#mclul rambles

[aloy97]

MCL CHRISTMAS 2022

[ayatosblade]

Look at that pretty face, that snowboard boy.

[theinsolentone]

Trash alert! 🚨

That’s not what I wished for when I said: “Beemoov, let Nathaniel take off those junkie clothes!”

Can we please talk about these leggings?

However green hair suits you, Nath.

[perse-q]

Okay i’ll give y’all a free pass to kick me in my guts for saying this, but Jonathan from stranger things is giving me hella Castiel vibes look wise..

BUt only when he is portraying Jonathan, Charlie Heaton himself.. Not so much

[aloy97]

❤️😎

✨Enjoy us✨

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[mrs-veilmont]

26.04.2018 , I was soo excited for the "new pages" but didn't know how much it will disappoint me-

[broxklynn]

The End Of My Candy Love

Warning!

Alright, so. This post will contain a lot. First of all, it's gonna be really sloppy. I'm very emotional person and I easily get attached to games, movies and stuff. I know it's a bit weird, but yeah, I'm a weird person. Anyway, that's why there's a warning: there's gonna be a lot of sloppiness, grammar mistakes (at least I think so, specially since english isn't my native languange) and it's probably going to be long. So, if you're intrested in reading my thoughts about everything - good luck.

First Adventure

I first heard about "My Candy Love" in 2015, six years ago. So, I was basically a baby (I'm pretty young). And I started playing a year after, I got totally obssesed with Lysander and I fell in love, seriously, haha. I was into writing back then, but I couldn't find any ideas on "what to write?" and MCL gave me just that - inspiration (that's most likely why I'm just a romance freak).

My Story

You know, I was a child so I couldn't really pay for AP, but I always found some kind of way to get them. But then I got my phone I just used money from that, geez, I was nuts. The old AP system was so iconic, looking for Nathaniel, finding Kiki, I'm gonna miss it.

Anyway, I got along with Castiel pretty well (which suprises me 'cause I found about walkthroughs in 2017, like year after, so maybe it was because I was a brat?), but I adored Lysander. Oh, I also loved Ken (I was so sad when he went away) and Nathaniel. After I met Armin, I liked him too.

Again, being a child and playing a game like this I came across all diffrent kinds of emotions. I was laughing, crying, dying from embaressment (this thing with Nath and locker room, aaa) and getting seriously mad (Deborah's arc, Priya, Charlotte). I remember impatiently waiting for new episode to come out or crying my eyes out during Lysander's amnesia plot. Jesus. I loved the way Castiel was teasing Candy, I loved this cute-clumsy Kentin, I loved the old Nathaniel, I loved Armin and most of all - I loved my precious Lysander. I adored the interactions between characters, how funny or cringy they were and how much fun I had. I even like this secret-dating plot even when it got on my nerves. I still remember staying up late to watch videos like "lysander illustrations" and stuff. I also really enjoyed reading MCL manga and I spent hours trying to translate it from Spanish to English or my native languange (funfact: I still haven't finished it! I don't know where to find those mangas) or trying to draw something from the game up ending up terribly failing. Anyway, I was crying during the prom thing, my Candy was so grown-up, I got emotional, haha. So, 40 episode came in. I was pretty excited 'because, me, being extremely naive (I got to say, I've never had a problem with Beemoov before, I started playing MCL in 2016 and Eldarya in 2017, so there were no major issues with them, only the price of PA, I think) thought that my Lysander is going to propose (I was a child, ok?) and maybe, there's going to be a second season with us living together. Haha, how naive I was. Whole episode 40, really got me tearing up, I was a wreck, seriously (When Kentin couldn't take Candy's bra off I lost it or this whole ananas thing in Castiel's route, omg). But I finished it feeling happy. I truly enjoyed spending my time on this game. But, then this whole university thing came out. And the fact, that Lysander, Armin and Kentin won't be with us foe the next season. I spent entire vacation crying (I was a kiddo, ok?) and being mad at everyone. I felt like I got robbed. It was horrible.

