#reanimating LN 1

[benetnvsch]

just remembered how the anime cut Kunikida out of that one bit where the ADA go and get revenge on that group of ppl who damaged their cafe hurt the cafe owner and like?? what was the reason </3 g-d forbid the anime ever shows Kunikida caring about something other than his ideals

[beloved-cat-gremlin]

Something else I wanna point out with both Little Nightmares and Reanimal is the difference in how the font choice makes the games feel.

Little Nightmares had that kind of hand written type of font with it. Feeling at home with the game and how it feels kind of childish yet comforting and eerie at the same time. And Tarsier's own logo had a fitting feel to it. With serifs and a very elegant kind of typewriter look to it.

Perfect feel for a game that was horror yet still kept bits of an old timey innocent feeling.

Reanimal on the other hand goes harder. Much much harder both with aesthetic and themes as it seems. And that's both reflecting in the bolt all uppercase title as well as Tarsier's studio logo change.

They seem to go a new path with their studio and in a good way.

I still remember when they decided to change their logo. I missed it at first and I still do a little. Especially when I boot up LN 1 or 2 and I see the old logo. But with Reanimal I'm starting to warm up to this new character that they are crafting here.

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I feel so suddenly validated by the world at large for once wtf.... well I've gone off about the distinction between a franchise name & actual creatives making something, which Little Nightmares really puts a pin in, but it shouldn't be the first time in anyone's life they're having to decide how they feel about. It happens in all kinds of media.

but honestly LN fandom as far as I saw anywhere was BLISSFULLY completely without scruples about any of this, I only ever saw people EATING UP everything LN3, the podcast, the comics, the app games... nobody ever seemed to even stop and say "hey, this lore contradicts this game's timeline" or delineate a preference for one writing team over another,, or art style, or frankly even address the concept of different creative teams. Occasionally someone would kind of go, "is this game/comic still canon?" and maybe quibble in confusion about it, but I never really saw anyone resolutely rejecting any of it!!!

BUT SUDDENLY it's like REANIMAL did FORCE people to actually PERCEIVE the gap between LN3 and the previous two games??? So is it a matter of people being.... unable to really put a pin in stylistic & storytelling gap without direct contrast? But honestly I would think the gap in quality between the writing/presentation of things would be apparent... even within what was already LN. Did it really all feel so equivalent?

But wtf suddenly so validated by so many people suddenly able to say "the designs of LN3 don't fit the world & feel clumsily put together" ... like yeah man!!!!!! What, so many people at once suddenly chiming in to ARGUE that DEVELOPERS MATTER and give Tarsier their due credit for making something with integrity & impression.... like whoa!! Yeah it matters a lot....!!!! There's a kind of pride in the work isn't there!!!

Kind of a little ? sorry.. mean but, amused by all this "two cakes" stuff; how do I say, the two cakes here are more like a Walmart sheet cake some employees at a bakery have to put together for a quota, VS a handmade & homemade wholly original creation. I feel like everyone talks about "evils of capitalism" but we don't often bring the creation of art into that... almost too respectful of the act of any kind of creativity? While I can say when it comes to some things like most book packaging or franchises like Star Wars or ,, idk Disney's Frozen, I definitely hit a point I wouldn't call it a 'cake'. But in this world, I also do think that kind of call is one's own to make ... at what point something feels disconnected from passionate creativity, and travels from art to commodity. Of course the separation isn't so clear and sometimes things you like even by 1 consistent author make that journey [as a creative becomes dispassionate or forced to continue to make something which originally WAS personal, suchas Tove with Moomins] <- much attentiveness required towards 'voice' to really track something like that, and up to you to decide how to engage with.

But ah, I'm honestly just happy when anyone discusses this kind of stuff at all. I'd like people to think about the source of any art they enjoy, and not just a franchise name.

To me it can be as egregious as discussing a movie adaptation's choices as synonymous with a book author's choices. Different creatives making something different.