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[aparticularbandit]

when andi said her life was taken away from her by someone, everyone in that room - and then emphasized it - my life! do you even know what that means? - and you come back and realize it’s helen saying that and she means it literally because andi is dead.

#musings #glass onion #glass onion spoilers #andi brand #helen brand #glass onion fam #bandit sees glass onion #bandit liveblogs #i also want to talk about the first two puzzles in the puzzle box #but #this one is important to so up it goes

[multiversalstarlight]

matt: the worst one is still are you weaker at the elbow or the shoulder.

me: YEAH THAT ONE YEP.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #4 sided dive #exu calamity #exu: calamity #-shudders- #i REMEMBER that #talking about questions intended to terrify and creep out the player #'roll this and know that you want. to fail.' #'okay you failed so you might survive.' #'now patia. are you weaker at the shoulder or the elbow' #-shudders again- #CALAMITY WAS A RIDE FRIENDS #still the best thing they've done

[aparticularbandit]

okay but also there's something...about how nagito learned the truth and suddenly lost all hope in the others

because like

they screwed up

but that's not who they were as he currently knew them

and there's something about how, yeah, they fell into despair, but that doesn't mean they can't become symbols of hope again

like...nagito doesn't believe in redemption

or they've already reached the end of their hope so whatever they get back will never be as much hope as it could have been so they're no good anymore

idk there's something...uncomfortable about that specific reaction

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs danganronpa

[aparticularbandit]

y'all.

if that was otohan.

what's luidinus going to be like.

or predathos?

#musings #critical role #bandit liveblogs critical role #bandit liveblogs #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers

[aparticularbandit]

Matsuda threw the scalpel because Ryoko acts exactly like Junko. He asked questions to confirm it was Ryoko and not Junko.

He treats them the same. (Roughly.) Because Ryoko could always have reverted back.

...which really says that Junko trying to kill both Mukuro and Izuru in DR3 is just. a version of literally what Yasuke is doing with her here.

It's playing. In the same way that Yasuke knew he wouldn't hit her, Junko knew she wouldn't hit them. It's a game.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs danganronpa #dr0 #matsushima #ryoko otonashi #junko enoshima #yasuke matsuda #junko doesn't necessarily have murderous intent behind it in the same way yasuke doesn't

[aparticularbandit]

Komaru: So this...is Junko Enoshima?

me: BESTIE YOU HAD HER MAGAZINES AS YOUR ONLY READING MATERIAL FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. YOU WERE LITERALLY READING ONE WHEN BREAKFAST SHOWED UP. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHO JUNKO IS

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs danganronpa

[aparticularbandit]

You know, the thing about Taka's FTEs (now that I've had more time musing over them) is that - Taka relies entirely on the assumption that when Hope's Peak uses the word Talent, they mean something that someone is naturally good at without putting forth any effort. As a result, Taka assumes that the other Ultimates are naturally talented and smart and gifted like his grandfather was.

To an extent, with a couple of them, Taka's right. Leon is naturally gifted at baseball. I'd argue that Chihiro is naturally gifted at programming (at least from the discussions in his FTEs). And I think it's likely that Junko is naturally gifted at analysis (but put effort into Despair and Fashionista. Or, at least, chose Fashionista for whatever reason).

But Mondo? Put effort into being a Biker Gang Leader (especially after his brother Daiya died, because he had to be better and prove that he was a good leader despite causing Daiya's death).

Sayaka? She explicitly talks about all of the effort that went into becoming a Pop Sensation (and just how easily that can all slip away from her).

Sakura, too, talks about all of the effort that went into becoming the top Martial Artist, and while you can argue that Hifumi is naturally talented, he goes to great lengths in his FTEs to talk about the effort he's put into spreading the amazingness of fan creation with his school.

So like - Taka is very clearly biased against all of the other Ultimates and says as much, but if he got to know them, he'd find that a good chunk of them are a lot like he is - putting a lot of effort into something they love so that they can be good at it.

And it's ironic that he thinks Makoto is like him. Because Makoto's Ultimate Talent - Luck - is another sort of natural thing that requires no effort. He might be just like Taka in terms of schooling (and all of the others, outside of their Ultimate, are likely the same way), but as far as the function of his Talent...he's just like everyone that Taka by nature does not like. But because Taka likes him, he pretends it's something else.

