#it's so bizarre because she FEELS like she does because she's sooo cool and - uh i mean-

[passionatememes]

ok i finished my rewatch and i could fill a goddamn book with the writing choices in arcane that piss me off hooooooooooly shit you guys

i fully believe that the first three episodes of arcane are maybe the best written tragedy in tv ever

[justsomestoicguy]

Close Call

"You had a quirk like that??"

I'm in absolute shock.

"Yeah. And God, does it make kissing sooo annoying," Nishiyama sighs, crossing her hands.

I know who Nishiyama is, of course.

Not just because I unknowingly made her faint during P.E. (sorry, Nishiyama-san!)

She's Hikari's best friend. Why wouldn't I know her?

But what I didn't know was the terrifying quirk she had!

It sends shivers up my spine to even think about her knowing everything about me.

So I'm apologetically but absolutely grateful Nishiyama passed out instead of getting anything out of my mind. (no offense, Nishiyama-san!)

And I think I know what caused her to faint.

My past life.

My guess is that her brain's engineered to soak in a person's life story, not stories.

She can handle absorbing multiple people's memories, but not someone who holds twice the regular amount.

But Nishiyama doesn't know that. So she keeps looking at me with those curious plum eyes, and I know the question that's coming before she even opens her mouth. 

"So, Aka-tin," she starts, leaning in, "what's the deal with your quirk? I know I've seen it in action before but I wanna know more about it."

Hikari perks up beside her. "Ooh, give us a demo, give us a demo!" she beams. 

"But don't just do objects again, please? I wanna see you use your quirk on yourself this time. It's been a while, y'know?"

I scratch the back of my neck, trying to play it cool. "Uh, sure, why not?" 

Better to keep the focus on what they already know. I don't want to dive into the whole reincarnation mess. Not like this, at least.

I walk over to our classroom's whiteboard—which seems as good a place as any to do this—and place my palm flat against it.

The familiar sensation washes over me as I activate my quirk. The surface seems to ripple under my hand, and I feel that pull, like slipping into a different layer of reality.

The girls watch, leaning forward with anticipation, as my form flattens against the whiteboard. 

I become part of the surface; a two-dimensional plane turned three-dimensional world. I turn to face them, raising a hand in a little wave. 

From their perspective, it probably looks like I'm some kind of hyper-realistic living drawing.

Inside, it's an endless, quiet void. I've never really gotten used to how strange it feels. Like being submerged in clear water, but without the wetness or pressure. 

I can see out, though, and I catch Hikari grinning while Nishiyama leans in closer, squinting at me like I'm some freaky social experiment.

I move around a bit, tracing the edges of the board. It's always weird, feeling like I'm gliding through nothingness but knowing I'm just skimming the surface from their perspective. 

I can see their lips moving, probably chatting about how strange this all is, but I can't hear them. 

Sound doesn't carry into this space, but I can still catch their laughter through the glassy barrier separating our worlds.

Huh. Maybe I should learn how to lip-read.

Soon enough, I pop back out near the bottom corner of the board, rematerializing as the dimensions snap back into place. 

The whole thing barely took a minute, but it's enough to remind me how bizarre my quirk is.

"So cool!" Hikari claps, eyes shining with excitement. "It's like you're part of a comic strip!"

Nishiyama nods, still looking a bit puzzled. "Yeah, but like�� how did my quirk not work on you? Usually, I get everything from just a lick, but I got nothing and blacked out instead."

I shrug, trying to come up with something believable. "Maybe it's because my quirk's kinda like a shield? Like, I become part of the surface, so maybe it messes with how your quirk works."

It's a total lie, but it's not like I can just go and tell her: "Oh, that silly thing? No, my quirk isn't what saved me from your power, Nishiyama-san, but rather the fact that I'm a reincarnator!"

Yeah, right.

The fact that I've lived before, in a different world, with a different life, isn't exactly something I'm eager to share.

Hikari nods thoughtfully, accepting my explanation without question. "Yeah, that makes sense. I guess everyone's quirk has its own kinks, huh?"

"Totally," Nishiyama agrees, though she still looks a tad more skeptical than Hikari. "Still, it's kinda cool that your quirk does that. You'd make a killer spy, Aka-tin!"

I laugh, trying to brush off the comment. "Or a really good escape artist."

Maybe one day, I'll tell them the whole truth. But not today. Today, I'm just Ran, the guy with the odd quirk.

