either super flat or OTT. That being said, I’m playing a female Rook with the British VO and so far I’m enjoying it.

the game is beautiful but the character art style was a choice. I don’t understand why everyone has such big heads and is so squat? I get not committing to a hyper realistic look but WHY these proportions, I don’t understand.

As someone who fell for DA for the lore, the choices, the keep etc - it feels super shallow. And I’m sad about it. I can feel the rush to phase out the old games, and to me PERSONALLY I can’t understand the build up of storylines and cliffhangers that just get disregarded. Why create these casts of characters? Why should I care about the new companions if they just get tossed and recycled with each game? Where’s Fenris 😭

MAJOR SOLAVELLAN SPOILER YOU ARE WARNED - Solas is one of my favourite characters of all time. The Lavellan romance to me was captivating - add to that that I LOVE my Inquisitor and I’m very attached to her and her story. While I’m glad there’s an “good” ending that features both of them - I’m going to purposefully allow my brain to gloss over the details of it and fill the rest with HC because… yeah.

I know all of the reasoning behind justifying the choices of a “soft reboot” and leveling the story for new players but it still burns for me. I played 100s of hours in DAI alone. I bought DLC. I read all the books, art books and comics and survived on a cliffhanger for 10 years (and DA2s cliffhanger before that). It feels cheap to just get some bland dialogue and cameos and call it a day. It’s the fans who have kept the franchise going, idk. It’s not the send off I hoped for and preordered the game for. But I guess I’m glad we got a game at all at this point.

All that said - I will keep playing and enjoying it for what it is. I will enjoy the crumbs of fan service as much as I can (not Isabella’s cameo because wtf). I will finish the game out of love for DA thus far, Solas and my inquisitor. But idk if I see myself replaying this the way I have replayed the first 3 games for years. And I think I’ll need a long DA break after, because it’s going to be really… odd going back to the old games knowing what I know now. But I’ve lined up Metaphor ReFantazio as a palate cleanser :D more thoughts as they come, I guess?

[nolongerapileofashprobably]

I cannot believe how much I missed botw and I truly think replaying it once you finish totk gives you the full experience of the story. I’m at the point that I cannot separate the games story wise. Together it is just wonderful.

Because while so many people have said they have no need to play botw or that totk essentially disregarded botw…. The first game was ALL about Zelda and Link’s relationship. It was THEIR development.

It was understanding who THEY are as characters. To see the trauma unfold and for Link to recover his memories and find who he is NOW versus what he was before. All of this led to totk and how Link’s sole personal mission is to find Zelda. It’s HIS motivation.

He KNOWS where Zelda is once the Tears of the Dragon quest is completed. But that means NOTHING to him. Because Zelda isn’t home. She’s not with him. And that is the reason the Tears of the Dragon quest is so gut wrenching.

Because unlike botw where they had nothing but memories, the world they called home was long gone in the past, the friends they made nearly all gone… this new Hyrule is their home. It is THEIR kingdom that they are rebuilding. They have friends in each of the lands, they have built a new life together and home isn’t the same unless they’re together.

(And I feel like anyone who felt scorned by the Hateno House being called ‘Zelda’s House’ in the localizations really missed the implications of the game’s entire context but like that’s just my opinion)

Anyway I’m emotional about zelink bc I’m doing the dlc in botw today and finishing the game this week so I can replay totk on a separate account :)