#mindt octopath

[nicandragon]

I was mad at her at first but. Evil lesbian who seduces women into dying for her is just ?? Iconic. Love u queen

[kelbunny]

mindt?

She gives me fairy vibes haha

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[aptericia]

oops I got unhinged about a blorbo again.

[ballbustervideo]

[xuroky]

Temenos works with weird people

[song-of-amethyst]

TIL in Mindt/Arcanette's Japanese profile, if you read the leftmost column's characters from top to bottom it spells out 全てうそ (it's all a lie)

iugsdhmjiqf god i love her

[asha-mage]

Okay but like. AU where Temenos IS raised as a Blacksnake alongside Throne but before the Blacksnakes can all start killing each other, he gets caught by the handsome newly anointed Sanctum Knight Crick...

[drainbangle]

18 for Temenos for the ot2 ask meme!

ot2 ask meme

18.) A headcanon for [character]?

It was hard picking a HC to talk about that I either haven't written about in fic or like, am keeping a secret for fic purposes, so I'll take this opportunity to talk about my interpretation of Temenos & Roi!

Roi, on the surface, was (for lack of a better or nicer term) the more "palatable" of the two Mistral brothers. He was four years older than Temenos, and in contrast to his sharper-tongued and doubtful younger brother, was more easily likable due to a more approachable and friendlier demeanor.

However, I'd also like to interpret Roi as failing in one key area compared to Temenos, specifically how I write him in Mourning Howl, and that is: not trusting others until it was too late.

In the months leading up to his kidnapping, Roi became increasingly closed off and distrustful; the young man that was previously so warm and easy to talk to isolated himself from those around him —including his younger brother— the more he investigated into the church.

He stopped talking about strange/funny things that he saw, people he met, and came home with dark bags under his eyes, unwilling to divulge to Temenos what he was investigating; not until he came home one night, Darkblood Bow in hand.

I also headcanon that Arcanette was absolutely a factor into this, as I believe that she just had like... multiple past aliases/lifetimes lived in the church as a means of information and control. As Mindt, isolating Roi through what was a manipulative and unhealthy friendship; not quite the same as what she did to Tanzy, but achieved the goal of cutting him off from his family.

Under this interpretation, the terrible secrets he found included not only the Darkblood Bow but also that Arcanette *gestures* used the church to achieve so much horrible shit.

In the statement earlier, I described this as a failure, but it'd be more accurate to describe what happened to Roi as him being a victim of circumstance. He and Jörg kept Temenos out of the loop in order to protect him as the youngest in the family, but factor in stress, loss of faith, along with Arcanette further isolating him from his family and you got one hell of a tragedy— unintentionally set up for failure due to the simple intention of keeping Temenos safe.

...So, back to Temenos, specifically in MH! By contrast, while Temenos still goes through a whole lot of tragedy (I mean, Crick doesn't even die in this timeline —or anything I write, really— but what happened in MH is still real bad) not to mention still has trust issues due to institutional trauma... he opened up to others. He trusted others. Despite everything.

And having those connections, not to mention their support, is what lets him finish what Roi began— and tragically, succeed where he had fallen.

IDK, I really enjoy the interpretation that Roi is very much a contrast to Temenos & Crick— but especially the former in their journeys with institutional failure: Roi begins faithful in the church, but his sudden disillusionment timed with a long period of self-isolation and distrust led to his kidnapping; where Temenos begins his story disillusioned with the church, but still finds faith in people while maintaining a good amount of doubt in institutions.

[cafeinnewdelsta]

Me: I'm fine

Me, actually: Temenos is really nice to Hikari in their travel banters and it's sad no one gets that

[decarabiandivorce]

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR OCTOPATH TRAVELER 2

Based on the fic Once More (With All That I Have)

Shout out to the Knightlight discord for inspiring me <3 <3 <3

[clarissaexplainingitall]

I appreciate the ot2 summary, but could you maybe tag the post with a spoiler warning or censor some stuff? I really hope this doesn't come across as rude or anything, but it legitimately just spoiled the Roi thing for me and I was nearly at the endgame too (only two chapters left from the travelers) OTL

Hey, I'm sorry you got spoiled from that - idk if you were on mobile and got hit with the automatic post-expand or what, I did mention I'd keep from major spoilers, which I didn't really think encompassed mention of Roi kept to just the resolution/lack thereof of his plot thread.

