#pl last specter spoilers

[glassesglasses2]

Can I pet that dog?

The dog:

[princema-k]

arent u tired of being of being nice..... dont u wanna go Apeshitt

(quote in no.3 courtesy of tearay1073's comment on this vid)

[justkillingthyme]

A compilation of every voiced line of Hershel laughing

Minor spoilers warning for all games

*do please tell me if I’m missing one and I’ll go back*

[teenytinyapprentice]

the secrets of Misthallery

[flwrcrxwnlyon]

Italian descole but fave moments

[yomiel]

alright we r entering the final act of last specter!!! everyone say hello to loosha :]

[alto-tenure]

The Specter of Misthallery, allusions, and narrative framing

Professor Layton and the Last Specter alludes to the fact that, of course, this is not the first specter to have been in Misthallery -- the specter is, in fact, a much older fairytale, the nature of which is, just as with most folklore, impossible to verify.

The nature of fairytales is such that they often get distorted by those who are telling them, and then those distortions continue to be passed onwards to generations afterwards, and new distortions evolve. The way characters tell the story of Misthallery's specter tells us things about them, too, and the parts they play in the story.

Long ago, in a lawless age, a pack of bandits invaded a small village. Amidst the chaos, a terrified young farm girl played her flute to drown out the madness. As the music spiralled high into the sky, a giant spectre appeared above her. She begged the spectre to destroy the bandits and it swiftly obeyed. The town was saved, and the spectre vanished just as quickly as it had appeared. But the farm girl knew that in times of danger she needed only to play the flute and the spectre would appear again.

This is, of course, Descole's narration from his first appearance. He is taking advantage of the legend of the specter, and seems to be reading from a book during this cutscene.

The specter is unequivocally a force for good the way Descole words the tale. The specter is the girl's savior. It's a bit of intrigue, but also...the way it's portrayed here feels like a very obvious allusion to Arianna and Loosha, for which Loosha is very much Arianna's savior, getting her to the Golden Garden so that she can live. Descole also says after this that it's time for them to "pen the next chapter". He is using the myth of the specter on purpose to smokescreen his true intentions of unearthing the Golden Garden. He means neither to help the villagers or hurt them -- he only has his own agenda. Of course, this isn't the last we hear of this tale...

There's a legend here that tells of an ancient spirit… A specter. When the town was in danger, the specter would act as Misthallery's guardian in its moment of need.

This is how Clark tells the tale. Note its brevity compared to Descole's telling (or Luke's, later on). When the town is in danger, the specter acts to protect it. It is more general than Descole's telling, but is more in line with Luke's version of the events. His portrayal of the specter of lore is fairly bare-bones, but enough to understand that Descole's version is nothing more than a false echo. Something that he understands more than the people of Misthallery, considering that he knows more about the specter due to the blackmailing.

Long ago, the villagers used a flute to call upon a spectre for protection from their enemies… So, if the spectre does the bidding of whoever plays the flute… Then someone is trying to destroy Misthallery! "If the spectre is ever used for impure motives, it shall unleash its wrath upon humanity. It will destroy all in its path, creating its own paradise."

Luke's telling of the tale centers around the idea that the world will end if the specter is used to cause harm -- his telling fuses both ideas from Descole's (the flute is used to summon the specter and control it) and Clark's (the specter was there for the town at large, not for one specific person it was bonded to). This suggests that Luke is familiar with the version that appears in the book (after all, the book is likely from the Triton library), but he's filtering what he remembers through the lens of his anxieties around the specter attacks, his mother's disappearance, and his father's behavior. He expects the world to end because of the connection to the tale.

(And, of course, the connections to Azran Legacy can't be ignored here -- everything destroyed to carve out paradise for the villain of a story.)

The truth is, as always, a complicated affair -- there is no such things as specters, only machines fighting monsters -- but it is likely that the story started out with a specter that protects the village. The version in the book has probably gone through several layers of generational filtering, but its relevance to the narrative remains.

