Playing 3DS games after having seen the overall fandom response to release and long-term impact and the way it's looked back on and such is... bizarre, honestly? Like, maybe it's just because we got our introduction to gaming in the 3DS era, but it's incredibly strange to know that games we knew and loved and would have considered relatively mainstream just... didn't stick in people's minds.
Like, take the Gen 6 Pokemon games. Those were great games! One of the single things about X/Y/OR/AS that we don't see people talking about but that stuck in our mind was how the developers made an effort to make it so that every single Pokemon in the games prior was spread between just those four games! We remember that just the sheer variety of potential Pokemon available was enough to get us a start into challenge runs simply by virtue of how much variety could be added to a playthrough by the sheer amount of potential on offer!
We remember spending hours just... hunting around the region to figure out where those last Pokemon we needed to fill the 'dex were, wandering around to try and find Hidden Ability pokemon from Horde battles, getting to actually interact with our Pokemon in Pokemon Amie.
Yeah, there were more obscure games out there, and yeah, they impacted us as well - Pocket Card Jockey stands out in this regard, as an extremely fun game that we're pretty sure was played by maybe three people, maximum, but it's not quite the same. These were games that we played ourself! These were games we saw other people playing, that we played with people over the internet, that felt like they were well-known! We were under the impression that these were mainstream interests, not Niche! it feels... singularly bizarre to realize that, for the majority of people out there, this game was a forgettable disappointment.
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Song said, "Your consort got your bed ready."
Lifting his cup, Moon froze, self conscious. […] He realized he had no idea how to live with Jade inside a colony, and he kept running into subtleties of Raksuran behavior that he had no idea how to react to. He knew the others were staring at him, and made himself take a sip of tea as if nothing was wrong.
Jade tilted her head to study Song thoughtfully. Song's eyes widened and she said, "I was just teasing!" (The Serpent Sea, p. 49)
There was something else he was reluctant to bring up, but he had to know about the awkward moment last night. "What did it mean when I made a bed for you?"
This time Jade sounded more annoyed than amused. "It's an old custom. It means you want to sleep with me. Song was being a little idiot."
"I do want to sleep with you," he pointed out, emphasizing it by nuzzling her collarbone. (p. 52)
ooooh jade DID U KNOW ur committed sexual partner wants 2 have sex with u?? tee hee hee
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So I've actually been playing like every day but it's just been running pearls and such so not many interesting events outside of Lore. But now, a collection of thoughts from that:
I forget if I mentioned/checked about this before but it does seem like Looks to the Moon is remembering between cycles now! I'm in the middle of doing another run for more neurons so I'll see then if they have unique dialogue for being gifted multiple (I've given two so far), just debating with myself if it seems easier to backtrack out of Five Pebbles or go the route through his stuff etc.
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The regular pearls seem to just have pretty generic things. While whatever they say seems to be consistent in the sense that they have enough individual code for Looks to the Moon to mention when they've already read one (including between cycles), I would believe that they're not necessarily in a set order or anything.
What I am getting out of showing them the white pearls is the little remarks they give sometimes about the fact that I keep bringing them, which are so fucking cute.
Another? You're no better than the scavengers!
Let us see..to be honest, I'm as curious to see it as you are.
Yet another gift? You're quite curious, little friend!
...You're getting quite good at this you know. A little archaeologist beast.
Here we go again, little archaeologist. Let's read your pearl.
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Remember when I said I kind-of on purpose killed one of Five Pebbles's overseers and genuinely accidentally killed one of Looks to the Moon's? I'd kept both of the remains then and now I brought them both to her. First of all she says the same thing for both which was sad because I was kind of hoping for more Five Pebbles Opinions from them. But they do confirm something I had been wondering, aka that overseers normally are seemingly controlled by and definitely give iterators views on what's going on in the world, but Looks to the Moon no longer has any connection to theirs.
(The specific phrasing of "I lost contact with them when I was neutered. My umbilical is cut." First of all, feels like a weird mix of metaphors there with those two things, although they both get a little visceral icky 'oh that's bad' feeling. And then the very nonspecific passive voice of "I was." Was this an accident? On purpose? What or who caused it????)
It is interesting that they speculate that theirs are all gone because I have seen one in their room a couple times (although I guess they do say all gone "out there"), and even more so the line "Without me they would just roam around with no purpose" because that is absolutely not what they're doing, what with the guiding you around and showing images (a lot of it specifically to get you to help Looks to the Moon). So where is that coming from??? What does it mean?!??
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Also I've gotten three other colored pearls.
First, a red one from Shaded Citadel, which with my current understanding is very funny but doesn't have too much specific lore, although very excitingly a fourth iterator name (Unparalleled Innocence), and the mention of it as "local." Unless it doesn't mean local to the citadel area, it's odd that an iterator we haven't run into would be mentioned over the two obvious closer ones (or this one was a project that didn't end up getting completed, or this one was the one actually being worked on at that moment in time)
Then a blue from the Industrial Complex which is mostly about bone masks (and bone plaster?? I don't know if that's just plaster made with bone bits or what). This is probably not related but it did make me think of the skull looking things that the scavengers have in their major gathering areas, which I feel like I would have a better grasp on if I knew better the scale of things but whatever. (I did have a period of wondering if they were rain deer skulls but having compared shots of the two things they don't seem quite the right shape).
