#bc of the parts with vyn :/ bc yeah

[vynegar]

chapter ten analysis/discussion

Continuing my analysis/discussion post on chapter 9, I decided to translate the same author's post on chapter 10 as well. I omitted some of the introduction and ending since it wasn't the meat of the analysis. First is the bilibili post, then below that are a few comments I had on it and the chapter. Also, this is much shorter than the post for chapter 9 lol.

my usual disclaimers; I’m not fluent, there will be mistakes and especially with this type of post I won’t be agonizing over precise word choice, just the overall argument. check my masterlist for more translation and analysis.

[Tears of Themis | Main Story Chapter 10 "Sonorous Silence" Plot Discussion and Analysis by 日和风物诗. Originally posted to bilibili on September 8, 2022.]

[T/N: I'm going to abbreviate Gladiolus Valley Research Center as GVRC because it's a pain to type out]

There's a lot of information and of meaningful content in this chapter. Thus, many of the lingering questions from Chapter 9 have been resolved, but many new questions have also arisen. Let's go through and analyze and answer them one by one.

1. "A good place" that Brigid Gries said Gerard Boone went to

She described it as "a good place", but we all know that it definitely isn't "good"…

The scene where Jerome took Brigid's hand is probably hinting that he is likely the person who took Gerard away. Vyn also obtained a list of names from the auction that included Gerard and Brigid's names. Considering these two things, it's very likely that Gerard was taken somewhere where they are pharmaceutical experiments, just like with Huey.

2. Matthew Richter's role in the overall story

From his kidnapping of MC at the auction, his threatening Vyn with a gun during their confrontation, and Marius saying that the Richter family is the biggest investor of GVRC, all the clues tell us that he is in opposition to us.

However, Wilson Sorge and/or the possible Crimson Biotech person he was speaking to are closer to the actual mastermind. I think that Matthew is just another scapegoat and target that they're pushing forward. But why is Matthew willing to do things for them? Why would he care about the experiment's progress being impeded if the research center gets targeted?

Based on his voice, it's easy to realize that Matthew was the person Vyn was speaking to last chapter. Vyn had said "Should you also be preparing [a suicide note], given your current situation?", and in this chapter Vyn also called him an "invalid". And when MC said he'd fit right in as the "main feature" at a funeral, it "seems you hit a sore spot because the man responds by slamming his fist on the table." (10-16)

Based on that information, I'm guessing that Matthew has some sort of terminal illness, which is why he's investing in GVRC. He believes that research on NXX-based medicine could help his condition and hopes that one day they'll develop an "effective medicine" without side-effects that can cure him. But this requires large amounts of testing on humans and adjustment. Therefore his motives may be different from the mastermind's, but they're cooperated since they have similar interests and goals.

3. Who was the person with Brad Gries in the video file? Who called Felicia?

My guess is still Jerome, because he's the one who's most involved in the whole situation. Brigid is close with her mother, so Jerome is also likely to be the one who called Felicia. He has so much information on this family so it'd be easy for him to gain their trust. His speaking style is also gentle and guiding.

Their next goal is clear: to direct the investigation towards the Richter family, then continue controlling things from the shadows…

4. Why did Bryan Wing receive an invitation to the secret auction?

My understanding is that he received an invitation since he is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and people in high positions tend to be invited for the "quality" of the "auction items". But thinking of it another way, why would an auction that's "not on the straight and narrow" be so bold as to invite Bryan Wing? Either they have the power to cover up anything illegal so there's no way to investigate, or they have a very powerful "backer" that makes them fearless. Either option is disturbing.

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I don't have much to add on points 1, 3, and 4; either the story hints at it very explicitly (Jerome taking Gerard away) or it's a very straightforward speculation on the question raised during the chapter.

Regarding Matthew Richter, I'm so glad the author pointed it out because I completely forgot about that scene from last chapter and about keeping an eye (ear) out for the unknown person xDD But I think they're spot-on; compare the voice in chapter 9 with Matthew's voice in chapter 10. In addition, the criticism of Vyn's manners and rudeness is the same as well.

The connection between all the comments hinting at Matthew's health and his involvement with GVRC also ties together so many strange little details into a reasonable explanation for his circumstances. Excellent attention to detail, no notes, I'm 100% on board with this conclusion. My only additional thoughts are that this situation feels all the more complicated after what we learned in Vyn's Sweet Chapter 2-07, about his attitude toward disabilities and imperfections.

Vyn: When I was very young, I witnessed my family member being discarded because of their imperfections... Vyn: As for the nobles, they stood on a pedestal and gave out commands as they watched everything happen with heartless eyes. Vyn: In their eyes, whether it be a defect before or after birth... Vyn: Or a psychological or mental disability... They see it as a form of imperfection. Vyn: And the people with these imperfections are nothing but trash in their eyes. They believe these people to be worthless and without the need to exist. Vyn: Ever since then, the seed of the "fear of imperfection" was planted in my mind. Vyn: I have always been afraid... I have been afraid that one day I will become imperfect and be tossed away because of it...

As of now, I haven't seen anything that suggests Matthew's (possible) illness is genetic in nature or that he has anything to do with the situation mentioned there, especially since it's talking about the Svart nobles. If it does, though, it gives more weight to Vyn's fear of the results of the genetic test in his Sweet Chapter. Either way, we can see the hints of this internalized prejudice towards "imperfections" in the way that some of Vyn's insulting remarks about Matthew are about his health. And in the timeline of the main story, MC hasn't been there to help him work through those issues.

So much of Vyn's history and issues have been in the context of his father's side of his family that it's interesting to see how this one may show up in his mother's side of the family. We know from Matthew's comment that both Vyn and Reina often "clash with him", and I'm looking forward to learning more about his relationships with the other characters.

[anittam]

ToT Theory: We Already Passed The Prologue, We Just Didn't Realized It

Hi, nerds! I been on a break from playing tears of themis, bc for a while it stopped being a game I enjoy playing and started feeling more and more like a chore, but recently I started playing again, so I think I will start posting again, so yeah.

Yesterday when I got home from work, instead of my brain helping me relax, it kept bombarded me with abstract and useless concepts, preventing me from sleeping, and just like that, this theory was born.

Warning: Crack theory (I meant it), and spoilers.

I have no clue of how long you been playing tot, but let me tell you something, early game tot fandom were fighting for the lives, because of the game's prologue, that shit was crypted (I not sure if I used this right) as fuck, for no good reason. Trust me when I say, people were losing iq points trying to get some sense out of this.

So many theories were made, some saying that vyn was the villian, rosa was a traitor or amnesiac, stuff like that, but what most theories had in common was that the prologue happend somewhere in the future of the game, that eventually we would do a full circle and go back to the begining of the game.