And to me, that's more than enough.

—

Previous Chapter

Next Chapter

Chapter 1

[facelessfrey]

Roswell New Mexico Season 2, Episode 6

- Okay...so I have now actually watched it...well mostly. There were some parts of my stream where the sound wasn’t synched. Unfortunately not that scene. Haha. 

- Let’s start with the positives...

- I actually think that overall it was kind of a fun episode. I liked the Isobel and Kyle stuff and I actually liked the Echo stuff even though I was less than thrilled about Max coming back and the Alex/Maria/Boot guy stuff wasn’t too terrible. And there was some good sibling scenes. So like...not bad. 

- I did think the whole beginning with Max and Isobel and Michael was super weird and was over WAAAY too quickly but hey I guess they had to get to a threesome there and so they had to cut corners on something....That said, angry, dark I’ve got death energy to expel Max is really not my favorite Max, so I guess it’s fine it was over quick but still...strange to build that up and then have it be over and done with in the first like three minutes. But okay...moving on. 

- The Max/Liz strand of the episode was actually super cute and actually made me ship them again so that was nice. My sound was messed up during the whole milkshake speech so that was sad but it was working again by the morning love confession, so cool. Max’s super stiff leather, looked like it had never been worn, jacket though...not a fan. That was horrible and I was happy every time he took it off. 

- The Isobel/Kyle stuff was fun. They do look good with sparkles, I agree. I mean it was pretty random and doesn’t totally make sense but I’m not mad at it. Who knows if it will lead anywhere. I do like the chemistry between Isobel and Kyle though, friend chemistry or otherwise. Kyle has chemistry with everyone though. 

- Except maybe Steph who is still so boring to me but...and my stream was off again, was that her on the operating table in that montage at the end? 

- The main thing I took from the Alex/Maria story was that it gave us confirmation that Alex does in fact know the full story about Rosa so...uh...thanks for finally putting that in there. Might have been nice to have a clue before that. 

- Also...I rolled my eyes sooo hard at the Vampire Diaries joke but also it made me really nostalgic for TVD, because while also trash, it was better trash. Just saying. Also...it would have been a Gilbert ring, Alex and would have prevented him from dying if killed by something supernatural. Get your references right! Haha. 

- I do think the whole boot maker lead was super random and didn’t really lead to much and I still think these stories need more urgency and stakes.

- Also weird that the Cam story was once again on the back burner not that I don’t sort of get it because they have too much going on.

- AND I was sad that Rosa was not in this episode. I want to see her exploding lightbulbs as she has feelings.

- Oh and baby Max at the end...ummm...okay? I guess I want to know more about that. Mostly, I want to understand the all white fashion trend. 

- Now...getting into the ranting part...

- I do have to say that it is important to actually watch stuff because how things are said matters. Because I read some of the dialogue earlier and I was like “What?!?!?!” and then it wasn’t that at all. So that made it all slightly better. Mostly the conversation Maria and Alex had in the car. 

- The threesome thing was still SUPER weird and really unnecessary?!?!? I just don’t really get the point of it. I guess the narrative purpose was to push Alex toward Forrest and cement Michael and Maria but like...was that needed? No. I’m pretty sure Alex could have actually left when they kissed and it would have served exactly the same purpose. And would have been way less horrific.

- I mean, this is the kind of thing I can usually just roll my eyes at and move on if I’m less invested. And I’m not as invested as I have been in other things so like...I’m fine. And trust me, I’ve been there before, so I get it for people who feel devastated and done with everything. I really do. 

- But I am invested enough that I’m just kind of baffled that this was a choice that the show/Carina made. Because it really does just undermine all three characters. And to be honest, this whole love triangle had been undermining all three characters from the start. So I guess it’s par for the course but this just made it worse. I agree with Evil Twin Jon Gilbert that “I hate love triangles” but especially this one. 

- I mean, Maria has been a weird spare part on this show from the start. It’s always been a problem. In relation to the original show character, they gave her friendship with Liz to Kyle/Rosa. They gave her alien mystery solving side to Kyle. And they largely gave her romance with Michael to Alex. And you could say she has a story of her own with her mother, but that’s really kind of Mimi’s story. Maria is just sort of facilitating it. It just feels very unfortunate because OG Maria was great. And this Maria could have been great too but they just took so much away from her. And so much of what she does get happens off screen. And so they tried to give some of it back. They stuck her in this dumb love triangle, which up until now has always just seemed like a roadblock for Malex and probably still is although it’s more complicated now I guess. And if she’s just a roadblock for Malex then that’s just shitty for her character and she should have something that’s hers and not just ultimately be in the way of another ship. And also every turn of it just kind of makes her look selfish and terrible. I mean, I don’t understand her motivations for the threesome at all. Other than that I’ve heard that it was some kind of weird manipulation of the situation to force Michael to choose which is...gross. She just doesn’t come out of it well and that’s sad. 