I do also want to note - that's something you can (and only can) learn after Temenos's Ch3 (I think the one with the Kal, not Stormhail), provided you've picked up Ochette, so if you were two chapters away, unless both were Temenos, his state of being was already at your disposal and you had about as much intel as any of us could. But learning about the lack of resolution is on me - so I apologize for that. In my mild defense, the post was also a summary of my overall thoughts on the game, but I digress.

Explanation below of what I mean re: Temenos and Ochette, for other people playing Oct2path and want to know where the info is stored:

In the path summary section of the journal, it's stated that the creature she fights is alive in the summary of Ochette's final Ch1 cutscene.

And then, of course, people know the connection with Roi given the overlapping dialogue with the flashback in Temenos's Ch3. So, reasonably, I expected his ass to show back up but that ball was hard dropped.

[aptericia]

Those Who Deny the Dawn

[xuroky]

Mindt

[mayordeas-clone]

some thoughts on partitio and agnea's traveler stories and their ultimate contribution to the connecting plot of octopath traveler 2

i recently finished my second playthrough of octopath 2, and it was really fun because it reminded me on why this game is very special to me in spite of its flaws, as well as give me new reasons to appreciate it and its efforts to better connect all eight traveler stories to a grander plot than the first octopath game.

when i first played octopath 2, i thought agnea's story was pretty disappointing since it was the one that connected the least to the big bads behind the game's final chapter and was very low-stakes and lighthearted. however, after reading some folks' opinions on the game + reexperiencing the whole package for myself, i've softened up to her a bit and really appreciate the role she plays in the story, even if it might not be to the same level as the other travelers. (i'm also lumping partitio into this even though his connections are a little tighter + he's not as talked about regarding this issue since i feel like he and agnea's stories have similar ideas and tone)

this was originally apart of a grand infodump on the game i made after finishing the epilogue that i wanted to isolate into its own post!

some spoilers abound, up to the very end of octopath traveler 2 (with some mentions of stuff revealed in octopath traveler 1's endgame)

so the final chapter of octopath traveler 2 pretty much ties key characters and events together through the moonshade order, whose members were involved in all eight characters' stories in order to enact their plan to bring about eternal night. a common criticism of agnea's story is that her connections to this overarching scheme are pretty loose.

each traveler has a major member of the moonshade order involved in some way or another. temenos was acquainted with mindt, who turned out to be arcanette, the current leader and mastermind behind it all. castti's colleague trousseau was involved in the cult's activities as well, utilizing the shadow to spread pestilence after being corrupted by their teachings.

in agnea's case, her connection to this order is tanzy, who is a very minor character all things considered in her story. she was a member of giselle's traveling troupe, and she often mentions a "goddess" in most of her dialogue (who we later find out was referring to arcanette, who manipulated her into the order's cause). what gets to a lot of people is that agnea, upon finding out about tanzy's fate during the final chapter (that she was used and sacrificed by arcanette in order to further the moonshade order's ambitions), has zero reaction or comment about it. not even giselle, coda, and rico, the only other people that have actually met and interacted with tanzy, have anything to say about tanzy's noticable absence during the reunion during the epilogue, making tanzy as agnea's link to the moonshade order feel strange, especially compared to other members who had a slightly more active role in the other travelers' stories.

since i'm also talking about partitio, i might as well explain his connection as well: his story's moonshade order member is ori, a scrivener that always seems to appear out of nowhere. we learn in the final chapter that she was actually keeping tabs on a bunch of the other travelers (even appearing at osvald's trial at the beginning of his story) to gather information for the moonshade order. ori was a pretty important character, but her involvement with partitio's story is that she was Always There (that's the best i can put it), and partitio was sort of doing his own thing.

he and agnea's stories are the only ones to make no mention of The Shadow or any of d'arquest's shenanigans, and they're also a lot more lighthearted in tone, so they might feel a bit out of place when trying to connect them to the other travelers' stories and how they connect to the overarching plot. does that mean they served no purpose? not so! i think they’re relevant in their own way.