Idk...it's just interesting to think about, I guess.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs danganronpa #kiyotaka ishimaru #i mostly don't want to put things into the main tags while i'm liveblogging and thinking through things #especially since i still haven't finished the first game (even though i've seen the anime which...made some interesting choices) #but this i want specifically in my character tags for him if i write more about him #but that's also why like #a lot of my theories and analysis aren't in the proper tags yet #because i'm still thoughts #...except for junko #i keep putting junko and monokuma stuff in the tags and i'm not sorry about it

[aparticularbandit]

junko when you say making a tv appearance, you don't mean the killing game or the tragedy do you

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs danganronpa #yeah magazine i'm sure you WILL have a follow-up report on that

[aparticularbandit]

to be fair, this is also how i feel whenever miles opens his mouth.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit sees glass onion #glass onion spoilers #glass onion fam #birdie jay #duke cody #claire debella #lionel toussaint #lionel troussaint #they are all so done with him #y'all should've STAYED done with him #claire and lionel's faces #and birdie just SO bored of him #ALSO DUKE WITH HIS ARM AROUND BIRDIE AH

[aparticularbandit]

in which i feel like there are classic anime that everyone knows (or at least everyone from a certain time period knows) but not everyone has seen.

neon genesis evangelion haruhi suzimuya higurashi no naku koro ni flcl dragonball z lucky star mobile suit gundam

(this is not a comprehensive list. feel free to add your own!)

i have finally gone back to lucky star.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #i just have it on for background etc. #idk if i'll actually make it through it #but like #i feel like there are some older anime that everyone knows #because they were THAT BIG or THAT INFLUENTIAL #you know? #anyone who knows anime knows evangelion #even if they haven't seen it #everyone knows dragonball z #you know what i mean? #even if you don't know what it is that you know #you recognize it

[aparticularbandit]

i actually really like snarky too bored with everything monaca

she's cool

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs danganronpa

[aparticularbandit]

Nah, her right hand got burned, her left hand got shot through and then STABBED through, and then BOTH OF HER HANDS WERE BURNED TO SHREDS WITH A MONTH OF RECOVERY, Kyoko has nerve damage in her hands.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs danganronpa #BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE SHE DIED WHEN YUI DID #YELLING.

[aparticularbandit]

okay but here's the question.

and i think this gets addressed in the ddlc+ lore but i haven't gotten back to it yet, so i'm just going to be musing a bit.

monika is an ai. so are the rest of the girls.

is every version of monika in every released game also an ai who is self-aware? or is there just one monika in the version of the game that's being used as a testing ground for the simulation who is self-aware? they didn't release a version of the game that still has a self-aware monika in it, did they?

we don't have multiple self-aware monikas who escaped, do we? or multiple self-aware monikas who are trapped in the multiple games around the world (within the context of the lore)?

there's just one self-aware monika who escaped, right?

right?

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs ddlc #because i know ddlc+ highly implies that monika was able to get out of ddlc #i mean technically it was highly implied by her twitter account after the first game #that there's a version of monika who has access to twitter and is posting there #that's the lore #that monika escaped and is in the interwebs somehow #but i think lore canon is that there's just the one who escaped #there's /one/ monika #even though there are /multiple/ games #i think #ithink?

[aparticularbandit]

honestly, i don't think sayori submitted that new poem to monika.

i think that's completely out of character for sayori to submit it. to write it, less so, but to submit it into a public forum where so many of those people would read it? from a character who has been hiding her depression for who knows how long because she didn't want anyone to worry?

sayori would not have submitted that poem.

monika put that poem there.

and like - this is one of my things with the common interpretation of monika killing sayori, but like. she did not. she did not want that. i don't think you can read any of her actions and think she wanted any of that.

but monika expects the player to check on sayori. monika berates the player for not checking on sayori. (i'm not sure how much monika understands about what choices the player has and does not have at this point.) monika literally makes the player go back to check on sayori by putting that poem in there.

the player never has a choice either. whether to go check on sayori or not.

and monika changes the narrative and sends the player back by putting in a poem that sayori would never have submitted.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs ddlc #like i think there are layers to what monika is doing and what she is trying to do and i don't think most of it is intentionally malevolent #and i think you get that from her dialogue at the end too #even when she's alone in that room with the player #monika misses her friends #she knows they're not real and she still misses them #like #there are SO many layers here #ugh where's my old meta i have #a lot of thoughts #><

[aparticularbandit]

so. there's pokemon game called infinite fusions. and a couple of the poketubers i like are doing a soul link of it.

and this pokemon shows up - a fusion of of gengar and latios - and it looks like this:

and i think, squinting at that bandana, that's kokichi.

but no, no, that's surely not a danganronpa reference, definitely not.

and then i found the page with all of this artist's other fusion designs for the game.

and i saw this:

and i was like, okay, cool, that's blatantly kyubey but madoka and danganronpa, that's not the same, that's not a confirmation of anything.

this one is:

HI MONOKUMA.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs pokemon #bandit liveblogs danganronpa #i want to update the game and see if it'll run better because it took SO LONG to load ANYTHING when i tried to play infinite fusions before #also y'all should check out their other designs because WOW they are COOL

[aparticularbandit]

I think the Monokuma Theaters I'm most fascinated by at the moment are the student talking to Monokuma about how they're just copy-paste of a person and then the discussion about fate.

Tell me more, Junko. These are nice beginning thoughts. Where were you going with them.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs danganronpa #i honestly think these are literally what she puts on for the show while everyone's out #junko: i know some of you might be entertained by all these people dozing you pervs #junko: but i'm gonna have my bestest oc monokuma spout wisdom instead #junko: it's a much better use of your time!