lily!
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Okay. Time for everything to continue the ever-accelerating arc on going to absolute fuckshit
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oh boy can't wait for a totally normal slice of life scene starring jessica that surely won't have anything traumatic happen in it https://images.plurk.com/5uei6AnOlAV6LAE8uUq5KA.png
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holy shit https://images.plurk.com/23vKHZVsNlGbVaoxTRSfBb.png
lily!
have i mentioned how much i love jessica because i love jessica
sailor bii
jessica is a good
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OKAY just had to review my previous notes to jog my memory
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"Doom it's been literally two days" UMINEKO IS A DENSE GAME WITH A LOT OF HIGH CONCEPT STUFF
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...is this going to be a fake dating thing with kanon https://images.plurk.com/2IKR2v4Zq80QBJe84Ohms3.png
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huh so her regular outfit isn't just a repurposed school uniform?
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i mean if she feels most comfortable at school it makes sense that she'd carry a little bit of it into her style
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the sfx on the friends is
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bothering me
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they sound like beatrice's effects
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god all the voice acting in this game is just
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top tier
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SHANNON,
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i know shannon is trying to set jessica up with kanon but there has GOT to be a fic where she goes instead right
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this chapter really is about young love
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HER LITTLE FANGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS https://images.plurk.com/3MpXSsB8H7SgpP4HedN3MI.png
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IN CASE IT WASN'T ALREADY OBVIOUS FANGS ARE MASSIVE DOOMBAIT
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thank you jessica https://images.plurk.com/5joHNiGJP6Sz6lppm7N3r2.png
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shannon is playing jessica like a cheap plastic whistle here and i love it https://images.plurk.com/3Vj0pMs0o3rh1SrgVlDQwy.png
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WOW, SHANNON https://images.plurk.com/1B55yYLWT8avdfzIMwiGA5.png
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i appreciate that like
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she's confident enough as jessica's actual friend and not just her servant
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to say shit like this
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this is a very heterosexual conversation but nothing about this conversation is heterosexual
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>"she could choke her to death with a cushion later"
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well if shannon dies in this episode we know what to check
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i love that last episode's runup was a rich family drama soap opera
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and this is just
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a shoujo
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WHO! IS! THE! NARRATOR! https://images.plurk.com/5C9SQOkPFtL7ba8Gqg4ws8.png
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this has been driving me fucking NUTS the entire time
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there is clearly a narrator both here and in episode 1 but WHO IS IT
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it's interesting actually
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episode 2
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reads like someone's fixit-fic of episode 1 so far now that i'm thinking of it
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T S U N D O R A https://images.plurk.com/5tAtN5skOCJ57BXcOLkOiA.png
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the sound effects here are getting to me though
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they weren't at all present before
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what a tsundora
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god i'm still losing my shit at that
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if i ever make a jessica journal i have GOT to name it tsundora
lily!
...I was actually missing the cultural context on when, exactly, the "tsundere" developed, but this is a good point. https://images.plurk.com/214aOalTlir39nq3sPuNaX.png
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Especially since you've mentioned it.
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Like...
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In some ways it feels like whatever narrative is holding this episode is sorta
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Falling apart, bit by bit?
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The sound effects, the references to cultural shit that shouldn't be known in 1985-86,
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It's odd.
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Now that I think about it, the narrator is also... much more personal sounding here, I guess?
lily!
Hm.
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there's definitely some anachronisms in the setting, at least some due to Ryukishi07's personal tastes
sailor bii
yep
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it won't be there in the PS3 version but the OG art has a touhou reference in this part
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...I actually downloaded the "keep the Touhou Jessica CG" option
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ahahaha
lily!
Maybe my observation about the genres in the runup to the mystery WILDLY changing between episodes is more on point.
lily!
Ryukishi might have some personal tastes but he's also been insanely deliberate in his writing so far.
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If he's going to include his personal tastes, they have to have a proper reason to be there.
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I think something fucky is going on.
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...meat and candy...
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THERE'S THE FUCKING WIND
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WHAT IS IT ASSOCIATED WITH
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it's obviously not just beatrice or the mystery picking up or SOMETHING
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BUT THERE IS SOME CLEAR THEMATIC THROUGHLINE THAT I'M MISSING
sailor bii
give it time
sailor bii
remember what I said about how you'll get tools in later parts to help you solve earlier parts
lily!
I've gotta grab some dinner, but... I'm sticking to my guns here.
lily!
