#ourgh I'm so excited

[thisfuckingdork]

God I am so fucking excited for this

[phoebified]

ooooobliiiiigaaatory sso post because new dark rider design dropped! erissa (not sure why they didnt just keep elise or change it to eris? but that's ok!), the remake of chiyo, just dropped, and... she's white! interesting. there were a lot of ways sso could've saved the dark riders fumbles. there were a LOT of those fumbles, but the one i hammered on the hardest was chiyo, because i myself am japanese, and immediately know a bad design when i see one. likewise, i'm pretty spot on with calling how that character will most likely be written, and can make a few good solid guesses. i will say, i feel lots more in common with sabine, and am against the way they designed someone i could relate to and then painted them staunchly as a villain; likewise with all the dark riders, this may be sso's most diverse group yet, and they are villains. HOWEVER. at that point, they had already put them in-game, and now all i can hope for is some good old fashioned childhood "everything ends up fine" writing that shows these characters some love and perhaps sways them from their homocidal ways.

back to erissa.

why was chiyo's design racist? well, it wasn't just her. most of the dark riders were handled poorly. to be honest, i've talked SO much on this blog about why chiyo was such a bad design that i simply don't want to rehash it. was it the worst i'd ever seen? no. but putting in those stereotypes to a game children -- WHITE children -- play is like teaching children to hit bees nests for fun. it's pointless and hurtful to everyone.

SO: what do i think of erissa? she's cute! i like this design way better than the last.

that's it. whole idea. i think the colors are more comprehensive, i like the crochet details, i think the hobby horse looks a little silly but i kinda like it. overall, i am happy.

now you're probably wondering, "what, so sso can't make non white villains!?" and the answer to that is 1. don't be stupid and 2. of course they can. but they better put just as much effort into the rest of sso. they don't, though. our only buff woman is alex, who barely counts because she's kinda small as fuck in game. that leaves Sabine, who's more buff. her character is nonwhite, visibly has arm hair, and until proven otherwise, is nonhuman. not only that, she's evil. that sends some pretty strong messages, and, side tangent, but to anyone too goofy or too stubborn to see how that's a problem, i'm excited to see how the children in YOUR family turn out, be it yours or other family member's. will YOU teach them what racism is and why it exists and the complexities of it that people scoff at that allow it to continue to exist day in and day out, or will you let them play all the other games that DONT revise their writing, where the good characters are straight and white and every other type of "normal" and the enemies are gay or nonwhite or both? anyway. i hope you see my point.

"children will experience this stuff ANYWAY!" sure. why add to it?

"oh, so you're pulling a save the children thing? so what, you want everyone to be th3 same?" no. i want them to take chiyo's design, make her clothes look better, make her default state not like a mouse, and put her in the game as sso's like. only japanese character. i'd fucking love that! do you know how little representation there is for weird japanese girls? we dont got dick or shit. it'd be so fun to have a slightly redesigned chiyo as an npc, i'd totally fucking adore that! different clothes bc i think her past design was a little. ourgh. it'd be fun and cool if they made her like, a budding emo? omg that'd resonate with so many people i'm sure, and the purple hair is already suited to it. black hair would also be cool, though. do you see what im saying here, though? context is everything. im sad sabine is a bad guy. im sad every white girl who plays this game gets someone to relate to. i guess i too really relate to and like anne, but that's where the similarities end. it's easy to say "why does race matter?" in a sea of white people if you're white, but it can get lonely playing any video game if you're not white. sso is one of the best games ive found in terms of trying to really add diversity (although im still waiting for updated fat npcs), and that's why i weighed in so heavily. it matters to me. i love this game. i think they've done so much good with it recently, i'm really just beyond impressed and in love.

i think erissa is a good design.