[the-river-of-light]

I had an idea

[darklight-owl]

this is the bit I was thinking of

FUCKKKKKK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK THE FUCKINH "All he was good for" HELLO?????? AAAAAA

[alto-tenure]

10 was also pretty wild for Luke, to be fair.

mom gets kidnapped and town nearly gets destroyed

meets his future best friend for life

almost gets killed by a giant robot

helps catch a thief (this is from one of the light novels)

also, there are arguably more events taking place within this time period in general if one argues for the Japanese-exclusive material being canon. the gap between DB and UF is longer and thus there is a lot of official material shoved in there. but the most cursed aspect of all is that all the events of the original trilogy (+ everything between DB and UF) takes place over the course of less than six months, probably

You know sometimes it doesn't really occur to me the wild implications of fictional characters having a confirmed age can have when you take into account the plot of the games.

Luke is 10 in LS/SC, 11 in MM, 12 in AL and 13 in all the OG trilogy game (the crossover included if you take into account that he wears is og trilogy outfit).

How wild of a year that's gotta be for a 13-year-old. I mean with the other games he's had (I'm assuming) at least some time to process the events of that game's plot but like

In a single year Luke, a 13-year-old boy, has:

learned there's an entire village made of robots that will stop working should the reinhold's family gold be touched

breathed in hallucinogenic gas that caused him (and others) to believe a 50-year-old town was not 50 years old

basically kidnapped (along with layton, phoenix and maya) by a company that used plant chemicals to make a town believe they lived in a medieval town with witches their whole lives and was trapped there for about 5 days and barely slept

Believed his beloved mentor/father figure was dead via goldification and very much grieved for him (even though he thankfully was not dead- I've rambled about this in slightly more detail here)

some time prior to UF/LF learns his parents are planing to move to america and isn't happy about it

believed he met his future self when it was just some guy(tm) who looks a lot like him

said guy then proceeded to almost destroy london

moves to america

What a year.

[justkillingthyme]

70 seconds of Hershel saying Luke or My Boy

(Please let me know if I missed any so I can update!)

[teenytinyapprentice]

Black Raven week: Day 1 - Black Raven

“I am the Black Raven. Welcome to my market.” love the design for this guy... he’s so creepy and yet so playful at the same time, feels very fitting for the kids who don his mask!

[alto-tenure]

I disagree, actually! There's plenty of foreshadowing. Sure, I think quite a few people playing Curious Village pick up on if not the entire village being robotic at least Dahlia (like I did during my playthrough) but that's not all!

What is up with Folsense? There's a lot of testimony from the villagers that time has "stopped", or they feel older than they really are, or Marina's candies actually having been garlic the whole time.

What is up with Future London? Don Paolo's reveal to having been Schrader the whole time pokes a massive hole, on top of several hints about Future Luke being not quite what he seems. And the air is commented on as being muggy a couple times as I recall, but I might not be remembering that part right.

What is the Specter? The specter being a machine is fairly predictable in my opinion, with the glowing red eyes and the need to hide footprints in the canals and how the red glow is spotted later on. Sure, Loosha is a wrench in that a little, but it’s not like the twist is completely unexpected.

Who is the Masked Gentleman? The build-up to the reveal of Randall as the Masked Gentleman in the Reunion Inn chapter involves those four unsubtle fairytales, and there are other hints to it as well: the moment in a cutscene when Randall shows the Mask of Chaos over his face, for instance.

What is the Azran Legacy? Even before the revelation that the legacy is a literal apocalypse, there are many hints to the idea that the Azran were not as benevolent as Bronev thinks they are, and Aurora plainly states that the legacy is no boon at all. Even without saying directly that it's an apocalypse, you can still guess that it's a bad thing.

I find it funny how Curious Village does have clues towards the larger mystery throughout the story (it’s still ridiculous, but they’re there) Then the rest of the series happens and they don’t even bother. You’re just along for the ride shut up and enjoy.

[darklight-owl]

AUGHHGHRHHHHH. YEAH. YEAH. I want des back I miss him NO. NO THAT BITC H WAS TERRIBLE. HE KISNAPPED MY WIFE

YEAH YEAH YOU GET IT YEAH. GOD DAMN💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[alto-tenure]

if I may

miracle mask is the tragic yaoi counterpart to eternal diva's tragic yuri