u/Emg2022

i play a lot of games in a similar format… and they all take some time to release new episodes… but years? seems excessive, right? i know this is likely old news but i had postponed playing after starting ep 1 when i realized how slowly the episode tracker moved. finally i decided to go ahead and play just maybe a few weeks ago and am part way through ep 3 and im just so confused. the idea of having to wait almost a year in between each episode is insane. the other games i play which are very similar but by a different company take maybe 3-4 months tops between eps. so im just wondering, do we have theories on why this game in particular takes SO long? have they given any legitimate reasoning behind the time delays? I was so excited when this game came out because I loved Duskwood so much and so far I have actually really liked Moonvale… but I’m going to have to lose interest in regain interest over and over to actually get through the whole game with these wait times. obviously first world problems but still a bummer.

this is super unlikely, but it’s been on my mind since that night because it was so awesome and kind and i wish i got a chance to better thank this person, so figured i’d at least try and post here!

i was so lucky to get tickets to this show for me and all 3 of my kids. the youngest of which is 7 and has autism, and LOVES ariana! (we all 4 do!) we luckily had good seats but he’s also obviously short haha, so the plan was to stand on the chair.. well the chairs ended up being those folding kind (like in movie theaters) which was not comfy for standing and was super overstimulating him so by end of act 1 he needed to sit… which ment no view of the show.

then during the act 1 intermission this angel of a human who was in the seat directly in front of my son turned around and asked if we wanted to switch seats so my son could see, which i thanked him for but declined because it’s unfortunately he the same situation and i had 2 other kids with me i couldn’t leave. the fact this guy even noticed our struggle behind him is mind blowing really.

so instead he moved to stand directly behind his girlfriend at her seat for the REST of the concert. this created a big enough opening in front of my son so he could see ari, the screens, while sitting for the rest of the whole show!!! 🥹 this kind soul even checked behind him periodically to make sure he wasn’t blocking my boys view!

that small gesture literally MADE my sons night enjoyable. it made it so he wasn’t blocked, he wasn’t overstimulated, and he could just enjoy the show.

and at the same time restored my faith in humanity a bit, truly.

that guy paid for his ticket just like the rest of us, he had every right to stand at his seat. but no, instead he was so considerate and cuddled behind his partner out of kindness. i’m sure it wasn’t as comfy… ya know? like what kindness. ugh.

anyway, i’m posting this on the off chance he’s on here or could see it somehow… if you do, i just want to say THANK YOU!!! truly, thank you. that small move made such a difference for the experience he had. helped make that one of our families most memorable nights for all 4 of us. i wish i had thanked you better in the moment but everything was chaotic at the end of the concert and wrangling 3 kids kept my brain preoccupied. but yeah, just thank you thank you thank you.

why did every other aspect of the show turn unrealistic only for the main characters fate to be the ONE thing that stayed “real”….

If you watch the interviews they do after each episode, Sam even said to be realistic for Rues character she wouldn’t make it… And he’s right, the Rues of our world sadly don’t often to make it. Which is devastating but our reality and I don’t think necessarily a bad ending for the character if done right.

BUT my problem comes in when all of season three turned into the opposite of realistic. It turned into something entirely different than what it’s always been. And while I didn’t hate it, it didn’t feel like euphoria. And because of this change, I don’t think Rues fate had to be what it was. if you’ve let go of the realism that people face in addiction or during traumas in every other aspect why come back to it only for the main characters final act. maybe I’m just heartbroken and bitter because that was a devastating ending. especially since her character has always wanted to do better and always wanted to make her wrongs right… even in these last episodes all she wanted was to figure out a way to redemption. yes, i know she got Lori’s crew taken down but that wasn’t enough. She wanted to do some real good. they didn’t even give her the chance to do that before she went 💔

I do have some compassion because I feel like Sam wrote this ending because of what happened to Angus Cloud. And I get that… How do you let go of the idea that the reality for addicts is often death, especially right after personally experiencing it? You probably can’t.

To be honest, maybe the ending was just too sad for me. Idk.

I will say I like the way he did it with her flashbacks and seeing previous scenes in a new light. That was beautiful. And I am SO GLAD Ali got vengeance for her!! and i guess in doing so that was Rues final good act, but then they should have shown the aftermath just a tad… Like of the girls being free or idk something, anything!

No matter what I will say season one and two of that show, to me, were masterpieces. as someone who’s dealt with addiction firsthand it was the first time I saw it depicted in a truly realistic way. And I’ll give credit where credits due.

I actually liked this season too, once I accepted that it was just DIFFERENT it became a good show on its own. Granted, I don’t even know who Nate was in this season lol. And some of the other characters arcs just were odd. And there’s a few loose ends, like Faye and Wayne, wayne doesn’t get arrested and Faye is stuck living with his abusive awful ass? Also Nate’s family just gave up caring where he went off too? lol And Angel? Went to rehab and ran away, story over. What was the point of that character? But again, overall and after accepting it was a different show I liked it. (maybe i am giving too much grace though 😂)

Overall, I think I am disappointed, though in that ending. I knew that would be Rues fate, I just had a feeling. And I think that could have been OK had we continued on with the same show we had along.

I’m interested to see what everybody else thought?? i’m a little behind just finishing it now, but I’m gonna play catch-up and read up on other people’s povs.