#melon's ramblings

[melonthesprigatito]

BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED

[raviollies]

Just who are you, Councilor Medarda?

[cliffs-sniperrifle]

IS THIS A METAL GEAR SOLID REFERENCE

ALSO THE CLIFF CALLBACK GO AWAYYY UR HURTING ME 😭😭

[rainisdey]

why are they genuinely so stupid-looking. what is devious even about.

[upinthecloudss]

part tres

[sludgekludge]

stop pointing shit out about the helluva designs i'm still caught up on asmodeuses tiny head ever since you pointed it out /lh

no. look at it

i want you to look at it

[mclzandaya]

kinda #sad but i've completely given up on my candy love new gen,, i've played up to episode 3 and then i just... gave up lol. i'm legit coming back only for the events but feel so uninvested that most of the times i'm not even able to get everything which is super frustrating.

i really wanted to like this game bc beemoov's games have been such a huge part of my life!! and despite my frustrations i always loved those games!!

but having the MC being black only in appearance when i thought i'd be able to relate to her a little more; interactions with the LIs still as ridiculous as in CL and LL (pls someone tell me i was lied to and ysaline didn't actually throw up on jason EDIT: thanks for correcting me!! she did /not/ throw up on him, thanks god); having to pay to get full scenes even as VIPs already paying every month (just the fact that you have to pay point blank); personality system which doesn't amount to anything and none of the LIs personalities being truly interesting for /me/,,, was such a disappointment.

i truly didn't expect jason to be so cringe,, it feels like the only use they have for roy is having him half naked most of the time; amanda i would've never gone for bc i just — don't care for a rich white girl; devon's pretty petty and childish at times (same as jason imo to be fair) and thomas i guess is the only one i'm okay with. and it's only bc i feel like they did a 180 on his personality since HSL and the fact that they portray him as seeming autistic (in /my/ opinion!! not derogatory!!!) just make him straightforward enough for me not to be annoyed with him.

idk i guess we could say that it's bc it's supposed to be a game whose targets are ~teens, but considering that it's clear (imo) that their true targets are paying players (consumers) rather than F2P players,, then obv you'd think their targets are at least adults? but it doesn't feel like it considering how ridiculous the plot feels at times and how little depth they put into the characters. to be fair i felt that the same could be said for eldarya a new era, campus life and love life. i know they changed scenarists? (idk the word in english but the ppl that draft the stories/plot + the actual ppl who write the dialogues and branchings) but i just truly realised it while playing the few episodes i've played + the events.

i saw a lot of french ppl thought new gen was better than CL or LL tho so i will give it a shot at some point (+ i've actually spent money on the game lol, so might as well see it through), but i never thought i'd feel so sad and unmotivated to play one of their games after playing since 2011.

anyway this was just a lil rant of my personal feelings and why i haven't been active on here lately, pls don't attack me it only engages me!! and /my/ point of view!! not even talking abt chinomiko here bc as far as i know it's not like she can do much abt all of this besides providing a v basic draft of what should happen in the story (but do tell me if i'm wrong! nicely pls). truly no hate towards her!! i'm legit sad that she didn't continue her game beneath our scars bc it was so interesting and i was super excited to get a game of hers outside of potential directives again :( even if it probably will never be finished if i remember correctly there were two eps out so if you have a lil bit of time on your hands you should check it out!!

edit: just realised beneath our scars isn't available on the app store anymore :( but she seems to be working on a potential future new game with a sort of dungeons and dragons theme? so i'm super excited for that!! hope we'll be able to play it!! + only one ep was out actually (oops) but i was told you can play it on the website still!!

[melonthesprigatito]

I think the biggest power high I've ever had in my life was during the Pokémon Go Summer (and September) of 2016, smack dab in the middle of secondary school where my classmate's perception of me went from "That weird autistic girl who likes Pokémon" to "All knowing guru you can ask for Pokémon Go advice"

No joke, I had someone recognise me while I was out for a walk in the town and they literally chased me down from across the street to ask me how to get a Vaporeon. And the best part is, I had the answer. Told her you had to name your Eevee "Rainer" to get Vaporeon specifically.

I ended up walking with her to the park and there was a whole bunch of people congregating there, also playing Pokémon Go, including other people from my school and it was awesome.

The greatest irony is that despite knowing about Pokémon, I didn't know about the ins and outs of Pokémon Go itself because the app was incompatible with the phone I had at the time so I hadn't played it yet.

