#for an early chapter squabble we're asked to contend with quite a lot

[pochapal]

in several ways i feel like this whole inheritance argument is very much a "training level" for a reader to become acquainted with the way that the mysteries will be approached and subsequently unfold in a lower-stakes environment.

#umineko liveblog #ep1 reread #for an early chapter squabble we're asked to contend with quite a lot #entertaining two contradictory elements at the same time. considering this through the detective/romantic lens #acknowledging the dynamics of power and abuse that feed into every interaction #and the role of storytelling metaphors and obfuscation #like the whole conceit of this argument is on a level with the 'who gave maria the letter' mystery #not in terms of its stakes/implications but more in the way of its construction #since if you pay attention you can figure out the broad brushstrokes of the key truths in this scene before they are revealed to you #that the gold exists. that krauss is embezzling kinzo's money. and that the siblings are financially desperate enough to work together #like i don't think you could say how/why these things happened on a first glance but you can puzzle out the 'what' if you're sharp enough