But then they go on to say the mask-making facility was "here on Pebble's grounds" (sidenote: Looks to the Moon calls him just Pebbles several times and it's always at least a little funny to me every time) and the place was made for Five Pebbles. Again assuming that the location being referred to is the location I found the pearl then that means Industrial would be considered Five Pebbles's territory, not Looks to the Moon's. I don't know what that would actually mean if anything but it feels significant to note.
Also that the area "was made to provide pellets of holy ash to Pebbles, but knowing him he probably hasn't used much of it!" (what is that. what in the world would he use it for. what does his whole thing suggesting he hasn't used it mean. does he not think it's as important or good. is he a resource hoarder. what. also there's one regular pearl that's a recipe of "Two parts rot bar extract, one part bone ash" that not even Looks to the Moon knows what it is and this is just like. More weird ingredience)
Then there's a purple one I found in Shoreline which hooo information. That water is not only not bad for iterators (I had been wondering if the fact that Looks to the Moon's room is partially flooded and open to the rain was contributing to their problems but perhaps not. Or at least not as badly) but vital. Many things in this one to pick out and comment on.
She says this one is "quite old, from when Five Pebbles was in the planning phase" which not only gives a vague timescale but also she later says "Building Five Pebbles so close to me," which implies that she's even older.
Off of that second quote, they then say that "It was not a good decision, in hindsight." ???!? Super ominous, and like. Was them being built so close actually a water miscalculation? Or was there something else about putting those two close that made something end badly??? I don't think it's that some drama went down between the two of them because Looks to the Moon seems pretty chill any time they mention Five Pebbles but. in the unlikely scenario he's actually responsible for what happened to her I'm gonna lose it
Them specifically mentioning microbe strata as being most of their processing and a huge thing that keeps them alive. Adding another point to my "Five Pebbles is such a little bitch and that's hilarious" from him calling himself "godlike in comparison" to the stuff literally keeping him alive and functional like ok you little edgelord shit. even less fooling me than you were previously
The specific wording that iterators "breathe out as much vapor as we inhale water" has me like. how literal is that. I assume it's about their general processes in a 'yeah they're the whole machine thing not just the robot puppet' but also I just don't actually know that for sure
I don't have a conclusion to tie this all together or anything. There still feels like a lotta things I don't know and we'll see how long it takes to get to any of that, since I'm planning on going back to area exploration next.
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LITERALLY. YOURE SO RIGHT. like at the very core of it the reason why this sucks is because "cbeeduo are established to be narratively important to each other and now theyve dropped off the face of the earth and no matter what thats going to be unsatisfying and bad writing" like thats it. not 2 keep discoursing wiht u sorry youre just sooo right. cbeeduoers are right 2 feel upset about this its like, not good for the story, not good for their characters, doesnt make sense and literally can not be satisfying. i truly believe cranboo and ctubbo cant have their stories end in a way that Makes Sense without a reconciliation. and i DO mean Specifically "reconciliation", not just "they talk one more time", or "they hate each other now" but i get we r all desperate here so just talking again would be like water in a desert. but with how their stories and characters work i dont think it makes sense for them to hate each other, i also dont think a divorce arc makes any sense or would benefit their stories/characters? they can have a fight or argument but they wouldnt just. cut each other out of their lives. they care too much, thats deeply established. i just wish they would talk and wed have a Resolution on them. even if its rushed, even if its not the best writing, even if i go out of it thinking hm there should have been more, i want SOMETHING! wailing crying
(Ur fine don't worry)
Yeah I think part of the reason it bothers me so bad is that c!Tubbo just keeps having massive plotholes in his story caused by ooc stuff and I am getting so tired of that. I could elaborate on that but I already have oh so many times before lol.
I mean, practically no character on the DSMP will be able to have an ending that wraps up ALL their character's loose ends, because the nature of the DSMP is that plotlines sometimes get dropped or change mid-''season'', but I think this is a pretty big thing to leave out. And I think what bothers me most about it is that - much like c!Tubbo losing his son, c!Tubbo killing c!Aimsey, c!Tubbo waiting so long to go and see c!Tommy after c!Dream's release, I could go on - this is a plothole that could be Explained. I can think of literally dozens of things they could say to explain why they won't interact again. Would these reasons be satisfying? No of course not. But it's just so tiring that Tubbo overlooks so many plotholes in his character's own story so often when all he'd have to do is mention on Twitter or in stream "yeah I think the reason my character didn't notice Michael was missing is xyz." If that makes sense
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psst psst Luce
you are a wonderful friend, dearly beloved <3 you have such a wonderful brain, that is so good at taking a moment and turning it through a kaleidoscope of possibilities and making the new moment so alive. your art is most adorable, scratching the brain in a soothing way~
I hope you do well on your end in the coming days, taking breaks where you need to care for yourself *mwah* you are much loved and cared for - @clxckwork-sun-n-moon
Hey hey Limey wait no hey you already murdered me today!! Hey hey hey I'm so fried my brain is just mash potato and I can't even properly love back, unfair ):
I hope you enjoy your cake you just got and also hope you can take it easy and rest, stars know you deserve a lot more of that and I wish you all the best. I'm giving you the tightest hug for as long as you want one, kissy you <3
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