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[naroukoto]

P3 vibin' in the snow.

[hood-ex]

My dad was Bruce-ing again today.

Dad: Where are your keys? I'm gonna go put more air in your tire.

Me: I already filled it up this week.

Dad: Oh okay.

Dad goes upstairs for a second and comes back with a bag in his hand.

Dad: Here, take this poncho and put it in your glove compartment. In case you have to pull over in the rain, put it on so other cars can see you.

So then I took my new bright ass orange poncho to my car, bypassing the three water bottles my dad had stuffed in the door pocket as well as the emergency phone battery pack charger he stuffed in another pocket.

[creylune]

Shop update! Added epoxy bubble stickers for P3 and P4 and restocked Kill Frost charms ⛄

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[elendsessor]

SPOILERS FOR BOTH PERSONA 3 FES AND RELOAD’S EPISODE AIGIS AHEAD!

(don’t expect much persona stuff on this blog either i just found this interesting)

disclaimer: if you like episode aigis, more power to you. this isn’t meant to be an attack, rather a critique!!!

because a lot of discussion regarding episode aigis kept creeping into my recommended, i was genuinely curious about some cutscene changes and yeah reload absolutely fumbled the shadow mc’s death… but not in the way i think some discussions see it.

the common consensus with how it was handled is both tried to go for two different tones, which is true. however, the original scene is seen as strictly the horror of death, which is where i don’t think people understand what made it work.

that scene wasn’t only that. it was meant to represent the beauty in the macabre.

the original persona 3 played with visuals more than reload and that’s just a fact. compare the color choices, the openings, all of that. in terms of modernsona, it’s the most visually distinct game as a result, which serves as a much more interesting way to explore emotions. that scene serves as a testament to such.

disregarding the gorier elements of the original scene, how the visuals of letters peeling off the shadow mc’s skin just matched how uncanny it all is, the sudden use of 3d animation, and finally the burst of blue butterflies adds impact as it sort of shifts emotions.

notice how that’s the last thing that happens as the shadow mc fades away. there’s no struggle, blood, immediate reactions, any of that. it’s a quiet death.

and that’s why the answer’s worked. the skin peeling represents the mortality, fragility, and in some ways decay, yet the butterflies bursting gives life and peacefulness. you can find the chaoticness horrific, edgy, grim, saddening, any number of feelings.

there’s no right way to interpret the scene—it’s meant to be an emotional rollercoaster—but to say that there can’t be more than one takeaway aside from horror is objectively wrong.

however, with episode aigis, there is only one real way to interpret it. this isn’t just because all the shadow protag does is fade away, but the inclusion of character reactions actively hurts it because it tells you how to feel. you’re meant to be as distraught and sad as sees. aigis may be the most expressive, but you’re meant to be aigis, not the player, so the ultimate interpretation is it’s sad (and beautiful if you find it beautiful). there is no room for debate because there’s the fucking answer right there. death is sad and nothing more when in reality it isn’t.

it’s okay to add the reactions but not in the moment. afterwards leaves a better impact because by letting the death play for itself, the player’s feelings come first, not aigis’s.

in that sense i suppose, yes, both games were trying to achieve different results. however, those results are either up to the player’s interpretation or what the writers wanted, which the latter is terrible storytelling.

something a few writing teachers have said, at least in my experience, is once your story gets out there, it’s up to the reader to decide how they see it, not just the characters. if the author is telling the reader how they’re supposed to feel, in some ways it’s talking down to them. disregarding their feelings. leaving no room for experiences.

that’s the danger of the tell don’t show rule, which is why it has to be used sparingly or avoided if at all possible. if it’s used incorrectly, then it can result in media illiteracy and be an overall insult to the reader.

episode aigis is anti-reader as a result, making it genuinely awfully written. plus, that scene is honestly the best thing in the answer, so they fucked up the best part, making it actually worse in comparison.

i’m not here to call the answer a masterpiece or anything because it isn’t good. not horrendous, but it’s definitely the weakest storyline tied to p3, which is a shame because, despite all the issues 3 has, the story was the best thing about it.

reload did sanitize a bunch of aspects for a more wide appeal but it ultimately harmed the original message and interpretations. it genuinely hurts to see.

[perryisle]

i drink a cup of kool aid not a big glass of wine

[dk-thrive]

Close your eyes, let your hands and nerve-ends drop, stop breathing for 3 seconds, listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world...The world you see is just a movie in your mind.

— Jack Kerouac, in letter to his first wife, Edie Kerouac Parker from "The Portable Jack Kerouac" (Viking, March 1, 1995) (via Whiskey River)

[robinsnest2111]

latest thrift find has solidified the need to find a working portable cd player

found a travel cd case WITH INTGRATED SPEAKERS AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY

decent audio quality and volume, and it'd be so much fun to pick out a few select cds, pack a picnic basket with a blanket, snacks, drinks, find a nice meadow to get cozy on, set this fun thing up and listen to some tunes, 90s/2000s style while snacking and cloud gazing <333

[jackandthevoidstriders]

JACK, QUESTION

Do you still hear that one song whenever you see Dave? :]

“Yeah. I heard it the whole time we were walking over here. Does he have like… a walkman in his pocket, or something?”

[mycomicbox]

NBMC doodle

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: December 29

"Easy Money Down In Texas" by Ray Wylie Hubbard (music video link bc it amuses me)

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[selvepnea]

Found the Coolest and Most Awesome cassette player

[ierogenvy]

i for real need to start doing music as a hobby

[no0dlru]

3.5mm jacks in phones, too

RB if you think CD drives in computers are not obsolete, but in fact still necessary, despite being artificially phased out

[polariod240]

Someday I wanna confuse people by assembling a portable-desktop computer on the spot. You'd see this mf sitting at your local library and putting a mini computer tower on the desk. Then he takes an usb keyboard from his bag, then an usb mouse. And then a weird plastic black square thing that glows now and then. And then a bunch of cables you're not really sure what they're supposed to be. Finally, he holds a goddamn mini portable cable tv and starts assembling it to the weird cables and square thing. Oh right, he also connects a pair of headphones to the tv. He looks at you. "Sorry, can I use the electricity plugs?". You're terrified, you can't say no.