[kuberish]

BABE, WAKE UP, A NEW LOST AND FOUND PAGE DROPPED!! /REF

NO, BUT FOR REAL. I GET SO EXCITED WHENEVER I SEE YOU POST!! :ODD

YIPPEE!!! HOORAYY!!!! :ODDDDDDDDDDD

ARRAGGGHH, you have no idea how happy it makes me to hear this XD! This ALWAYS boosts my motivation OURGH!

The last few months have been a bit difficult to get through as so much shit was happening on my end, which is why the comic has been so slow to update. EITHER WAY, people being happy reading my comic makes me so goddamn happy and reminds me why I'm doing this so THANK YOU!!

[whiteheartlight]

Remembered your post abt the Nuva being amazed by Gali waterboarding Icarax out of hell so bad he just fuckin left and the whole placed got thrashed so bad it doesnt exist anymore and i thought ourgh... like black iron Tarkus... So like. What if whenever theres a big threat near a big body of water they turn to her more excited than kids on christmas morning and she goes :) alright, since youre asking so nicely :) and then just fucks up the local bastard as they chant GA-LI GA-LI GA-LI like at 1:05 in this vid:

https://youtu.be/FZYJAjATPzY?si=pz0opOCV6pTphDPC

I'm loving the implication that one of the others was awake and just decided to sit back and let her handle it because, well, she can. lol

I totally think her brothers would be so astounded and then excited when they realized what she did. she's all worried about them because I'm pretty sure Icarax knocked them all out or down, so she's running over to hold them and try to wrap up wounds, and they're just staring around like "did you do that??" she's like "just lie still for two seconds, Mata Nui," but they can't, they're too awe-struck.

later she'll get a little worked up and nervous about it and they'll wonder if they should have comforted her more, but in the end, the more they keep going "that was SO COOL, you TRASHED him!!" the more she starts perking up and putting it behind her.

they all do this for each other pretty frequently, really. it's kind of their go-to for when they do something that reminds them they really do carry a lot of power. even after Tahu gets poisoned by the Rahkshi and is feeling like a total scumbag for attacking the others, he overhears Lewa going "and Tahu threw this HUGE WAVE OF FIRE - Gali backflipped about three times to get out of the way - and Kopaka just froze him in one motion ! - then we faced them again and he and I made a prison of glass without even planning it beforehand-" you gotta respect the prowess before you get into the moral implications of anything

(sometimes even enemies will do something very powerful and Lewa will look around like "... was pretty cool though")

[wario-speedwagon]

top 5 ai the somnium files characters??

ohoho, well lemme tell ya with great pleasure! :D

(disclaimer, I've only played through the first game, so I will only be including characters from that game and not the sequel)

5. Boss

It's in her name, she gaslights, gatekeeps, girlbosses and looks good doing it! Jokes aside though, I love how she is simultaneously secretly and subtly caring while also just. blunt and unapologetic about overworking her subordinates or unashamed to crack dirty innuendos. She has all sorts of random trinkets and junk all over her office, from boy band posters to christmas trees to party decorations. Shady but with a heart of gold. She's not quite as deep a spoiler angst rabbit hole character as some others, but she's a joy every time she's on screen, ya love to see her <3

4. Hitomi

This is my one underrated underdog pick, but ourgh, loving and supportive single mothers doing their best while keeping their dark tragic backstories private from their kids, my beloved <3 I could delve into detail just how magnificent her backstory is, from the circumstances of her being a mother to her tragic past love life, and how being a stereotypical normal boring sweet schoolteacher mother figure, she's been unfortunately involved in the most dangerous secrets but just trying to live her best life with her daughter despite it. Hitomi my beloved, seemingly simple characters with hidden depth, my beloved

3. Aiba

She is soooo silly and also maybe the only sane person here, or at least sane in the way an AI personality would be. She is Date's AI assistant and also his prosthetic eye, and the right gif is the form she takes when she's outside of his eyesocket. The left gif is her digital avatar form. She's constantly judging Date's thoughts and actions, she gets excited about bugs, she helps Date be a better parent (more on that later), she does Hacker Skillz on a whim, she might be capable of actual love even as an AI! Truly a worthy pfp :3

