#in stars and time act 5

[asterkatt]

ISAT ACT 5 SPOILERS!!

okay I said I was going to give more thoughts on act 5 of ISAT and then uh. I didn't. oopsies. but we're here now!!

I loved Odile's friendquest in this act SO much. one of my favorite things about the way the game handled Siffrin's actions throughout the entirety of act 5 in general is that everyone's reactions to him were so DIFFERENT. but not only were they different, they had reasons for being different. it wasn't just "Siffrin says something messed up, hurts someone's feelings, pushes it down, rinse and repeat". each "breakdown" was specifically tailored to be character specific. to fit in with how they've behaved in the story thus far, as well as how Siffrin feels about them/tends to respond to them in particular. with Mirabelle, it really was entirely accidental. Siffrin didn't even realize how their wording might come across in the moment. It wasn't him lashing out in any way - just him genuinely trying to cut corners. Odile?? Odile's was very different. it's easy to see that there's a lot of tension between Siffrin and Odile - more tension than there is with anyone else. Odile has been a thorn in Sif's side - constantly observing and watching and theorizing about why they're behaving strangely. I did the sus quest. Sif knows that she has the ability to figure it out. Consequently, they have to be way more aware of her than anyone else. (side note that's not entirely relevant to this but I want to bring it up - the fact Siffrin believes that her constant eye on him is because "she doesn't trust you" makes me sick. because that's not it at all. they might pretend it is. hell, she might act like it is. but it's not and she knows that. she knows it's because she's worried because she cares and Siffrin can't understand that.) so I feel like they took the "mistake" of messing up with Odile harder than they took any of the other interactions. because how could they be so stupid. how could they forget. how could he forget that she always figures it out.

so of course he lashes out. not only are they being faced with the same blinding mistake they've made over and over and over again, it's also a reminder that she doesn't trust him. (and why should she?).

and then she goes and makes it all worse by calling him a "friend". because they know that's not how she sees them. he believes that she doesn't trust him. so it must seem like she's directly lying to his face - and she thinks they're too dense to see through it.

I love that Odile doesn't back down. she doesn't shy away when they start yelling at her. she doesn't let it slide just because she made them upset (Isa and Mira both probably would - though Isa would try and get them to talk about it later). she pushes, because that's the only way she's going to get any answers.

the way you can feel her anger when Siffrin hits her where it hurts the most (without even seeing her face) is just AUHGSKJDHFKJSH. the writing of this game. the details. never cease to amaze me. I love the way she snaps back. she doesn't get angry, she doesn't yell - and yet somehow it hurts just as badly.

I also love the way Siffrin reflects on it - the way they acknowledge that "she was only worried about you!!!" because deep down he knows that their friends do actually care about him. the way Odile handles the situation afterwards as well - at the clocktower?????? I love that you can tell she's trying so hard to make the "right" choice to not endanger them when it's not what she wants. she doesn't want to leave Siffrin behind. If they weren't going to take on the King the next day, I guarantee you she'd be using anything in her power to figure out what was going on with him. I don't have the exact quote rn but at the end of the sus questline she mentions that she can't let something go when she finds it odd - and this is BEYOND odd. but she has to put the safety of the whole group and their mission first, and I love seeing that side of her.

[ack-cough]

More Sphinxfrin

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[otakuvampyre]

Okay, finally finished my In Stars And Time playthrough.

Firstly... THAT WAS SO CUTE. I love this game so much, all of these characters are so adorable and I love that Isa finally confessed and I love that Bonnie just snuck snacks into Sif's pockets and I love that Odile would not let Sif not accept that them accidentally trapping the world in a time loop because they loved their friends that much and didn't want to separate from them is fucking adorable, and I love EVERYTHING about Mirabelle she is SO. FUCKING. CUTE. Pinnacle of adorableness.

Secondly... WHO THE FUCK IS LOOP??? I have gotten no answers at all in my playthrough. I have seen plenty of fanart that suggests they're another Siffrin, but... I didn't find anything suggesting that was true??? Did I miss something??? The Wiki even mentions a secret boss (i.e. loop) so what the fuck dude??? What did I do wrong??? How did I miss that??? Does the secret boss thing confirm loop was a version of Siffrin??? I does is have to know.

Thirdly... I would LOVE a spinoff or something that was just them on their next journey. That would be so cute, just a literal jrpg of them traveling around Vaugarde would be so cute.

And finally... I realized something playing this... I am literally sif. Like, my depression was reflected back at me this entire playthrough. I have had, word for word, SO MANY OF THESE EXACT DEPRESSIVE THOUGHTS THAT SIFFRIN HAS. Is it just a common experience among people with depression? I'm new to accepting I even have depression, so... I'm out of the loop (hehe) on what's typical. But seriously, I have never related to a character more than I do Siffrin.

Anyway tho, that was such a cute game. That final loop had me screaming cuz I knew where it was going as soon as it started (at least for a while). I loved the weird ass house warping and how it was confirmed at the end it wasn't just Sif dissociating (which was a mind blower, cuz I definitely just thought that's what it was). I loved the Mal Du Pays fight thing and the giant sif fight thing (I couldn't bring myself to attack, but now I'm super curious what happens if you do. If Sif even lets you do so, cuz there are several points in the game where Sif won't let you make a different choice, like in not telling Isa a joke at the Favor Tree).

I loved this experience, I love this game, I love these characters, and I genuinely hope this game gets the love it deserves, cuz this honestly deserves to be the next Undertale. As a massive undertale fan, yes, I have to say, it is THAT good. It deserves to be right up there next to Undertale as one of the greatest indie games of all time.

[the-lion-guard-88]

SMG4 x ISAT: (I WON’T LET YOU GO HOME.)

IN STARS AND TIME ACT 5 SPOILERS BELOW

Time Taken: 54 minutes

So I completed the game in 6 days with 100 Loops and a total playtime of 24 hours and 1 minute

[ginumo]

1 // NEXT

WOOH GOD THIS TOOK A LOT OF TIME. THIS IS MEANT TO BE FOR THE AU IVE BEEN GOING ON ABOUT FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS but i can absolutely post up to here on its own i think without actually going into the au's territory too much DJBFDKFNDKFND

SO HAVE THIS!! FOR NOW!!!!

[puppppppppy]

sniffrin ^_^

[tawnysoup]

Their POV

[klunskie]

Hello isat fandom. Look me in the eye and trust me when I say I do not have favouritism whatsoever.you have to trust me

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on a completely unrelated note LETS GO LESBIANS🔥🔥🔥YEAYUHHH 🔥🔥🔥

[spinnypinwheel]

top 10 "oh balls" moments in gaming

[asterkatt]

started act 5 of in stars and time.

what.

[ack-cough]

Look me in my sheepy little eyes and tell me that the Isat team wouldn't try to domesticate Mal du pays with the power of friendship

Siffrin is NOT rockin with it.

They get it all cleaned up with a fresh change of clothes-

It just kinda follows sif around from a distance, probably it's a wondering sadness that the others dont have the heart to put down do to it's striking resemblance to their friend

or it's an embodiment of siffrin's loop trauma who knows

[kiwibrain]

("You already failed this one, didn't you.")

[bee4078]

new isat art dropped!

[starlightshore]

when i first played I noticed Loop would keep saying it was their turn. drove me up the wall /affectionate

[buttercupshands]

You love them!