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[beanieman]

If the element of surprise is important, then it seems like the group is on their way to escape.

During 3B, Sou is disappointed he can’t get Sara to snap. He expected her to be this ruthless killer who would take out her allies with no qualms, but instead, she was the groups caring leader. And even if we’re talking about the logic route, Sara decides that she doesn’t want to be a monster after what happened to Alice/Reko. She chooses to be good and do good in the future, which is a defiance of how she acted in the AI simulation. 

And she’s not the only being defiant. Everyone is unified still, especially on the emotion route. Their bonds haven’t been broken by bloodshed, and that might be there biggest advantage as they were expected to be killing each other by now. 

I have a lot of hope for the group escaping on at least one route. Hopefully they’ll continue to not meet the floormasters expectations.  

[beanieman]

I think it’s notable to Shin’s character that, despite his rush to escape, he still gave Gin and Sara time to say goodbye to the AIs.

The AIs should have been a low priority in this scene. The group needed to move before they were caught, and I'm sure Shin knew this since he's always been well aware of his morality. Yet, he paused so Sara and Gin could have peace of mind, even if that peace of mind was saying goodbye to a program that wasn't real.

Shin is such a good character, and I don’t buy his “I don’t care about anyone in this group” act for a second. 

[beanieman]

Beanieman! Did you get anything for Christmas?

Yes! I got a weighted teddy bear that is perfect for cuddling on a cold winters night.

I also got real dagger.

[beanieman]

This is a very bittersweet moment. 

For a fleeting moment, Shin is no longer the weakest man in the death game. Nor is he a threat that needs to be treated with the same caution as a rabid dog. Instead, he’s a leader who marches everyone from the death game and to what is assumed to be safety. Here, he gets what he wanted in the first main game, to be a valuable member of the group that everyone is counting on. 

He also takes what would be assumed to be Sara’s place by walking in front. She’s not the leader in this scene. Rather, he is. For a single scene, he gets to be what she is.

That’s why it’s such a punch in the gut that it was all fake. Shin only got to pretend for a moment, and then was flung back into the reality that he was never supposed to be the strong who led them from the death game.

Anyway, I really like the symbolism of Shin getting to walk up front for this scene. He really was leading the group for a split second there. 

[beanieman]

wyd

Playing BG3 at 2AM. I finished my normal playthrough, so now I'm seeing what the dark urge path is all about. And Alice (My cat) is helping.

[beanieman]

Man you know those stupid kid movie things where some kids tease another kid about having a crush on someone? I'm getting notifications from Tumblr saying stuff like "your tumblr crush BeanieMan has posted something new" and like. I enjoy a lot of your analyses and stuff, so I guess that's why I was getting that notif. But what a Shin Kinnie experience.

The only thing worse than being a Shinnie is being forcibly assigned a crush on one by Tumblr.com.

[beanieman]

what if shin actually figured out the password to kai's laptop right away but the reason he didnt see anything before it died was because he checked his tumblr and took too long

I hate this ask.

Not because you said anything wrong. The mental image is hilarious.

But because this is unfortunately very me coded.

[beanieman]

I do find it funny that in most fandoms, a lot of people are misogynist to the point that they'll be unwilling to forgive a female character for doing the same thing as a man, yet in the YTTD fandom, the reaction to the escape endings were initially -

Sara And Nao: "We have escaped the death game by killing everyone else!"

The Fandom: "Good for you two! Y'know, I really wish you luck and healing out there. 🥰"

Q-Taro: "I have escaped the death game by killing everyone else!"

The Fandom: "I want him obliterated."

Y'all are really beating the worst of the fandom stereotypes. Good for you.

[beanieman]

While I disagree with Q-Taro emotionally, logically, he’s not wrong.

It’s not like Q-Taro drop-kicked Gin wearing an “I hate kids” tee shirt to get his tokens, which is what some people acted like he did before 3B came out. He played the game by doing attractions, offering his strength to trade tokens, and making deals. That’s fair within the rules of the bartering game. In fact, the other participants could have done the same; they just chose not to.