2. Date

You've heard of Love to Hate, but this guy will force you to learn what Hate to Love means. Cringy horny porn-addict failure of a person, how dare you be an amazing character with a super sad spoiler backstory and amazing angst going on. I need to push him down some stairs right now. He has a fantastic coworker good cop/bad cop dynamic going on with Aiba his eyball assistant (he's mysteriously missing an eye and Aiba is his replacement), and he's a grumpy but genuinely trying temporary guardian for a bratty middle schooler who holds him in contempt and pretends to hate him (i.e. we're talking wet cat & wet cat found family dynamics >:)

1. Mizuki

I love this child. I would do anything for this child. I would do anything to be this child. Snarky ass middle schooler. Human weapon of mass destruction because why not. Had a hard home life with her abusive or neglectful parents and is now a tsundere wet cat found family roommate with Date whom she bullies like a sibling but is still in denial about who her real family are. She carries grenades and such in her backpack even to school and she carries her favorite lead pipe with her everywhere. (spoilers) she has seen both of her parents' dead bodies and in some timelines her best friends' and favorite teacher's as well...

Ough the character depth and growth and angst and silliness of this character, the sheer badassery, her iconic-ness--oh yeah, she canonically says in game says that she respects and is inspired the LGBT community (based). You just can't get more S-tier than Mizuki. Might be favorite character of all time. I'm so excited when I eventually play the sequel because she's the protagonist in it! :D

[cherry-bomb-ships]

Ok hi uhhh I'm liveblogging my reaction to the commentary thing, for yall who didnt see my last post the PPG disc set has a commentary track of Mojo watching the episode "Slumbering with the Enemy", I have NO IDEA what I'm in for so I am excited and nervous, oh well LETS GO 💖💖💖

OH MY GODDD ITS LITERALLY JUST HIM WATCHING THE EPISODE. ITS LIKE HE'S IN THE ROOM WITH ME

HE'S COMMENTING ON THE DIRECTING AND SHOT COMPOSITION.... HE WOULD BE SUCH A FUCKING PRUDE WITH MOVIES OMG

Lmao at him saying he got kicked out of the PPG home, so he admits he didnt leave of his own accord hmmmm <v<

Oml the COMPLETE LACK of investment he has until he appears in the episode, hrnhxhf god

"What a big mountain I have, heehee" SIRRRR????? YOU CANT SAY THAT HERE HHRNSHXBFBT

THE WAY HE'S HYPING UP HIS OWN PLAN OH MY GODDDDDD HE'S SO GOOFY

Awww the blend of tea he made is caffeine free that means I could have it 🥺🥺🥺

Oh my goddddddd watching movies with him would be SO INSUFFERABLE 💀💀💀 THE WAY HE KEEPS NAMEDROPPING DIFFERENT DIRECTORS AND MOVIES TO COMPARE THE SHOTS TO. HE THINKS HE'S SOOOO INTELLECTUAL UGH

Oml he said that he loves scaring people, he looooves being evil so much teeheehee

"Very expressionistic use of shadows" STOP STOPPPPPPP SHUT UP IM GOING TO DIE

THE WAY HE STAYS MOSTLY SILENT FOR HIS OWN EVIL SPEECH OURGH. SUCH AN EGO SO FULL OF HIMSELF

AND HE SAYS TO TURN IT OFF WHEN HE STARTS GETTING BEAT UP HRNSJXHXBF HEELLLLLPPPPP

OK THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON THAT I DIDNT EVEN HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT ALL BUT HE IS SOOOOOOO FUCKING SILLYYYYYYYYY 💖❤️💖❤️💖❤️💖❤️💖❤️💖❤️💖💖❤️💖❤️💖❤️💖❤️ I AM SO OBSESSED OMG THAT WAS AMAZING

