#while I'm sad that only two of my fav characters have decent parts in this goddamn are they good parts

[light-lanterne]

Heya, Angel. How ya doing today? :D

I was thinking about your Life is Strange ficlet idea and your planned endings and it got me curious. Which ending would you consider the more "canon" ending? (Aka which ending is Will more likely to choose out of the two choice, Mike or Hawkins?)

(Also I've very excited about this ficlet. A combo of two of my fav fandoms? Don't mind if I yes :3)

hello !! pardon the late reply, i've been in a funky mood :( hope you're doing well ~ !!

hmm, i suppose it depends on how much will is willing to listen to mike, to be honest. we know mike is incredibly self-sacrificial and has a bit of a hero complex, so if it were up to him, he'd immediately give his life up in order to save everyone. considering his negative perception of himself (and of his role in the lives of his family and friends), he'd probably argue with will about how his life isn't worth much and how joyce, jonathan and the party are much more important parts of will's life than himself.

now, will has a hard time saying "no" to mike, to begin with, and he trusts mike's judgement and leadership above all, so on one side he'd probably be quite inclined to listen to mike's request and save everyone. he loves his family and party too much to let them just die, after all.

on the other hand, will is a little bit stubborn, usually in regards to his own self-esteem issues but particularly when it comes to mike making foolish decisions. letting mike live out his hero fantasy, even if rational, definitely qualifies as foolish as well. i can also imagine he wouldn't want to let vecna win when it comes to ending mike, especially not after everything vecna's put him through and after spending so many days saving mike over and over again.

more than that, however, i'm not sure will can properly function without mike. we saw during s4 that he was living decently well while in lenora, but he had his family by his side and he was operating under the assumption that mike was okay. ignoring his existence on purpose, but alive and well in hawkins. if put in the same situation, but this time with the knowledge that mike's gone for real,,, i'm not sure he'd be able to handle the guilt and sadness and he'd know this.

so,,, all this is to say that i really don't know >.< i'm slightly partial to the idea that he'd end up listening to mike (if only because our introduction to byler was that they trust each other completely), but it's honestly a toss of a coin and both options have equal chances of breaking his mind completely x.x

anyway, excuse the rant and unintentional character analysis :S thanks for the question !! i hope you're having a great day or night !!

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[adobe-outdesign]

DCTL Liveblog: Chapters 16-20

Sometimes this feels like I’m reading really good fanfiction.

Spoilers under the cut:

Chapter 16

I like how they’re just casually sitting here right after watching someone die and while there’s a demon on the loose. shouldn’t you guys, like, leave first

confirmation that Henry created Alice, even though she wasn’t used until after he left (which is kind of what I figured, but I’ve seen people say it was Joey)

Henry is Norman Approved(TM)

Norman calling Susie a “cute kid” is adorable honestly. I always liked the idea of them having a friendship

the whole “evil thing doesn’t like light” thing bothers me. like one it’s the most generic monster trope in the book, and two, since when the fuck was that a thing? Bendy fucking fistfought the Projectionist, I think he’s okay with a little light.

Actually the Ink Demon in general seems off in this - he doesn’t show any of the mischievous nature he has in the game (yet, anyway) and he does a bunch of weird shit like crawl on the ceiling or make wailing noises. feels like I’m reading about an xenomorph or something than Bendy.

the whole “ink goes through but doesn’t come out” doesn’t seem to make sense either? The blueprints indicate the Ink Machine produces the ink, which is how it was presented to the employees.

The thing about Sammy not acting like himself is interesting. It’s possible he’s so widly OOC is because the ink’s driving him crazy... but unfortunately that still doesn't’ really explain away the bigot shit. Plus it’s hard to tell if that was the author’s intent or not, maybe the next book will make it clearer.

I don’t really get why Buddy’s freaking out. Yeah, the ink’s at his house, and...? it’s not like anyone else is fucking around with the stuff, just wait until it’s safe and then bring it back to the studio.

Chapter 17

oh okay, he was worried about it infecting someone at his house, that makes more sense

Not sure how I feel about the ink being alive and stuff? I actually had a fic that explored that and bunch of other ideas that I didn’t write down because it was non-canon wherein it was something similar, but I was presented in more of an eldritch way. The ink just moving around on its own feels too venom-y for my taste, and is kind of weird considering it never was indicated in the game.

For those worried about the holocaust stuff: it’s just character backstory for Buddy’s grandpa and it’s treated very respectfully.

dumping the ink into a river seems like literally the worst way to get rid of it, but whatever

Chapter 18

"did you paint this?” uh...duh? your mom just told you he sent over his paintings, were you not listening?

Chapter 19

“I don’t have to sit there and watch people die” yeah, you can dick around and get lots of other people killed instead! Dot I like you but this is just a dumbass move

“I remembered the violinist, then tried to forgot her” it’s okay, everyone else already has seeing as she was such a background character she didn’t even get a name

okay screw everything else I just wrote Bertrum flat-out hugging Joey is by far the most surreal part of this book

you see, that was Henry’s problem, he though Bertie was trying to kill him when he was actually just trying to hug him with his carts. an easy mistake

I don’t think this is actually OOC though - they’ve just met recently (possibly only once before now), so Joey hasn’t had enough time to step on his ego and piss him off. we’re escentially seeing the rare non-butthurt Bertie

though to be fair, it is weird that Joey just calls him that and he doesn’t even bother correcting him

also, him brushing off Joey’s compliment with an “I don’t know about that” doesn’t seem quite right for an egotist, unless he’s just pretending to be humble for the sake of appearances

also I’ve been headcanoning him as big both in height and weight since the beginning, I’m glad he’s now canonly confirmed Beefy(TM) (their words not mine)

“Janie and the Bandits” good to see Showdown’s still getting work after being cancelled

Joey calling him a friend is also really funny because I’m pretty sure he still considers him that even after Bertie starts getting pissed at him

oh I see, the theatre was for expansion purposes

���Joey I heard you have booze here and I want it”

Chapter 20

it’s weird that Tom was fired. didn’t he quit of his own accord according to his first tape?

“Allison your fired” “I say I’m not fired” “damn it”

Thomas confirmed Swole

Tom being pissed all the time is... unfortunate, even if makes sense given what’s going on. It’s not a problem in general but when you make a character black you really gotta watch out for implications like that.

Allison knows that people died (esp. Susie), which is... interesting. It feels like it ties into her “I’m no angel” thing and not wearing her halo, though it also feels like it defeats the point of her being the “good” Alice a bit

I really like the little bits and pieces showing how the cartoon’s and ink creature’s minds work, seeing as the game doesn’t explore it at all

I wish they’d stop doing the “and I was face to face with Bendy” thing - it never is him and in this case it’s really obvious it’s Sammy.

TL;DR: Not sure if I like the direction the stuff with the ink is going, but otherwise it’s still pretty decent. Have to see how the final chapters play out tomorrow.