#mersault girlies

[etrevil]

the sillies are sillying rn

[damagedintellect]

BSD animatic wips

💌A lot of peeps on my AO3 have been asking about updates… and I feel bad bc all I'll I've been working on is a BSD animatic so here take these wips and I'm sorry😭

[yunyuniii]

I learned bones has let us down today and did not include this scene... YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME I WAITED MONTHS FOR THIS MOMENT BONES (DEROGATORY)

[breadsoup00]

You’re not truly boyfriends with somebody until you’ve sat in a hamster ball jail cell across from them and had a counseling session

[fivekrystalpetals]

bet they are gonna drop the anime and mersault chapter together on Jan 4 for maximum collective fandom explosion lol

[sad-emo-dip-dye]

This episode was honestly so funny like we’re so back

[sugarcarnation]

i love putting characters in ridiculous poly relationships. they’re all dating each other now. cause it’s fun

[carbonateds-oda]

it isn’t studio bones unless there’s someone’s ass needlessly in the air every three episodes

[olympiansally]

So remember when Sigma pulled out a gun and everyone was joking about how Chuuya should have one too? Yeah, how are we feeling about that now, huh?

[sableeira]

I feel like they should bring back a fan favorite for the anniversary chapter of bsd next month. And with fan favorite I mean Adam Frankenstein (I‘m the fan and he is my favorite)

[bandaged-writer]

the new bsd chapter..asagiri, you've got one month to cook or else

[etrevil]

They are inches away from-

[yunyuniii]

Opening twitter today was the start of me gaslighting myself into believing that dazai definitely knows what he's doing and won't let chuuya and sigma die in mersault

[babygirlchuuya]

wish i had polls so that i can ask what y’all think will happen in the next bsd chapter -_-

[fivekrystalpetals]

THE NEXT BSD CHAPTER IS TODAY?!?!?!?!

WAKE UP MERSAULT GIRLIES ARE BACK OMG!!!

[crime-soncloud]

Alright so Canto 3... Where do I begin (spoilers obvs)

Alright firstly, RIP Effie and Saude, I genuinely was kinda heartbroken over them both. Effies fate was grisly and really helped the themes and backstory of this canto (that's gonna be touched on more at the end). Meanwhile Saude was such a tragic and very noble death, one that neatly parallelled Sinclair. Wasn't at all expecting them to die, I fully thought they would be some light hearted rivals, but NOPE they're not returning.

In terms of the gameplay... Yall I wasn't even prepared, I ate shit on a lot of these encounters, the dungeon was a disaster at points, the first time I've lost an encounter so far, and I had to Grind. Ended up actually improving a decent bit, and finally started blocking and evading. As I said before, Kromer was a struggle, I lost like 5 times because of when she staggered you using the nails and did a bajillion damage.

In terms of the outer layer of the story, without the big moments, I liked how Don quixote consistently fucks up the plans and causes big fights. Also loved Siegfried coming in, wrecking the teams shit, don quixote fangirling, and then leaving. Honestly I would probably be don quixote, I would suck as a team member. Understand why Vergillus was such a dick, still feel really bad for Don, girlie felt broken by that. Really curious what happened before with them. Rewatching it really makes me want to hug Don, Vergillus is abelist for this (/j /silly). Also Don quixote beating up Sinclair after he goes too far was surprising but interesting as hell. Probably important to backstory

Gregor constantly acting and creating stories in these situations is amazing, and Mersault being previously employed by N corp is interesting 👀 there's something that's gonna be unpacked.

Alright then... Time to go through the main arc, that of Sinclair, and the themes. Firstly, while I am an atheist, I have had a fair amount of dealings with religion and religious people (mostly alright apart from a few). However I think the theme of religious extremism, religious hypocrisy, and guilt/responsibility are extremely well done. As I said, Saude in this canto neatly contrasts Sinclair, as while Sinclair betrayed his family out of hatred/distaste of the mechanical parts (another really nuanced and interesting theme with a lot of depth), and never came clean, leading to him feeling deep guilt over his actions, Saude betrayed the team to try to save herself and Effie, and ultimately was able to redeem herself when she found out Effie died, by holding off N corp. Speaking of Effie, to me the fact he was essentially made into a "heretic" by N corp, to me indicates the idea that they are hypocritical, calling others heretics for trying to improve their lives using the enhancements (there's also an argument for the church's persecution of queer people here, but that might not be intentional, just an interesting thought), but forcing them onto people breaking in so they have an excuse to punish and torture them inhumanely because "they're not human" (can you see the queer subtext I'm seeing?). Finally Dante is amazing this canto, in how they also grow, and manages to support Sinclair, and starts to wonder who are they? What did they do? Are they a good person? And this becomes a catalyst for them to be better, more responsible, and to support Sinclair, the things that Dante says in the final part of the story is genuinely amazing

And as for the backstory... I want to hug Sinclair. His dislike of his family for what they did, feeling as though they are colder, due to their prosthetics. And then Kromer and Demian are interesting, Kromer appearing kind and caring but having a clear air of malice, hatred, and cruelty. The way she acts is chilling, and that cg of her standing over Sinclair is Evil.

Meanwhile I have no fucking clue about Demian, he seems kinda cool but has something going on under the surface, we'll probably have to fight him eventually. Extremely curious, his wisdom, sign (that is what we collect in the dungeon), saving of Sinclair, speeches, and the fact that he is the only character so far that isn't a fixer but hears Dante?? Like okay he is important AF. Definitely very interesting.

I was told by @zebrashork that it had to take a break at points in this canto, and it was fucked up a bit, and BOY is it! I'm probably missing a few things though. Also @flextapeyeehaw sorry for tagging you here, but I wanted to say that you didn't say anything about Kromer, when it came to hateable characters, but FUCK KROMER!

Will be tackling the 3.5 chapter/canto, I expect it to be light-hearted. Probably will just rb this with my thoughts on it