[chaoticgremlinbrainspace]

For the character rating: Yosuke Hanamura Go crazy :)

ok ok ok so basically I sent you a buncha Yosuke Hanamura stuff lmao bc I misunderstood how the thing works but this will be so awesome and evil >:)

How I feel about this character I feel a lot of things about this fucking goober I relate to him a lot in the ways he interacts with others and just his generally low self esteem lmao. I rotate him in my mind a lot. currently playing the game to dissect him for myself lol. hes got an interesting character that can get exploded fairly easily, though I feel like this applies to almost every character in existence, I know im not even in the top 100 most unwell about Yosuke Hanamura or even persona 4 but I really like it alot. I want to make an insanely self indulgent power point about Yosuke Hanamura to show to my friends lol. hes just really relatable to me especially me as a younger guy. and hell even now I find myself in him lol. its a bit cringe but I am free as they say. I do have a tendency to project on characters a bit so it might be a bit of that lol...but hes just really neat to me his whole deal is interesting.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

I really like the Yosuke Hanamura/p4 protagonist ship which is yeah. I also just really enjoy their dynamic tbh. they have each others backs through thick and thin, like even not as a romantic thing tbh I just really enjoy them being goofy teens together this applies to all their friends btw. the thing with shipping is im pretty open to what ever as long as its fun and not like weird bad. I like weird good stuff (like crack pairings, or fun rare pairs). i also have a tendency to latch onto a pairing I think is neat, which yah. it's Yosuke/p4 protagonist for me njofwreg. its fun to explore that I think. uh thumbs up I guess I dont know how to explain myself 💀

My non-romantic OTP for this character

im a silly goober and I like seeing the entire investigation team interacting with each other, I like it when they get to hang out. like sure they end up being lil shits to each other sometimes but its not like actively malicious, its like play fighting to me...im still reading the manga and playing the games so im excited to see more interactions between everyone lol. I do like it when fanfics explore different dynamics between the gang it's fun. I feel like im talking in circles lmao. but I will say Yosuke and Chie fighting can be funny reminds me of my younger siblings mauling each other to death lol. Yosuke and Teddie are a goofy duo, rip Yosuke, he tends to be the butt of the joke. Yosuke and the portages relationship is always fun regardless of if its a ship or not lol...I wish I was bettering at remembering things im drawing a blank even though I had more to say dang it.

My unpopular opinion about this character

I dont know if I even really have an unpopular opinion about this guy? ill be honest most of my thoughts about him come out sounding like growling and barking bc words aren't real lol. I just think hes neat... i dont really talk to other people about him who are also into persona 4 that often, one person told me they call him "poor straight Yosuke" lmao. I dont know it's an unpopular opinion to read him through the lens of a closeted individual? I usually only hang out in a small space and do my own thing, with some other people's stuff I like because I think it makes sense...ourgh I'm kinda bad at this </3 writing things down in a cohesive manner...im sorry ya'll 💀

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

I would like to be gay with him when I am playing the game lol. like even just the option to do so. I do not trust Atlus with it tho lol...outside of that? I would like to see him as an older person and what hes been up to. where hes going. I wanna see his charater arc progress lol. I guess more Yosuke. same really goes for the cast, I just have a slight bigger soft spot for Yosuke.

the overall rating is

I make animatics about him in my mind at work/10

I hope this wasn't too bad/cringe fjnoemnowf im really bad at just putting my thoughts and feelings out there in regards to anything. i hope it is satisfactory 👍

[queeranesearch]

omg jas okay finished first two eps of the bear (wanted to start ir after abbott elementary one bc i was already watching it and two bc ayo edebiri guest stars in a few episodes of that) and it’s SAURRRR good beloved like the way it starts w screaming was so fun and interesting and also every time carmy has like implied suicidal (?) thoughts and the scene just holds and it’s OURGH so good also carmys and richies blue eyes r . something! yeah i had many thoughts yesterday when i finished but sxhool has drained me so that’s all i have rn. but i’m excited to continue watching <333