- And for Michael, it’s absolutely perpetuating bad bisexual stereotypes. As frustrating as the love triangle was, he was technically always broken up with Alex and for valid emotional reasons. So as annoying as it was and as lazy as it was, it was fine. But this is literally like “Okay here’s both of them at the same time cause you can’t choose”. It just doesn’t look good. Especially if it was supposed to be some kind of test. 

- And for Alex...to have him say earlier that being with a woman was him trying to disappear and then have him take part in this is just bizarre. I mean yes, they also had him say that kissing Maria was the first time he enjoyed touching someone which...um...okay...weird. Also feels like they shoved that in just to facilitate this later which is also kind of gross. It’s also just weird to have a very vocally self proclaimed gay man, sleep with a woman for whatever reason. Like...why? 

- And why do Malex need to break up in every episode? Everyone gets it. Couldn’t they at some point just be like “wow we really need to take some time apart and see other people and experience other relationships and work on just getting to know each other as friends and if we end up together then it was meant to be” and then they just go date Maria and Forrest and those can be legit relationships and then they can come back together later after suitable build up. 

- Of course that’s fine for Forrest because he’s a random side character but then it feels insulting to Maria because it’s clear she’s just an obstacle, which is why I hate that she’s a part of this dumb love triangle in the first place. 

- I also just hate the love triangle period with Malex because it just wasn’t needed. There’s so much potential there and so many layers of angst without adding in a main character as a third party. They could still both date other people and come back together without dragging Maria into it all. I feel like Carina just wanted to do this new thing with Malex because she didn’t want her Michael and Maria to have to compete with the OG M&M and then was like “oh no wait I can still do it but in this different super awesome way because epic love triangles are awesome and on all my favorite teen shows of the past” Except that this isn’t a teen show and that should be part of the point. 

- I just don’t get any of it and think it was mostly a bad idea. Well, the threesome definitely was. 

- I mean...it’s not enough to make me stop watching the show but I definitely am further disconnecting with that set of characters until they sort this nonsense out and decide where they’re going with it because right now they’re just making me not care because it doesn’t feel like they care about their own characters. 

[pass-the-bechdel]

Stargate SG1 s07e15 ‘Chimera’

Does it pass the Bechdel Test?

No.

How many female characters (with names and lines) are there?

Three (33.33% of cast).

How many male characters (with names and lines) are there?

Six.

Positive Content Rating:

Two.

General Episode Quality:

It’s an episode about why dating men is a terrible idea; it just doesn’t know that’s what it’s about.

MORE INFO (and potential spoilers) UNDER THE CUT:

Passing the Bechdel:

Pshaw.

Female characters:

Sarah Gardner.

Samantha Carter.

Osiris.

Male characters:

Daniel Jackson.

Pete Shanahan.

Jack O’Neill.

Teal’c.

Farrity.

George Hammond.

OTHER NOTES:

In Daniel’s memory/dream of meeting Sarah, she tells him what the artifact he’s studying was for (because she has already studied it) and he says “Good guess”. It’s not a guess, bitch, she’s done her research. Zero surprise though, that the first thing Daniel establishes is that he’s a patronising academic ass. It’s not the only belittling remark he makes across this 'meet cute’, either. Yay.

Y’all know the whole Carter/O’Neill thing has never worked for me, but the two of them have more chemistry and charm together having an awkward elevator conversation about Carter’s new boyfriend than Carter has at any point in the bad-dialogue ‘romantic’ scenes with that total pill, Pete.

Teal’c’s interest in dream interpretation is the highlight of this episode. 

“It’s nice to know people still stay together no matter what,” Pete says, having taken his new lady friend to some random couples’ 50th anniversary celebration. That’s a fucking SUPER creepy thing to say to a woman you’ve been on like, two dates with. Back the fuck off.

