Quinneapolis
[Umineko everything spoilers] The thing that fucks me up the most in maybe the whole series is this:
Quinneapolis
ahem
Quinneapolis
...Here's some advice from a survivor of hell. Enjoy this noise while you can.
Quinneapolis
Even the annoying insults you hear now will bring you fond memories to preserve your sanity amidst the eternal silence.
Quinneapolis
You know... every once in a while, that terror comes back to me. I wonder whether I really have escaped from that hell.
Quinneapolis
What if... I actually lost my mind a long time ago... and I'm still there, just seeing a delusion of us all chatting happily like this?
Quinneapolis
That nightmare still terrifies me... and so, I need to constantly feel, truly feel that this isn't a dream.
Quinneapolis
Hey... are you guys... really... real? You aren't just an insane delusion I'm having inside that hell, right? ...Right...?
Quinneapolis
it's a short bit but it totally recontextualizes everything Lambda AND Bern are doing
Quinneapolis
and just for a minute, you can almost understand them
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
Lambda And Bern Are Not Ok
Quinneapolis
you hurt others to remind yourself that you're not the one being hurt anymore
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
which is what umineko is All About really, isn't it
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
i fucking love umineko so much
Quinneapolis
pretty much
Rama
Umineko is mostly about the cycle of abuse
Quinneapolis
but just
Rama
Also with a side of "man my worldbuilding in Higurashi was pretty fucked up, wasn't it?" in this specific instance.
Quinneapolis
seeing Lambda's facade crack for just a minute
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and getting a glimpse of how deep the damage goes
shivorce
Yeah I love Bern and Lambda
shivorce
And they've always been like this
shivorce
Like rereading the ep1 and ep2 ??? tea parties
shivorce
Feels chilling
Quinneapolis
ep2 is insane on a reread
shivorce
Yeah. Just getting context with all the answers in mind...
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
bern: literally introduces herself as the cruelest witch in the world
us: aw she looks like rika she's pure
bern: does a bunch of fucked up shit
us: hold up
shivorce
I still don't fully know Rosa's deal whether or not she knew Kinzo was dead
shivorce
It seems like at times she was clued in by Genji but other times...
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
i think she had to have been bc she lies about going to see him
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
in ep2 when she gets the gun and talks about having spoken to him
shivorce
Yeah but then she defends Shannon and Genji, saying they had alibis for Jessica's murder
shivorce
When... she knows they don't
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
well
she is their accomplice, lol
shivorce
But in general Rosa is only out for herself and Maria in ep2
Rama
Shannon and Genji are giving her a bajillion dollars
shivorce
Yeah that's the only way it makes sense
Quinneapolis
sometimes I almost feel sympathy for Bern
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and then I remember that
shivorce
Ep3 shows she's capable of solo solving the epitaph like Eva
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Christ ep5 in general
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Is beyond brutal
Quinneapolis
there's a side work that goes over how--
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hang on, re-marking this for full spoilers
shivorce
Natsuhi was basically tortured that whole episode
Frozen Time
Foxfire and I were just talking last night about how awful Bern is in EP 5.
Frozen Time
OK, mostly it was me talking about that.
Frozen Time
STILL MAD.
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
https://i.imgur.com/wOmMwZW.jpg now it's marked i can post this
Quinneapolis
--how Yasu convinces people to be her accomlpices
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and it's pretty interesting
shivorce
Bern being punched is always A+
shivorce
Oooh
Rama
Yeah I think that's Our Confession.
Quinneapolis
it's a rough draft of the back end of an unused episode
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yeah
shivorce
There's so many sideworks in this series haha
Quinneapolis
where she takes Krauss and Natsuhi down to the Gold Hole
Rama
It goes over the fact that some people she can just bribe, but others like Natsuhi and Krauss she has to actually threaten
Quinneapolis
shows them the gold, and along with Genji for support, explains the bomb situation
shivorce
I know there's a manga of Yasu's origin
Quinneapolis
citing the torii explosion as her test drive
shivorce
That basically reads the same as ep7 but with less magical embellishment
Quinneapolis
then goes "If you want the bombs to not go off AND to have this gold, join me in putting on a little play for someone"
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
our confession is the side story, confession of the golden witch is like
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
the manga chapters
Quinneapolis
then by the time they realize actual murders are happening their lives are already on the line
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in for a penny, in for not exploding
shivorce
Never forget Battler predicted bombs
Quinneapolis
he just got the size wrong
shivorce
He just got the size of them wrong
Quinneapolis
Large Bombs
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Large Nazi Bombs
Rama
Ultimately, Yasu's key unacknowledged inspiration was clearly Jim Henson.
Rama
If you don't know how to end an act, just have something blow up.
Quinneapolis
I love Bern's expression in the Get Punched CG
Quinneapolis
she's like "This isn't what was supposed to happen here, hold up"
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