no thought, head empty, only jade waltzing with with you to "so this is love"
you two bumped into each other in an empty hallway, and out of the blue, he decided to ask you for a dance. you obliged, and he led you through the hallway with grace, holding your hand so gently in his.
and at the end, jade would press his forehead against yours, staring deep into your eyes with such a tender look that had your heart going haywire.
duet with you he would. you noticed his eyes flickering down to your lips, his gloved hand cupped your face, him slowly closing the distance. he would smile, and share with you a loving kiss.
"so this the miracle that i've been dreaming off
mm... so this is love~"
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Schneider's family ; The significance of Marian
REVERSE 1999 SPOILERS AHEAD : FOR CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 ! Please tread carefully and make sure you only read about what you're willing to know.
I know we're all still completely in shambles from Chap. 2, but I wanted to make a speculation about Schneider-- and a comment about how well she's written !
Let me start with this: In many pieces of media, viewers, listeners and readers alike are told that a character has people they care for. They're told a character has a lover, a wife, kids, a family, a sister. We're told the same about Schneider: that she has 11 older siblings, and that she works in the mafia to support them.
However, it's very rarely that we're given a name and a face for these supposed loved ones. And even rarer is it that they're written well, not just as a ploy for empathy, but as their own character:
Ladies, gentlemen, and esteemed guests: I present to you, Marian.
Marian is one of my favorite characters just as a stand-alone: she's realistic, she's anxious, she clings to Schneider like a lifeline-- but she's brave, too. I'd love to do an in-depth analysis on her another time, but we're here for another reason.
Marian, first of all, shows us what Schneider's family is like. How they were raised, what they believe in, who they depend on. Soft topic, I know, but as someone of Italian lineage, it's very important to me that I point this out: Marian is extremely religious.
Immigrants of every kind tend to be religious. It gives them much more faith than they ever could have: a new lifeline. They managed to make it across such a winding sea? Oh, thank the lord. They haven't been kicked out of the Americas for emigration? Thank you, holy one. There's so many more reasons for this than "they need something they don't have"- maybe the fact that the rendition of god in every religion is said to love everybody, not just those who were born into wealthy families with the bluest eyes and the blondest hair.
When in a moment with no reason, and all different kinds of desperate measures being needed.. Schneider does what her family coaxes her to. She prays.
(I can't find a screenshot, but please refer to the iconic "I didn't know you prayed" scene, and the screenshot directly below this sentence.)
I also want to point out a large difference between Schneider and her family: Schneider's perspective on a 'god' differs so, so much from her family's.
She looks to whoever may be above, in her world, scornfully-- at least, in the present day. In her past, there is a particularly impactful line I want to debunk.
"The god there ... loves the world."
Schnider's family seems to believe that god was the one guiding them, the one who will forgive them-- Schneider believed that it was a whole different entity. This kid believes that the god in Sicily, whoever they may be, does not love the world-- and mio dio, if that's not fucked up, I don't know what is.
And, when Schneider comes to America and sees that shit isn't as it's cut off to be, she's resentful of whoever this god may be. She gives a pray as her last bet-- what her family wants.
And it's not that she doesn't believe in this god-- no. She just doesn't believe they love her.
"Finally forgive me" -- Finally being the key word here. She's lived all her life never being treated to mercy or being 'forgiven for her sins' -- and at her most fragile, exposed moment, she relents to what her family has taught her. To what she truly believes-- to Sicily, to Marian, her sorella. Maybe even all 11 sorelle and her parents.
And, again, they're different at face value. Marian is calm, kind. She dresses modest and has her hair grown out: she's timid, too, not befitting of a mafia boss. She's different from her younger sister.. but she's still important. She shows us another side of Schneider: and, more importantly, she shows us what-- no, who Schneider is fighting for.
Marian provides us with extremely beneficial background context of where Schneider comes from-- and, in that process, gives many of us someone to empathize with. Yes, I too know somebody at least a little like her. You do too, likely.
Maybe, you're even like Schneider-- maybe she's someone you'd aim to protect.
,,aaand that's the little lore rant. Whew! Now to study for my math finals. I hope you have a good day :)
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I remember that in (my first playthrough) of epilogue, the first person I ran into was Rains Fall.
After that I went around the map and with the help of reddit started the encounter with everyone.
Looking back, it made me very happy to see Mary-Beth and also Tilly. Now, it makes me wonder if they ever meet up.
While we could say that it could be a bit dangerous for them to meet up because they were still associated with the van der linde gang, I hope they did anyway.
Hell, Tilly finding one of Mary-Beth books and somehow, she feels as if she heard those words before. She buys more of them and it clicks.
It's her old friend.
Her chase begins. She isn't stupid, she knows she has to be smart about it, she at one point wonders if she wants to see her.
But she will never know unless she tries.
So she finally knocks on the door.
Mary-Beth opens it.
The women are both shocked for a moment, before Tilly shows her the book in her hand.
"Will you sign it for me?"
"Oh shut up and hug me!"
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The internet isn't real — that doesn't mean what you learn, say, or do doesn't or can't be brought out into your real life, just that this place is both infinite, severely limited, and both existent and non-existent at the same time.
Kick back, enjoy your time here, and anything that's powerful enough to come into your real life is valid. This place is a beautiful garden full of weeds that will need to be pruned by you — everything here will wither and disappear once you forget about them and be replaced by something new, some of it good, some of it pretty, and some of it is harsh and strangling. Even with the worst parts visible we still all come here because we enjoy it, You should always make sure that the experience you are getting out of it is one that makes you your best version, the one that makes you feel comfortable, no need to wallow in uncomfortable patches any longer than you really want to.
This place doesn't fully exist, just bits and pieces do, do whatever you want.
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not the same Anon (honestly!) but uhhhh, isn't GenieTellerMaster problematic? What with the whole.... Master drugging Teller and wanting to enslave Genie thing? 🥺
do i? even begin to answer this seriously?
So let's get this straight. Magister usurping power in the Citadel for himself, running a borderline slavery operation with his servants and putting price on people heads is ok with you? It's the roofying you have problem with? lol
what about Teller literally having unmeasurable powers over Nie? He literally can order her to do anything?? How is That a healthy relationship dynamic?
But let's say Magister develops compassion for jinns and leaves his World Domination plan behind and Teller forgives him for drugging him. I'm curious would you consider it a functional non-problematic ot3 then?
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