“Sounds like a normal male fantasy to me,” Carter says, laughing at Daniel as he talks about how his memory/dreams of Sarah are different to what happened in real life, because in the dream she doesn’t care that he’s an inconsiderate jerk and instead she considers facilitating his work to be far more important than him treating her with basic respect in their relationship. Unfortunately, while the storytelling clearly acknowledges that Daniel treated Sarah poorly when they were together, it also seems to be packaging this story as if he’s going to ‘make it up to her’, and that’s not what’s up.

Pete, who KNOWS that his new girlfriend is an Air Force Major who works at the local military base, detects that her job in ‘deep space telemetry’ is a cover, but for some reason he gets angry at her and walks out when she won’t tell him what she really does, even though she tells him that she’s not allowed to say? She OBVIOUSLY does classified work, logically he KNOWS that, and she essentially admits as much when she tells him she’s not allowed to come clean. But somehow, Pete still pretends that she ‘just doesn’t trust him’ and he’s sooo hurt and he storms out AND THEN HE CALLS UP A CONTACT IN THE FBI AND INVESTIGATES HER. He’s a freak! And now he’s also a literal stalker! A STALKER, GUYS. Danger! DANGER!!! 

Daniel prioritises trying to find the secrets that are possibly-maybe buried in his subconscious, over saving Sarah. This is that cool ‘making it up to her’ that we were talking about earlier. Still prioritising his work, but not just over their relationship this time - over Sarah’s literal life! You’re a real catch, Daniel. Die.

I’ll have a donut, Teal’c. 

Pete stalks Carter. He STALKS HER. And he stalks her while she’s on a stakeout, and he’s a cop, and he’s staking out her stakeout, and he knows that’s what he’s doing. Stalking his girlfriend and staking out a top-secret military operation. For some reason, despite this, he gets out of his car and just...approaches her, mid-mission, while she’s visibly in the middle of her job. He gets shot by a Goa’uld blaster weapon, because in addition to being a possessive human nightmare, he’s also an out-and-out MORON.

But it’s ok! The stalker-freak survives his injuries and gets read-in on his girlfriend’s top-secret job! For some reason, Samantha Carter, an Air Force Major, total brainiac, and altogether intelligent-reasoning person, doesn’t dump this guy’s STALKER-FREAK ASS, despite all the alarm bells he’s setting off! Really? And naturally, the plot actually rewards him for ignoring all reasonable boundaries in interpersonal relationships as well as, uh, NATIONAL SECURITY, giving him all of the information he was not entitled to have as well as ‘getting the girl’. It’s. Great.

So, this is their answer to Carter ‘moving on’ from O’Neill and finding someone new? This restraining-order chump? Absolutely nothing about this narrative seems to assess the slightest problem with Pete’s behaviour, he’s positioned as a great romantic prospect, his erratic and suspicious attitude is treated like justified frustration, and Carter’s work is the villain in the story (and the common thread between her relationship with Pete and Daniel’s relationship with Sarah, even though that’s idiotic because Carter’s relationship is jeopardised because Pete is a nosey shit-heel who treats ‘classified’ like a personal affront, whereas Daniel and Sarah had the same job and worked together and the problem was that Daniel was too self-absorbed to maintain a relationship in the first place; his work wasn’t the problem, his obsessiveness was). Pete is a disastrous character, but the writing seems to think he’s charming and tenacious, not an abusive red flag. Considering that Daniel’s continuing failure to place Sarah’s wellbeing as of paramount importance for even a moment - even when her life and autonomy is at stake - is handled as if he’s somehow getting closure on being a terrible person and partner, it’s obvious that we’ve blundered into a truly dismal alternate universe where the normal laws of human decency have been replaced with bizarre, warped, fantasy notions of how to handle conflict and catharsis and make up for past wrongs. Sarah gets her life back, but Daniel didn’t actually ‘learn a lesson’ or ‘do right by her’, he repeated the exact same mistake and then O’Neill shot Osiris with a tranq. Daniel has no business feeling better about anything, and the fact that he could delude himself into thinking he did the right thing just means he has internalised his negative behaviour under the guise of a positive. That’s a bad thing. Pete’s bad behaviour is much more egregious, and he is likewise rewarded for it, and thereby not only is his character encouraged to internalise stalking and being a possessive wanker as positive behaviour, the audience is being presented the same as if it’s a good thing they should either do or reward in their own lives. ‘If a guy stalks you because he wants to know what you’re doing, it’s cute! Date him, for sure!’ No. No. Do not date Pete. Avoid any shades of Pete in your life. While you’re at it, also avoid Daniel. Both of these guys suck and they don’t deserve to even speak to women. Probably, the writers should not do that either.

