#liveblog thoughts this evening

[anthonycrowley]

there’s something very freudian about jon snow

[criticalyasha]

C3E73 - 「 I want you by our side, not her 」

[eerna]

it's lowkey hilarious how committed to Zelda these games are while still insisting on keeping Link as the one who is actually playable. the TOTK devs really said "oh you thought BOTW was about Zelda first and Link second? watch this"

[fagtainsparklez]

qsmp viewers being dragged along as their streamer goes into the torture maze for the 30 billionth time

[freakinator]

pbj are first and foremost high beat ytbers (idk what its called lol, basically their story beats are almost always high energy) and it really shows lmao

[aparticularbandit]

You know, the thing about Taka's FTEs (now that I've had more time musing over them) is that - Taka relies entirely on the assumption that when Hope's Peak uses the word Talent, they mean something that someone is naturally good at without putting forth any effort. As a result, Taka assumes that the other Ultimates are naturally talented and smart and gifted like his grandfather was.

To an extent, with a couple of them, Taka's right. Leon is naturally gifted at baseball. I'd argue that Chihiro is naturally gifted at programming (at least from the discussions in his FTEs). And I think it's likely that Junko is naturally gifted at analysis (but put effort into Despair and Fashionista. Or, at least, chose Fashionista for whatever reason).

But Mondo? Put effort into being a Biker Gang Leader (especially after his brother Daiya died, because he had to be better and prove that he was a good leader despite causing Daiya's death).

Sayaka? She explicitly talks about all of the effort that went into becoming a Pop Sensation (and just how easily that can all slip away from her).

Sakura, too, talks about all of the effort that went into becoming the top Martial Artist, and while you can argue that Hifumi is naturally talented, he goes to great lengths in his FTEs to talk about the effort he's put into spreading the amazingness of fan creation with his school.

So like - Taka is very clearly biased against all of the other Ultimates and says as much, but if he got to know them, he'd find that a good chunk of them are a lot like he is - putting a lot of effort into something they love so that they can be good at it.

And it's ironic that he thinks Makoto is like him. Because Makoto's Ultimate Talent - Luck - is another sort of natural thing that requires no effort. He might be just like Taka in terms of schooling (and all of the others, outside of their Ultimate, are likely the same way), but as far as the function of his Talent...he's just like everyone that Taka by nature does not like. But because Taka likes him, he pretends it's something else.

Idk...it's just interesting to think about, I guess.

[completeoveranalysis]

[4]

OH???

OHHHHH????????

DOES SAKURA ALSO HAVE A SECOND SECRET NAME???????

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!?!?

Is she saying that her name ISN’T Sakura? She introduced herself as Sakura in the Reservoir - but did she mean something else? Is “Sakura of the Kingdom of Clow” actually a title in this world, meaning her actual name is something else? Or is her name still transliterated as ‘Sakura’ but uses different characters to spell it, and that signifies a difference that she can hear here? 

OR is it some detail that’s world specific? Is her name something unique that only she can have, here? And implying that there’s another one is something that goes against the rules of how things work?

Does she have a fate that Sakura is meant to fulfil, but knowing that there’s more than one muddies her knowledge of the future more than she was ready for?

I genuinely don’t know!

But I love it!

Fuck me up Clamp! Make me the most confused I’ve ever been!

And isn’t THIS a stab to the heart!

Lava Lamp’s slow agreement to being named just with his name without a suffix? The LOOMING SHADOW that spreads out behind him on both sides when he does? (And indication of his feelings, or the dark fate that draws near when these characters start to grow closer?). 

And then she IMMEDIATELY uses the name and he just INSTANTLY blushes. 

He really is JUST like Syaoran. 

[andi-o-geyser]

Ashton: I can’t leave you alone for 3 fucking hours!! What the fuck, you made a porno??? How did you do that all so quickly?

Also Ashton: *got a full job working in a kitchen apparently, freelanced to brake into an office, got into a fight and kidnapped a mobster and also a kenku, got caught by the mob, and then got saved in a sting by the fantasy FEDs raiding the mob and then became a police informant in no less than 3 hours*

[pochapal]

Strike Three. natsuhi is no longer making it out of this story alive.

[loud-whistling-yes]

Can we just all appreciate the mood whiplash we have going from Double "ends in dramatic taking-you-with-me emotional suicide" Life to Limited "toddlers given the powers of keepinventory" Life

[skitskatdacat63]

2023 Australian Grand Prix - Fernando Alonso(ft. Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton)(my personal post-race highlights)

[goatsghost]

what a little dork lmao

[eerna]

Barret projecting onto parents he meets bc it makes him think of his daughter and randomly crying over the future in which she is a grownup and has left him behind. Barret protecting "creepy weirdos" from mean onlookers and volunteering to go check up on them to make sure they are okay. Barret going to a big entertainment park filled with wonders beyond imagination and losing his shit because it reminds him how capitalism ruins lives for superficial shit like that. Barret <3<3<3<3

[fagtainsparklez]

i love the difference between jaiden and bobby’s relationship vs roier and bobby’s because with jaiden bobby’s very sweet, very willing to help, kind of the most perfect angel who just really loves his mom and with roier he’s just as willing and loving but he also dunks on roier whenever he can and does not hesitate to shoot him. kind of the most family ever

[thewingedwolf]

I CANT WATCH THE EPISODE YET BUT I CANT BELIEVE MY CLOWNERY PAID OFF FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER BI BUCK BABEEEES WE ARE UP

[aparticularbandit]

honestly, i don't think sayori submitted that new poem to monika.

i think that's completely out of character for sayori to submit it. to write it, less so, but to submit it into a public forum where so many of those people would read it? from a character who has been hiding her depression for who knows how long because she didn't want anyone to worry?

sayori would not have submitted that poem.

monika put that poem there.

and like - this is one of my things with the common interpretation of monika killing sayori, but like. she did not. she did not want that. i don't think you can read any of her actions and think she wanted any of that.

but monika expects the player to check on sayori. monika berates the player for not checking on sayori. (i'm not sure how much monika understands about what choices the player has and does not have at this point.) monika literally makes the player go back to check on sayori by putting that poem in there.

the player never has a choice either. whether to go check on sayori or not.

and monika changes the narrative and sends the player back by putting in a poem that sayori would never have submitted.