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[stochastique-blog]

This is your god

Okay #calgary, be gorgeous. Fine I guess. And while you’re at it, have a beautiful #yycskyline, see if I care! Can’t even put a filter on this beautiful picture. (God this city is pretty…) . . . . . #yyc #yycnight #yycphotography #nofilter #pretty #skyline #cityskyline #photography #shotonpixel2xl #nightsight #clearnight #eveningwalk https://www.instagram.com/alonedoughnut/p/Bv8NqK7gDGA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v6xyamd3to66

[lazodiac]

I've been neglecting posting my stream/video posts to Tumblr, so I'm gonna start doing that today arbitrarily. Yesterday was Ar Tonelico with the ever lovely @qwertystop, so I'll be posting that.

If you want to see all I've written about it, go to this link (please note that it used to be for my Majora's Mask LP and other stuff that happened during it, and has stayed as a consistent thread for the conveniance for a friend): forum link!!

And without further ado... Ar Tonelico 2 stream 30!

We return to Ar Tonelico 2… and are seemingly closing in on the finale!

In this exciting episode, the bulk of it is taken up by Luca's 8th Cosmosphere, wherein we're at perhaps one of the most core, vital parts of her being. Befitting what we went through last time… it is her love of Reisha, which she has shoved aside when the relationship turned sour. But now we're here, and relationship is mending… and to do that we need to fix Goro. It's only a temporary fix, stabbing Nenesha in her brain-bits so that she subsides for awhile, but it works, and Reisha's lullaby echoes through Luca's mind. Croix then, in turn, greets every Luca personality we've seen and lets them know that despite what happened on the last layer, he still loves them. He still approves of them and what they do for Luca, because every part of her that she sees as fully negative does have positive traits. It's something… vital, to remember about oneself. Croix succeeds in this genuinely rather romantic gesture, and at the very bottom of it all is the purest concentration of Luca- a Lucca that ahs gone through all the development of the main game, all the trials of the Cosmosphere, and is now at her most base and raw.

… befitting the early part of the game, and for symbolism reasons that DO make sense but ARE quite strained, this is her in a bath towel. And because relationships are complicated beasts, finally seeing Luca's true self is only the beginning of our journey, and she is afraid for us to see this (symbolically, mentally) naked version of herself. So into the Paradigm Shift she runs, still nervous, still afraid, but… still moving onward. You can do it Croix, the next stage'll be the last, where you'll begin your life together in earnest… and like Goro and the Clearnight Bell said in level 8, you'll learn that even going this far is still just the beginning. We just need uh… 20 thousand more points to do it.

So, as you may or may not be aware, I'm a bit of a romantic. I love romance, I love love, all that jazz. While some of the symbolism is a bit on the nose, and some of it is a bit slanted sense wise, this scene was really quite good. I especially liked the emphasize that yes, now that Croix has finally dug through all of Luca's past trauma's and self constructions and pageantry of protection and self-loathing… now is when the actual work BEGINS. The task of loving those you care for does not end with simply removing all of that negativity, it is simply the start of a new chapter. It's like how some of the best romance series have them get together… and then make it clear that now that they're together, it is time for part 2: the actual being together part.

After that, we return to the Infelsphere to get Metafalica. Infel and Nenesha don't interrupt this time, and we get one final reunion between the girls, their memories of each other, and Reisha. Remembering their dual promises to protect the other, they reach a perfect sort of unity and are thus granted the Hymn Crystal for the Pastalian version of the song… and with the installation, Cloche learns how it works and what task remains ahead of her, from an imperious and doubting Infel. She's a genius after all, if SHE can't do it, it's clearly a fault with reality. It's not user error at all!

Unfortunately, even knowing what the method for Metafalica is (uniting literally every single person in the land in song, exposing her truth to them all, and borrowing the power of a thousand thousand voices) there's still from logistically problems in our way. First and foremost, whoever is currently in charge of the Tower will try to kill us if we sing it in earnest. This much is a given. So we gotta fix Raki and maybe ask said figurehead goddess politely and/or with spears to no longer try to kill us. But to reach the Tower, we need Frelia to be able to summon it back from the void she hid it in… something that will require a lot of power. Which will involve dropping half of what little remains of Metafalls into the Sea of Death.

