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Rika’s Behind Story, V’s After Ending and rant about the fandom

I haven’t been on Tumblr since Wednesday evening because in case I might spoil myself. I wanted to play without reading what other people thought about it. Now I’m done with both and read through a bit that has happened over the past 2 days and I’m…feeling unsettled.

I played Rika’s Behind Story first bc I thought it might be important for the After Ending and I wasn’t disappointed. At some points V’s After Ending only makes sense when you played Rika’s DLC. Especially when it came to Mika (who I first thought was Rika, but nope.) I admit, I don’t like Rika. At all. Which most likely happens when you love the twins and especially Saeran (he’s my baby boy and I love him #sorrynotsorry). Still, I wanted to know why she became the person she was, probably to blame her some more for her actions. We got parts of her past in Another Story in general and I wanted to know more. And I must say: I now understand why Yoosung’s mother doesn’t like her own sister.

What I was confused about were Mika and Mina. They look like siblings but aren’t. I’ll try not to write any spoiler for it, just my opinion. With Mika we have another character we can blame for Rika’s actions. Sometimes I thought Mika is just a figment of Rika’s mind, an imagination but nope. From what we learn in Rika’s Behind Story and V’s After Ending Rika got manipulated, abused and whatnot from her so called parents, her pastor and her so called ‘sister’. It’s not an excuse for what she did and I will never forgive her for what she did but I have a better understanding of her character. People here on Tumblr say it’s just an excuse for her shitty behavior but aren’t we doing the same with Saeran? Saeran’s route was … Let’s say even I got disturbed by one of his bad endings. But most of us also excuse his shitty and abusive behavior because of his past. Because it’s not his fault he’s like that. It’s Rika’s fault. But it’s not Rika’s fault she had a twisted imagination of love and everything. …Wow, that sounds a lot like an excuse. I think I might stop here because people are going to hate me for this, lol.

So, what I didn’t like about her Behind Story was … in fact Mika. I don’t like her. As I see it it started all with her, affected Rika and then Saeran. But as I see it, Cheritz made a past for her that explains why she founded Mint Eye. Why she wanted to be the Savior.

Back to V’s After Ending. Yes, it’s fucking expensive. Yes, it’s not all about V but I like the way they made it. With V’s good end we find out V was gone for two years before he came back (as a hippie) and asks the player to stay with him. Sure, Cheritz could make it like the other After Endings, a continuation of the Good Ending but I can’t be the only one who was curious why V was gone for so long and what happened after Mint Eye got blown up. And we got an answer. Sure, calling it After Ending might be confusing because he doesn’t continue from the very end of the Good Ending but it’s connected. Plus we got some part of an After Ending with Lucy.

I understand why people here on Tumblr, who like V, are upset about it because a lot of the After Ending was about Rika. Gonna ask you a question: Were you upset too because most of V’s route was about Rika too? Rika plays a heavy part in V’s life, they were engaged once. We can’t forget about it. Rika is important to V and yes, like Cheritz did, if you want to tell the story between the ‘end of his route’ and the moment he came back two years later, Rika has to play a bigger part than most of you want.

Of course there are things I didn’t like about his After Ending, like the Judge and Forgive system. I was okay with only one ending. Sure, I kind of like both but … It was expensive to reset the whole thing too. Whatever. There are also things I loved about his After Ending and it’s the closure we got for the twins. I stayed in denial that Ray died back at Mint Eye and I’m glad I didn’t give up hope for him. It was one of the moments I definitely cried a lot. Which leads me to the whole Saeran/V controversial. Let’s just say I’m not a fan of this ship. Have never been, will never be. Yes, I thought the scene between them was gay as fuck but then I remembered what we knew about them from Saeran’s route.

Saeran admired V. He loved him like a father he’s never had before. V was the one who told him he was allowed to name the flower, that being weak wasn’t a bad thing, that he wanted to take him on a trip to take pictures and everything. V gave him the love he needed. Now imagine how Saeran must have felt after Rika’s manipulation, after V had left. Saeran lost his father figure, lost his trust in him and thought he lost the love he got from V before. The love of a parent. I personally don’t think Rika and Saeran were so close, though Rika seemed to be the one talking to Saeran more. I think his bond to V was a lot stronger. And it shows after he got rescued that all he wanted was for V to love him like he used to when he was a child. Saeran realized Rika didn’t ‘love’ him the way he needed and wanted. So, to me, V’s and Saeran’s relationship is more like a father-son one and not romantic. Sure, I don’t blame anyone who ships it but it’s nothing I would ship.

What I do blame people for is being rude fucking assholes. People are complaining they didn’t want an After Ending like this, they stop supporting Cheritz because it didn’t go their way. Guess what? Life isn’t a bowl of cherries. Yes, it was expensive, yes, V was barely in the After Ending. Yes, maybe it’s not like you imagined it. But does it justify your rude behavior to Cheritz?

Not. At. All.

Cheritz is trying to give us more content because the Mystic Messenger fandom is … let’s say pretty demanding and annoying. All the fandom does is take but when the content we get for a game they created isn’t what you wanted, then you start blaming Cheritz and threaten them to stop playing and buying things. Well. Do it. Stop playing. Stop buying things. But don’t blame Cheritz because you wanted to have the game in a different way. If you want it to, then create your own. Go on. Do it. Think about a story, a whole world, about characters. It’s not that easy, right? It’s a lot of work.

