#reverse 1999 UTTU

[ti0mumu]

Somehow I managed to finish the UTTU event using only guys. just had to try and get some cards i still didnt had but it is done. Do not underestimate APPLe's healing! (but do use a proper healer lmao I just have no options besides him and... Darley Clatter? yeesh)

[ivy157]

UTTU

[tamberrio]

The only shounen protagonist that matters to ME

[hoshiboshimax]

Blossica doodle

[vingler-mirror]

To think that the coffee became popular as the good luck coffee because Isolde was ordering it... and she only did it because it was Kakania's favorite...

Kakania be hyping the most ordinary coffee ever and Isolde just making the same order because it makes her wife happy

Also that cafe owner definitely owes Kakania for its business. Not only she brought in visitors with her patients, she also made it popular by regularly visiting with an opera star

[fishareglorious]

vila woke up and chose violence despite having literally no attack cards. im so scared

[schneiderenjoyer]

Now that global's getting some more good world lore with the recent two events, I can finally just talk about how much it fascinates me that arcanists, by nature of their genetics, actually are just a different species of their own.

Like, the clear discrimination aside, the fact they definitely stand out among humans truly emphasizes the battle they face to be recognized as equals to humans if you view their race as not a sub-category of human, but as a different species entirely. How like fantasies depict humanoid creatures such as elves and dwarves, but they're never classified as human. That's what arcanists are starting to feel like.

This idea is also supported by the many hints and factoids scattered around the in-game UI. How the Celluloid Activity (the game's energy system) is a form of genetic DNA seen only in arcanists that help them control arcanum. Or how the concept of Gnosis or Deep Thought is their way of focusing their energy and help process the world and the arcanum around them. Blonney's struggle narratively in the event shows just how much arcanists think very differently compared to humans that it's seen as "odd" and "not normal" (also love the neuro divergent subtext of that for arcanists honestly).

But the real kicker of how it makes me confirm that it's not just a human discrimination of a race, but straight up xenophobia for an entire species is the conversations we get from the entire Nightmare in Green Lake, where the majority of the cast is purely arcanists interacting with other arcanists.

From the conversation in car of casually talking about Tooth Fairy eating fairies to the point she got cursed to have her teeth stolen like it's a conversation about the weather, to them just glossing over the erratic behavior of Changeling keeping campers hostage and later just getting rid (or throwing them out of the campsite) once she's bored of them. These are seen as normal behavior to arcanists.

Like, forget the members of the foundation probably seeing worse, I'm surprised Blonney didn't react more to the realization, it's honestly hilarious. But that just shows the clear divide of what makes arcanists different from humans. Which also explains why a lot of the arcanists talk so cryptic and artistic, sometimes not making sense unlike the human characters who talk straightforward and direct.

Because to us, as humans, we understand that language better and viewing arcanists' language is hard to decipher since they're a different species with a different culture and way of thinking.

This opens up larger avenues of viewing the struggles of arcanists in a human dominated world and the dark implication of the Foundation potentially experimenting on arcanists not to find the cell to withstand the Storm, but to transplant the ability to use arcanum onto humans through genetic alteration. Which can be backed up with the masks the Manus gives to humans to withstand the Storm, but in exchange turns them into monstrous beings because they can't handle the forced application of Celluloid Activity on their body.

[sleeplesssmoll]

W-What's in the tea, Sonetto? Instant +99 Moxie is crazy!

[acesw]

UTTU's Magazine Guide

So they do have lore! This is very interesting to see.

How to access it:

[please-let-this-work-oh-my-god]

As fucked up as the other parts of Barbara's backstory are, this is kinda funny ngl.

Her full character sheet and udimo under the cut

(Mystics here is a mistranslation, it's supposed to be "arcanist")

[anonymocha]

They’re beefing.

[kane-turu]

Is it gay to invite a girl stargazing to enjoy a rare quiet peaceful moment just between them???

[tspultradeluxe]

One of my favorite APPle facts is that he’s a wine taster. Which is fermented fruit. He’s the first herbivorous fruit

[necronatural]

made a r1999 oc to be diggers' sugar daddy and objectify him on my behalf

[stari-hun]

Interesting note I found while cleaning out my screenshots, Pandora Wilson doesn't believe in arcanists as under the umbrella of people with humans. UTTU: Notes on Shuori was her learning from the people of Pei City and the characters there about their stance on humans vs arcanists. There are biological differences, but to them they're just unique traits that differ from person to person.

[vingler-mirror]

Oh Isolde... no wonder you always act like your life is one big stage of play... the curtain never really falls for you, huh?