So here is my sleep deprivation theory on this subject, the prologue happended somewhere between the blossom chapter 4 and the first year anniversary.

Hear me out, at this point of the game I fully I believe that the dream sequence was really a dream, and not a trance vision. Rosa, our sweet sweet Rosa, just received love confessions from her four good male friends, and she doesnt know what to do, she is overthinking and overanalyzing trying to decide who she should chose, because she likes all four of them in a romantic way. She is thinking about it so much that she even started dreaming about it.

In the dream sequence, she sees the boys, Luke, Artem and Marius, and its connection with them, being represented by 3 objects.

If you paid attention to the blossom chapters, you would realize that thoses objects where thing that represents Rosa getting closer to them, by the way, all of those objects where introduce in the first blossom chapter (I think is because the writes just had a general ideia of the way the story would go so they just putted there in the beginning so they wouldnt have to think to much about them). The 3 objects were, luke's box, which is a central point to his personal story, a painting Marius gifted Rosa, and a bouquet Artem sended to Rosa (I know the flower is not the same, but the change is to represent Rosa's feelings at that moment).

These 3 things, although important in helping Rosa and the ones she loved build a strong relationship, it also brings her sorrow because of her indecision. Because she cant possibly love four people at the same time, thats insane, and cruel on them.

But anyway, after that she sees herself in vyn's office, and he say some weird shit, which phrase referring to one of the boys.

Luke: he talks about the chest of memories, rosa spent 8 years think about luke, what she did wrong, why he abandoned her, just for him to throw some bullshit excuse at her, in luke's first bithday card, Rosa say that she hated luke, but she cant stop loving him. But since he came back, she started to learn more and more about him, and his new life, and she is not exactly thrilled. When it come to she and Luke, there are trust issues, that are very hard to overlook, but they learn to work it out.

Marius: he talks how Rosa pretends to be okay and she is not, and that my friends is a recurring theme in their relationship. And not only her, but Marius is the same, they are constantly trying to not let the other know whats going on, they put on this facade of "im fine, dont worry" which just let the other more concerned. They have communication problems, but as the story they learn to be more open, and properly communicate their needs and concerns.

Artem: this part is the most used in "Rosa is a traitor" theories, because vyn talks about standing by your convictions but betraying your heart. And seeds of this happening was already presented in cannon storyline and in the Artem's personal story, in chapter 3 of the cannon story, Rosa strongly believes that the law is wrong, because if mother killed to save their child, they shouldnt be punished. And Artem's blossom chapter 2, Rosa wants to go against her clients wishes and push her to put her husband to trail for domestic abuse. In both scenerios, Rosa show herself to be a very closed mind person, and if she thinks somethinf is right, she would stand by it to the very end, what ends up causing friction between her and Artem. But in the end she give up her ideials, to do the "right thing", and that is her greatest conviction, doing what is right, she doesnt always agree, and sometimes she gets hurt in the process, but she done right nonetheless. Alternatively, it could also mean, think she has to choose one boy, even if she likes all four.

And after that she start feeling overwhelmed, she is in pain, and vyn makes her go to sleep again.

Now, what about vyn? What is his part in all of this? Since they barely touched on the hypnosis subject on the game, we could link this to one other moment in the game, in vyn's blossom chapter 4, Rosa witness vyn hypnotizing a pacient to help her realize that the one she loved was only using her, which left an impact on Rosa. Maybe her subconscious thought that such practice would help her decided which boy she should choose, but that didnt help her, just left her more confused.

And then she woke up. Without having her response, and still not knowing who to pick.

And this is my theory.

[vyntilador]

Hi It's me from the Tiktok,I Have this Headcanon On Tot Boys Being a Dad Like I'm Sure Artem is gonna Spoil His Children ESPECIALLY Marius Like The moment he hears His Child Mumbling About "Wow This Kitty plushie looks cute" and He be Like "Then Get em" he might Also Buy the Whole Store(I wish a had a marius in my life) AND for Luke,Like i think he's gonna be A Chill Dad yk Like Setting a prank together with his child and do cute Stuff y'all Mostly go out to Have a Family Bonding Since Luke is Busy being a Detective (a hot One) and lastly Vyn i think He's the Type of that Who Enjoy Reading his Children a Story When it's Bedtime and he's the type to also Gossip with his Children like "Dad there's this Kid-" and he go like "C'mere Tell me all about Ur school and stuff" LIKE ISN'T CUTEEE and While Us Just Watching Them Interact and Smiling like an Idiot, anyways This is just What i had in mind ofc ur free to Say no to my Idea But Yeah That's All,Hope you have a good Rest!🖤

Father, May I?

NXX boys as dads</333

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Genre: fluff ofc but I'm adding angst parts after every story bcs it's my specialty duhh(I WAS BORED SORRYYY)

A/N: BESTIE UR A GENIUS THIS IS RLLY CUTE TOO😭😭😭 IMMA HAVE A FIELD DAY WITH THIS ONE TYVM SRY IF I REPLY TOO LATE SCHEDULES PRETTY TIGHT</333 also i might make this into 2 parts bcs it might take long idk depends if I finish this quickly!! Sorry for the wait<3

Vyn Richter

This man is literally A DUKE of a kingdom LITERALLY LOOK INTO MY EYES AND TELL ME HE WONT GO ALL OUT FOR HIS PRINCESS</333

He doesn't rlly flex it often in the stories (except when he literally showed to their faces that only he had an invitation to that one Pluto cruise ship lmao

Speaking of cruise ships, he'd definitely be renting/buying a whole cruise ship for your daughter's birthday or if she's not into those, he'll arrange for her birthday party in the ballroom in their castle/family mansion in Svart

Honestly, he never wanted to ever come back to Svart if it wasn't for his little princess</33

You told her a bedtime story saying that her dad is a king and you're actually a queen which makes your daughter a princess

The story was supposed to make her sleepy but she ended up getting too excited and literally begging her father(Vyn) if they can come to their castle (he didn't agree at first, hesitant onto how the people of Svart and most importantly, his father woulf react but who cares his child wanted to go there so why not🙄)

Yeah with that said, after that, he just went on a spoiling spree on his daughter but he won't overdo it ofc🤷‍♀️ He doesn't want her to turn into someone condescending and just a bad person as a whole and with that kind of raising technique of his, she grows up into such a sweet girl and he sometimes can't help but smile stupidly with how his daughter resembles her mom so much 😭

Angst part

Ok so me and a friend of mine had this hc where like I forgot most of it but it was just how if Vyn decides to leave you and come back to Svart (he doesn't know that you have a child together so u ended up raising your daughter alone)

Can you imagine the shock on his face when he passes by the house he used to live with you in Stellis, only to see you playing in the rose filled garden with a little girl

You turn around to the sound of your name being called, hesitant but you still did it as you recognized his voice. He stood in front of you in formal attire, looking down on you with a soft glimmer in his eyes, seemingly shocked and feeling guilty

He asks you why you didn't tell him about your daughter but you immediately interrupted him saying that he never gave you a chance to speak

If you let him in your lives again, he'll make sure that his daughter lives the best life, guilty with how he almost made her live the same childhood as him</3

But even after the second chance you gave him, you desperately picked up the broken pieces of your heart from the ground as you tear up at the sight of the father of your children and the King of Svart, Vyn, being wedded to a woman on equal footing as him.