Something is going sour (sweet?) with the way the story is being told and that is a deliberate choice that reflects a change in the world.
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OKAY BACK
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the wind is STILL bothering me https://images.plurk.com/3HMsD7uH0YR3CqR6Hw9Lp3.png
lily!
emily are you subjecting your timeline to my utter derangement
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I WAS EXPANDING THE PLURK AND HIT THE REBLOG BUTTON BY MISTAKE
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AM I HERE JUST TO BE A MONKEY DANCING THROUGH ENTERTAININGLY WRONG DEDUCTIONS FOR YOUR FRIENDS, EMILY
lily!
/j
Princess Emily
it's homophobic that plurk doesn't have a confirmation button when you try to reblog
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agreed
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you can redeem yourself by bringing me good nonspoiler shannon/jessica art
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god i DESPERATELY wish
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the narration would italicize when we're seeing a character's thoughts from inside their head
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and to distinguish from when the narrator is speaking in the first person
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i nearly spit french fry all over my screen at this OH MY GOD https://images.plurk.com/4jkvA5uD7CQWDMrN3fNqtZ.png
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KANON YOU LOSER
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I GET THAT YOU HAVE NO FASHION SENSE BECAUSE YOU WERE RAISED TO BE A SERVANT BUT OH MY GOD
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I'M SORRY I JUST
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CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING SERIOUSLY WHILE KANON LOOKS LIKE THIS
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Kanoncoat is deepest lore
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i have to stop eating or else i might choke FUCK
Princess Emily
https://images.plurk.com/xX14TxCOVV1xWy91zgeJL.png
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that's all I could find,,,,,,
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thank you
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the best thing about this nonsense
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is that this is 100% shannon's fault
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jessica i am sorry to say it but you should be shamed for liking this loser's coat https://images.plurk.com/34ssKLymFOBBrKih0DuVeC.png
star✯break!
ahahahaahaha oh my god
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this is such stereotypical shoujo antics that i can fucking SEE the background extras falling over at the exact same time
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and frankly that's disturbing me
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this is a fundamentally different story
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so who's telling it
Princess Emily
me, this is the story I wanted to tell,
Princess Emily
well no that's not true this is too straight to be my story
lily!
i was about to say
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in your version of this shannon absolutely shows up to the school festival crossdressing to be jessica's boyfriend for the day
sailor bii
or disguises herself as Kanon to do it
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also that
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i'm just. fucking dying https://images.plurk.com/58UaxEVc26bjTNpLWmbo3Z.png
sailor bii
https://cdn.donmai.us/... okay but what if Shannon got to go to high school with Jessica
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ffff link didn't work
sailor bii
https://imgs.plurk.com/QzI/I3j/1kq50JeXi5ANErHAkUJIKCziiMq_lg.jpg
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better
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YES https://images.plurk.com/3sBJiYdRi1ZNPk2WPlAeiY.png
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but this is such a different kind of genre convention that i am 100% convinced that something weird is going on with The Story
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SHE CARRIES BRASS KNUCKLES???????? https://images.plurk.com/3Heped8cOYBxT9hWkjgPlW.png
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notes this down for when the murders inevitably start happening
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oh no
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that's
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the fucking Door of Finality
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whenever we finally move onto the next stage that happens
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it's often accompanied by murders!
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....................................................
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Are there two competing narratives here?
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Like.
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All the Wacky Sound Effects are getting replaced by thunder clapping, wind in the background, the Door of Finality...
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I think someone is thinking it's time to get this back on track-
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oh
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oh my god
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IS THE BROOCH'S POWER TO SHIFT GENRES TO SHOUJO??????
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no you're just a debbie downer https://images.plurk.com/4OhEuUeBbkB6ofd5jc5UY3.png
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and also like
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traumatized
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DON'T BE A FUCKING NARC KANON
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PTA MOM NATSUHI https://images.plurk.com/1DWDWPWgubbsQqvDjn8wtx.png
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at least jessica had the decency to warn kanon people would hit on him
lily!
"Kanon sighed for about the zillionth time that day" oh my god
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"he tried using a fallen beer case as a footstool" one you dumb manlet two WHY IS THERE A BEER CASE HERE
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SOMETHING IS OFF
sailor bii
https://imgs.plurk.com/QzI/yLs/NueFFjrYPdjrt4J41EVsPZBIH3b_lg.jpg
lily!
