#Sewing Classes in Bern

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Umineko EP8 Tea Party, ??? and End

Featherine is writing and starts talking about when is an appropriate time to finish a tale, remarking that this kind of tale should probably be left in a cat box. Bernkastel is sewing Lambdadelta back up in very sexually charged language, Erika comes to the room, Bernkastel reveals Dlanor is still in touch with her, LambdaBern flirt some more and Erika gets jealous.

Gertrude has earned a promotion, Cornelia is learning martial arts. Will is.... a landlord who plays Badmington with Lion. Dlanor is still hard at work. Lambdadelta and Bernkastel promise to see each other when something else cries.

I think I mentioned it before, but one of my goals for this replay was to have a deeper appreciation for Bern and Lambda. I played the game originally as my first WTC game so I was constantly like, "Well that's definitely hinting at something I don't get". On replay, I appreciate them a lot more and I think reading their lines also gives you a lot of understanding towards other characters, as well.... a lot of scenes are even further contextualized by GouSotsu. If you don't have the context for Higurashi it is very easy to villainize Bernkastel a lot and not understand her as anything more than evil, which I think is a disservice for any Umineko character. I also appreciate Erika a lot more, she feels kind of like a tertiary main character of the answer arcs haha, I mentioned it a lot but I really do pity her a lot and I do kind of hope for better for her anyway. Meanwhile....

Sakutarou is now famous, and also Ange I guess. Or Kotobuki Yukari. Ange is spending her life writing books, hoping to help more children find magic and happiness. Then the name Hachijo Tohya gets brought up... Ange remembers how Hachijo's refusal to reveal the truth ultimately led to the Rokkenjima Mystery to die down, and thanks her. Ange agrees to meet with Hachijo and it is revealed that Hachijo is 2 people.

Ange doesn't really know how to deal with the reveal Battler is "Alive", other than shock. Happy he's alive though. She mentions how if it happened at another time, she would probably be pissed he hadn't shown himself up earlier, but right now she's just happy the miracle happened. Battler confirms what we saw at the very end of ep8, and Ange seems to blame herself for the reunion taking so long, due to her changing her name. But then she thinks about how she did try to meet with Hachijo once and was denied, but then instead of blaming anyone decides to just thank God for the miracle. I am so happy to see Ange so.... at peace. But Hachijo and Tohya reveal that they were perfectly capable of meeting her before, which throws her for a loop, and starts getting actually angry. Tohya explains how he has Battler's memories, but isn't Battler.

I forgot Tohya tried to kill himself, damn, considering Sayo's own issues with identity I can imagine writing the forgeries also helped him cope with his own fragmented identity....

Those tears are so pained... I want to cry. Ange accepts that Battler is both dead and came back to her, and is doing her best to hold herself together for Tohya.

I am a little relieved it is an entirely different Gospel House, the original was kind of fucked up, but this is a house for children to learn of magic. Ange reveals that not only is this a replica of the Ushiromiya Mansion hall, but it's the same as EP8's Halloween party... certainly showing the Battler inside Tohya that he can rest easy with everyone else now.

Battler is back home, Ange and Tohya can keep living in the future with no regrets.

Man, I really don't know what to say. I have already said so much but it still feels like I have so much to learn from Umineko. Umineko and Higurashi have meant so much to me across the years and I am so glad my replay led to me loving this experience more than I did. I hope one day I can revisit the game in Japanese, I am on classes and I want to come back once I am good enough to read this. That's uh, very far in the future though. I still have a lot to say and I will make more posts about my general thoughts once I finish reading all the side content. For now, I will say this replay made me appreciate a lot more how carefully handled the mystery was, and how it made me appreciate the answer arc in a lot of new ways.... first time I thought ep5-6 were one of the weaker arcs and now I think they are among the strongest. It's kind of funny though, I don't really feel the finality I feel when ending a lot of games. I still have so much more to learn about the world of Umineko and When They Cry, so finishing a game doesn't feel like an ending but just a step toward understanding more. This blog has mostly just been a tool for me to force myself to think a bit deeper into scenes than usual, via forcing myself to write down my thoughts. It's a little embarrassing but it has been a fun thing to do. I will probably keep doing it in the future, and I hope doing this will help me improve myself if only a little bit.