Artem Wing

Mkay so first of all, uhm TWINS?? Lets say it's a boy and a girl. Well the girl resembles you in EVERY way possible. She's stubborn asf but determined with whatever she puts her mind into. She sometimes pushes his brother into doing stuff he loves like inspiring him yk??

Her brother tho, she's like Artem lmao💀 He's usually calm and silent in a corner somewhere doing arts and crafts while his sister is in the middle of the room singing twinkle twinkle little stars from the bottom of her heart

You'd think that the sister would be the protector between the two of em but it's actually your son. He's kinda timid and shy but he won't tolerate any unjust actions towards his dear sister</3 (You nudge Artem and chuckle at how much your son resembled your husband</33)

When it comes to what your children want, like toys, clothes etc, I wouldn't say that he'll buy anything they want (that's a lie he actually buys them whatever they want when you're not within the vicinity lmao)

It usually goes like this, your daughter is asking Artem to buy both of em something because their friends have it and he'll usually refuse when you're there but the moment you go out to buy groceries, you'd just end up dropping the bags of grocery you had with you the moment you come home as you lay your eyes on the newly bought bikes that looks expensive asf in front of your home LMAOOOO

Yall remember that one personal story where he spent millions for us during the investigation?? He'd def do that to you and your children

They aren't even born yet and he's already having your house renovated for their rooms, already buying shit ton of toys, going to the mall ONLY for food and suddenly, hes calling you over to ask if this little baby onesie would look cute on your children</3

There is no Angst part. I mean, ITS LITERALLY ARTEM WING. HES THE GREENEST OF THE GREEN FLAGS MY BOY HAS NO FLAWS.

Luke Pearce

Also twins ngl. Energetic ones at that

Twin girls?? Absolutely (do yall know the fanarts of Lukerosa with this daughter named xiaxia😭😭😭)

Well lets just pretend theres two xiaxia's here

Anyway, he's like those uncle/grandmas that give you chocolate or money in secret when your parents aren't looking

Like maybe before you all eat dinner, daughter 1 is already hungry and is sulking bcs you didnt let her have a bite of the ice cream and here comes papa Luke to the rescue, passing her a piece of chocolate discreetly 😭

Gives your daughters piggy back rides especially when going out to family night outs or when just going to the park to have a little picnic. Or at weekend nights when you're both not working, you're all in the living room laughing softly at the 3 of em seeing them dance in the middle of the room to some children's music

OH AND ARRON IS DEFINITELY SUCH A CUTE UNCLE TO THEM OMGGG hes giving them plushies, money...toy guns..(as soon as Luke found out about it, he's immediately banned from coming over lmao/j)

Hes vv soft to his princesses but he isn't too soft that he gives them everything. I'm not rlly sure but I think he'd like practice disciple with wanting stuff like, 'Do you want the chocolate or the animal plushie? If you get the chocolate, it wouldn't last very long but if you get the plushie, you'll have it forever!'

Goes to your childhood home sometimes to hang out in the attic where you and Luke used to play in and introduces your girls to Sherlock Holmes</3

(DRESSES THEM UP AS JOHN WATSON N SHERLOCK HOLMES😭😭😭😭)

Just the best dad overall tbh

Angst part<333

He was very hesitant with having children with you with the thing abt his life and his line of work but the moment that he sees the smile on your face slowly dissipate and turn into a look of gloom, he feels guilty for even hesitating for a moment and immediately hugs you

He knows he won't be around for a while so even if he really wants to give your children proper discipline, there are moments where he just spoils them to their hearts content

Sometimes at night, he sits alone in the balcony of your own home and he smiles softly knowing that you now have little angels to look after you once the time comes.

The burden of all of these dawns on him tho. Like, what would your daughters feel like when they realize their dad's gone? What if his work as a spy results in his family getting hurt? Or worse, what if one of them gets pulled into the NXX stuff?

There are times where guilt and despair overwhelms him so pls go easy on him amd always give him cuddles<33

Your touch used to bring him comfort but why is it that when you brushed your hand against his face to wipe his tears away as you laid half conscious in his arms, it brought an overwhelming sense of fear and guilt?

He hugs your body closer to him as tears fell continously from his face, hurting at how his princesses will probably have to grow up without parents.

Marius von Hagen

He spoils them. No negotiations, no questions asked.

He has a son too btw!! (his son hates him lmao)

Your son hates it when his dad hogs or steals all your attention which then ends up having a mini Marius sulking and hugging your legs asking you with a pout if you love Marius more than him LMAOOOO

I forgot where I read this but I think its the personal story???? idk i forgot Where the cat sneaks in to his home and just hates him overall

Your son would def wanna keep the cat and claim that the cat is now his "accomplice"

Yea but with all that aside, Marius is definitely soft for his son</333 He inherited everything of his dad but he has your eyes which makes him more vulnerable to puppy dog eyes of your son when he asks his dad to get him something

He's well aware of his footing in society so he knows how to stand up to himself well. Or if paparazzi surrounds you, poor baby would scream at them and tell them how he hates them for making his mom(you) have a hard time

Surprisingly, the reporters feel bad and start making way for the three of you to go home

Marius is definitely proud of him for standing up for himself and his mom. Speaking of that, he's another sucker for his kid when you're away. You could literally blink and the moment you open your eyes again, there's suddenly a mountain of toys around u lmao

Angst part

Marius is also very aware of how dangerous it is to live in front of the camera and being exposed to the judging eyes of the public so he tries his absolute best to keep you both safe. Including with scandals, where it's said that PAX CEO Marius von Hagen is having an affair with someone else while having a family of his own. His heart breaks into a million pieces as he looks down on his son thats literally crying and hitting his leg with little to no force because of how hard he was crying.

Hes cursing his own dad on why he has the guts to make u cry like that. His last straw snaps as tears swell into his own eyes as he bends down to pick up your crying son and he hugs him tightly.

He considered leaving PAX and having someone else run it seeing how bad of an effect it left to his family but you begged him to stay there seeing how important the company is but what you didnt expect was that he'll someday put his company first before his family.

