#isat act five

[cloud9v]

in stars and time but in that part of act 5 euphrasie gets yeeted out the window

[temporallloop]

STOP! before you make an extreme decision or take drastic action of some kind, think about SIFFRIN

are you:

S - sick?

I - indignant?

F - fatigued?

F - famished?

R - resentful of anyone trying to help you, even loved ones?

I - in a state of distress?

N - needing a hug?

if you answered yes to one or more of the above, fix that and then get back to your big decision!

[heart-ajaxs]

hi I promise I’m still alive. Have sif being normal !!!

[vexedmilky]

I knew act five was gonna go to total shit as soon as I saw this face

[meamiki]

vaguely based on a stream silly from the first stream. when my friend KEPT INTERRUPTING LOOP DIALOGUE.

vvv vague context clip below vvv

aaand. well. apologies for layers of links because 18+. if you are intrigued by that clip and want to watch the full streams there' s a link to the full vods channel in this linked post right here.

(there are 11 streams.... mainly because we did all the optional content except the ghosts event i think? because RNG)

i promise my audio quality gets better ASFSAFASFA

[miraene13]

WHAT THE FUCK.

MIRA AND ODILE....

KING OF RUINING EVERYTHING GOOD IN YOUR LIFE HOLY SHIT

I KINDA DONT WANNA GO ON!!!! I KINDA JUST WANNA LEAVE IT HERE! DON'T DO BONNIE AND ISA! I CANT GO TALK TO LOOP THE GAME WON'T LET ME!! LOOP WILL DEFINITELY BREAK ME OUT OF THE SPIRAL THATS THEIR JOB BASICALLY!!!!! BUT DEAR FUCKING G O D IM SO

AUGAHAGHHHHHHHHHGHSSHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAGHHHHAUGHHHHHHH

IM GONNA EXPLODE!!!!!!

[starrycat123-blog]

has anyone thought about like. post game of the in repetition and change au but like. specifically in terms of isafrin? and. possible isabeau x siffrin x roboro? I have come up with a ship name for the three of them that is frankly silly and bad: robeaufrin. which. In my brain sounds like robofrin. robot siffrin au, lol. that's kinda why I like it but it's not really accurate. so uh someone could easily come up with a better name for that if they want to

like yeah isabeau isn't inclined toward selfcest the way siffrin is but siffrin has two hands and I think isabeau and roboro would at least become friends after the whole ordeal, though it might take some time.

[cloud9v]

so would the act 5 stuff be like their equivalent of the colors out of space or smth

[bloopsalot]

Sif, or as some would call Frin.

[mapleandgingeroatmeal]

OK I have a strong feeling I'm about to end act 3 next time I talk to the king in a second here. Figured out that The King and Sif are from the same place, got the picture, gone all through the house after all friendship quests are done. The last snack scene before the king here has been so sweet!! They're a fambly!! Its also got me tense af though. The good feelings are building so high that I just know they're going to be used against me...Whatever's about to happen is gonna hurt, I just KNOW it.

[vexedmilky]

I like isafrin....they should at least enjoy each other's local proximity or something I think....

[sneeg-snag]

Loop, and the potency of “I asked to be here”

i have been thinking non fucking stop about this game since i played it and i NEEDED to talk about this one damn line. SPOILERS FOR ISAT ACT SIX AND TWOHATS IF YOU HAVE NOT PLAYED THAT PLS DONT READ!!!!!

i thought of this while driving a couple days ago so APOLOGIES if its a little rambly and all over the place but ive genuinely been turning the act 6 fight and just Everything about the game around in my head like a rotisserie chicken for the past couple days.

thinking back on loop after Act 6 has got me really mulling over some of their lines- ESPECIALLY said before I personally figured it out. one of those lines that stuck in my head was when loop says "I asked to be here"

at first i definitely interpreted this as "i saw your situation, and i wanted to help. i asked a higher power/the universe (why theyre a star) and here i am! in return, i am now stuck with you until you get out." loop was playful and kind of carefree, making jokes and poking at siffrin.

and i feel like in some stories this could very well be the case! its apart of the heros journey to have this kind of higher power help the protagonist, and i can definitely imagine a world where something like this happened. Sif wished, and a shooting star saw and wanted to help him.

but thats not what happens in isat. Isat is a game about loss.

and now, looking back after the reveal and the act 6 fight, that line of "i asked to be here" is incredibly potent and hard hitting. instead of it being "i asked to be here" like i originally thought, its "i asked to be here."

its a knife that turns on loop and twists, just gets worse and worse for them. you say "there cannot be any place worse than this", stuck in a timeloop of your own wish, and no matter what you do you cannot leave. so you say "anything will be better than this" and the universe listens and says "really?" and the monkey paw curls.

you asked to be here you say as you watch someone with your face be put in the same predicament. you asked to be here you say as you watch this clone go through the same events you did. you asked to be here you say as you give advice to this doppleganger because youre still stuck. you asked to be here you say as you watch this understudy get out. live the life you were supposed to have.

the universes biggest punchline.

[theonewithallthesecretpockets]

I'm love Loop.

[extantformoflife]

do you think if I don't look at my computer for the whole time I play this bit act five will be easier to get through

[defender-of-jouvente]

Meow!

Oh!!!! Cat in my inbox!!

Hi kitty!

[You're gonna have to try harder than that.]

[We don't meow for just anyone, y'know.]

[pixxyofice]

this game was wonderful. SO worth the ride. even if i knew some of the spoilers beforehand, the moments still hit HARD because even if you know the big details, you don't know the small ones. the ones that can hit you and build up and make the bigger things mean more.

... thank you for helping me cry again.