Sometimes I think people forget they don’t own the characters. You don’t own the game. Cheritz does. And what people, who I see complaining here forget about, is the work in the Behind Story and After Ending. Dialogue had to be written, CG’s to be drawn, voices to be recorded. A lot of work got into the DLC and AE and you can especially see it in the work of the voice actors. They poured their heart into it. They acted in a way that made us feel with the characters (and yes, I cried. More than once).

What you do is just whine like a child whose parents doesn’t want to give their favorite candy and when they get another one they pout because they didn’t want it. It’s rude, unrespectful and downright shitty assholish behavior. Cheritz doesn’t have to give us new content. Cheritz didn’t have to listen when the fandom demanded a V and Saeran route. But they did because they love us. Because they see the game helps people with their own problems, let it be to take care of yourself, to eat, to make sure to sleep, … I can go on and on with this, but I think I might stop here. Can’t wait for people to tell me how shitty I am for telling the truth ;) Go ahead. I’m waiting and go and paint a bit.

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I love the scene where Rika goes to the church and starts calling the priest out and right next to her is Sally who is barking at him too.

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[Mystic Messenger] Notice on Update Version 1.13.0 : V’s After Ending

Hello, this is Cheritz!

Please remember to update your Mystic Messenger game to the latest version to enjoy our update on V’s After Ending and Rika’s Behind Story.

The following is the list of things that have been added and updated in the new version for Android and iOS.

Update for Version 1.13.0

- Addition of After Ending - V - Addition of DLC - Rika Behind Story - Issue fix : iPhone X screen - Illustration improvement on 31 CGs and BGs - Minor bug fix

Original Story Common - Cat CG Common - Fried wings CG Jumin Han - Rage CG, Jumin with Elizabeth CG, Reading CG 1, Reading CG 2 ZEN -  Rooftop CG 1, Rooftop CG 2, Rika’s Present CG Jaehee Kang - Crying CG, Comfort CG, Presentation CG, Ending CG

Christmas DLC Jumin Han Ending Unknown Ending

Magenta BG Car BG Cabin BG Intelligence room BG Prison BG

※ Did you have a problem with getting your illustrations updated? Please restart the game after following these steps to get your illustrations updated. Settings → Applications → Mystic Messenger → Cache(Temporary File) → Delete

*These steps are applicable for Android users only. Therefore, we recommend simply restarting the game if you are an iPhone user. *Please be aware that if you delete the app’s data, you will lose all of your current in-game data as well.

Please refer to the announcement below for more details concerning the following update! [Mystic Messenger] New contents update and #to_Rika hashtag event

Moreover, we have also uploaded the Mystic Messenger Recording Scene : V’s After Ending & Rika’s Behind Story video on YouTube, so please check it out through the link below!

Cheritz YouTube link 

: https://youtu.be/H1a-cW32Xac

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[Release Date]

Android : Release scheduled for today at 2 P.M. (KST) iOS : Release scheduled for today at 2 P.M. (KST)

Thank you. Best, Cheritz

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Rika Behind Story Plot Summary

I spent 2 hours summarising Rika’s behind story so you don’t have to. I tried my best to write down everything objectively, and anything in quotations is directly lifted from the text in the game. (Long post, TLDR at the bottom )

TW: Mentions of CSA. Please don’t read if it triggers you! 

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haseul – love4eva ✨ @ loonaverse → for @boratanical (fancam by archive film)

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GFRIEND performing ‘Time for the moon night’

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reminders.

i hope nobody is blaming svt or nuest for whatever fucking reason. it was not their fault they were treated better than the girls. pledis chose to care more about them then girls. don’t leave any hate comments and don’t leave any comments on svt’s or nuest’s IGs/Twitters about pristin you’re literally not helping nor does Pledis care.

please don’t say that Pledis disbanded them because their comebacks flopped. pristin’s comebacks never flopped they were doing wonderful for a rookie group. staff members at their debut stage said that they had never seen such a large audience for a debut, they won awards, etc. they were doing just fine. it probably had to do with a lot of inside things happening.

after school did not disband yet, please don’t say “both ggs of pledis disbanded” get your facts straight. yes they’re on hiatus and all the remaining members are pursuing solo activities still. they’re just not promoting any more (and i wish pledis would just say something about them too)

support the girls regardless of whether they left or not and hope that pledis treats kyulkyung, yehana, and sungyeon better. leave supportive, loving comments on their IG. don’t write things like “I’m sorry pledis was shitty” they already know that. if you want to support them just leave nice supportive comments on their IG’s, they want to know that we’ll support them more than hearing pledis sucks. they left for a reason.

stop comparing svt’s treatment to pristin’s. we’ve already known that pledis is clearly biased, pointing it out doesn’t help either. svt went through things as well and although they were still on a smaller scale in comparison to other pledis groups, it’s still pledis management’s fault. not svt’s

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On May 24th, it was reported that Pristin disbanded. Pledis confirmed the news and revealed that Nayoung, Roa, Yuha, Eunwoo, Rena, Xiyeon, and Kyla have terminated their contracts with the agency while Kyulkyung, Yehana, and Sungyeon will be staying with Pledis. We will keep supporting the girls in their future activities. #ThankYouPristin 💕

Source: Soompi

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That rabbit/hare post is messing me up. I’d thought they were synonyms. Their development and social behavior are all different. They can’t even interbreed. They don’t have the same number of chromosomes. Dogs, wolves, jackals, and coyotes can mate with each other and have fertile offspring but rabbits and hares cant even make infertile ones bc they just die in the womb. Wack.

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homophobes are not allowed to use computers because the inventor of the computer was gay

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The economic realities of Baby boomers versus Millennials 

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“I better be around you”

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