A/N:I think i kept turning away from the og plot im so sorry😭😭😭 i made this at 12 last night bcs i couldnt sleep so m sorry if it does look too good💀💀

I also just went with it and did all of em lmao I WAS ALSO HUNGRY WHILE MAKING THIS SO THATS PROLLY WHY I WAS STRAYIMG FROM THE PLOT LMAOOOOO

[actualbird]

hi zak!

the main story cn pv reminded me of a question I had! sorry if it's boring / has been discussed on here before, but how do you think the timeline of the game works? do you read the main story as an au different from the universe in which Rosa is with one of the guys (which means there'd be at least 4 "universes", one per guy but with the main story as part of that development), or do you see it as entirely seperate?

I personally tend to like the idea that the main story is a precursor to the relationships / happens within the first year before they start dating. I think it (as of what we have on global rn) has to come before that first anni mark, bc the boys are still stuck in some of the issues they had before they began to develop. also, some of the important developments from the main story must exist, such as meeting vyn in his home or defending Marius in ep 2 for their respective stories to even exist, which implies some sort of layover between the two. some characters, such as Harry grant, also appear in events tailored toward the others (if I recall, harry appears in the event for vyns first birthday), which implies the story has continued beyond the point "required" (only up to ep 2 is 100% necessary to begin vyns route) for each ml. in my opinion, this implies that the main story has unfolding effects on the story, but it feels like we see less of the latest chapters have impact into the specific solo ml events or stories.

the events do sow a little more chaos imo. the really big events imply a realistic passage of time; 3rd anni event seemed implied to have also come in the 3rd year since Rosa joined nxx. but this also feels like a wrinkle because it stands in the way of the idea of it existing in the same timeline as Rosas relationship with whatever man. if they were doing the blizzard red thread event as an nxx team, it implies the nxx duty has not been completed, right? but at that time in the mls story line, they were dating right?

I find it hard to believe Rosa is in a relationship w whichever guy at the time of the main story just due to their lacking growth. as a vyn stan, it's most apparent in him to me. in the main story he struggles w trust and still seems very standoffish, but these are things he has begun working on and continues working on as his feelings, and eventually relationship, develop. I'm not as bothered by some differences, like how Luke's illness is revealed in the main story vs how it was revealed to Rosa in his story, bc I can reason that to myself as making up for the fact that not everyone plays everyone's stories or in whatever universe, such as one where Rosa is with Artem, she would not find out as she did in Luke's story, but if she were with luke, maybe his main story would "take presidence" in the sense of what's canon? I guess in the sense of a weird if; then sort of thing?

idk if this made sense and I'm so sorry it's so dreadfully long and ranty. I have a lot of thoughts about how the storylines could connect but also struggle to line up, and I was curious as to what anyone else had to think or say about it, especially if there's any details I'm for getting. but also as this is so long pls don't feel the need to answer it, or even to answer it with something like super detailed. I just wanted to put my thoughts out there and ask what you personally tend to lean toward in ur own thinking :]

ohhhh this is a really interesting view you have!!

my personal view is kjsbflkdl completely different tho. i personally see the main story route and all the romance routes as like Completely Different Timelines/AUs, where main stories 1-5 happen before the romance route but then after that, diverge completely

i remember....i made a chart about this....once.....but i didnt save the image and i cant find it on my blog anymore kjBKSJFDF

but yeah i view them as different timelines. mostly because it's a headache to marry all the timelines into one, but also because luke (my brain's constant focus) is so different in his romance route and main story route. i view those two lukes as separate versions of luke, and thus these stories as stories that happen independent of each other

your view is really cool tho and i enjoyed reading this ask :D

[samsspambox]

Some Musings about Luke's Illness and Parallel Theory

hi, howdy! it's been a while since i've done one of these! but i have a Thought™️ that I thought was worth sharing, but I wanted to wait until close to the end of Vyn's newest sweet chapter.

anyway! idk how much i'll write but i'll just put everything under a read more :D

now, for those new or those who need a refresher, a while back on this humble blog i started talking about 'Parallel Theory', which is the idea that if one NXX LI has a certain trait or an event happen to them, another NXX LI would have something similar happen to a varying degree while the other remaining LI's would have an opposite attribute. (Rapid fire examples: Marius and Artem having people they care about go missing, Vyn and Luke's past being foggy and full of Mystery, Vyn and Marius holding positions of power they don't want)

but i couldn't figure out how Luke's illness (which, for the remainder of this post will be theorized to be caused by the NXX drug) would be applied to the theory until the 2nd part of Vyn's sweet chapter came up. The genetic testing.

this got the gears in my head going, especially with the small snippets of main story from the cn server i keep seeing on twt. what i've seen is vyns family (?) being involved in some way or another with the drug. that, and given that vyns father regularly gets invited to a ship that deals with nxx drug dealings feels intentional.

"sam" i hear you say "what the fuck. what's your point?" and to that, dear reader, i say think about it. the mention of genetic testing implies a state of being healthy. there's nothing to worry about, right? it's not at all a form of foreshadowing, right?

i think that one of the nxx boys aside from luke will be afflicted with a sickness produced by the nxx drug. my biggest contender is vyn for the reasons listed above, but it doesn't have to be him. one could make the argument that it could be artem or marius. i wouldn't put it past hyv to add a kidnapping arc.

but! it wouldn't be as bad as luke's illness. they'd have it for less, obvi, and the fact that bc they're hyv's way of getting money, i don't think any one of them would die. they're protected by plot and economic armor. but i feel like it'd be an interesting development!

honestly it's not as polished bc it's fairly recent, which i'm labeling it more as a musing and not like a prediction, but it'd fIT!! and yeah! there's a musing! :D

[2truehearts]

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i think of the genre and one line that explains the whole fic (or i tie it w a person // emotion // piece of literature i’m referencing to and i js let my mind do the rest!!) & tbh i don’t know how obvious it is but my fav asks to answer are yours KDHDJBDKD yeah so NEXT QUESTIONS

to restart and all from my prev blog (iykyk) & probably chaotic or silly JDNSKDBKSJD (which is true tbf—)

sir vyn richter my therapist and part-time fiance <3

OH MY GOD I AM SO GLAD U ASKED BC ITS UR AYATO FIC THAT U GIFTED TO ME LIKE IT STILL HOLDS THE MOST FAV FIC IN MY HEART RAAAHARAGARAGT (link for it’s here teehee) & they’re my freckles or birthmarks!! i answered it in stell’s ask already methinks

DRESS BY TAYLOR SWIFT OMG IM OBSESSED W IT (again) & i already answered in oli’s ask!! which i’ll link after i post this hold on djbsmsj

[vynsvision]

Ok, MHY... I'm ready for RRG 2

If I convert all the s-chips it gives me 30 which makes 68 wishes in all.