partitio and agnea’s story are about hope and forging a future that’s worth fighting and living for. partitio is all about bringing about prosperity to all and seeks to overcome the gigantic task of buying the rights to the steam engine so he can freely distribute it for the better. his resolve to help others is precisely what gets ori to doubt her nihilistic worldview instilled in her by the moonshade order, and it's what keeps her alive when she attempts to sacrifice herself at the fellsun ruins. ori states in her journal that she believes people, businessmen like partitio, are all destined to fall into the pitfall of greed that makes people suffer, much like how roque brilliante turned out, yet partitio’s compassion changes her mind. it’s really cool, even if it’s a detail buried among a sea of other stuff you have to read to piece everything together. (love the final chapter and its plot revelations, but yeah it's sort of disappointing that a lot of information is obtained through reading ori's journal rather than any kind of interaction between all of the members, but alas)

agnea on the surface has a really lighthearted story that doesn’t really have a natural place to mention the death cult lurking in the shadows of everyone’s story or the supernatural magic that will be used to bring about eternal night (see again, tanzy’s very minor presence compared to other moonshade order members). i thought the same at first after my first playthrough. HOWEVER! her story, more than anyone else’s, IS about hope, the main theme of the game. her final battle theme + the thing she works on her whole story is uniquely called the ‘song of hope’. she’s the only traveler to not have a version of the final battle theme; rather than being an epic clash between her greatest foe, it's a triumphant, uplifting song that she debuts in her "battle" with dolcinea ('song of hope' is such an amazing song too, perhaps my favorite in the ost). her journey involves inspiring others to keep moving forward in the face of adversity, such as motivating gill to pursue his ambitions as a musician or giselle to overcome her doubts or giving laila a reason to keep living and dancing despite her circumstances. it only makes sense then that she is the one to give the final speech that properly ends the story of the game, as it’s her journey that fully encapsulates that theme of hope for the future. it was the very thing the main villains thought there was none left in the world, that nihilism that made them want to put the world out of its misery by bringing about an endless night since the dawn was not worth fighting for.

agnea feels like the true protagonist of the game in my opinion, even if her story feels the least related to The Big Bads.

she’s not here to fight, she’s here to inspire, ya know!!! AAAAA

(if i ever play octopath 2 for the third time, ill definitely be picking her as my starter~)

(the reason why i’m kinda up on my soapbox defending my girl is bc i saw a gamefaqs thread of someone explaining this significance agnea’s story has to the main plot and themes and everyone dismissing it as a dumb, stretchy non-answer. YOU GAMERS KNOW NOTHING!!! /lh)

anyway, as far as lighthearted stories w a sort of vague goal go in octopath traveler, agnea’s heavily tying back to the main theme of the game makes it stronger than someone’s like tressa or alfyn’s since they kind of had their own plots that didn’t really relate back to anyone else’s. their only connection to everyone else’s stories were through their connections with graham crossford, which is PRETTY COOL!! but he was long dead/transformed into redeye before the events of the game and tressa and alfyn sorta do their own thing after he indirectly inspired them to go traveling. it just feels more vague i guess?

~

apologies this is really rambly. again, i lifted this from an infodump i wrote on the fly, so i was not really essay-brained, but i hope my point comes across adequately?

all the same, i just have a big appreciation and love for this game. i'm proud to call it my favorite video game, and though it has its problems, it's very special to me and i like talking about it. hopefully i got that across to any reader on this here post, and maybe it inspires a new appreciation for agnea's story and its place in octopath traveler 2 :)

[melonymint753]

so I was looking up the hades 2 voice cast because some of them just sound familiar. Turns out Melinoë's VA voiced Mindt from Octopath 2 and Milo from Triangle Strategy, but what prompted this post was:

Hephaestus' VA is stacked?!

ALOIS?? Lonato? Helbindi??

(I didn't even know Alois and Lonato shared a VA until now lol)

seemed to be a Dynasty Warriors regular too.

This is not to mention the pile of other games and shows I've heard of but never watched/played.