[momestuck]

Let’s read Hiveswap Friendsim - volume 6

We just met a cool assassin and the sleaziest Ally(TM) ever. What horrors awaits us next?

Unusually, this time we have a pair of trolls for one of them. But first, we’ve got Elwurd - cerulean blood, equal to Vriska. Kuprum and Fokyl meanwhile have yellow blood, equal to Sollux.

Elwurd

Elwurd is created by Magdalena Clarke, who previously wrote flyboy Vikare.

As soon as our protagonist meets Elwurd, they freak out - understandably because the last few bluebloods we’ve met have been various levels of sadistic monster, starting right back with Ardata in the first episode.

Elwurd’s soundtrack is pretty cool, distorted guitars and a piano. I wish I knew how to describe music! Her (gendered by the narrator) quirk seems to be capitalising the letter L, and nothing else.

But the narrator’s into her look as well, which is good because otherwise the narrator would be entirely unrelatable. We get a moment of introspection...

The narrator chooses to hang with her without an option. The now-standard episode structure is lampshaded...

But we get to choose the closer place or the farther place. This is pretty much random. Let’s go far.

Before long, Elwurd gets a text.

Apparently her ex is like, haunting all the places they used to go together, and flirting with all her friends.

Guess Elwurd isn’t as punk as she looks.

We learn that Elwurd’s ex is a jadeblood, and she gets the idea that we should pretend to be her new partner to fuck with the ex. Eesh. Also apparently troll jerking off can only be represented by ‘a complicated motion’, so xenobiologist headcanoners take note...

To be fair, last time it was to flee from the cops. That was a bit more serious.

The narration notes that there is no way for this to end except with you falling in love with her.

We get to choose between ‘Fake date.’ and ‘FAKE DATE!!’ so... yeah. So much for those misgivings! :D

Let’s be a little reserved...

If her looks weren’t lesbian enough... check out that poster.

Unfortunately, the ex turns out to be...

Hey there Bronya. And oh great, we’re in a lesbian love triangle with trolls.

By which I mean holy shit yes we’re in a lesbian love triangle with trolls!

They make a perfect couple!

We get dragged in as the fake date. Bronya is a little surprised and hurt that we’re with Elwurd. But, she insists, she’s just here for the sweater.

We’re still in Tagora’s robe. ...his bathrobe? We’ve been in a dressing gown this entire time?

Help I’m enjoying this dumb lesbian romcom stuff... I have simple tastes ok

Narrator gets some good ideas, occasionally. We get the magic f-word, and that rounds out the arc!

So what are our other options?

Well first, let’s see what kind of failure mode we get from picking the closer place to hang out this time...

This one gets an entire background!

Unfortunately, at this point she ditches us for a hotter troll girl.

Honestly!

Now if we’re a little too enthusiastic about the fake date...

Unfortunately, she takes this as a sign that we want to rebound from our own fake ex. We go along with this and she decides to take us out to get over our breakout. So I guess we won’t be seeing Bronya in this one...

Honestly. This lesbian troll is like... less given to petty cruelty than most trolls? We’ll take it!

Check out this troll hipster.

We’ve been taken to, it turns out, a lesbian coffee shop. Because we’re an alien, “nobody’s gonna ask”. Actually, what does that sign say? ...no, it just says coffee. However, it’s using the older, upside down Daedric alphabet used in Homestuck, instead of the newly created Alternian alphabet used elsewhere in the Hiveswap games...

And we’re here for...

Slam poetry.

Lesbians!

We agree, probably unwisely, to do some troll slam poetry. Or rather, excessive bodily force poetry. This is going to end sooo well. I mean, we already know we’re on the failure branch.

Unfortunately, troll slam poetry is...

...not that familiar. ‘Tubes and pushers and levers and sacs’. Eep.

Inevitably, also, troll slam poetry involves actual slamming. I was waiting for that joke to arrive.

I am really curious how this is gonna end.

Oh, trolls. ‘If our hate was real enough...’ God this is a fun episode.

This sounds like an exceptional idea. No way this can go wrong. We talk about knees and random Earth celebrities, and finish the performance by hitting ourself in the face.

Luckily, this doesn’t alienate Elwurd. She wants to know about our ‘fakeup’. Which is to say, she’s thinking about Bronya. What does our dear protag do...