While Artem is hot, im probably going to skip "Stretching" MR... or at least, not use s-chips to get it.

Now we just hope I dont hit hard pity for Vyn's rrg ssr and that his rrg ssr comes home first. Artem can come home if he wants to AFTER Vyn. I dont care. Just Want Vyn.

[ad-hawkeye]

wait is artem's card that bad? omg it sound so out of character :((( i always feared they'd make him this dommy guy since a lot of the fandom wrongfully associates him to that trope ...

ANON I'M SO SORRY. as someone who feels the exact same way as you, i regret to say we literally took the biggest L of the century.

well. time to be blunt. i personally think the card is extremely out of character. to the point where when i was reading it, i didn't even process it was artem. my brain was just like oh. this is a whole other character. but seeing as i am in the small minority of people who feel this way (from what i see anyways), it just might be a preference thing. and for those reading who enjoyed it, please feel free to ignore this post and enjoy it! but as for you and i, anon, we seem to be on the same page with similar preferences ^^;...

i can give a quick run down of the card. i'll be vague. there are three parts (like the first anniversary cards). the first two are very normal and very artem-y. right down to artem avoiding eye contact with mc for weeks because he's too nervous about proposing.

if you jump ship at part 3 you'll have a normal experience with nothing lost and still get the proposal and everything.

because part 3 is where it goes off the rails. like, 0 to 100. FAST. like pure sleeper agent shit.

they're riding home, artem is shitfaced (wow shocker. this is their only fallback for him i swear), artem is like blabbering on about how he regrets being passive and wants mc to "proactively be [his]", then when they get back home. he immediately picks her up and starts making out with her

which like. Aight.

"can i push my greed a little further" is a line i then read with my own two eyes, mc quivers uncontrollably like a leaf, and then we get the only W of this part - mc says yes which like. nice. consent. the bare minimum. thanks hoyoverse.

we lose that W soon enough bc he bites her neck and keeps smirking and is like you will only gaze at ME from now on 😈 and has this really weird dommy back and forth with mc that is like uwahh artem i won't look at anyone else

also really funny bc this card confirms this is the first time they bang so i'm really glad artem just knows how to do all of this shit his first time. and by glad i mean baffled.

while we're at it, i think he's still holding her? like carrying her this whole time? while drunk? insane? then it fades to black. literally. the lights magically go off while he's still carrying her.

where was i. oh yeah. hated this card. i liked vyn's card where he tries to hide his boner with a jacket better because at least it was funny. artem's card (the final part essentially) was just sad.

[justalazywriter]

Story I watching the stars | tears of Themis | Gn!reader

Vyn & Artem

Warning: none

A/n: alright this is shitty bc i haven't wrote anything in a long time

➢Masterlist

Vyn

Vyn wandered slowly with you through the fields , amused by your still confused look . "Vyn where are you taking me ? I don't like this path at night." You muttered the last part but Vyn replied to it "Don't Worry my darling , you'll only have to go it once." He stated jokingly evil and chuckled as fear added to your confused look .

"we're there " vyn said laying out a comfy blanket and you sat on it first claiming the left side while he sat close next to you on the right. He pulled you closer to him . You wanted to say something but Vyn shushed you and pointed up . And you looked up seeing why he brought you here.

"Meteors?" You asked in fascination . But as you wanted to ask vyn how he'd known this , you found him starring into your eyes and smiling . Forgetting the first question and replacing it you asked :" why aren't you watching them ? They are beautiful." "the only beauty i see here is you, love . You truly outshine them. ", He whispered. Only now you saw the eyes of your boyfriend were softer and held pure adoration in them . He moved his face closer to yours until you felt the soft lips of your boyfriend on yours. He pulled away and smiled as he watched the meteors and took your hand in his. You both enjoyed the scenery in quietness.

Vyn had already in mind bringing you to the next natural phenomena. Because the way your eyes sparkle when something fascinates you , he loves seeing it.

Artem

He finally got a day off with you and drove you somewhere a bit far from the city . As you both arrived it was already dark. It was a lake , the reflections of the moon and stars visible on the calm water .

There weren't many trees and some fireflies flew around . Artem sat down on a blanket he put out and motioned for you to sit next to him . He smiled as you did so and leaned against him . You both looked up and after some while you both saw a shooting star .

A "made your wish love?" Interrupted your thoughts . Artem was looking at you smiling "yes , i did. You?" You asked back with a smile " yes" . You both continued watching the sky with your hand in his . Suddenly his phone rang and Artem sighed. You sat up giving him space to grabs his phone. You expected him to accept the call but he just declined it and turned his phone mute. At your confused look he answered "i don't want this moment with you ruined by work. "

He smiled and pulled you closer to him again , "let's enjoy it , they can tell me tomorrow what they want . " He said in a soft voice and looked up again and you did the same.

Yeah end lol

[tiramisiyu]

helloo tira! just want to ask, is it true that marius is the one who already have the personal story card 2?? and if u don't mind i want to know what your opinion if i say that maybe personal story card part 2 each male will lilbit hurt-comfort or angst(?) like what they do to marius (kidnapping)

sorry for asking this bcs i'm forgetful person and sometimes i don't really following cn server update 😔🙇🏻‍♀️ u can't ignore this if u uncomfortable. anyway have a nice week, tiraa!!

yeah, both vyn and marius already have the personal story card 2!

unfortunately i paid really little attention to their stories so I wouldn't be able to say if there's a trend on the type of content;; I guess we'll see with luke & artem after the anniversary?

no worries, i'm not bothered at all~ hope you have a nice week as well!!

[actualbird]

Ask meme:

how to care for your dear friend who is currently stuck in his magical serpent form 

Like just. Tiny Dragon!Marius being lifted up. I can't get that out of my head.

For one due to that looooong cat meme I made, for two just... it's so funny. Like Marius von 188 cm and towering over everyone just becomes the tiniest most precious and very much traumatized dragon alive and some part of me find that very funny and some other part of me find that very sad.

also i just want you to know that has influenced my sims 4 gameplay (bc of course i made the von hagen family. no trauma because i can't seem to find that one in game and frankly they die too easily), and that's why i made him a mermaid because... ok look water creatures, close enough, there's no "descended from dragon".