[pup-pee]

he is the dirt under my fingernails

[thecavesystem]

eek who's that

just a quick doodle ehheh

i drew this at like 3 am good lord

[cliffs-sniperrifle]

GUYS

NAME REVEALS NAME REVEALS IM SICKKKK

[nyaskitten]

The most essential piece of Wyldfyre knowledge I can impart upon you all is that she is short, buff, and fat.

[melonpond]

you will always be objectively the best musical. to me. right next to legally blonde of course

[bantersnatch]

I know you said ur on a writing hiatus til the end of S2, but every day I check ao3 for more vianca and yearn. No one does it quite like u, I fear.

Anyway, this is supposed to a compliment! Sorry if it doesn’t come across as such! I really enjoy your writing! I’m just needy like they need each other 😭

hello, anon! okay. so. here's the deal. when it comes to writing, i am incredibly stubborn. this means that if i fully commit to writing a fic, the fic gets written. this also means that if i've decided i'm taking a break, there is no amount of compliments or requests that will bring me back.

your options, therefore, are as follows:

reread what i have already posted (i like to think there are enough little details and subtleties sprinkled throughout my vip work that you'll find something new to enjoy while you're at it). leave comments as you go if you want to see my ego grow to an unsustainable and monstrous size. or...

your turn!!! write some vianca of your own, and see where that takes you. i'd certainly love to read your take on the dynamic.

[crazy-grrrl-on-the-computer]

Here I am back at it again with the Boueibu food analyses //bricked

I’ve been staring at the Melon Monster for years, trying to unpack what “the melon was just playing melon” and “melons are tops” meant because it’s definitely interesting wording, but nothing was coming up… until I came across a collection of articles and videos talking about the Yubari King Melon, a hybrid cantaloupe that has been specifically cultivated for its desired traits and is subsequently considered “the best melon” in Japan.

To be considered a top-grade melon, one must be perfectly round and have an exceptionally smooth rind. Upon harvest, part of the stem is left on top to add to its aesthetic appeal. [x]

Hmmmm don’t you look familiar!

As the Melon Monster alludes to, the Japanese fruit industry is an interesting rabbit hole to fall down, but this video offers a pretty good insight into the Yubari melon specifically.

According to this article, the Prince melon was developed in Japan and first sold in 1961, gaining immediate popularity in average households due to its low price. On the opposite end of the melon spectrum, the Yubari melon (developed in 1951) is exclusively grown in Yubari, Hokkaido and is so expensive it is considered a luxury fruit, which is in no small part due to its limited availability each year and sought after sweetness/aroma. Yubari melons are often given as gifts to show appreciation during the summer gift-giving season Ochugen and there are annual auctions where pairs of these melons regularly sell for millions of yen.

Furthermore, according to another article I found, the history of melons in Japan goes all the way back to the Makuwa (oriental melon), which Uriya gets his name from and which allegedly came to Japan during the Yayoi period (3rd century BC to 3rd century) via China. How prestigious! That certainly explains the choice of costume and no wonder the poor Melon Monster remarks that his existence is anachronistic when told by his peers that melon is just another fruit nowadays!

Here he is, trying his best to be a Yubari melon, cherry-picking what he thinks are his best and most interesting traits in an attempt to meet the expectations of others around him as someone with value, and the Battle Lovers immediately curb stomp every single one of his efforts by not only outsmarting him in the most effortless way possible (using the internet to solve his riddles and surviving his traps as though they were a children's obstacle course) but mistaking him for a common melon. The melon (Makuwa) was only playing melon… playing at something he could never hope to be… pretending that anyone could ever see value in him. But he is only an ordinary melon, so why would anyone go the extra mile for that?

[With this in mind, I feel like this monster must have sprung into existence as a result of a conversation about the popularity of melons similar to the origin of the Chikuwabu Monster (many thanks again to @intra-fiducia for the wonderful translations!! <3). XD]

On a side note, I wrote briefly about the paulownia box being a representation of how Uriya is trapped by his own anxieties and self-consciousness in his attempt to meet everyone’s expectations, but I didn’t realize that sometimes the gift of melon is delivered very cutely in one. So there’s an extra layer to that line about no longer needing to stay in one! Melon can be enjoyed in many forms and varieties, like the Battle Lovers said! He doesn’t have to be the best because the people who like melon pan, melon soda, and shaved ice will like him just the same for what he already is.

[upinthecloudss]

pt2 of whatever this is

went down a rabbit hole i'm so sorry

the twins (and everyone else) terrorise kentin on the daily