THANK YOU BII
Princess Emily
THANK YOU BII
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GUITAR JESSICA
sailor bii
JESSICA IS SO COOL
lily!
this is. a masterpiece https://images.plurk.com/3OyRZBQQ1vE1u7fNm0bHbL.png
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I AM VIVIDLY BEING TRANSPORTED BACK IN TIME
sailor bii
YEP
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finally, he cracks https://images.plurk.com/68Is0PZjbSAYiwQm17c2UV.png
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i love how jessica is The Cool Kid
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or should i say
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jessie,
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god i need a compilation of lpers just
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losing their shit at this part of the chapter
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;w; https://images.plurk.com/6GHu7BlX8p7xA7GZHIVJGA.png
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apparently kanon has also been enlightened by touhou jessica https://images.plurk.com/1flL8CTKVhrB975ueSFGwz.png
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"cannot be seen on Rokkenjima" HUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, KANON
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love, etc.
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one this is a very pretty painting, two the seagulls are still crying so we're probably a while away from shit hitting the fan yet https://images.plurk.com/10K59GrC35Th85OMDl8V6K.png
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"when [Krauss] saw [Jessica being kinda sad about being scolded], Krauss smiled,"
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god i hate krauss
lily!
I am having a very hard time reading Natsuhi's expression here https://images.plurk.com/3yATgfNbCQoRoTNCVJ7KUz.png
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...wait, did Kanon lie about what Jessica did so Natsuhi could look good and pretend she actually showed up?
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knew it https://images.plurk.com/6BlgF5Hj3harEnnRAMXKxD.png
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jessica and natsuhi continue to break my heart https://images.plurk.com/4sZCFikCK38tORSra7HfZN.png
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god. poor jessica https://images.plurk.com/53BiSypKhm69WdFoCZrcIu.png
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if it wasn't for the game happening i could see her immediately trying to just. fucking hit the road. as soon as she was independent enough to go to college
lily!
jessica, baby https://images.plurk.com/4GkhbncWoL8NanPIPApjL8.png
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also kanon's line about how "their lives ended on Rokkenjima" is. bothering me,
Ramases II
There were two big questions I had at all times while I was reading this.
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1. Who's telling the story
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2. What fucking genre is this?
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So suffice to say I think you're supposed to be asking this
lily!
okay good it's not just the homestuck in me talking
lily!
the epilogues. trained me to pick up REAL FAST on shit like that
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Also, I want you to remember the meat and candy metaphor, but keep in mind it might mean something different in this particular unrelated story.
lily!
god i hate that umineko is actually showing some really interesting dynamics with kanon and jessica
sailor bii
yep
Ramases II
Umineko is full of Unfortunately Interesting Ships
sailor bii
most of the straight ships are not George/Shannon thank God
lily!
as much as i dunk on him kanon's lot in life just
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completely sucks
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and i wish he could have better
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jessica is, a good, https://images.plurk.com/4PPEiz7UtqADlHXcYCoqeI.png
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GOD,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, https://images.plurk.com/5aq2Pp2NXPFpQI2bbldGz9.png
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Note: Kanon doubles down on the "I am furniture" business whenever he's experiencing emotions.
lily!
I wonder, what was going on with his reaction to Beatrice then?
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In another universe, Kanon's a girl and Jessica accidentally marries her after beating up some dude with a shinai
lily!
drfxgbcvfughbntsdxgfcbvljhmnb
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That's the level of suffering vs. having no idea what's going on we're talking here
lily!
YEAH EXACTLY
lily!
this novel is wild enough that i deadass thought you were spoiling me on something until that second message
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I am speaking entirely in allusion here
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INTERESTING PHRASING https://images.plurk.com/44apwBUHSlJbjwskBQOB1k.png
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jessica, your rich person privilege is showing, https://images.plurk.com/5kSsrhVeOU2FNANJtU1nIV.png
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SEVERAL PLACES, JESSICA https://images.plurk.com/4gczYoC00XqIcULvH4ttbN.png
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I MEAN. SORTA. BUT ALSO, LIKE, HE'S IN A MUCH MORE FUCKED SITUATION THAN YOU ARE, JESSICA, https://images.plurk.com/hNUf72fvaEOcC6AeNFtxu.png
(it's a helmet)
jessica's trying her best
(it's a helmet)
unfortunately, her best is still colored by "is the daughter of Dipshit and Natsuhi Ushiromiya"
lily!