(I also hc that Marius can turn into like, a long ass fucking python and his favorite thing as a python is cuddles. like he's just a big ass snake that likes to lie down on you and/or chill under your clothes in winter because it's always too cold. 90% of the times it's Luke or Rosa being squished by the Marius Python. Artem is really kind of scared but willing to do it and Vyn comes in one day with a long tube thing, throws it in Human!Marius' face and goes "there, now stop whining about being cold" because yeah he made a whole ass python sweater)

HI ROSE!!! and OWAAAHHH oh my gosh, my noodle dragon marius fic.......i havent heard your name in literal years.....(sidenote: im SO SORRY i havent updated it in LITERAL YEARS i do wanna go back to it but there are....a lot of complicated plot stuffs i have to work out first ;-;)

that aside, im so glad the uppies moment was memorable for you, it's memorable to me too as the one who wrote it because EXACTLY i pictured it like the long cat meme and it is Peak Comedy to me to make marius, the Tallest, be Smol.

ur sims playthru sounds cool as hell!!! and SO DOES YOUR HC HHHH THATS SOOOOO CUTE. marius being able to shift into reptiles is such a fun thing to work with and the cuddles (needed for the coldblooded creature) will be LEGENDARY. vyn making marius a snake sweater that is SO SWEET. vyn can bitch all he wants but thats Love And Care, Right There!!!!

ask meme: tell me the FIRST scene from my fanfics that come to mind as the most memorable to you

[samsspambox]

i finished chapter 8 and i have tHOUGHTS!!!

spoilers under the cut

aaaAAAAAAA THIS WAS SO INTERESTING!!! i really liked the red herring they tossed of Rio being the killer but then finding out Lowie actually orchestrated it,,, damn

anyway from the top!

VYN LORE ACTIVATE!!! Holy shit i genuinely didn't think he would've carried reminders of his fam (mainly the crest) but i can see why. like sure, he doesn't wanna be part of the de Haspran house, but also he's cherry picking?? like okay his dad has his own agenda (making him look good so that when he does inherit the duke title he has a good deed under his belt) but he's using his position for his own advantage which yeah, stick it to the man vyn, but also daddy de haspran isn't gonna be there forever and him cherry picking is gonna come bite him in the ass

also i don't have the sc but artem being like 'oh can you keep her safe' man if your peepaw ass doesn't shut up rn 💀😂 i love the irony in artem being protective

TINKER LUKE TINKER LUKE!!! we were robbed of all the cool gadgets luke made MC this round!!! where's my lipstick taser luke pearce!!!

mood, mc. absolute mood.

LUKE AND WECHSLER TEAM UP!!! sure it failed at the end bc of the explosions but hOW COOL WAS THAT!! THEY SUNK INTO THE SHADOWS WITHOUT PROMPTING!! that was so cool forget luke v wechsler, i wanna see them kicking ass together!

pLEASE!!!! team that roasts together, stays together!! (tho i'm really glad that even Baldr has a fucking moral code. props to howard for putting on his big boy pants on)

hello who the hell are you?! but also thank you for giving the old man a name (which i promptly forgot after seeing you) but dO NOT DISTRACT ME WITH YOUR LOOKS I GOTTA THINK!

before this it stated something that caught my attention. that someone else was researching the nxx drug. see, i think it'd be crimson biotech, the corporation we've heard about but only in passing when the NXX drug was first introduced. it's a perfect set up now that Herison (and Turner) are out of the play by both health issues and credibility after the trial. it's the bigger big bad compared to the small fry that was herison.

and yeah!! those are the initial thoughts i have (i'm sure i'll think of more when i process and put all the key points im thinking about on my lil map LMAO) but tHIS WAS SUCH A GOOD CHAPTER!!! i'm so excited for the next chapter (which is a luke centric chapter if i'm getting my pattern right and wOW DOES THIS PLAY INTO HIS ILLNESS HOLY SHIT!!) and yeah! the end! :D

[samsspambox]

HELLO! i have finished the inspection chapter and i have tHOUGHTS!!

spoilers bc obviously, read at your own risk :D

honestly when i saw the promo i thought it was just irene wanting to hurt more people but sHE WAS IN CHARGE OF KILLING VYN????!!! like okay, vyn is fairly easy to kill bc he's the one with a pretty set schedule (you know he's gonna be at either the center or at stellis u) but tHAT DOESNT MAKE IT ANY LESS BAD HOLY SHIT!! and also the fact that there's a hit list and that he was last kinda means that vyn was the one that posed the smallest threat and i just think that's so funny

also the ending line? 'no longer a threat'? chills, chills i tell you

yO ALSO THIS!!! i think all of us were under the impression that it was three original members and then their appointed successors, but artem being in the original nxx?? that was news to me. i feel like the game implied that artem came on later than the rest, at least that's what i've been thinking. but that does beg the question: why wasn't artem on the hit list if he was part of the original team?

MI NIÑO MI ADORACIÓN HES SO AWKWARD AND BEAUTIFUL AND AAAAAAA (also artem being able to pull is so funny when you realize he only wants mc) ((also, bi artem? 👀))

kNOCK OFF ZANGR GET OUTTA THERE FUCK OUTTA THERE AAAAA

*points enthusiastically* THIS!!! i feel like this basically confirms that luke has been in contact with the nxx drug and has been experiencing side effects. this is literally a long shot but i feel like the game is gonna take 'the answer was inside you all along' a little too seriously with luke right there. luke is gonna be the answer to the nxx drug, and the blood in the sword in some of his promo materials just kinda cements that for me. cuz he's literally giving all of himself

LUCAS PEARCE YOU FUCKING LIAR (hey google play favorite liar by the wrecks) but fr tho, it's just so interesting to see how easily luke lies to others but mc can see right through them

LMAOOOO NOT AGAIN!!! also artem, please take your vacations you're a menace to hr please

vilhelm richard albert de haspran pLEASE CAN YOU NOT NOTICE THAT ITS A FUCKING TRAP!!! i think it's a trap honestly. like come on you had a hit on you and now you wanna get on a fucking boat that has the disney gimmick of 'dreams come true'? dude, someone's dream is for you to be dead cOME ON! also hOW?! how did you get an invite to pluto?! i'm gonna hurl you into the sun my guy lmaooo

also did this have two degrees energy? i feel like this had two degrees energy LOLOL

dAVIS TIDBITS ARE BACK AAAA IOVE THESE!!! also davis sentience??? davis ily you need an important part in the story like sotn.

and yeah!! these are my initial thoughts i gotta stew and chew these around for a while. definitely seeing some theories getting more evidence while others are being debunked. good shit i'm so excited for more!!

