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>:)

-Boop Anon

Thank you, Boop Anon, for the smile you gave me.

#Boop Anon #Ai says things

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*Boop*

I don't know why but this made me smile. Thank you, Anon for the boop.

#boop #my first ask ever and its someone booping me #my serotonin levels just rised #Ai says things

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An (Over) Analysis Of Obscura: Cirrus

This is mostly me ranting about Cirrus' character and my opinions about him.

Spoilers ahead for Cirrus and his route ahead.

Trigger Warning: Implied abuse of power, trafficking, murder, religious themes and Sadism.

First Impressions

Cirrus is one of the main Love Interests of Obscura and he's portrayed as the "Humble Priest", which is stated in the intro of the game, the game's main page on Steam and Itch.io, and the Trailer.

Looking into Cirrus at first glance, he is shown as the "Guiding One" whenever someone comes into the Lunar Church in the Marketplace. He is the priest of the church after all, so it is his duty to provide guidance to the people who seek help or retribution.

Route and Character

[Spoilers for Cirrus' route up ahead.]

In Cirrus route, Cirrus comes off to Vesper, or the Player, as a welcoming being when we first step foot into the Lunar Church. He is seen as benevolent and open to all who comes in. But as soon as we try to engage in small talk, he almost immediately shuts it down, commenting on how mouthy Vesper is. It's safe to say Cirrus doesn't like small talk.

Looking at this interaction alone indicates how he prefers to go straight into business and not wanting to beat around the bushes. He is a busy man, after all; a priest, nonetheless. He'd rather get things over with as quickly as possible so he could move on to his next business that needs to be attended.

Moving forward with Cirrus' route, he can be pushy at times when we refuse him. For example, there is a looping sequence where if you refuse, Cirrus highly recommends to rethink our decision. And if we still refused, he says the same thing over and over again until we comply to his word.

Cirrus does not take 'no' for an answer. He wants obedience and submission and doesn't want any questions to be asked when he tells them to do something. His position in power gives him an edge compared to everyone else, so he's more of an imposing figure and will most likely pressure someone to comply, whether they like it or not.

And as we go forward into Cirrus' route, depending on our choices and interactions, the tension between Vesper and Cirrus becomes more... Intense, to say the least. Cirrus has a way of building up that tension. He comes off to Vesper as a welcoming and Humble Priest, like we see him in the beginning, but slowly demonstrates his dominance and power over others.

And when I say "dominance", I say it as in an intimidation tactic. Cirrus uses his power to influence our choices; quite literally when the choices are:

"Yes."

"Yes."

"No." "Yes."

At some point in the game. In other words, we have no choice but to accept him. And this is seen strongly during our first timed choices. The timed choices gives us pressure to choose and makes us panic. And depending on which option you choose, it can result in multiple bad endings if you're not careful.

But if you manage to get to the path leading to his neutral or good ending, his presence is still intimidating to us as the player. And that dominance seen clearly in his CG art. Comply to whip yourself, he looks down on you and watch with a sadistic smile. Don't comply; he does the whipping himself.

Here, we see him towering above Vesper, making them look small in comparison to his already talk stature. He looks down with a grin. The lighting of the scene makes him look malicious compared to when we first meet him.

Cirrus may be known as the "Humble Priest" when in actually, he is the "Sadistic Priest" once you play his route.

After the initial whipping scene, it can go either way depending on your choices, he could either help you on finding the Lunar Ichor cure or get rid of you as soon as possible.

The Endings and Intimacy Points

I won't do each ending because there's a lot of endings but I will talk about how Cirrus handles the situation in the endings. There are two categories of Cirrus' route endings: Help and Remove.

If I remember correctly, Cirrus has two Help Endings.

The neural and good ending tells us that Cirrus sees us as someone who's worthy of his time and energy to lend a helping hand in finding the Lunar Ichor. The Help Endings tells us that Cirrus will only give us help if we show him he has power and we submit to him. If we are willing to give him power over us, he will provide us with the answers we need. He is a priest, after all. He is there to provide to those who seek help and guidance.

And then we have the Remove Endings. As what it implies, there are many ways for Cirrus to "remove" us from his presence. One of which we remove ourselves from him all together if we have chosen one of the timer options. Going back to Cirrus, he has other ways of removing us from him, which are literal back stabbing (murder on the spot), and selling us off to someone else.

If he sees us as someone who's unworthy of his time and energy, he won't hesitate to get rid of you. It is "out of sight, out of mind" for him. He is a priest, after all. He has other important matters to attend to.

And when it comes down to his Intimacy Points, you just gain a perfect 6/6 when getting his best ending. If not, you're automatically on the neutral and bad endings. The points tells us that Cirrus prefers perfection and has high standards when it comes to devotion. It's either him or not when it comes to his standards on you.

He's the "You're either with me or against me".

Design

When it comes to Cirrus' design, he has subtle hints that he is not all that he seems to be.

If we look carefully into his design, we see a lot of snake imagery on his priest robes. Snakes are often associated with evil or the devil in Christian Mythology. The snake also represents deception, trickery, and manipulation, which is also seen in the story of Adam and Eve, where Eve is tricked by a snake, who is the devil, into eating the forbidden fruit.

Cirrus is a priest; a follower of the Lunar God, nonetheless. The star pattern on his blue scarf and crescent moon brooch indicates his worship of the Lunar God. But he doesn't act like how a priest should be like as we progress into his route. The snakes on his robes may have been a foreshadowing as to who Cirrus really is.