This is… a very brutal proposition. I kind of like it though- we have our solution to the environmental problem the continent is facing, hooray! It isn't a win button. It doesn't do everything over and save everyone. It's not as easy as singing the song. We need to unite people, we need the power to do it, we need to find the people in charge of this crisis and make them understand they either allow us to fix the world or we shove them in the dumpster. It's honestly kind of cool to see a solution this… nuanced, for lack of a better term? It feels like this sort of thing could feel like a Problems Dragon, but they make the work to make it feel legitimate and real.

Part of that is Cloche's speech. This genuinely rather climactic and powerful scene has Cloche talking to the people, as she does as Holy Maiden, to drum up support for Metafalica. To let people know they've got it, for real this time, we swear it is going to work, and don't worry we won't be going to war with anyone (we might have to stab someone though). And the people… are honestly kinda of sick of it. It's perfectly reasonable, after the last two times (which happened… like, what, within weeks of each other?) involved a squad of murder-wizards that kidnapped people at random, and everyone nearly being forcibly downloaded into the D-Drive of a barely functioning computer. Things are tough! Even after Cloche sings the intro to Metafalica, opening her heart to them, there's doubt and derision. Someone straight up tells her to die!… but in the end, those negative feelings are drowned out by cheers.

People, on the whole, WANT their world to be saved. They want good things to happen. Even jaded people, who've given up on good things happening, do want them to happen. They just doubt a no talent ass clown like the government (represented by Cloche) can't do anything about it. But god damn if we aren't going to do our best! Somewhat predictably, and for reasons that make a genuine amount of sense, the government leaders Cloche and friends talk with to discuss the unfortunate truth of having to drop some of the continent does NOT go over well, no matter how much cheering the crowd did. While we work on a way to make that happen… Shun points out that all of this is irrelevant if we don't actually have the Song of Revealing Tower, which is down in an area that is half beneath the Sea of Death. So lets go get it, no pressure!

… and that's our episode. God when this game is good, it's REAL good.

[simonettaddams]

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[alostcrow]

Doris California

[lookwhatcolmanfound]

Big moon over Lion’s Head #lunarbeauty #moon #astrophotography #p1000 #opticalzoom #125x #lunarphotography #nightsky #darkskypreserve #clearnight #nofilter #brucepeninsula #lionsheadontario (at Lions Head, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoWCoR_NMto/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[unicorngal29-blog]

Live with freedom 🌒

[elderobbo]

Went out for a #lovely #evening #walk with the #dogs and wow look at the #moon in the #night #sky!!! • I'm sure there is a cool name for this effect but I don't know what it is. Perhaps @colchrishadfield or @nasa can explain this wicked #phenomenon • Is it called #godseye? Either way it's #cool • #Autumn #Shuswap #Canada #CanoeBC #NightSky #dogwalking #moonshine #clearnight #clearnightsky #winteriscoming (at Canoe, BC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWaGUxnrInQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[diphoto29]

Nothing more relaxing than sitting on a clear summer night by a fire pit. 🤗 #summernights #firepit #relaxing #fire #beautiful #clearnight #summer (at The Fainting Goat PA)

[fluffythings]

Sydney skyline these days. Looks a lot busier than before. #sydneylife #sydneyskyline #nightout #darksky #clearnight #lights #citylights #landscape #glittery #twinkletwinklelittlestar https://www.instagram.com/p/CO5JAlNHvJv/?igshid=1deka63utg8af

[simonettaddams]

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Stealthic - Blight

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[dragonfantasiessherryhumeart]

View of tonight's Blue Moon from my door. 😊 💙🌕💙🌕💙🌕💙🌕💙🌕💙🌕🌛🌛🌛#moonphases #bluemoon #moon #rare #unusual #bright #fullmoon #evening #nightfall #nighttime #beautiful #clearnight #photography #phonepic

[timprevett]

Now that’s what I call a morning. Was also an amazingly clear night. #clearnight #clearmorning #daybreak #autumnvibes #hollyhock https://www.instagram.com/p/CFG4q4FHcYG/?igshid=vc74s8rmzaqa

[bartlstefan]

#moon on a #clearnight with my #maksutov & #nikond750 Love 💓 #astronomy (hier: Statzendorf, Niederösterreich, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCQFao5FH-b/?igshid=1q6jx4p8yt8ar

[m3fangirl]

Watching the satellites go overhead tonight.

[sabridge62]

Full moon as seen from San Antonio, TX. #fullmoon #moon #supermoon #nightphotography #nightsky #texassky #canon #celestial #astrophotography #clearnight #luna #moonsofinstagram (at San Antonio, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8SoWZDHa30/?igshid=qyo52h617c9n

[7anash]