#its a murder mystery!! but i dont have a murder!!

[obsob]

drawings ive done this week for a competition!! probably the most ambitious thing ive drawn in my new style but im very happy with them! :3

[lbhslefttiddie]

then and now

[good-beanswrites]

By the way, about LCSyS, how are you dealing with the whole 'Es plurality' situation? Because it is a central part of their character that gets brought up on multiple voice dramas and seems really difficult to remove. Also, it is implied that some of our judgements may be our if character for Es because they seem pretty uncertain about it. For example, some people including myself suspect that if Es wasn't controlled by the audience they would have voted Mahiru innocent because they appear somewhat fond of her and would probably have not jumped to stalker based on no evidence (kinda bullshit people thought that anyway but whatever). This was asked by someone who is insane about Es and thinks about them constantly, BTW.

Ah, well I appreciate an Es expert (Espert?) weighing in on it!! :D

Because that element is very central to both them and the plot, even if it hasn’t been fully explored yet. Like you said, there are a lot of events that rely on these “other” voices, some actions and decisions that they themself seem unsure of! Not to mention their own dialogue using a plural first person pronoun! I’m already trying to distance the au from the audience interaction element, so I’ve definitely kept my eye on the plural Es theory >:3 

Since we have little to work with, I’ve tried to keep them pretty vague in the fic so far. They don’t appear in a lot of it because of plot reasons (everything is the same as canon to them, most of the time). And even in their pov chapter I try to steer thoughts and emotions directly to the prison. I only mention their identity near the end to make everyone say “Hmmmm we don't know who you are and neither do you!” Now, I'm prepared for three main options for endings: 1. There is a non-system, in-universe explanation for the voices. 2. The voices are directly confirmed as the audience. 3. Yamanka states that he hates me, personally, and doesn’t explain anything about Es. If it’s the first one, I’ll see how well it works into my fic and go from there! (If it’s overly supernatural/involves Es disappearing/dying, I might make some tweaks lmao. I’m committed to accuracy but this is a fix-it, at the end of the day.) For the second two, I plan on leaning into plural Es, with research and input from others to make the writing accurate 👍I’m hoping to go back revise earlier sections to drop more hints and make things consistent. I also want to write an epilogue once we get more context on the ending as a whole! Though, I guess they've already confirmed some feeling of plurality... maybe I add some lines in that last chapter now...

[its-short-for-jackalope]

me: *minding my own business*

my brain: *starts playing my favorite Poe Party bloopers on shuffle*

me:

[bonesrbleaching]

muah

MWAH!!!!! kissy

[albatris]

I have a full day tattoo tomorrow, maybe 8 hours, I'm going to get so much rental car writing done on my phone! (lying)

[cacturne]

act 3 kind of sucks to go through so far i just want to start another character again..

[thewhizzyhead]

I saw some tweets saying that WATT could've been bigger if it leaned more on the murder mystery aspect instead of the "teenager angst",,,and though I mainly disagree with that statement since I think the "teenage angst" is WATT's best feature esp since I honestly think it is one of the few teenage-centered media that doesn't mock teenagers in their struggles and grief be it vice or loss,,,I kinda see how the show being more of a murder mystery could've made it more of a cult hit long after its release-

[starswallowingsea]

So my Umineko play through is going well

[sonknuxadow]

charmy was having a playdate with cream while amy’s murder mystery party was going on

this is now real

[mummer]

just found out life and honor got put on permanent hiatus instead of just taking a really long time between updates……. 😭

[deanmartinofficial]

i think the two ideas of ‘rian johnson was awful for star wars and promoted an awful storyline redeeming a fascist and refusing to include realistic lgbt representation’ and ‘the knives out films are good and fun’ can and do coexist

[smute]

ok so i finished season 1 of the white lotus and whats remarkable to me is how relatable every character is like there is no villain no one is wholly evil not even fucking shane or olivia theyre all so painfully real? also so happy for jennifer coolidge who finally got to play a role with some true depth tanya could've easily been another caricature but she evokes so much sympathy i am in awe

[woolydemon]

let me be insane for a moment, is that ok (thinks abt Scooby Doo/Ace Attorney crossover)

[mejomonster]

fyi to followers if you are considering watching Justice in the Dark:

If you’re not strong and concerned about not getting to watch more later, I suggest waiting to view the episodes until the show is done airing. Which may be in April-March, so just wait until you hear news it’s fully released all episodes. I am guessing like most youku dramas, at some point youku will put the episodes on youtube with subs especially once the show is fully aired so maybe check there in a month or two. 

If you do really want to watch, but again feel concerned we may never see the rest, you could view it as seeing 1 arch or a couple book arcs adapted to live action (like how the Audio Drama seasons are), and just try to view it as that for now. The first book case is covered, I am not sure if the second book case finishes by ep 8 as I’m still finishing up the last few eps, but that’s about where the plot pauses on episodes currently out. I handled the audio drama doing one chunk of story at a time so I’m viewing it this way so I don’t anticipate/get frustrated for what isn’t out yet so much.

If you want to watch it NOW as far as the 8 episodes out, they’re on Youku app (and I’ve heard the machine translations are gradually being updated to human made translations which read much better). There’s both a ‘Justice in the Dark’ version and 光渊 Guang Yuan version, at least one should have updated human made english subtitles, possibly both by now. Mkvdrama site has the episodes for download with the human made subs, several alternate drama watching sites also seem to have the episodes up now but subtitles being mtl or the correct ones depend on the site. I do think in a couple months whenever airing resumes, youku will probably put the show on youtube though since it normally does for it’s dramas. So you can wait if watching on youtube is preferred. 

[parapsychoiogy]

reading a book and genuinely for once actually interested in the main plot of it all but they just arent ! following it !! they why are you fucking again you have a curse on you and a murder mystery cut it out stop that people have died. badly.