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in the pristine cut, I hope we get a new spectre chapter 3 that happens once she possesses us and we slay ourselves. and I hope we get the opportunist as the voice for it because OPPORTUNIST AND COLD!!!!! I love them so much. I need them to have proper interactions. I know people are already onto their dynamic (yeah mfs I know who you are) so PLEASEEEEE, I'm begging

#slay the princess #stp #stp voices #voice of the cold #stp cold #voice of the opportunist #stp opportunist #the spectre #stp spectre

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i hate the voice of the broken but want to hug him anyways. that guy needs to stfu but he also deserves the comfort because jesus christ aren't you one sad pathetic little guy...

#slay the princess #stp #stp voices #voice of the broken

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the narrator is so pathetic oh my god. I love the little guy the fucking piece of shit I want to squeeze him to death (gently), like, come here and let me hug you you bastard. dipshit. fuck you, asshole. I'm sorry. I hate him so much. he's my scrunkly.

#slay the princess #stp #stp narrator #stp the narrator #the narrator

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GUYS IT'S BACK

THESE LINES (burned grey route) ARE BACK

WE WIN THESEEEEE LET'S GOOOOOOO

SMITTEN AND COLD ENJOYERS FOR THE W

(it was such a minor issue that these lines got removed but i remember being so upset lol, i'm unimaginably happy that they're back)

#slay the princess #stp #stp voices #voice of the cold #voice of the smitten #stp cold #stp smitten #the burned grey #stp burned grey

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why does this sound completely unironic. damn right ya cold bitch youre the specialest little guy around.

#slay the princess #stp #stp cold #voice of the cold #stp moment of clarity #the moment of clarity

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(warning: I am extremely sleepy right now and english is not my first language so this is probably completely incoherent)

the shifting mound should not be slain, I think, because she's right; change is what leads to growth. it's how to becoming better, to mend and to heal. change is important and vital. but I do wonder if people have enough time for it.

because the long quiet and the shifting mound are immortal. they do not die, they cannot die and they will not die. they had and have all the time in the world, or at least they come back once they ran out of it, to change and to relearn trust if they have hurt each other. but people are frail and impermanent. they do not last.

the witch ended with both of us lying broken on the floor or both of us forever trapped in the cabin. and then it ended. there was potential for growth but after it was gone, then what? then it was gone. and that was it. there is no potential for the dead. you have died hurt.

perhaps some have time. but some might not. maybe sometimes sometimes all you can do is stare into an echo in a mirror with far too many questions and not enough answers because there is not enough time to question or to be answered.

could they have made it better for people together?

#slay the princess #stp #stp the shifting mound #the shifting mound #stp the long quiet #the long quiet

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(warning: I am extremely sleepy right now and english is not my first language so this is probably completely incoherent)

the shifting mound should not be slain, I think, because she's right; change is what leads to growth. it's how to becoming better, to mend and to heal. change is important and vital. but I do wonder if people have enough time for it.

because the long quiet and the shifting mound are immortal. they do not die, they cannot die and they will not die. they had and have all the time in the world, or at least they come back once they ran out of it, to change and to relearn trust if they have hurt each other. but people are frail and impermanent. they do not last.

the witch ended with both of us lying broken on the floor or both of us forever trapped in the cabin. and then it ended. there was potential for growth but after it was gone, then what? then it was gone. and that was it. there is no potential for the dead. you have died hurt.

perhaps some have time. but some might not. maybe sometimes sometimes all you can do is stare into an echo in a mirror with far too many questions and not enough answers because there is not enough time to question or to be answered.

could they have made it better for people together?

#slay the princess #stp #ramblings #i have to sleep #the shifting mound #honestly idk what im doing #this probably makes no sense

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this. this entire sequence from the nightmare -> moment of clarity...

"Like a creeping mold, the complete reality of your existence threads its way through your mind. Birth, death, birth again. Decay and bloom. A million stitches from a million microscopic wounds you've inflicted on everyone you've ever met with every muscle you moved and with ever word you've spoken."

"Your existence hurts them."

"A lonely soul in a room by itself weeping. It lives for eighty years and then it's gone. And then it's there again."

"A reprieve. A good life. Love, children, a steady career. Recognition from your peers. Here one moment, gone the next. The worms have found their orifices." (this line has no right being this good)

"Diagnosis. It forgets everything it is. Anger. Rage. Distance. Poverty. The lonely soul is lonely again. Love turns to mockery, It die. It is reborn. Worse. Lonelier."

"This is all too much. I… can't keep going."

idk what exactly it means, but it feels like the narrator is speaking from the heart about how he feels towards death and all... but this time it's a lot more sympathetic towards the princess for some reason?? why

i just can't figure out what exactly this means, but together with the fact the nightmare/moc "desires only companionship but the only thing she knows is how to hurt" and the narrator's constant dehumanisation of the princess thorough the entire game... it hits hard. seeing it again for the second time made me feel a lot of indescribable things.

#slay the princess #slay the princess spoilers #stp spoilers #the nightmare #the moment of clarity #the narrator #<- i love it when people are smarter than me and can properly interpret things #i couldn't for the life of me figure out why he started sympathising with the princess at this moment #but of course!!!! it's because that is her nightmare. and he sees it. and he feels it. #man i love the narrator he is so painfully human it hurts

[voice-of-the-tired]

this. this entire sequence from the nightmare -> moment of clarity...

"Like a creeping mold, the complete reality of your existence threads its way through your mind. Birth, death, birth again. Decay and bloom. A million stitches from a million microscopic wounds you've inflicted on everyone you've ever met with every muscle you moved and with ever word you've spoken."

"Your existence hurts them."

"A lonely soul in a room by itself weeping. It lives for eighty years and then it's gone. And then it's there again."

"A reprieve. A good life. Love, children, a steady career. Recognition from your peers. Here one moment, gone the next. The worms have found their orifices." (this line has no right being this good)

"Diagnosis. It forgets everything it is. Anger. Rage. Distance. Poverty. The lonely soul is lonely again. Love turns to mockery, It die. It is reborn. Worse. Lonelier."

"This is all too much. I… can't keep going."

idk what exactly it means, but it feels like the narrator is speaking from the heart about how he feels towards death and all... but this time it's a lot more sympathetic towards the princess for some reason?? why

i just can't figure out what exactly this means, but together with the fact the nightmare/moc "desires only companionship but the only thing she knows is how to hurt" and the narrator's constant dehumanisation of the princess thorough the entire game... it hits hard. seeing it again for the second time made me feel a lot of indescribable things.

#slay the princess #stp #stp princess #stp narrator #stp the narrator #stp nightmare #stp the nightmare #stp moment of clarity #stp the moment of clarity #i am having so many thoughts

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do you ever try to pay attention to class but all you can hear is "heart. lungs. liver. nerves"

#slay the princess #stp #please send help my notebooks are filled with stp quotes

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the entire razor route is hilarious.

cheated is funny as shit, razor herself is funny as shit, the narrator getting talked over and just going "yeah sure whatever, I'll shut up then", contrarian, The Look™ (we've all used it), the voices being into flirting with her, stubborn 🤝 smitten when she does her bladey explosive transformation thing...

and while she is the funniest princess, honourable mention to the wraith because I think she's second. "what do you mean what happens now, you wanted this!" then her calling you an idiot, or when she argues with the narrator over the door, her thanking the opportunist after he says she's doing well with her narration... great route, tbh. funny.

this game is so good lol I love so many of the routes. my favourites are probably the burned grey, the wraith, the razor and the moment of clarity.

#slay the princess #stp princess #stp voices #stp razor #stp the razor #stp wraith #stp the wraith

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i've been thinking a lot about shifting mound's damsel lines from when you fight her. they're very clever.

"your lover drives a stake into your body. and another, and another, and another. do i miss your heart because i can't stand to see it go?"

"but the stakes meant nothing to you. you had a desire, and you set that desire free, you lifting me and me lifting you, forever and ever and ever. consumed by true belief, there was nothing that could hold us back."

the wordplay here is insane; the double meaning of stakes, the double meaning of miss. god the writing of this game is phenomenal.

might be my favourite line out of all the vessels. moment of clarity's is definitely a close second though, and honourable mention to wraith if you don't struggle and free her, the greys and the witch. still haven't gotten the "there are no endings" ending because i LOVE fighting the shifting mound solely because of her lines.

#slay the princess #stp damsel #the shifting mound

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WAIT I FORGOT ABOUT THIS LINE LMAOOO

there is a little contrarian demon in all of us and i'm unleashing it right now

remember: do it for the funny.

#slay the princess #stp fury #stp princess #voice of the contrarian #stp contrarian

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there is a little contrarian demon in all of us and i'm unleashing it right now

remember: do it for the funny.

#slay the princess #stp adversary #stp princess

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man, the skeptic could've been so much sillier. wink.

prisoner was one of my first routes, i was expecting him to have more funny moments but nah...

he's still probably like the smartest voice. like, doesn't he figure out the prisoner's plan? at least that's the impression i got.

#slay the princess #stp voices #voice of the skeptic #stp prisoner #stp skeptic

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the long quiet x pristine blade is my otp.

ddldahsldsdshladslhdas this is such a cunty move. and implies that the player has more of an attachment to the knife.

#slay the princess #stp the long quiet #pristine blade

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these lines got removed but I can't help but think of them all the time...

I think they'll be back in the pristine cut? but I'm not sure. I hope they do.

i don't know, they just mean a lot to me. feels like despite being only 1 line for each, they give a lot more depth to both smitten and cold.

they add emphasis to how they're near opposites; smitten being completely guided by his emotions and cold feeling pretty much nothing. and both of them are perfectly fine as they are.

the burned grey is honestly probably one of my favourite routes (but it's hard to say since I love so many of them) and I love seeing these two interact.

(i also kinda ship them tbh...)

#slay the princess #stp #voice of the cold #voice of the smitten #stp voices