[ourbloodandoursteel]

[fifthfang] ❣✏️️

❣: Describe a way that will earn affection (whether platonic or romantic) from them.

“Well, it’s certainly not by promising to turn me into an Etrurian gentleman.”

Rutger thrives on being respected. After the Bulgar massacre, he got used to being treated as a number, rather than a person--especially in Lycia, because while he looks Bernese, he dresses like a Sacaean, and is very quick to claim his Sacae blood over his Bern blood any day of the week. When you came along and treated him as an equal, Legault, it was a very pleasant change--if perhaps a little surprising. He’s still occasionally not sure what to do with being treated as a peer rather than a subordinate, at turns.

Being accepted for who he is, good and bad, is also a pretty sure way to get traces of affection from him. Some flaws he wears on his sleeve, other flaws he tries to hide--anyone who can see the flaws he tries to hide and not immediately tell him what he should do about them will get classed as “friend.”

He also likes a friendly challenge, but that can go badly if you catch him in the wrong mood.

✏ : What are their creative outlets?

He doesn’t have many. He’s familiar with a few creative trades--carving, weaving, beading, sewing--but he doesn’t particularly enjoy them. He doesn’t mind leatherworking, but even that isn’t something he devotes a lot of time to doing with great artistry.

Most of the things he does that could be considered “creative” are useful for combat-related reasons--he makes pretty good arrows, decent bows, decent stone blades, and is a skilled hand at sharpening metal blades.

He’s also very good at different types of braiding--usually this gets put to use braiding ropes, but he used to braid his sister’s hair.

[pinehillcommunitycenter]

AT HOME” ON DISPLAY AT THE PINE HILL COMMUNITY CENTER FEBRUARY 14, 2020 to MAY 30, 2020 The Ties That Bind Community Project In Fall of 2017, Wendy Brackman, an artist and quilter based in Arkville, and Berns Rothchild, the director of the Pine Hill Community Center Thrift Store found that they had a lot of silk men’s ties after a large donation. Inspired by the variety of color and beautiful patterns in their bounty, they decided to spearhead a community project to keep hands busy during the long winter months in the Catskill Mountains. They quickly put out collection boxes around town for more tie donations. SEW Excited Wendy offered ongoing meet up classes starting in November 2017. She demonstrated English Paper Piecing, which is a technique used to hand sew intricate patchwork with the aid of paper templates. Ideally portable, compact, and with simple hand stitching it seemed the perfect vehicle for a community project. Mentored and directed by Wendy, the The Catskilled Crafters grew to a dozen dedicated members. Sit and Sew meet ups During the long snowy winter of 2018, hundreds of men’s ties were washed, opened, and ironed flat for the purpose of cutting out hexagon shapes to create our mosaic story sculptures. All of this while the #MeToo movement was constantly unfolding in the news. During our impromptu gatherings, we talked about men, ties, and our fathers. We shared comradery and inspiration from one another. The Catskilled Crafters are: Wendy Brackman, Blythe Carey, Gail Freund, Karen Goertzel, Barbara Hagstrom, Hedi Kyle, Gail Lennstrom, Teddy Slater Margulies, Pamela Martin, Barbara Redfield, Berns Rothchild, Sharon Suess, and Ros Welchman. WHERE: The Pine Hill Community Center 287 Main Street, Pine Hill, NY 12465 DATES: Fri Feb 14, 2020 through Sat May 30, 2020 HOURS: Open daily: 11am-3pm, and until 7pm Fri and Sat OPENING RECEPTION: Sat Feb 22, 2:00-5:00pm Artist Talk at 3:00 pm https://www.instagram.com/p/B8rJ_J1A91C/?igshid=2ftp7e0y3txk

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