Thinking about how there are almost no weapons in subnautica and how that shaped the way I approach the game?? Also enemy drops (or lack thereof but less so)
But like, as the player you're faced with a big scary fish and your first instinct is to kill it. Either to make the threat go away or to get the loot from it that it's clearly gonna have because or how big and scary it is. Because that's what you can do in pretty much every other game, and kinda what other games encourage you to do.
But not in subnautica... like, you hardly have any weapons so right off the bat, you don't want to have to square up against whatever you've found. And that changes so much about how you play the game... you hide and focus on getting faster instead of beefier, and you learn to coexist with the things living in your environment rather than dominating them.
You might even learn to appreciate what you initially found so intimidating, and you learn more about the environment than you would have if you'd killed the threat right off the bat.
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The trauma ability thing IS canon, and it's confirmed in Gaiden. Gaiden actually has a ton of important worldbuilding information, which is why it pains me that it's not more popular. Here's the exact quote (translation credit goes to profqlasses on Twitter):
"Sensei," I muttered hoarsely. "Have you ever wished you didn't have your ability?"
“What a very mature question,” replied Ayatsuji-sensei. “I can tell you the answer, but I don’t think a fledgling like you would catch it. You’ll need about ten years of suffering for that kind of excellent question. How many years has it been since your ability first awakened?”
I didn’t need to count with my fingers; the number had always been in my head.
“……Five years.”
“There are lots of obscurities as to when and how people acquire their abilities. But most of the time, there’s a certain trigger. In your case, it was your mother’s death. In Reigo Island’s Serial Murder Case five years ago. If it’s from something like that, it’s no wonder if one or two abilities would get involved there. And it’s regardless whether the person in question wants it or not.”
(Gaiden spoilers ahead)
Now in Tsujimura's case specifically, she inherited the ability because her mother specifically passed it onto her, and now she only has partial control of it. That's actually how Kyouka's mother learned to transfer abilities. But it still reveals that abilities are triggered in people after traumatic events, and also reveals that people can have MULTIPLE abilities
Multiple spoilers for anything outside of anime
“There are lots of obscurities as to when and how people acquire their abilities. But most of the time, there’s a certain trigger. In your case, it was your mother’s death. In Reigo Island’s Serial Murder Case five years ago. If it’s from something like that, it’s no wonder if one or two abilities would get involved there. And it’s regardless whether the person in question wants it or not.”
That little burb is actually why I started thinking on the canon trauma based abilities. Also, the idea that all ability users are just a tad bit messed up. Those two things seem so dependent on one another; being messed up and and being an ability user.
Makes me think about the themes of trauma and the way it literally shapes a person.
And Tsujimura? I don't know much about her, only read her wiki when I was researching for a fic (and one my bsd quick analysis). But I was aware of her ability and how it related to Kyouka's. Honestly thought the multiple ability thing was simply speculation but it always seemed logical to me.
I feel it is a rational conclusion, even without Gaiden making it canon mind you, that abilities manifest under stress and out of trauma. I would even go as far to argue that they strengthen and develop under it to.
Characters like Akutagawa, Yosano, and Chuuya all are examples of this.
Akutagawa developed an ability that was so offensive that it was defensive. It had no true defensive capabilities till he suffered under Dazai's abusive training. It changed.
Yosano’s ability was basically still developing when she came under Mori's tutelage, wouldn't surprise me if he even knew a way to influence its development. (Exhibit A, him fatally wounding that soldier)
Chuuya had an ability before it was molded to contain and withstand Arahabaki. Another example of ablity being changed as it developed. Changed under extreme torture and trauma. Technically, he even has two abilities, Corruption and For The Tainted Sorrow.
Mori is suspicious as fuck when it comes to the children getting their abilities manipulated.
All in all, it seems to be one of those unspoken, read between the lines kind of aspects of bsd.
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is beatrice butch in every one of your fics and either hasn’t realized it, gotten comfortable with her butchness yet and/or it’s just not specifically delved into much? /genq
butchness is a way of Being babey. i think like canonically to Me bea is like soft butch even aesthetically, so it’s always there. she likes her little pants & taking care of her girl yknow? so whether or not it’s explored or whatnot specifically in the fic it’s rly like ‘has she put a name to this yet or not’ rather than ‘is she butch or not’ if that makes sense
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