[vynegar]

updates/current braindump: the empyrean’s touch MRs all follow the pattern of voice message 1 being the LI reminiscing on how they met (or reunited, in Luke’s case) and message 2 being them musing on themis. tbh i’m not even sure if there’s much interest in these but vyn’s has a line that i think is interesting from a theorycrafting/analysis of the game’s main ~Themes~ angle so i’m p sure i’ll work on that this week. (somehow no one else has really done translations of the MR messages, even though they’re p short and easy to do? at least on youtube, all i see is jin yamashina’s translation for artem’s. imo it’s definitely one of the more interesting MR sets but i guess this set isn’t as ~~spicy~~ as the halloween ones for example so :/) but yeah i’m almost certainly going to translate vyn’s, i might do luke’s (also fairly interesting) and marius’s (not as interesting to me but his bday is coming up and i have nothing on the masterlist for him rn) but not sure

EDIT: oh ONE MORE THING about empyrean’s touch MRs. this will be the second set of MRs i will get the full set for bc i love unique themes (i got all of the bighead MRs) and also have u SEEN the namecard like gotdamn

also still in the process of reading vyn’s new SR but i definitely think it fits well with my analysis (scroll down if you haven’t read it, i reblogged it recently). honestly all the concrete elements are there for it to me to logically decide to translate it (plants; fairy tales; abandonment of perfectionism; seems like a direct follow-up to rainy pickup and echoes endless whispers in many ways as well) but still haven’t seen much that makes me want to translate it. idk, we’ll see. usually part 5 is where the revelations are. also it seems like the vyn story writers are clearly building up something, that is, they are clearly sticking to some similar themes in the card stories. (new card is so clearly meant to be a straight line extrapolated from rainy pickup that it’s almost boring.) it might be cool to really take a look back on his cards this year and try to make some predictions for anniversary (vyn writers it’s a sign of my trust in you that i’m saying this)

[vynegar]

enduring light SSRs liveblog thread, will be updated as i read. screenshots and spoilers!

luke

adfjdaskj the card animation is so crazy there’s just so much motion in there xDDD

oh it’s set right before college graduation... rosa and luke will finally be able to graduate together :’) surely everything will go smoothly for them after graduating

MC HAD EXCELLENT MATH GRADES SO SPECIALIZED IN INTELLIGENCE STUDIES!!!

kiki is here but with no sprite ): and she likes drawing!! (but is putting that on hold to also work on codebreaking)

SHE!!!

oh i know luke must be sabotaging again for rosa to not have anyone ask to be her partner for the dance

KIKI SUGGESTING THAT SHE ASK LUKE

OKAY SO IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE NOT CHILDHOOD FRIENDS. IT’S HAPPENING IT’S HAPPENING IT’S HAPPENING

THEY’RE ALWAYS WORKING TOGETHER SO GRADUALLY THERE WERE RUMORS THAT THEY’RE DATING

luke rejecting a lot of girls’ invitations.... DON’T WORRY LUKE I’LL ASK YOU

kiki best wingman

EVERYONE IN THEIR CLASS HAS BEEN TRYING TO GUESS WHO WOULD CONFESS FIRST

A;LDSFKJA DK HE DID!!!! HE DID CHASE AWAY ALL THE OTHER SUITORS!!!!

oh luke has his parents in his universe :’) his dad got him a (rare and expensive) audio recorder pen before he started college (who wants to bet that it’s full of recordings of mc’s voice. and his parents)

also it’s probably a reference to the mp3 player in his 3rd bday card (which you can read my translation of *hint hint nudge nudge*)

oh mhy you’re mocking us with this. like this is literally my account description just one character difference

but he will. he will.

idealistic and a hero. yup.

NOT LUKE JUST CASUALLY INVITING HIMSELF ON OUR (MC’S) PLANS FOR THE FUTURE TTTTTTTTTT OH HE’S SO DOWN BAD

aaron and younger luke but we don’t get sprites, just silhouettes. fine. whatever. just give me vincent in marius’s card and it’s all good.

wow. so mc asks to practice self-defense and luke IMMEDIATELY keeps his right behind him as a handicap, not even stopping to ask or offer. i hate him. that’s so hot of him

sorry i’m being so messy in the liveblog but if you’re scrolling this far then be ready

luke’s eyes described “as if they had absorbed the milky way” hmm okay writing team i may love you for that

AND we get fake relationship as their cover in this card?? thank you for the feast mihoyo 🙏

not another imagery of a cemetery in the rain

NO!! NO!!! NOT THIS FACE!!!! YOU PUT THAT BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM OR SO HELP ME

(i call it luke’s despair expression and it kills me every time)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO DON’T TELL US TO KEEP THIS SAFE FOR YOU

okay. yeah. i teared up. bad end ✔

anyway i enjoyed the card story. i think most of it was a lot of fun, the action/tension moments were well executed, and the last twenty minutes or so were definitely brutal, oof. i’ll consider saving for this card but it’s definitely not a necessity. also i don’t think i’ll be translating it, or at least, it wouldn’t be a priority for me to translate.

unfortunately i actually DO have to sleep instead of reading the card stories all night like i would prefer :’) might watch some vyn bc i have no self-control but vyn/marius(/artem?) cards tmrw!

vyn

not a proper “live”blog since i read this at work so this is more of a review

but i really liked the story. possibly loved it, i’ll have to think about it a bit more

vyn’s personality is like... a little different in here. his earlier scenes have a LOT of his mocking unscrupulous people and not bothering to hide his disdain for them. remember how he was with that PUA in his personal story and that very disdainful expression he had? that energy x10. also a wider range of emotion/sprite expressions used with him

so honestly it’s VERY tragic that this was AI voiced bc it would have been so awesome to have jiang guangtao actually voicing him TT i’ll probably rewatch at least parts of it when other dubs release

the story reminded me a bit of his desert card since mc helps him unveil a conspiracy and he and mc need to work together to take down the true threat. like, this one definitely feels more gritty and grounded, and imo that’s closest in tone to the desert AU card; gufeng AU is meant to be like a myth/legend, and bakerlon was almost... whimsical? ANYWAY back to the main point, i liked how it felt more serious, they had to test each other a bit because trust (at first) isn’t certain, and i liked that a lot because doubt was such a big thing for their canon storyline. also i really like how they feel more like equals in this story! usually there’s a bit of an imbalance in identities where vyn is more powerful, but it definitely feels different in this one. maybe also because they made vyn more emotional/unstable (and have a very... luke-esque trope) in this one?

anyway, i liked it more than i thought i would. definitely considering saving for it and/or translating

marius

ALRIGHT SPY!MC ENEMIES TO LOVERS ROUND TWO LET’S GO

oh my god. are they giving us a taste of marius as the ~domineering CEO~? I’M HERE FOR IT

vincent has me DISAPPOINTED when marius appears in the scene instead of him. I WANT TO SEE HIM SO BAD

it’s SO weird having rosa call him “mr. von hagen” (she’s his secretary :3)