Moving on to Cirrus' himself, in all of his sprites, he stands straight up with his shoulders square and chest out. Here are some examples of his sprites as reference.

He is not seen slouching or hunched over in any of his sprites. He stands straight and tall. It gives him a kind of presence that tells us that he is a very important person, as to which is is. His posture, along with his already tall height, adds to his intimation and dominance over us as Vesper.

A proper posture for someone who must be seen as nothing but perfection. His statues as a priest also comes into play here.

As a follower of the Lunar God, and quite possibly the closest thing to the Lunar God themselves, Cirrus must be seen something similar to a God. He must be perfect in everything. From how he stands, the way his clothes are fitted, the way his hair is styled, even the design of his mask.

He is seen as someone who's other worldly, given the fact he's much paler in comparison to the other Love Interests. His white hair also gives him a somewhat glow to his figure. He is, in other words, ethereal to look at.

And finally, his mask's design. The mask is simple in design, but it's also eye catching enough with it's intricate lines that makes us look at his face more than anything else on him. The mask is eye catching enough for us to pay close attention to him more, which gives him an advantage when conversing with us, and possibly manipulate our decisions.

Conclusion

Cirrus is a complex character that has many layers to him. He is cunning in deceiving the player and manipulate our choices. He is a master with his way of building the tension between him and Vesper as the route progress and how we see him go from the "Humble Priest" to the "Sadistic Priest". I'm sure there's still more about his character I've most likely skimmed over. But this is what I've managed to gather so far about him and his character in his route. And so far, he's terrifying yet fascinating to study on.

#obscura vn #obscura cirrus #character analysis #Cirrus Brainrot is real #Cirrus really made me want to analyze each and every Love Interest in Obscura #I just went on a rant about his character and how much thought and detail thag goes into it #I tried my best to analyze him #He is just so hard to describe #this mam has taken over my brain space

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"Be Not Afraid"

CIRRUS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT PAIN TO DRAW

#obscura vn #obscura cirrus #HE IS A PAIN IN THE ASS TO DRAW #plus them wiiiiiiiiiiiiings #He is so constant in being a pain to draw #I just CAN'T #fanart #Biblically Accurate Angel Cirrus

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So I tried to boop myself and-

This is the message that shows up 😂

#boop o meter #boop #boop laundering schene lmao

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I blame Hoizer for making such an addicting song; I blame that one Harvey TikTok; I blame a certain someone on Discord for giving me this idea.

#obscura vn #obscura keir #obscura vn vesper #animatic #fanwork #Keir fans are being fed today

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I blame Hozier for making such an addicting song, that one Harvey TikTok, and someone from Discord who gave this idea.

#obscura vn #obscura vn vesper #obscura keir #ao3 fanfic #Hozier #I did this out of inpulse as well

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Vesper Sketches Are Done!

#obscura vn #obscura vn vesper #fanart #I swear I'm normal about them

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I just think they're neat <3

Plus, this is my interpretation of what Vesper would look like without their mask and cloak.

#obscura vn #obscura vn vesper #Vesper Brainrot #i just think they're neat #they have taken over my brain space

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Vesper in Keir's route be like.

#obscura vn #obscura vn vesper #obscura keir #Vesper is the embodiment of the WHEEZE meme in Keir's route #meme

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Need I say more?

#obscura vn #obscura oleander #meme #did he really have to show them out like #sir this is a wendys #he just be showing it off #like how can i not stare at them!? #i wanted to out Keir too but Oleander is the booba man

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I did this out of impulse.

#obscura vn #obscura vn vesper #Vesper fans will be FED #I did this out of pure impulse and hyperfixation #i was on sugar coffee and the will to write more content for Vesper #ao3 fanfic

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Fruit Bat Francesco and Vampire Bat Cirrus ft. Vesper's hand!

Would you believe me when I say that this idea came from a discord conversation about both Francesco and Cirrus not having eye holes in their masks and they just be using echolocation to get around?

#obscura vn #obscura vn vesper #obscura cirrus #obscura francesco #they are as blind as bats i tell you #and i made sure Cirrus is a smug little shit that uou can do nothing about #and I added Francesco Bat a lil' bleep because bleep #:3

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Pls let me romance vesper 💔

SOON

#obscura vn #vesper (mc) #YESSSSSS LETS GO #MC AND PLAYER INTERACTION #rotten raccoons

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Touchstarved MC 🤝 Obscura MC/Vesper

Has a very deadly condition and needs to hide it from others while going off to a place where they don't know anything about and encounter a group of strange but attractive men who may or may not help along the way and one of them will not hesitate to kill the MC.

If I had a nickel for every time a terminally ill MC has to go to a place they don't know about to find a cure while encountering beautiful but dangerous men, I'd have two nickels; which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice, right?

TOUCHSTARVED VESPER!?!?

Sorry, I think you're mixed up! Touchstarved is the red game about a protagonist who goes to a dangerous setting and meets handsome but dangerous men. We're Obscura, the blue one.

#obscura vn #touchstarved #i both love these games and im waiting for more content #meme

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When the Hopeless Romantic Love Interest falls for the AroAce MC

Happy Birthday to our favorite dragon!!🎂🎉

#twisted wonderland #twst #malleus draconia #and yes this is a little angsty #but im a sucker for MallYuu angst

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I don't know why, but I feel like this is them in a nutshell.

It's either that or-

This.

#obscura vn #obscura cirrus #obscura vn vesper #obscura francesco #obscura oleander #obscura keir #No i will not explain myself #this may not make sense #but i feel like the three tallest are gonna pick on the shorter guys #mene