If we look into Q-Taro's mind, he knows that someone will die during the next main game, and he doesn't want it to be him. In his mind, if one person can make it home, why can't it be him? Most would agree that the kids should be the priority in a situation like this. However, just because Q-Taro is an adult doesn't suddenly mean his will to live is gone. I can't totally fault him for having self-preservation, as it can be scary to stare down death regardless if you're ten or a hundred.

Again, I don’t love what he does in the vending machine ending. Yet, his actions make sense if you look at them through a logical view rather than an emotional one. Which, I think is interesting! It ties in well with the core themes in the game, and what happens when a more logical person is faced with death. 

[beanieman]

"Yeah. I don't have kins that would be deemed as problematic." I say. Forgetting that somewhere out there, a Sara kinnie has put a bounty on my head.

[beanieman]

shin's the type of character i want to hug, protect, and give the warmest blankets and soups but also want to completely soak him in milk to throw against the wall

Just from the way you talk about him, I know he’s one of your top five favorite YTTD characters.

[beanieman]

Do you think Shin would own any pets? a little meow meow maybe?

I feel like Shin is a pet guy.

I imagine him owning a lot of different things. He's a cat person, so a cat is on the table, but I could also see him enjoying a simpler pet like a betta fish. I could see him as a lizard or turtle person, too. He seems like the type to get a turtle in childhood without knowing their lifespan, and then twenty years later, he has a pet that will likely outlive him.

What I can't see him owning is anything classified as a farm animal. I also don't think he'd want to own a dog simply because of how much exercise they need. I don't think he'd be a bird person either because they're loud and messy, but I still think he'd own a bird before an animal that needed to be walked daily.

[beanieman]

What do you think will happen to the rest of the dolls of the contestants after the game ends?

That’s the million dollar question!

Either they’ll be kept lying around, which is horrifying if ASU-NARO (or someone who just found them) decides to boot them up. Or they’ll need to be destroyed, which is also horrifying since the dolls have a level of sentience.

Personally I hope the dolls are destroyed just so the surviving participants can live without the worry of another version of them being somewhere out there, but it’s a no win situation.

[beanieman]

tumblr was glitching for me and said you were an advertisement and when i clicked on you it took me to a website. are you real or just an advertisement doll for asunaro

Of course I'm not an advertisement doll for ASU-NARO.🥰 I am just a simple Tumblr user who thinks you should consider buying a specialized beanie for the low low price of 1'000 dollars. You'll never see a sale like this again. My Venmo is-

[beanieman]

I hate how spellchecking programs will mark down your work for using words that are "too big" or "too uncommon." For multiple reasons, seeing a word you've never seen before and then using context clues to define its meaning is a good thing.

For one, you can't learn what a word means if you don't know it exists. People expand their vocabulary by seeing new words and going, "Oh! I didn't know there was a word for that. That's neat." And two, it's important for media literacy that someone can look for context clues.

Someone should be able to figure out what the word "accumulate" means from seeing it in the sentence "She wanted to accumulate as much money as possible." And if big words are discouraged, then people are less likely to learn that skill because it's not being actively taught. Which is a blow to media literacy overall.

To further prove my point, I put this post in Grammerly and I was given a 73% readability score. The words they docked off points for were "accumulate," "uncommon," "vocabulary," "discouraged," and, most ironically, "literacy."

[beanieman]

This dialogue really hits different in the logic route. 

On the emotion route, it seems like Sara is reacting to Hinako's harsh view of the world since everyone has been able to keep their humanity. Yet, on the logic route, Sara has killed a child to make her life teeter a little less on the thin balance beam of life. And as we see later, she does it again when one of the Yabusame's is killed when she plays into Ranmaru's escape fantasy.

I have noticed some of the lines in the game correlate better with a certain route, and I think interaction is most suited for the logic route.

[beanieman]

How do you feel knowing that shin and Kanna are related to hatsune miku?

I mostly feel amusement, but Shin Tsukimi would in fact have a heart attack if he saw this tweet.