YEAH,
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mind player jessica https://images.plurk.com/4mGKPxh7nyG8vmlgTiA01v.png
(it's a helmet)
also, contrast to George who apparently goes around talking about tsundoras to Shannon, his girlfriend
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Hang on I did Classpects for the whole cast, what'd I pick for Jessica...
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I think it was Void, but that was by process of elimination and her being a fistfighter
lily!
"Furthermore, Flareon is the only fully evolved Fire-type Pokémon who can't learn Solar Beam,"
lily!
-George Ushiromiya
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Hm...I did that, but I could swap her with the Mind player I had in mind who you haven't met yet
lily!
honestly this is a legit coping mechanism https://images.plurk.com/66vIkzgOMDqBJOaAC5zvsW.png
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Ugh, never look at crossover notes you wrote 3 years ago, half of this is garbage
lily!
oh big mood
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I HAVE A FEELING KANON IS GOING TO TAKE THIS THE EXACT WRONG WAY https://images.plurk.com/4lFMoNNTKQTY22fcVg1zSK.png
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as an aside every fucking time a friend of mine makes an umineko plurk explicitly warning me not to look inside and i have to force myself to mute it The Dread Deepens
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I was at least nice enough to private mine
lily!
god i am going to punch kinzo in the face https://images.plurk.com/6IDXZQ1VIVlK6rC7lzYRwQ.png
sailor bii
that's usually a good idea
lily!
you know even though it's not my thing
lily!
transmasc jessica is an EXTREMELY THERE reading
sailor bii
(is beatrice still witch of light Ramases II ? i know that's what you had her as when we both went on davesprite's dungeon years ago in syn)
Ramases II
Beatrice is 1000% Witch of Light yes
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But I'll get into that with Doom when she sees more of her
sailor bii
legit
lily!
i have seen enough of beatrice to know without a fucking doubt that she's a witch of light
lily!
the isolation, the narrative trickery, the arrogance, the vriskaness, the roseness, the quintessential witch isolation,
sailor bii
yup
Ramases II
Unsurprisingly, wiki-ing mythological role shit is how I got into Homestuck, so thanks a fucking lot for that Bii and I've now forgotten which of my friends played Davesprite because this was a while ago
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Also unsurprisingly Vriska and Rose are my favorite Homestuck characters
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Update it was Athy who I don't think is on plurk anymore
sailor bii
you're welcome!
lily!
you have good taste nerdo
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again this isn't like. my personal reed. but this entire conversation is VERY trans of gender https://images.plurk.com/cH8GOaCZki770NosyeU55.png
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god this poor kiddo https://images.plurk.com/16wNAL5SJVhBFTnmnIJYEn.png
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"I am not human!" KANON,,,
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what
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exactly
lily!
does he hate about being human
lily!
more than that what does he want to run away from in this scenario to reduce himself to being furniture again
lily!
is it feelings for jessica?
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kiddo,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, https://images.plurk.com/1Dverdawqfp4mZPlSAoHdA.png
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I'd reference another 90's fairy tale anime, but I'd need to actually watch it first
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YEAH SHE. DEEPLY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THIS SITUATION https://images.plurk.com/3z4iteYGFrUPHvsuG1CZuH.png
lily!
THANKS FOR ADMITTING IT ALBEIT TOO LATE https://images.plurk.com/4dG3InNa4pqPyCn6xmGSRu.png
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i'm starting to think that the rumors about kinzo doing Something to the servants when they're supposed to leave the island are correct https://images.plurk.com/5kRUZoDxe6QP41V1uHteD7.png
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i'm starting to wonder if this is just Trauma or. if something Happened to the kids https://images.plurk.com/25nwYVlGTAxdEtCL2x0jql.png
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i still think this poor kid is just Traumatized tho
lily!
you know
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i wonder if utterly rejecting the power of the brooch is going to kick shit off
lily!
I just realized. You can't see the color of the roses here. https://images.plurk.com/2DeccSITTXUTBBJHH18CEu.png
lily!
Because "love" is not present in the scene
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actually i'm calling it
lily!
In the domain of humans, Kanon and Shannon are just SUPER fucking traumatized and affected by a deeply unhealthy mindset.
lily!
In the domain of witches, Kanon and Shannon literally are not human. Or at least, Kanon isn't.
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god this scene is just. so fucking sad https://images.plurk.com/42yGunpKbuEEsf89IoU1Zj.png
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