#the second dream spoilers

[cephalonserotonin]

do you think Solaris United know the tenno is a child?

do you think Ticker heard her Stardust stumble through a physics concept or mess up a word and thought, little one, you may be as displaced in that body as I am in mine.

Not necessarily understanding the mechanics of it and not especially caring. Just another luvvie who needs her help.

You're one of us now, and I take care of my own.

do you think Eudico put her faith in Sparky only for it to hit her, in the middle of her work in the back of her head, why the tenno don't quite behave like other soldiers? Did the guilt make her fall to her knees? Legs, the Ventkids, just more kids I am putting in danger.

When she realized that Little Duck knew all along, did she lift the spymaster up by her lapel and raise a fist, only for the Business to gently intervene?

do you think Roky put it together second, after Ticker, because obviously a grown-up wouldn't hang the k-drive like that! Confused at why the other Solaris are so upset, because why wouldn't childhood be anything but a mad dash for survival? That's all she's known.

do you think Zuud keeps the tenno at an emotional distance on purpose? So she doesn't build another family to lose? But the guns will still keep you safe. I know my guns.

I'll tell you what I think: Nef Anyo could encounter the tenno time and time again, and never connect the dots: he didn't get to where he is by now by putting his enemies at eye level.

[clearcutcasualty]

There’s something so emotional about trying to find out what the womb in the sky is, what it means and if it’s like symbolism and for what, and then you actually get there and a goddamn child comes out of of the pod, and throughout this, they’re terrified because they’re just a kid and it’s just

[the-wolf-fiendling]

Ahhh... My favourite part of what I do with my channel is sharing stories I love, and todaY I share one of the few stories in video games that consistently makes me emotional.

[egophiliac]

What do you think of Rook's savanaclaw card? <333

I didn't get him (and I need to save my keys for Silver's birthday, sob) so I looked up his groovy, and I'm not over how incredibly dramatic and epic and cool it looks in direct contrast to the absolutely ridiculous context. just look at that dynamic action and his majestic sparkling tears and keep in mind that this is pretty much right after a bunch of characters have been dance battling for his soul.

and then even the actual moment of the groovy is just like

this is NOT a negative in the slightest, I love it all, this truly was an incredible update in so many ways

[rileyclaw]

turn on the lights, this cannot last forever

watching and dreaming promo

[kaiserouo]

if ordan karris wanna complete that sentence does that mean he also likes us?

[cutter-kirby]

okay guys if nothing else you have to respect philip’s commitment to the bit

[suntails]

dance of dreams

[crunchycrystals]

anyways no architecture game :(((((( no "because you're my friend seaweed brain anymore stupid questions" :(((( no grover killing humans video game :(((((((( no slow reveal of the casino :(((((((( no them figuring it out through talking to people with different english over the years :((((((((( no fast cab driver with unlimited money :(((((((((

[its-your-mind]

thinkin bout how orv starts with kim dokja actively working to ensure that kim namwoon dies during the first scenario

thinkin bout how kim namwoon was a teenager at the start of the scenarios, dealing with the apocalypse using the mental paths that came easiest, jumping into the new world with both feet

thinkin bout kim dokja as a teenager. tired. hurt. alone. his internal and external struggles ignored by the adults around him. choosing to throw himself off a rooftop because there wasn’t anything in his life worth living for

thinkin bout how kim dokja woke up again, even though he had planned not to

thinkin bout a teenage boy. lost, alone, broken, scared, angry, in need of someone to come and show him how to keep moving forward

thinkin bout a protagonist in a webnovel who is an example to you of how to survive against all odds. a mantra to repeat when living life as yourself is too hard

thinkin bout a hardened and powerful hero who knows exactly how this world works, who holds out a hand offers you a place with him

thinkin bout teenage kim namwoon, looking to yoo joonghyuk as captain, teacher, and protector

thinkin bout teenage kim dokja, looking to yoo joonghyuk as role-model, hero, and refuge

thinkin bout teenage kim dokja, who saw himself more as kim namwoon than any of yoo joonghyuk’s other companions

thinkin bout adult kim dokja, reclusive and unsocial, hiding his phone from his coworker so she doesn’t see what he’s reading. convinced that yoo joonghyuk would look down on him if he learns who he “really” is. ashamed of any details kimcom learns about his past

thinkin bout what happens to a life when the person living it has never seen in it any redeeming qualities or objects of value. how someone feels about life when they tried and failed to give up that life a decade ago, and every day since has felt almost accidental

thinkin bout the lesser fire dragon. the disaster of floods. the strongest in seoul dome. the devourer of dreams. the 73rd demon king. the industrial complex. the war between good and evil. the wager with secretive plotter.

thinkin bout the most ancient dream. an empty station. a cold and hard bench. bandages and a notebook and a too-loose uniform. smaller than he should be for his age and more broken than any child should ever become. alone.

thinkin bout an unbreakable faith, shattered. a family frantically throwing themselves at their heart to save him from himself. desperate hands prying a blade out of shaking ones, moments before the jagged edge pierced deep into vulnerable flesh

thinkin bout how the younger kim dokja, recently released from the hospital, does not watch. instead, he instinctively curls up to protect the parts of himself already hurting the most. he begins to repeat his mantra

thinkin bout how kim namwoon kicked and fought and screamed and stabbed. and then, when he realized there wasn’t anything he could do, he got down on his knees and begged kim dokja for his life

thinkin bout how kim dokja just stood over him, held him in place, and looked at him in silence as the clock ran out

thinkin bout kim dokja at the beginning of his story and at the end of his story. in a subway. looking down at a teenage boy.

making a choice. the same choice, both times.

the first time: an explosion, a blood splatter on his reflection, and a confused and wary protagonist who has lost one asset and gained another

the last time: arms holding him back, a family hugging him tight, and another protagonist who steps in front of him. holds the child close. forgives him everything. offers up anything more he could need. and kim dokja watches as the person with the strongest claim to vengeance upon this younger facsimile of himself instead gently gathers up the most ancient dream, tucks him close against his chest, and walks away with him safe and sound in his arms.

[cephalonserotonin]

I got a neat bug where a Railgun Moa’s attacks persisted in the air after it died. little energy circles.

[tinyfantasminha]

Chapter 7 spoilers

Diasomnia Episode ● 7 - 53

[fatedroses]

More than just the Demon.

[passionfruitbowls]

Luz Noceda in ‘Watching and Dreaming’

[saltpepperbeard]

going insane going insane going insane because like-

stede does it. stede turns into what he thinks everyone wants. stede turns into what he thinks is expected of him as a man.

working on his "mean voice," turning into the swashbuckling hero in his dreams, doing exactly what he thinks their world wants from him...

only for ed to still leave him.

now, i of course know why ed left; he was choosing to run to leap ahead of rejection, leaving before he got left. but stede doesn't know that.

in his eyes, stede did everything right. a proper pirate. a captain. a man.

and ed still leaves.

[rui-drawsbox]

⚠️ Diasomnia episode 7 spoilers⚠️

that awkward moment where you don't know how to edit but you can't take the idea out of your head (i did my best)