"A New Chapter"

I was one of these people who just couldn't accept the change. Not in the world. Never. They stole my Lysander, Kentin and Armin from me and changed AP system to some kind of bullshit. God, I was mad. Really mad. Seeing Castiel was quite nice, but I didn't fill the void of my baby. But, oh, my, God. When I saw Nathaniel I just couldn't believe. I said I was mad? Then I was furious. I really liked the old Nathaniel, he had his own vibe, his backstory, his character and it was just, damn, amazing. But they changed him completely, for what? They wanted the second Castiel? Yeah, they got it. Priya as a love interest was quite a good move, tho. I even though I didn't like her (in highschool or in university) I liked the idea of adding a female interest. But the thing that hurted me, was the fact that Lysander was taking care of the farm. Like, no! He didn't want that. He didn't like the countryside. He had such a potential to become a author and Beemoov didn't let him. God, that broke my heart. Anyway, I didn't spent a single penny on MCLUL, but I have to say - I kinda enjoyed it. You know, it was the guily-pleasure kind of thing. I didn't like it as much as I liked highschool, but there were some good or funny moments. I loved Rayan's kiss scene. I adored Chani. Or Hyun making us watch "Toy Story". Nathaniel's ulgy green hair or all these crazy threesomes. I liked it. Kinda. I hated Nath tho. The ending, hm, it was okay, I guess? I do feel sort of nostalgic thinking about it 'cause I got some nice memories from it, in the end. But yeah, going on.

Love Life

Oh. My. Lord. I was so sceptical about it. Like, I was sure that, at this point they're going to do "My Candy Love Mid-Life Crises" next or some other shit. But in the end, I "kinda" like it. It wasn't good like highschool or fresh like university, but I was nice to see new chapters with our annoying-cringy Candy, that I love (btw, I started playing other otome games and I realized that Candy wasn't that bad). Meeting Eric was nice, even tho, this whole cheating plot really got me ragging. Like, damn, Beemoov, seriously? And if you going this, why not with old LIs? Just kidding. Anyway, I truly enjoyed meeting Dan and Eric, the two of them were quite a characters. I won't forget them, hah. I was happy with single ending, 'cause I think about it as a "open ending" when my Candy can go back to my baby and everything's going to be alright.

Regrets & Complaints

Now, now. Where do I start? AP system was a freaking nightmare. Replacing old Nathaniel with some kind of weird Castiel was a nightmare. Removing Lysander, Nathaniel, Armin and Kentin was a nightmare. Not finishing plots was a nightmare. And why in the whole Love Life I haven't seen Amber once? Why Alexy never mentioned Evan like they're not brothers? Why Castiel doesn't care that I was dating his bestfriend? And why, in the world, after changing the system finding Kiki is so damn easy? Why AP is so expensive? So many questions!

All The Good Times

But, I got to say. I will never forget this bitchy Castiel, cookie-monster Ken following us around. Or cute Nathaniel. Castiel buying Candy some kind of weird McDonald's. Or Lysander's parents exposing him having crush on Candy. Or seeing Kentin kissing Amber (ew). This super akward-funny sex ed lesson. Deborah's arc and losing my shit over it. Or Thomas (this weird child) stalking my Candy and her LI in the park. And Lysander asking us how to hide a body, aaa. Or Armin telling us he loves us. Or Kentin. And Cookie ripping this huge teddybear apart. Or the water fight in Kentin’s spin off. And crushing on Alexy and later on finding out he’s gay. Or spin-the-bottle game and Lysander getting jealous. Or Dake, being a creep for entire game straight. Or guessing what was guy's surnames. And for sure, I will never forget this demonic Kiki dog.

What it worth it?