NO!!! FUCK!!!! DAMN IT!!!! NO SPRITE FOR VINCENT!!!!!! 0/10 CARD!!!!!

wowww we got this sprite too 😍 spoiling us with these cards

YANG TIANXIANG’S VOICE ACTING TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT LEGEND!!!!!

okay i think it was a good card but tbh i feel like his desert card just outshines. i feel like the plot was too similar in this one, and the parts that i were most interested in were done better in that card. but like it’s still a really good card!!

artem

them SHARING “cloudbreak” as their codename...... TTTTTTT

sdjflkajdsfk rosa get it together!! why is she so much more coolheaded in the other cards

yesssssssssssss when the highlight leaves their eyes >>>>>>>>

so many cold/humorless laughs from artem

omg he’s really panicked. so much. he spent like the last ten minutes with either that^ sprite or this sprite

OH WHAT THE FUCK

not sure of my opinion on this card plot bc dang this is kinda messy TT but zhao lu’s voice acting is godly so i’ll enjoy it

what the hell i think this is actually the bleakest ending. i think we both died TT

ok so. this is an interesting card. i can’t decide if/how much i would say that i like it but it definitely gives you sth to think about

(also like. i do Not think that my confusion about this plot is solely from il/literacy because one of the highest comments is someone trying to explain the plot of the card)

but anyway unlike the other cards where they’re kinda forced in situations with no better choice, i think artem and mc’s flaws and mistakes play a part in causing their bad ending. like. they were not on their game tonight. i’m sorry to say it’s an L for team cloudbreak

and that’s not always a bad thing!!! it’s very cool to see a character cause their own downfall!!!

but i think the flaws in question are ones that aren’t necessarily present in their canon personality, so YMMV on whether it’s an interesting character interpretation or if it crosses the line of ooc

this may be bc i JUST reread my post about artem’s personal story, him hiding something so important from mc and in that way holding her back is a little immersion-breaking for me. and mc being rather inexperienced and letting emotions win out when she needs to take action was also a bit much for me

but ALSO maybe that criticism is largely due to bias on my part, because you could probably make a really similar argument about gufeng marius, but i liked that card. maybe because it’s marius and i’ve been wanting tot to go yandere for so long i would reread it so i could analyze it more clearly but I DON’T HAVE THE CARD YET

honestly the more i think about it in comparison to gufeng marius the more accepting i am of the card

overall (my opinion)

vyn > luke > marius ?? artem

vyn’s card gets the highest ranking because i was invested the entire time and i can’t remember any major complaints about it (or at least about the story, i’m still sad that we had AI voicing for such emotional scenes)

luke and marius are pretty similar. not really any complaints but also not as much that lingers in my mind. i think luke edges out marius for me because there’s better foreshadowing with things that appeared earlier in the card showing up again later.

artem depends so much on how you feel about the direction they took with the characters that i can see it varying wildly. for me it’s still near the end though

ok to be FAIR. there could also be an argument made that vyn is a little ooc here. but he also had a very different background; instead of growing up as royalty and being instilled with gentlemanly manners, he grew up being told he would die at age 9 and still had his death predicted in the year the card happens and lived his whole life conscious of his mortality. and he used this borrowed time to heal as many injured people as he could, even against the wishes of powerful underground organization/s. so yeah i can believe that he could be rougher, sharper in tone, a little less coolheaded. also, consider : it’s very entertaining to see him like this

[vynegar]

vyn top-up card liveblog thread (updated as a read). spoilers!

ok so i think this means vyn was an exchange student for a year during undergrad at a university that was (presumably) in or near stellis, since it doesn’t mention anything about travel? don’t quote me on it tho

kinda revisiting youth vibes since they’re in another school event, almost reliving school days. also definitely a possibility of some vyn backstory

oh no not another story of love at first sight ending in tragedy that will seem like an omen for vyn

WE’RE LESS THAN TEN MINUTES INTO THE STORY WHY IS THE FIRST ILLUSTRATION ALREADY HERE

ohthe writing team is putting their ENTIRE ***** into this story in a story oh my god. like i know i’m not skilled enough to tell what good writing is but like. this is good writing

ok. u kno what. if vyn licked my fingers i would lose my ability to speak too. that’s fair.

he’s blushing!!! that’s the blushing sprite!!!!

sometimes it’s just like. entertaining. watching mhy try to up the ante with the suggestiveness in cards but stay within the 16+ rating. i look forward to how creative they can get.

ok PAUSE bc the luke card got uploaded and the video is an hour long 🙏 WE’RE EATING TONIGHT

aaaand i’m back!

one day. ONE DAY we will see this expression and Not when vyn is acting

ok damn honestly. props to the AI for this part

ok so that’s like. THREE recent vyn cards with an acting/roleplaying segment where vyn gets quite emotional/uncontrolled and he’s. remarkable good at it. is this the new motif?? are we headed toward a complete collapse and blurring of the line between acting and reality? 

also wondering if this is major for my theory on vyn (and fairy tales and stories) because getting really into the role probably qualifies as immersion and right now rosa is saying she needs to be the “rational onlooker”

i would love for an actual therapist to review some of vyn’s cards. like, i’m Pretty sure some of this is not best practice but i don’t know enough about therapy to talk about it

this card is a big win for people who want to see a more twisted rosa

HUH????????????? CAN YOU -- IS THIS --- 16+??????? MIHOYO?????? (AND YEAH THAT’S HIS TIE)

Vyn: MC... What are you trying to do?

vyn’s and rosa’s expresisons when she suddenly ties him up.... both of them just taking it in without batting an eye.....

ok i think people who enjoyed the ending scene in vyn’s 2nd anniv card will like this a LOT lmao xDDD but vyn’s not really trying to hold back this time

i think i like the way that the vynrosa cards show a progression of their desire for each other. maybe it’s because Control has always been such a theme of vyn’s route, but idk, the way that their desire grows in his cards just hits properly

i really liked the ending lines

this is probably the top-up card i’ve been most tempted by. i liked how the story flips the script a little by making rosa worry that she’s too much like the cautionary tale, but in the end shows that it’s more of a mutual feeling of greed that she doesn’t need to worry over. and (maybe it’s because i paused in the middle of reading for a long time) but i feel like the writers did a good job of quickly setting up the premise for the card but not letting it bog down the actual crux of the story. i’d honestly be interested to hear if other people also felt that way about the card, bc i’m not sure if i’m just in a positive mood toward tot right now; like, maybe that point could also be applied to the anniv 2 top-up card.

okay but speaking of that, why was it another vyn top-up so soon?? i get that the first round just finished (artem with desert, marius with gufeng, vyn with anniv2, luke with bakerlon) but at least do marius!!