They tell the truth about having lied. Elwurd is...

...not impressed. But I appreciate the Cowboy Bebop ref.

Honestly, of all the ways that could have ended, that’s not the worst.

I liked this arc. It had lesbians.

Kuprum and Folykl

This episode’s called “of text and envy, green”, and we’ve had envy in Elwurd’s route, so I’m guessing the next one is gonna be some kinda 4chan thing. Aysha U. Farah is back.

We wander into a poorer neighbourhood. Before long, we’re hiding in an alleyway.

The text on the Condesce posters - once again in upsidedown Daedric rather than the new font - says ‘OBEY’.

Our two trolls arrive on the scene with various kinds of ‘lol’ - and sure enough, > greentext notation.

To be more specific, Kuprum uses greentext, and Folykl (how’s that even pronounced? follicle?) puts in random spaces. Not sure which is which yet. Their theme song is kinda chiptunesy.

I don’t think even people on /b/ talk like this anymore! ...but maybe that’s just wishful thinking. I’m not gonna check.

We get to choose to stick up for ourself or take it lying down. Let’s get trolled.

They make fun of us some more and leave. Even the narrator thinks we dodged a bullet there.

So let’s ‘take it lying down’. The narration comments on this...

Apparently saving them the effort of dunking on us is an appealing trait, to Folykl at least. We learn that Kuprum - the boy - is psychic, while Folkyl has no eyes. Guessing she had them put out because her psychic powers were an issue or something, though why they didn’t just cull her...

heh

We are told that Kuprum really does straight up say ‘LOL’ out loud. And the reason that Folkyl doesn’t have eyes is a disease called ‘voidrot’ which only affects yellowbloods, meaning ‘her body doesn’t retain energy like it’s supposed to’.

The subject of Trizza comes up. I believe Trizza is the current Heir, predecessor to Feferi. Presumably at some point over the course of Hiveswap, she’s going to die.

The two have differing opinions...

The narrator decides to compliment on blackrom. The narration highlights that this is a weird thing to do, but that’s our narrator. They tell us they’re actually pale.

This leads us to the non-instant-death choice for this branch:

Let’s insult them. They’ll probably appreciate that.

Kuprum takes it as a challenge, like we’re making a move on Folkyl. I feel like our narrator doesn’t have long to live.

Anyway, this leads to Folykl approaching like...

And that leads to, uh... her kissing us and then...

this happening?

Yeah, I don’t even know what this chapter’s supposed to be about. 4chan kids with weird kinks?

And we get drained of our psychic energy, or something. Yeah uh... that was... fuck even knows. Aysha, you ok?

Well, let’s not insult people and get into a bizarre vampiric psychic energy smooch thing. Especially when like... how old is Folykl supposed to be?

So yeah we get judged as normie.

The narration grumbles about this assessment.

We move on, returning to the bluebloods lured into the square (by hacking their GPS, or some troll equivalent I forgot). The narrator tries to go meet them, and the 4chan kids remind us this is less ‘prank’ and more ‘class war’. One of the bluebloods goes to call the drones. A ‘chartered scuttlebus’ shows up, and we get more insults for trying to board it without having an appropriate hemospectrum rank.

Heh. There’s some rather explicit commentary about how violence is only acceptable in a certain direction in this society, and these kids couldn’t confront the bluebloods directly.

The drones show up and we make an exit. Unfortunately we meet a drone coming the other way, and the two kids are blasted apart.

The narrator manages to distract the drone long enough for Kuprum to wreck it. There are a lot of comments about our uselessness in a crisis.

Shit’s gotten a bit real, but you still gotta lol.

The narration makes some pointed comments...

And we get our friendship screen.

I really don’t know what to make of this chapter in all honesty. Like ok, getting to chill with a lesbian doing suitably dykey things, like relationship drama and slam poetry, was a lot of fun. And like, if it wasn’t for the failure branch, I’d be pretty happy with the 4chan dorks too.

But... what the heck was up with that branch where Folykl smooches you and drains your energy after you insult her relationship? That’s like... a very weird way for a chapter to go.

I feel like it was trying to make a point like... yeah they are kind of jerks to each other but they provide something important and really care under the ribbing, something about like... hurt people coming together in a horrific situation. But they could have made that point perfectly well without that whole ‘kissing the narrator suddenly’ thing which just felt really uncomfortable.

All the same, there we go. Three friends for the price of two!