In the end, yes. Have I ever told you that I want to become a professional writer? Silly dream, I know, but writing is a huge passion of mine, and well, my first story was based off My Candy Love (it is cringy as hell, but I feel kinda nostalgic thinking about it). All these years spending on playing game that I wasn't supposed to be playing was amazing. It was one of the best experiences I had in life and I will never, ever forget that.

What now?

Well, Beemoov is working on a new game and I'm kinda optimistic. I know, it's really naive of me, but I want to believe that they won't f*ck this up, this time. And going back to Sweet Amoris, well, I truly missed this place! And the teachers... And Kiki. I wonder, when it will be released and will Beemoov finally open up about telling us surnames and ages of love interests. Anyway, I want to believe they learnt from their mistakes.

In the end. Thank you, My Candy Love, for creating so many memories. I will be forever grateful. 

(I just re-read this post and it seems like I have really love-hate relationship with this game)

[aloy97]

Hi, aloy97!

I just read that you're more into HoYoverse's games than Beemoov's games, so, knowing that you said goodbye to Eldarya (I totally understand) and also with MCL, do you know if you see yourself playing MCL: New Gen? Greetings, and of course, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all things you did about Eldarya, MCL, etc. Grateful!

Pssst... Do you will be here in Tumblr, or you're leaving for Twitter?

Thank you so much i appreciate your comment ❤️, it was very kind

as i've said i'll try the new MCL but i won't give them money. I've invested too much on their games and seeing how they're treated big projects as MCL and ED, has leaded me to choose something else.

for twitter:i'll come once in while , but if you wanna stay in contact you can DM on twitter. I've a pinned post with my name on it.

[aloy97]

Love you❤️❤️❤️

Honestly , speaking how child free i really understand nathaniel .. I am lucky because with cass i have still the possibility to have childrens, but at the same time i feel really Happy,knowing finally someone talks and do something, even for who is a child free woman..

I don't still like how things were handled but it's a choice game, sooo we were forced to reply it..

Talking anyway about nathaniel : i perfectly see how much candy hasn't get at all what nathaniel is feeling.. And it's a huge mistake? Expecially if you deeply wants kids, try to convince someone to starts a therapy about that..

Nathaniel has to see a therapist, BUT NOT to convince him to have kids, but to work about his trauma and abuses...

Which is really DIFFERENT girls, if someone doesn't want kids it'll be ALWAYS A HUGE NO.. And i say this because i am me too a child free person!!.. There's NOOOO WAY a child fre would change and WANT to change his mind about it!..

What it really hits my nerves is just candy's reaction!!.. You can't agree with him and after that change again your mind.. It's a huge lack of respect for who actually was ok with nathaniel , and also for nathaniel too... Idk how things'll keep going but DESPITE how they've handled the whole kids topic, i don't like this inchoerency of candy's Thought..

I repeat:

HAVE A CHILD IS AN IMPORTANT CHOICE..

DO NOT : beg someone to have them

DO NOT: SAY " you'll change your mind, see a therapist"

DO NOT : PUT PRESSURE or asks again .. NO MEANS NO.

If nathaniel is not ready and has said for a searious life trauma he doesn't want them RESPECT HIS THOUGHTS

The fandom really needs to decide if they want characters with some emotional fun and who don’t ignore trauma or just superficial always well resolved characters. 

Because I really can’t anymore see ppl complaining about Nathaniel not wanting a child. 

Are you guys able to acknowledge that Nathaniel is an adult that grow up without dealing with the abuse that his own father inflicted at him, that he has issues, and the fact that he needs to see a therapist before you commit to having children or not? 

That is him, Nathaniel, it was always who he is, the life he lived. It was him since hsl. They just brought up it now. But he was internalizing everything and acting like those abuses had been resolved without therapy, without closure. 

And now when the writers adress to it and leave open that can’t just happen overnight, Candy and Nath will have to work on it, and there’s this group of ppl that just hated it. That rather want to have Nathaniel as this sturdy character, perfect god with no trauma or whatsoever. 

Never crossed their minds that having children or not is not a matter decided in just one conversation. 

