#umineko ep 8

[forestlovesyou]

There's nearly not enough art about Tohya so I tried my best at making some!!

[aeroplanestouchthesky]

[umi all spoilers]

Thinking about Ange telling Battler to not look back at her in Episode 4 vs Battler telling Ange to not look back at her family in Episode 8. The idea that just looking at that "magic" directly is enough to destroy it, but to avert your eyes is to make it real.

It's also interesting thinking about how the role-reversal in the VN versus Orpheus and Eurydice. What if Orpheus had accepted the "magic" of Eurydice being behind him? What if Eurydice was leading Orpheus instead?

(Less paralleled, but we also have Kanon telling a blinded Jessica to not touch him episode 3 and Beato telling Battler to keep his eyes closed on the boat in episode 8. I can't think of a similar instance with Shannon and George (does it happen at all ep 2?), but it'd complete the trio)

[hidden-tea-party]

ange ushiromiya: how dare you show me nothing but lies battler! you're not even my real brother, you're just an illusion so I will never trust you!

also ange: hey this catgirl who put me in a meat grinder a while ago seems totally on the level

[trlvsn]

can i get an award for solving the ep 8 umineko murders without the tips. can i get a fucking award because i think i deserve one

[forestlovesyou]

I’M BRAINROTTING SO MUCH I THOUGHT THIS WAS ABOUT UMINEKO AND ERIKA 💀💀💀

[violetstrations]

[ID: a digital drawing of Beatrice from Umineko. She is shown from the back, lit by her pipe which fills the canvas with purple and gold smoke. From the smoke emerges butterflies. The artist's watermark is on her sleeve. The background is black. End ID]

you guys are never gonna guess what I've been getting into recently

[patchoupatch]

waiting

[kushanna]

anyways now that i'm close to finishing umineko and being a bit sad about it, i'm actually really grateful to myself lol cause i really did take my sweet time reading it. i had so much self control and actually went back and reread stuff countless times lmao, i did solve everything i could within my own limits and it was pretty nice. i think i would have enjoyed it either way, but i'm sure having gone through it like that made me enjoy the experience more. yayyyyy

[espeartz]

I’m so obsessed with them it’s actually insane

[forestlovesyou]

The other serious artwork i had in mind for today

actually after being in an artblock i feel pretty pleased with myself :] I hope you guys like it

[aeroplanestouchthesky]

I know that the manga ending is contentious but I thought it was just because they reveal more than will did in EP 7. Holy shit wtf is this. (major Umi spoilers)

I legit can't believe that Cage of Constraints just. Pins it all on "Shannon". What an insane lack of nuance to the three. What a crazy way to just write out Kanon. Now I understand why manga-only people talk the way they do

[aeroplanestouchthesky]

I don't remember the exact context of this passage, but I do think it's interesting to parallel what Beatrice and Ange's "last thing" is, since there's 3 contradictory wants going on.

Ange's "I want my brother to come back to me" to Beatrice's "I want Battler to remember his promise to take me with him"

Ange's "I want revenge on Aunt Eva by proving that she killed my family" to Beatrice's "I want revenge on the people of Rokkenjima by killing them.

Ange's "I want to discover what the true fate of 1986 was" to Beatrice's "I want to resign myself to what the true fate of 1986 will be"

this is an ange and beatrice paralellism...

[hidden-tea-party]

we are fast approaching the end of hit visual novel umineko. all of our silly jokes from the start come full circle as the fight for the end truly kicks off! join us for our penultimate reading in hidden tea party episode 47: Minecraft returns!

[anawkwardlady]

Umineko is great but it what if it was about Ange searching for Bern in the forest of Rokkenjima.

[individuating]

my #truth:

ep 1 = ep 7 (beatriceless)

ep 2 = ep 6 (furniture)

ep 3 = ep 5 (tools)

ep 4 = ep 8 (ange focus)

[georgebbwbush]

so many fucking witches