whats the deal with hoostergold. i love casey i want to know why she hates booster gold and why shes right. i mean . misguided.
writing this assuming you dont know anything about booster gold from dc comics LOL
so casey started working for booster as his personal assistant in his peak IDGAF era (that stretch of time when he wasnt doing much in comics around after the jli disbanded and superbuddies time..before ted kord died and he got his new zest for life. i mean suicide)
casey just left home freshly 18 with big dreams of making it in the glamourous city of metropolis. even though casey doesnt really care that much about superheroes, at this point she did find booster inspiring as a celebrity in the way that he was a cheat and a hack when he got his start but still made a name for himself anyways (and honestly wasnt immune from a little being dazzled by The booster gold) and she thought since "Hey no ones heard from booster gold in a minute since the justice league exploded" he would be an easy (semi-easy. easier than superman at least) (she probably tried. got nowhere) target for walking up to and asking for a job. and her luck was maxxed out that day because she did just show up at his house and ask for a job and he was like Lol why not. she had it in her head she'd fix his career and get his name back in the spotlight and in turn, booster would help her break into the acting scene with his hero celeb connections
she worked for him for a long time and then BOOM ted kord got shot in the head and as that wound was freshly opened he was in a peak state of whats the fucking point of anything i dont care i dont care so he fired casey, because honestly he was just paying her to be an errand boy at that point anyways/to be nice and casey took it extremely well
casey during her employment for booster was giving 100% of herself to give him anything he didnt know he wanted (even though he didnt really want anything and was content to chill by the poolside all hours of the day). her investment in boosters life was always wayyyyyyy more than booster even cared about what he was having for dinner that night. he always just kind of humored her/thought it was handy to have her around if he needed someoen to find the remote he lost somewhere in his living room. but she was literally on the mission of her life, shes the type to work crazy overtime because she thinks her boss will notice her and be so appreciative she'll get rewarded (stupid) and all her work will be worth it in the end when shes living like he is. but then shes suddenly fired and instead of just getting a new job and accepting Sometimes Life Sucks (or the horrifying thought SHE may have made the mistake of betting it all on this guy who can barely remember her name half the time because hes too busy watching wheel or fortune 24/7) shes like I have to fucking kill this BLONDE DEMON
the thing about that is shes like blind with rage that he wasted her prime youth (18-most of her 20s) and for the first time in her stupid delusional life she experiences soul crushing doubt in her lifes direction and the clear path she set out for herself. caseys mom had her when she was 16 and never hid the fact she never wanted kids (never wanted casey) and she resents the fact she had to drop out of school and get a job she hates to support them and casey sees her mom being this talented but utterly defeated and depressed alcoholic woman in her 40s and feels a mixture of Well i wont go and do that im built different and IM FUCKING SCARED which is what leads her to moving to a whole new huge city by herself no friends no education just in the cheap dingy apartment barking
so with all that baggage and hope and dreams in that big head of hers the real only option was murder
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Thinking about Nabateans (something new for once)
Seteth has those lines :
I still come here to fish, from time to time, using the skills my wife taught me.
It reminds me how deeply I appreciate those years... and how I wish I could return to them.
Even Seteth, the Nabatean who can be compared to Rhea (since the other 2 are ignored by the plot) and seems more “stable” and anchored in the present, has those feelings of wishing to return to days long gone.
And it’s Flayn who shakes him out of this fantasy... or not?
We cannot turn back the clock, Father. We must live our lives fully, in the present moment.
To which Seteth replies :
You're right. That is what she always said, isn't it?
Dwell too much on the past, and you may be unable to move forward. Come, then. Let us return home.
Now, it’s kind of sad that Flayn’s words about “turning back the clock” or a rough “can’t turn back” echoes to... well, what Billy and moreover Sothis was able to do and perform - Nopes confirmed Flayn never knew Sothis (or rather the inverse), so she might only have heard about Sothis healing the world, but for people who were around when Sothis did this?
Sothis can effectively “turn back the clock”, that’s her main power (at least that we hear of)!
But the person who told him/them those words is actually... Flayn’s mother! Something like “you can’t return to the past, so live now to the fullest” and this is what anchors him in the present - despite Sothis’ powers, Seteth prefers to believe in his wife’s words and live -
Which is, imo, nice, but we see him turning his back on those principles in Tru Piss, hiding or going far far away, ergo refusing to “live to the fullest” if it means continuing existing, something both he and Flayn accept - when Flayn’s character arc and supports is all about her wanting to “live” and not be hidden and living in seclusion ever again.
Does it mean Rhea didn’t buy her sister in law’s words? Or she did, but stopped believing in them afterwards (Lycaon’s death, when she leaves the Empire and starts on the rez Sothis plan)?
Also, a Pat Bonus (so it means audio time!) for y’all :
ふふ、「今を一生懸命生きなさい」か。 妻がよく言っていた言葉だ
Jp!Seteth laughs when remembering and citing his wife’s words.
You're right. That is what she always said, isn't it?
Loc!Seteth sighs and doesn’t cite her :(
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Dwell too much on the past, and you may be unable to move forward. Come, then. Let us return home.
There is pause Loc!Seteth has between “forward” and “Come”.
過去を振り返ってばかりでは、 前に進めない……そろそろ、帰るとするか
Koyasu’s pause feels longer (around 2 seconds instead of 1,5?) which imo conveys more the fact that with this pause, Seteth is obviously thinking about a certain someone...
(But it’s a Fodlan Game, moreover FE16, so Seteth can’t talk to her and moreover, while being aware of her longing and regrets, can’t do anything about not even talking about it because, uh, red herrings and earl grey).
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