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Muroboshi Ron Wallpapers [540 x 960]   ↳  @grayheaven11 asked “Ron Muroboshi - Norn9?”

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‘I really don’t understand the science of love.’

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JUMIN HAN 

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some post-v thoughts

obv spoilers under the cut lots of words lol.. ended up more choi sibs-centric thn i had anticipated

i’m gnna be honest here overall the route made me suffer more bc of how damn expensive everything was lol.. i’m not the type of person that’s going to set alarms to wake up at ass o’clock to do a chatroom, nor am i the type that feels satisfied with any day less than 100% complete so i parted with quite a few hg this time around lol

that aside though ..  hm.

i’ve always really hated how fandom treats v like the only victim when he and rika’s relationship, even before his route came about, has been noted by fans as being unhealthy for both of the people involved and ig that’s where i want to start??

in the route itself, he admits that he fucked up which still doesn’t make what he did okay lol like.. his relationship with rika aside, leaving saeran behind has always bothered me. you never get any indication that he wanted to rescue him from mint eye, just that ‘oh shit! guess he’s indoctrinated into this cult now better keep it under wraps so seven doesn’t get hurt!!” like.. allowing saeran to just stay there wasn’t going to help him at all in any way later on; he didn’t attempt to fix the situation like with MC’s case he just sort of lets saeran exist within mint eye, deciding that it was enough to just keep his whereabouts unknown rather than attempting to do anything about the whole cult situation in the first place until MC enters the chatroom and then he decides that an innocent person can’t get involved as if saeran asked for any of this to happen to him ?? 

and yeah you can argue that ‘oh that’s why he’s been afk fr so long’ but more of what he’s doing seems more like prioritizing the rfa’s ignorance towards mint eye rather than actually dealing w/ the cult (like.. jumin easily would’ve lied for v and gotten rid of it before it got That Bad but .. yknow.. otoge writing,)

moving on 

is it good that v recognizes his faults in the relationship and wants to change? absolutely but someone owning up for the terrible things they’ve done doesn’t automatically make things better, apologizing does not erase the fact that those things happened in the first place

i hated that seven never gets to know ray’s true identity in a “good” route where v is supposedly owning up to all the things he did wrong, all the lies he told the rfa, etc etc he never tells seven that ray is saeran. 

go ahead and point out that seven figuring out unknown’s identity is a huge part of his route and therefore not necessarily something that belongs in v’s route, but given v’s heavy involvement with that particular situation, i think it would’ve been well-worth addressing in this route and it just feels so wrong that it was never actually touched upon???

bc again v had so much to do with saeran’s current status just like he had it within his power to help rika before she could create mint eye, he also just ?? didn’t help saeran and didn’t own up to knowing his identity in his own damn route when he sees seven beginning to question him??

like. ok the type of secrets v was keeping are the type that, even if they’re shocking and create hurt, only breed more bitterness the later they come to light and the fallout of these things being revealed is obviously something that he has to deal with and that’s okay!!! 

as bad as it sounds, i feel like he doesn’t get what he deserves by not having to take responsibility for hiding ray’s identity from seven?? it’s not helping him, nor seven, to keep that piece of information a secret -- in essence, he’s still being allowed to lie and that was probably one of the things that really ..  left a bad taste in my mouth wrt his route

i mean there’s other things as well obviously hh like i already see fandom treating rika like shit and yeah, i agree, blinding v isn’t okay, creating a cult isn’t okay, forced indoctrination isn’t okay i understand that, but using her actions to excuse v’s actions is just really stupid imo??

they both should be held accountable for their own actions?? because their actions hurt others ?? there’s no “this person specifically should take all the blame” bc each of them have things they need to take responsibility for; rika blinding v does not change or make okay the fact that v left saeran to suffer under mint eye, lied to the rfa, etc etc and vice versa like that’s.. not how things work lol

and like.. it.. really doesn’t matter if rika’s actions are “worse” than v’s; like i said before their actions bring harm onto other people, saying that v is some kind of angel or w/e while simultaneously pretending like he didn’t inflict harm on rika as well has never sat well with me because it’s like people are disregarding the toxicity of their relationship on both sides. justifying hating rika by saying that v “deserved better” because of the mental state that he helped to foster is really unfair and idk just kind of sketchy??

and i’m not saying people can’t hate rika or that they can’t like v or w/e it just sucks to see character’s that’re actually pretty multifaceted being watered down to “the clingy ex that started a cult and her poor wittle ex boyfwiend who just wanted to help” bc it’s not that simple and it’s been said before but you can like and dislike characters while still acknowledging that they’re not 100% good or bad -- recognizing flaws is important and the polarized mentality that even the game itself promotes near the end of the route is a little Yoink hHFNDf,

anywa y, in conclusion the route itself was very ... idk it left me a little “hm” in several places and while there were some endearing things about it (jumin cosplaying, getting to invite weird guests, seven Confirmed Having Toned Arms) i felt like i really couldn’t .. get into it the same way i did with the others?? like it all felt a little too black and white as i stated before but

yeah

i can’t really say i was disappointed by it or anything because i wasn’t really sure exactly what i was expecting but it sure was an Experience and idk

i will nevr get the hg back but it’s ok 

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Finally gathered enough Onion headlines to make a post, yay!

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it’s been a while since i’ve done art on my own time 000: anyone excited to cry while playing v’s route? bc i am

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HHTIS MAN IS CANCELLED

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shinpachi is a gift

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hakuoki experience thus fa r..

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the shinsengumi stabbed me w/ their swords, killing me instantl

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LOVE HIIIM

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