EESHA MY DARLING I'M HUGGING AND SPINNING YOU AROUND IM SO GLAD YOURE LIKING IT AND RIGHT?? this show is a stellar example of 'show don't tell' in my opinion the way its shot and edited is just so evocative!! the shot of carmen just staring into the stove fire as it lifts around him lives in my mind rent FREE (hence my blog title!) also god don't even their eyes are SO BRIGHT its insane like i think they look nice then other times i'm like 'carmen please look away you're gonna turn someone to stone with those'. thank god for syd and her beautiful big brown eyes <3 AND NO WORRIES. UPDATE ME WITH YOUR THOUGHTS HOWEVER COHERENT THEY ARE

[baeshijima]

My last year of school starts tomorrow and I'm so nervous but excited at the same time...

But then my thoughts are also spinning around the natlan archon quest... I have many questions and I want answersss!!!!!

Why do I finish the archon quest so quickly? This suffering is self inflicted🥲

Also capitano and mavuika... that cutscene... my mouth was open in shock as I watched that part it was soooo coool!!!!

(Genshin is a good and efficient way of distracting me from the nervousness of making new friends and having new teachers and classmates lmao)

Well I hope everything goes smoothly for my first day and that I manage to make one friend (my attitude of avoiding socialising unless necessary is not healthy...)

I hope your day goes fun and well!!

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RAAAH CLOVER NONNIE I WISH U ALL THE LUCK FOR UR LAST YEAR !! i hope today goes smoothly without any problems, and i hope u can make lots of wonderful friends 🫶🫶

and ur so right abt the aq... i still have to finish the second act but i left off after the mavuika capitano cutscene and !!! OURGH. SO GOOD. the battle choreography went so hard omg... i loved it sm... AND HIS VOICE OHHHH AND THEIR DISPLAY OF POWERS OOHHHHHH

genuinely so excited for more of him in the future like actually

[bucket-of-amethyst]

chris!!!! mornin gorgious!!! what did u think of the end of grians episode... i am Foaming At The Mouth

hihi jay!! mornin gorgious!!!!

AND AAAAAAAAAA I AM TRANSCENDING!! I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO PUT INTO WORDS DLFJFODKDJ I CAN'T JUST SAY "IM EXCITED!" THATS NOT ENOUGH I NEED TO EAT IT

ITS LIKE SO MUCH BETTER THAN WE EVER EXPECTED!! All of then going thru that portal is so much bigger than "empires visit for an event"! I just CAN'T WAIT!!!! And OURGH we have no idea when the eps about are going to start coming!! I'm turning my notifications on for every person i watch help dkfjfj

I have no idea of what they gonna do when they get to Empires?? Start a war? Act like tourists??? Are they looking for mumbo jumbo??? Will each emperor get one special little hermit??? WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH FALSE??? AND WITH CANON GODDESS PEARL?!!??? TEAM RANCHER TEAM RANCHER TEAM RANCHER TEAM RANCHER??!?!?!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, im good and normal 😎 👍

[caramujotan]

Hey! I was reading through the notes you left in the extras for an open secret and I just wanna say that cryptokiller is making me straight up giddy. I just have this stupid grin on my face and keep giggling on call with my friends like it's so unbelievable how immersive it is. I'm definitely gonna have to make mental notes to not confuse what happens in the demo w canon. Regardless of what ends up happening w the project, I just wanna say what you guys did is really just amazing work and is helping me kinda get closure that the game couldn't quite provide by ending just short Harry's possible comeback w Kim at the precinct. (No knock on the game for sure, but this demo is scratching that itch I had for JUST A BIT more.)

ourgh.... miss cryptokiller.... we should get back on that but everyone in the project has been super busy 😭😭😭

my art hasn't even made it to the game yet, im actually redrawing everyone's sprites! excited to see them in game eventually