It didn’t crossed those ppl minds that if Nathaniel really never want have kids with Candy, he wouldn’t have accepted do theraphy after seeing how Candy wanted it. 

[ayatosblade]

ok but how did they go from this to that? yo oh.

can anyone explain about the second illustration?

and apparently Nath is back blonde...🤷🏻‍♀️

[theinsolentone]

Mclul ep 17 challenge: Sum up Nathaniel’s route with a gif.

Mclul fandom:

-“Nathaniel will come back, standing up for Candy and facing the other junkies!”

-“He can’t! He will put Candy and himself in danger! They watch every step taken!”

-“And she can’t go to Nathaniel’s! Because they watch her! She can’t call the police either!”

-“This is a sticky situation! Imagine if it’s real life! How can Beemoov resolve it?”

Beemoov:

-“Let’s make Nathaniel a chav punk boy!”

-“Yeah! It could work! No one will recognise him!”

-“Yeah! A stranger walking in his house with green hair, disgusting clothes, and oh same eye color and facial features, but who cares??”

[fusselmietz]

So Beemoov made the only female love interest in the game and also one of the few WOC with some screen time in a caricature of an angry, unhinged, spiteful, stubborn feminazi who is shown to be obviously wrong over believing someone who claims to be sexual assaulted by a teacher - a real thing where the abuser is rarely convicted - while also bring up the metoo movement in a negative way in the narrative?

Okay.

[aloy97]

Agree!!!

The point here is that beemoov treat otome games how a separated thing.

So ti doesn't matter we see youtubers ect ect making video gameplay or any other option to help others, they think have answers and any kind of usefull stuff is considered to cheat

Just because tecnically we should play without any kind of help

What they are trying to do would be for example Marvel back in 2018 suing or copystrike random people on the internet who told spoilers of infinity war 💀 that is not even legal. There's no laws that are anti spoilers. It's so stupid. They really think that we are either children or dumb.

I don’t think things are going to change much respect to what’s happening with ML. They’re going to check YouTube and maybe few others video hosting services. And I say few, because it’s pretty clear they don’t and can’t check them all.

Screenshots and illustrations will still circle on social media, I highly doubt they can stop this, I even doubt they really care honestly. If they want this to change in the future we’re going to hear again from them.

I don’t see how this can be considered cheating since walkthroughs exist for any kind of game. They can’t stop people from using guides anyway, they can make things more difficult like with the invisible LoM, but nothing more.

[marycecilyy]

I was getting upset about how my characters never have the same face, but then I remembered beemoov does the same lmao

Come on, guys, how come you never get my queen's face right????

[barkxonce]

Vampire Nathaniel headcanons because why not:

Their father was becoming more and more aggressive towards him and was starting to turn on Amber, too. He wanted to be vampire to protect his sister and kept his desires from everybody that knew him.

He has a tendency to disappear for days on end.

Nathaniel tries so hard to keep his urges under control. He tries to feed as often and as little as he can so that he’s always one step ahead of himself, otherwise he can’t hold himself back.

Big vampire groups aren’t his thing, so he likes to keep to himself. As a new vampire, they try to seek him out and persuade him (the old vampires? They’re loaded. They could probably buy him out if they wanted to), but he always declines. The only reason why he is in touch with them is because he needs blood and they are capable of providing it.

Still maintains his morals. Tries not to kill if he can help it. He doesn’t want to hurt people because he knows he’s stronger and much more capable of it now, but he will if he has to.

He’s kind of ashamed that he wanted to be a vampire so bad, so he tries to distance himself from his old friends. Annette’s the only one he lets back into his life, mostly because he can’t imagine a life without her.

I’ll probably add to this at some point xxx

[ayatosblade]

Here you go, more visible. xD

I mean all look so damn cute and in a happy snowy/cozy mood! QwQ 

but hot damn….what’s going on with Castiel’s illu? 👀👀👀

anticipation is the greatest joy!