Sometimes i like to think about Mari and then i remember how she probably blames herself and that’s why she so easily forgave Sunny. Cause like, she was a perfectionist and even though it wasnt her fault and it was the circumstances that created the incident, she probably still falls into that downwards spiral.
She probably thinks stuff like, “Sunny is hurting because im dead. Its not his fault its mine. I died cause i fell. I fell because blocked his way, and he pushed me. He pushed me because he was scared and stressed because i yelled at him. I yelled at him becaude he broke the violin. He broke the violin because i wanted it to be perfect. I pushed him too hard. He pushed me but it was because i pushed him harder. Its my fault i’m dead and its my fault he’s stuck in denial and sadness. Its my fault”
Which of course it isnt true, or at least not that she meant to cause this, she meant no harm, but with the little we know about Mari that’s probably how she sees it. She thinks its all her fault. And i think thats really sad. in fanart we always see her comforting Sunny, but they need to comfort each other not just one of the two. Cause both feel like it’s their fault.
So I finally got to play Omori and I have thoughts. Lots. I've been meaning to play it for ages and since its now on the switch i’ve gotten a chance. Somehow I’v managed to not be spoiled and I went in basically blind (I knew it was a horror game but that was it). I finished the normal route and got all the endings for that and I'm so confused.
I played assuming Sunny and Basil had seen something traumatising revolving around Mari’s death. I guess I wasn’t technically wrong and I played hoping Sunny would heal from the trauma and help Basil to as well. I thought the whole game was going to be about saving Basil and healing. Then I got to all the photos of Basil's memory.
I haven't played the horror endings yet so maybe there is information I'm missing. But it looks like Sunny pushed Mari down the stairs? And then he and Basil worked together to take her to the tree? And maybe she was still alive? But what I can't figure out is: did Sunny mean to kill her or was it an accident? Why did they try to cover it up if it was an accident?
I got the good ending and it didn't feel good. I feel like I've played this character who's used and abused his friends. And now all I want is for Basil to be safe and happy. But I don't know what I want for Sunny. There’s so much time that’s passed between the Mari’s death and seeing Basil again.
I know they're both kids, but some of Sunny’s memories in the library make me think maybe he was pretty emotionless and not interested in his friends and sister.
Did Mari break his violin? Or did Sunny? Do we find out Sunny's motive?
Maybe I’ve just gotten so invested in Basil and Sunny being the victims and its altered everything. Maybe they’re just kids who made a mistake and didn’t know how to solve it.
I need to play the hikikomori version but I'm so sad about the endings. I’m so confused and sad. This game is amazing but wow its opened me up to feelings I didn’t want to interact with
A martyr from the very start, his creation merely to sate the DREAMER's guilt. Yet, whenever the truth is remembered you punish him for a crime he did not commit; again and again, in an incoherent cycle of death. But for however much you hurt him, all he does is love and trust, for that is all he knows to do - a puppet.
He is half of what he really is- you say you care about him, yet you bury part of him so far under your broken fantasy he is left a shadow of himself.
An anger boils inside of him; he has done everything in a futile attempt to protect you, yet you have done everything in a futile attempt to abandon him. He has sacrificed so much, yet you refuse to face him. He misses you. He misses SUNNY. And so he will not let you abandon him again, not until his ultimate demise.
Did a bit of a HS Basil/Stranger study... very fun to draw! More under cut
Hit by a bunch of inspo after I played through the hikkikomori route again- the religious imagery in the Chruch of Something was fascinating, so I drew these on my phone yesterday! They're not perfect, but I did 'em with my finger so I think they turned out pretty good :)
Also, alt version of stranger without top lighting because I couldn't decide which i liked better: