Something I find hilariously ironic about Gone Angels (or how the fandom treats and interprets it)

So, nowadays, Gone Angels has become kind of a meme, a song synonymous with 'wife dead, me sad' and is often associated with Roland and Angelica, and his grief for her.

However, though, if you actually look at Gone Angels' lyrics, you realize... Angelica is barely a part of the song. If anything, Gone Angels isn't a Roland x Angelica song... It's a Roland x ANGELA song.

The lyrics are entirely about Roland's complicated feelings towards her. His volcanic fury and hatred towards her and her actions and attitude, his unspeakable grief and guilt over the lives that they both took within the Library, and how his genuine love and affection for her muddies that fury.

The Angels in the Song aren't meant to be Angelica, they're meant to be the victims of the Library (which, yes, COULD also include Angelica since Roland places the blame for her death squarely on Angela's shoulders, but considering how the Angels are explicitly compared to bookshelves, it's pretty clear that they're indeed meant to be the many, many victims of the Library.)

"So, let me take your hand, like one of those mad-men.

"Tip tappity tappity tap.

"Dance our last dance."

This isn't Roland dancing with Angelica... This is Roland dancing with Angela, sharing one final moment of connection, one filled with so much longing and affection that it borders (or maybe even somersaults through) between being platonic and romantic, right before he takes her head off.

This is even supported by the Phase change. Once Gone Angels kicks in at the Fourth Phase, the battle explicitly goes away from Angelica and focuses more on Roland's actions within the Library, his decks become filled with memories of the many atrocities he committed under Angela's command, and even his background is FILLED with enormous piles of books, all of which were once people of the City.

So, basically, Gone Angels is literally a Rolangela song, through and through, and it's not even the ONLY official Rolangela song btw. String Theocracy and Poems of a Machine are also extremely strongly-coded Rolangela songs (albeit both from Angela's perspective.)

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u/RedVoid23 — 3 hours ago
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Searching for a Youtube F4M script

Okay, so this was a yandere script, released pretty recently (I think like in the past 2 months), and it went like this:

The reader, shortly after graduating, left their small hometown to pursue a bigger career in the City, and was able to get a really high paying job there, and is now returning to their hometown for a short (lol) visit down memory lane.

While sitting at the local diner, the reader meets their old childhood friend (and soon-to-be-wife), who works at the diner as a waiter. They chat for a little bit, and then time goes forward until they're now walking through the town, reconnecting with each other.

Then, the two find an old basement area, which the childhood friend uses as a little hide-away hole to get away from the town for a bit, since she REALLY hates it. The two of them enter, and then the reader is drugged by their friend (I think? Can't remember), who then sits them down on a chair inside the basement, and cuffs them to the chair.

The reader then goes on a tangent in which she reveals just how heartbroken she was by the reader leaving her alone in the town, and how even seeing them leave the diner earlier, despite knowing full well that they would be meeting again later in the same day, almost killed her (the exact words from the audio.)

She then acknowledges just how horrifically and unfairly selfish she's being, by forcing the reader to stay with her in such a small and depressing town, especially when they have a really high-paying job in a much more exciting and vibrant city, but that she just can't bear the idea of being left alone all over again.

All the while, the man (reader) she loves the most is most likely getting together with some city girl who doesn't even appreciate him the way he deserves (again, exact words from the script).

So, she's decided that she'll keep him down there. She promises to get him anything he wants and that they can at least afford food, since while she doesn't get paid a lot, the town they live in is cheap. Afterwards, she asks him if he wants fast food (she actually mentions brands like Taco Bell, Mcdonalds, and Chipotle, and she also says that she knows all of the reader's favourite foods from each restaurant), and then leaves him down there to grab the food. The end.

The channel has a patreon page where it uploads NSFW content, as well (and the video's description even mentioned an NSFW version of the script with a... more interesting ending). And also, the thumbnail had a girl staring down at the camera with a blush, and with completely dark eyes, it's also black and white manga style (NOT AI, the art came from an actual artist on Pixiv, who actually has a series of drawings focused on that specific girl.)

... Yeah, kinda crazy how I remember ALL OF THIS but I can't even remember the channel's name, but I guess memory is crazy like that.

So, I hope you guys can help me here. Thanks.

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u/RedVoid23 — 2 days ago

Elena genuinely running away from Binah after her Color Fixer guardian angel is killed:

How in the ever loving fuck was this fraud ever a Star of the City? She’s be lucky to get attention in the women’s bathrooms in cheap bars.

u/RedVoid23 — 3 days ago

My live reaction to watching Oswald being genuinely pulverized by his own stupified librarian (He thought that mind-controlling a solo Tiphxodia was a great idea)

It’s genuinely hilarious just how fucking BADLY you can turn Oswald’s own mind-control gimmick against him with Nix as a solo librarian.

The stupefied librarian gets so much protection that they become borderline immortal, and they’re going to unequivocally OBLITERATE Oswald and his minions without breaking a sweat.

At that point, YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO PLAY. You can just keep skipping your turn (because you’re going to be staggered anyway), and just WATCH as this nihilistic clown begins realizing that he genuinely wasn’t built for this sh*t.

I know for a fact that Oswald started screaming internally once he realized that he chose the wrong fucking teenage girl to mess with.

u/RedVoid23 — 3 days ago

Tips for Oswald and Jae-Heon (Base Reverberation Ensemble)?

So, I finally got past the first layer of the Reverberation Ensemble (Btw, Philip is a fucking nightmare who definitely made me suffer karmic retribution for killing his friends and causing him to distort, Greta is pathetically easy and overhyped as a difficult boss, Bremen is also kinda chopped, and Elena is the only actual fun fight.

Now I've reached the second layer, and while I have Tanya figured out (Just put weak-ass pages on everyone except Gebura, put Myongest on Gebura, and go full Mountain of Corpses on Tanya's furry ass), I'm struggling a lot with Oswald, and I'm not sure as to how to approach Jae-Heon, especially since I don't want to accidentally lock away any keypages on Oswald that would be better put to use for Jae-Heon.

So, what do I do here? My current idea for Jae-Heon is to go full-on with an Index Team (Yes, I love using the Index Pages, sue me), but if there's any better ideas, I'd love to hear them out, thanks.

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u/RedVoid23 — 4 days ago

Breaking News: Idiotic dumbass little girl causes unspeakable catastrophe in two different mirror worlds with just a single wish.

Well, congrats, Araya! You got to be your 'mommy's mommy' not once, but TWICE, and in BOTH times, you caused Ryoshu untold amounts of suffering!

First, you decided to larp as her abusive mother, and you did such a WONDERFUL job that you literally drove your own mother into mentally regressing back into an abused, scared little girl.

And then, if THAT wasn't enough, your mother wound up nearly mentally killing herself after you got yourself almost erased out of existence like a moron, forcing you to have to literally turn yourself into a fucking scabbard just to fix your catastrophic oopsie at the last possible second.

Honestly, you know what? It probably IS for the best that Ryoshu gets a break to forget about your existence, you fucked up so fantastically that she DESERVES a break from your dumbass.

But if THAT shitshow wasn't somehow enough, we also have the world of the House of Spiders, in which you decided to turn your entire existence into eternal suffering for Ryoshu. All because you chose the Dihui Star's blade instead of the Arayashiki and probably didn't think as to how that would go slightly badly when you brought your daughter back into the House of Spiders Who Want You Or Anyone With Your Blood To Use That Fucking Sword.

And guess what, Araya?! You guaranteed that Ryoshu's life would be pure hell, all because she was YOUR daughter this time.

You aren't even a good mother in general! Sinclair was literally jealous of Heathcliff because you were such a neglectful pile of shit mother that he was starved for ANY kind of attention. How do you sentence your daughter to Hell just for being her mother AND EMOTIONALLY NEGLECT YOUR SON AT THE SAME TIME?!

It's ALMOST amazing how fucking horrible you are at being a mother.

And then, after all of that? You and Sinclair either fucked off completely (ngl leaving your daughter behind to deal with the consequences of your actions is kinda based icl, kinda Vergil coded), or somehow got yourselves erased by your own daughter, which, ngl, you completely deserved at that point.

In short, Araya, May God have mercy on any children you ever decide to have in the future, because you are so fantastically unfit to raise anyone, that your very existence brings nothing but suffering to any children you decide to call your own.

(This is all a joke.)

u/RedVoid23 — 6 days ago

Which Identity do you all think is the hardest to solo a MDE Full Adversary run with? Here's mine:

Yeah, sounds insane, but I personally think Lamp Gregor is the actual worst.

To put it simply, his whole thing essentially means having to be hit first by almost every enemy before he can actually retaliate and fight back. As a result, in a lot of combat nodes, especially with multiple enemies, Gregor is going to be taking a SHITLOAD of damage before he can fight back and get any chances to heal with his S2 + Grey Coat, if not essentially having to be hit by every single enemy before fighting back.

Lamp Gregor is clearly meant to be a support tank with his low speed (I think he's actually the first ID to lose Speed as you uptie him) and Aggro mechanics, and as such, he's horrifically unfit to fight alone.

He can't even increase his speed with Haste due to his passive not allowing it, so there's no way to make his slow ass go faster (and on top of that, certain EGO gifts which rely on Gregor having higher speed than the enemies are just basically impossible to activate.)

So, yeah. While I do adore Lamp Gregor as an Identity, and while I do think his mechanics are genuinely top tier, they unfortunately make him one of, if not possibly the single hardest identity to do a full MDE50 solo run with. I genuinely think even a BL Outis solo run would be easier than Lamp Gregor.

u/RedVoid23 — 7 days ago

Rodion, Valencina, I do not think you are allowed to speak on the Consigliere like that.

So, Canto 9 and the HOS mirror world revealed a new rank within The Thumb: The Consigliere.

And, let me say, Valencina/Rodion, you are probably NOT in ANY kind of position to be expecting to make actual demands of her (I think the Thumb Consigliere is a woman, considering how Valencina and Rodion constantly call her a bitch.)

Here’s the deal: In the actual hierarchy of the Sicilian Mafia (which the Thumb was based off of), the Consigliere is EXTREMELY high up. In the actual graph, they’re literally equal to the Boss.

The Consigliere is the Advisor. They’re the closest, most trusted friend of the Boss, and they operate as a second opinion that the Boss can get on decisions, as well as operating as the Boss’s right hand man (or woman in this case.)

As such, the Consigliere is literally the ONLY person in the Mafia who can flat-out ARGUE with the Boss, and shoot down ideas if they believe that the’re bad. On top of that, Consigliere’s also have to supervise and watch over the Boas and Underbosses and make sure that they don’t fuck up, especially financially.

So, in the Thumb, that would essentially translate to the Consigliere and the Capo Dei Capi almost holding the exact same rank of authority. Or at the absolute least, the Consigliere being higher up than a Sottocapo.

What the actual fuck is Rodion/Valencina thinking trying to ‘force’ the Consigliere to do anything?? They’re lucky that she even gives them the time of day.

The Consigliere is literally the only woman in the Thumb who can call the Capo Dei Capi an idiot, and you want to ‘get’ her to give you something? Fucking genius move, Thumb Nursefathers.

u/RedVoid23 — 11 days ago

Where is it stated that R-Corp. can use bullets without taxes?

I've seen in certain sites (like Tv Tropes) that the R-Corp. forces, especially Rabbits, can use bullets without any taxes from The Head, and that outside of the Head's own military forces, they are the only other faction in the City granted such a privilege.

Where was this stated?

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u/RedVoid23 — 18 days ago

Obsession: An Anti-Yandere Film (Spoilers.)

Okay, whoo boy.

This film is... a masterpiece, first and foremost. It's easily one of my favourite horror movies out there, and is also, in my opinion, a perfect example of how a horror film can be fucking depressing as it is simultaneously pants-browningly horrifying.

HOWEVER, before I go further, I want to elaborate on two things: First, this has spoilers, a lot of them. And secondly, if you're a 'straight' yandere enjoyer (as in, you enjoy the medium straight-up, to the point of even enjoying media that glorifies the yandere), then let me make it clear:

THIS IS AN ANTI-YANDERE FILM. It is a scathing and brutal deconstruction of the whole thing, to the point that, if the director apparently DOES lurk here, then it seems like this film was made to fucking hurt r/yandere.

What do I mean by that? Let me explain:

Nikki, the 'yandere' of this film, doesn't love Bear, the main protagonist. At all. At best, as implied by her Hansel and Gretel-inspired poem, she sees him as a brother.

Her psychotic 'love' is entirely the result of an alternate personality that was created by Bear's wish, and even that love is extremely sketchy, because it's clear that the 'yandere' Nikki is almost like a robot following its programming, and becoming extremely upset when Bear doesn't truly love her back (even though, he does.)

No, if anything, the REAL yandere of the story is the male protagonist, Bear. HE'S the one who's obsessed with Nikki, who made a stupid, but forgivable wish, but then does the unforgivable act of playing along with Nikki despite knowing full well that she's mentally unstable and NOT fit at all to consent.

He finds out about Nikki's true nature, and how his wish caused it, and then he proceeds to have sex with Nikki, knowing full well that she cannot actually consent to anything, and is most likely absolutely horrified by everything.

Like...

Guys, look at all the yandere scripts, stories, smut, whatever. A man initially accidentally (metaphorically) brainwashing a woman into loving him, and then happily having sex with her despite knowing full well that she can't consent, but tacitly preferring that she can't?

... Doesn't that sound familiar, to you all?

It should. It's pretty much 1-to-1 the average yandere f4m 18+ script, or the average yandere smut, just genderbent (and hell, I'm pretty sure there's a LOT of yandere content with men doing this to women).

Bear is an obsessive, cowardly, and duplicitous bastard of a man. When Nikki, the real Nikki, was literally begging him to kill her, all he could ask is if being with him was that bad.

... I actually believe the director lurks here, because I have heard that EXACT line repeated in so many yandere scripts and stories.

The yandere seeing their 'beloved' in clear suffering and agony, and yet actively choosing to only focus on how they apparently can't stand to love them, focusing on the self-depracating 'oh woe is me, nobody loves me and understands me' and not the obvious sign that they are an unhinged psychopath and their victim is literally begging for death instead of continuing this abusive, terrifying sham of a romance.

And... I fucking love it.

I LOVE IT.

I love when yandere media focuses on the absolute horror of the yandere and their victim's terror. I love it when yandere media doesn't shy away from the unrelenting fear that the yandere instills in their victims, and just how truly evil and monstrous the yandere is.

I literally made a post about it before, about how, contrary to the recent trend of 'soft' yanderes, I want horror about yanderes, about the sheer terror that their victims feel, even if there's a conflicting feeling of love within that terror.

I loved every second of this movie. The music was a banger. All the actors were fantastic. The lighting was phenomenal, especially with how yandere Nikki was constantly in shadow, as if she was an empty phantom instead of a real person.

ESPECIALLY adored the scene of Nikki, in red, standing outside Bear's door, with her face shadowed, but her eyes showing a small pinprick of light, highlighting their obsessive intensity.

(Hell, going further with my whole 'Bear is the real yandere' angle, the fact that Bear is DRENCHED in the same orange light that is so miniscule in Nikki by comparison can represent how, even compared to yandere Nikki, Bear's obsession is the more intense of the two.)

Nikki's actress was absolutely fantastic, her ability to switch between different personalities in an instant felt horrifyingly realistic, especially the scene of her causing a ruckus at a public restaurant to force Bear to capitulate to her.

The few moments of the REAL Nikki coming out weren't horrifying, they were depressing. I genuinely felt nothing but sorrow for Nikki in all her moments. And this is what I meant when I said this film is just as sad as it was scary.

Nikki's writing about Hansel and Gretel was very clearly meant to be a cry for help from Nikki, using a medium that she's personally invested with (Hey, I got something in common with her! I like writing too!).

Comparing the sexual abuse that Bear subjects her to, with the inherent sexually abusive nature of incest, especially since she most likely saw Bear as a brother. (Oh, right, yeah, hilariously enough, there's actually a fucking yandere Hansel and Gretel game, Yeah. It's made by Charon, and the 'true ending' indeed involves Hansel and Gretel having sex, albeit in this case, it's very explicit that Hansel is a victim of Gretel, and she's the one with full power in the relationship.)

As it became clear that Nikki did NOT truly love Bear, and that Bear was aware of that fact, I slowly grew to feel extremely sorry for Nikki, and feel nothing but absolute disgust and revulsion towards Bear.

The fact that Nikki's life is fucking ruined for NO fault of her own, all because her yandere loser 'best friend' decided to keep her as a faux-psychotic sex doll is absolutely painful.

At BEST, she is going to be sent to a mental institution, probably have a horrible time there, and THEN be released back into a world with literally no support or friends around, and at worst, she's going to either spend the rest of her life behind bars, or she might even get the death penalty.

... Heh, look at that, a person's life being completely ruined by the obsessive love of a person they once saw as a friend, who betrayed their trust, twisted their mind, and even violated their body...

Where have I seen THAT before?

So... Yeah. I loved this film. A lot. If you're a fan of yanderes... Don't watch this film lol. But if you're a fan of horror in general, especially horror that incorporates themes of abusive love, then you should give this film a try.

Blumhouse knocked it out of the park with this one, and I will absolutely be considering this one as a contender for one of the best films of 2026.

u/RedVoid23 — 1 month ago

Do you siblings have jobs outside of working for the Middle?

So, personally, I actually make weapons on the side, and sometimes even send them out to other districts (albeit I have to do it anonymously, because being in the Middle APPARENTLY makes it difficult to get customers).

It's not a major job, my primary work IS STILL being a sibling, but it is something I do to keep myself busy and to always have some cash in savings in case things get dicey financially (I know I can always request cash from siblings, but I always like to be fully in control of my finances, you know?

I'm actually working on a REALLY strong weapon, super expensive too. It's even gonna have X-Corp. metal on the tip, got all the Head and X-Corp. forms and approvals accepted too.

What about you siblings? You guys got any side gigs?

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u/RedVoid23 — 1 month ago

WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO SEASON 7.

Hello, we at Project Moon, after extensive research at the Reddit forums of our fanbase, have come to understand the feeling of exhaustion and boredom with Hongyuan Bioengineering Group, or H-Corp. and the overall narrative and, most importantly, the season around it, leading to terms being coined such as 'Heishouslop' and the like.

Furthermore, we have also observed the popularity of 'battle royale' games such as Fortnite, and thus we have taken it upon ourselves to completely remedy both of those problems, by creating a season where, instead of team-work via using a specific group of identities around a centralized 'leader' identity... We have done the complete, fucking, opposite.

WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO SEASON 7, ALSO KNOWN AS KUMO NO ITO OTI ON AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS RYOSHU'S WET DREAM SEASON, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CALMEST FINGER BOW-BELL SEASON, ALSO KNOWN AS THE KILL EVERYONE SEASON.

You see, despite your hopes for a 'Burn Season' we have decided to, instead, do a thematic Burn Season, because the Identities of this season are the equivalent of burning down your entire house to kill a cockroach, and fucking failing.

Instead of the logical, rational, and normal route of making identities that can actually inflict and upkeep stacks of their respective status effects, we have decided to create identities for the sole, singular goal of reducing the entire battlefield to a fine, RED. MIST.

Starting first with the Index Nursefather, Yi Sang. An identity that is absolute DOGSHIT at inflicting and GAINING the status effects he's SUPPOSED to gain, but has the upside of containing a Temu version of one of the most powerful and iconic pages from Library of Ruina.

Then we have the Index &^$#^$# Don Quixote, an identity so powerful, she BROKE OUR FUCKING REVEAL TRAILER FOR HER.

YOU THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO AVOID SPOILING SORA?! NO. DON QUIXOTE HERSELF EMERGED OUT OF THE GAME, AND DESTROYED OUR COMPUTERS AND WE HAD TO RELEASE THE TRAILER AS IS.

And then we have the Pinky Apprentice Sinclair, the ONLY Identity in this fucking season outside of Fanservi- we mean, Walpurgisnacht, that can actually stack his status worth a shit, and, alongside the OTHER House of Spider identities, has the added bonus of being a mystery mouscatool that will hurt us, and most importantly our enemies, later.

And it gets so much better, my good players, because we have also created the Corporism School of the Ring, and introduced identities from both it AND the School of Fauvism, and, gamplay wise, they do NOT have the ravenous desire to slaughter each other, so there's camraderie there, right?

WRONG!!

You see. The School of Corporism, nowadays, is fucking washed up, and that might be a little bit of an issue because Callisto Hong Lu AND Albina Faust are part of it. So, while they may be 'chill' gameplay wise? Lore-wise?

RING RODION, MEURSAULT, OUTIS, AND THE ABOMINATION WE SHALL NOT SPEAK OF ARE CURRENTLY BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF THESE TWO ROBO-FRAUDS FOR BEING PART OF THE RING EQUIVALENT OF FUCKING POTENTIAL MAN.

Now, you all may be thinking, 'What about The Middle?! The GOATS?! They're perfectly fine! Ricardo Heathcliff buffs and protects his siblings! They're still united and fine!'

And to that, we have to say... The House of Spiders: The Middle Nursefather: Outis.

An identity that we have expertly engineered for the SOLE purpose of completely and absolutely ATOMIZING FROM ORBIT ANY possibility of teamwork and camraderie between the faction MOST known for it.

You see, Outis, just like Odysseus because of some thunder, will flat-out ATTACK HER OWN ALLIES AND KILL THEM just for shits and giggles, AND NO! This effect DOES NOT only apply to her own daughter!

It applies to all other allies, including Middle units.

WHICH MEANS THAT, THANKS TO SEASON 7, WE HAVE OFFICIALLY TURNED THE FACTION MOST KNOWN FOR PROTECTING AND FIGHTING ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER, INTO A GROUP THAT IS CURRENTLY BEATING EACH OTHER TO DEATH.

WE HAVE TURNED THE MIDDLE INTO A CARTOON DUSTCLOUD WITH JUST A SINGULAR IDENTITY.

And of course, ALL OF THIS is without mentioning the star of the Show herself, The Blade of the House of Spiders Ryoshu.

You see, in contrast with the Lord of Hongyuan Hong Lu, who's designed to synergize with the... many Heishou Pack identities we released, The Blade of the House of Spiders Ryoshu has only ONE singular mission:

Turning her ENTIRE season into an (un)happy meal.

You see, to reference the actual Ryoshu, also known as Yo-She/He/They, accidentally erasing her daughter out of existence like a fucking moron, we created the first Identity to confirm that Dante is an Outerversal-type character, due to them being able to canonically revive characters that have been ERASED FROM EXISTENCE.

THAT'S RIGHT! NOW YOU TOO CAN SEND YOUR OWN IDENTITIES ON A TRIP TO MEET CATHERINE AND ARAYA WITH OUR LATEST, INNOVATIVE IDENTITY, DESIGNED TO TAKE THE LUNACY AND EGOSHARDS YOU'VE SPENT ON THIS SEASON, AND WIPE HER ASS WITH THEM.

WE CREATED THE CLOSEST THING TO A ROLAND IDENTITY IN THIS FUCKING GAME, AND WE HAVE CREATED HIM FOR THE SOLE GOAL OF BEING ERASED FROM EXISTENCE.

THE ONLY IDENTITY THAT CAN ACTUALLY KEEP UP THEIR STATUS WORTH A SHIT IS THE PINKY APPRENTICE SINCLAIR, AND WE HAVE CREATED HIM FOR THE SOLE MISSION OF BEING THE APPLE PIE IN RYOSHU'S TERRFIED, UNHAPPY MEAL.

THE HOUSE OF SPIDERS IDENTITIES ARE THE FIRST IDENTITIES TO REACH STAR OF THE CITY LEVEL IN TERMS OF POWER, AND THEY ARE ALL DESIGNED TO BE SACRIFICED FOR THE CAPSTONE.

Yes, Mili, Sacrifice indeed is the easy path, and here, it's the only path.

Now, you all might be saying, 'What about Walpurgisnacht?! Hornet Meursault and Aroma Ryoshu don't harm each other in gameplay' And to that, we have to say, remember the Ring?

You see, in BOTH of their uptie stories, Hornet Meursualt AND Aroma Ryoshu treat their fellow employees so badly, it would make Ayin proud. Starting with Meursault, who simply treats his employee, writhing on the floor and pregnant with baby bees, as a simple thing to study, all the while telling them to their face that they are going to die.

And then we have Ryoshu, who decided to skip the Middle Abnormality and just fucking SHOOT HER OWN COWORKER HERSELF for shits and giggles.

Thus, even when the identity ISN'T trying to slaughter each other in gameplay, you can absolutely bet that they ARE trying to slaughter each other lore-wise!

And if you think that we are done... Please, my players, allow us to gently pat you on the shoulder crack as we tell you this: We still have more.

You see, we have not even reached the end of the House of Spiders arc yet! And we have not even reached the second Intervallo, AND WE HAVE NOT EVEN REACHED THE SECOND WALPURGISNACHT.

And of course, outside of Valencina Rodion throwing bottles at Lucio Heathcliff for losing clashes (understandable tbh) and then fucking corroding once he inevitably dies, and Heathcliff, who will have a secret mechanic in which he fucking murders Rodion the absolute SECOND that she becomes staggered, thus finally fulfilling the prophecy of Lucio turning Valencina's drunk nappy time into the Forever Soil Sleep.

... Our next Intervallo will be set in N-Corp. And can you guys guess who resides in N-Corp?

YES, INDEED! THE MOST RACIST AND VIOLENTLY BIGOTED PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY. AND WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 3 ENTIRE FUCKING IDENTITES THAT ALL USE PROSTHETICS TO A DEGREE.

MEANING THAT, SOON, THE IDENTITIES OF INTERVALLO 2 WILL ALSO BE JOINING THE RING FAUVISTS, POINTILISTS, RYOSHU, LAMP GREGOR, AND LCE FAUST IN JUMPING THE CORPORISTS, WHILE ALSO JUMPING RODION ALONGSIDE HEATHCLIFF, RYOSHU, AND MEURSAULT AND SINCLAIR BECAUSE THE THUMB STILL REMEMBERS WHAT RODION DID AT THAT PARTY.

And for Walpurgisnacht... Has the Binah announcer next. We do not need to elaborate further.

So, dear players, please enjoy Season 7, as we prepare to bring Dante a crate full of Ibuprofen as they watch in absolute horror their ENTIRE team, including Backups entering the literal Battle Royale in which Ryoshu is always the winner.

u/RedVoid23 — 1 month ago

Why haven't we gotten an Abnormality bestiary yet?

I genuinely think it's ridiculous how we STILL haven't gotten a dedicated bestiary for Abnormality logs.

You literally have to actually encounter the Abnormality itself just to see the logs. That's plain stupid.

And it hasn't even been announced yet! We haven't gotten any confirmation as far as I'm aware that Project Moon is even considering this. Like, why? It's such a basic and frankly easy thing.

Just make a seperate section of Dante's notes dedicated to the Abnormalities and the logs, it's not that hard.

What do you all think?

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u/RedVoid23 — 1 month ago

What about a Dishonored 3 set in modern times?

So, with Deathloop BEING in the Dishonored world, and it being set in the Modern age (And also the apocalyptic far future), what would you guys think about a Dishonored 3 set in the modern era?

Like, not 2020s, but moreso the 1970s or something, and it basically focuses on how magic influenced the world? Due to the self-contained nature of Deathloop's story, we never got to fully see how the presence of forces like The Void affected the world, or how the events of the Dishonored series affected history.

Dishonored 1 and ESPECIALLY 2 had a shitload of extremely intense socio-political events happening, all of which involved actual magic.

How would history textbooks even talk about the period? Were the supernatural elements understood and accepted as such, or just considered unhinged ramblings in the modern age?

How were the Brigmore Witches interpereted? What about the presence of charms with dark powers or literal tears in reality through the Void?

Right now, my own personal idea for this is a game set in Tyvia where, unlike the past games, the protagonist ISN'T immediately disgraced and hounded by society, but is instead an Operator.

(For those who don't know, Tyvia's society is apparently EXTREMELY authoritarian, to the point that it has actual secret police called 'Operators.')

And, instead of BEING Dishonored, your job is to dishonor OTHER people, by investigating them, reporting them, and hunting them down in service to the nation.

All the while, you can lead a double life as an 'average' civilian, allowing you to actually see how Tyvian society has adapted to the presence of supernatural forces and the Empire of the Isles' crazy history.

I would honestly ADORE that. Like, imagine being able to see things like how schools teach children about the history of the Empire of the Isles, about Emily Kaldwin and her rule (Or hell, if we're gonna go further with the 'double-life' angle, then maybe you can actually pick up various jobs, with one of those jobs BEING as a school teacher teaching the Tyvian youth about the Empire's history.)

Imagine if there are fringe cults dedicated to trying to restart the Abbey of the Everyman, or the Brigmore Witches, and you have to be tasked with hunting them down as enemies of the state.

Imagine if the Tyvian government found a way to mass-produce supernatural powers akin to the Mark (maybe, after the Outsider, someone else became a Void Entity and passed down the Mark to a Tyvian higher-up), and uses that to train super-soldiers out of Operators.

I don't know, but I honestly REALLY want a modern Dishonored game. I want to see how Emily altered history, and how Human society adapted to the Void, especially since the few clues that WERE present in Deathloop clearly showed a deeply dystopian society akin to the Soviet Union.

So, what do you all think? Tell me your thoughts.

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u/RedVoid23 — 2 months ago

Theory about A Certain E.G.O.

So, let's get this out of the way: The Procuration EGO is... weird. It's explicitly NOT a normal EGO whatsoever, especially since the way to acquire it is paradoxically the OPPOSITE of how you would get a normal Effloresced EGO.

Instead of posessing the selfishness to reach for your own desires and goals, you need to completely surrender yourself to the Prescripts, to the point of your own consciousness and the Prescripts essentially becoming one and the same.

And on top of that, it's so overtly demonic that it looks completely out of place. It's something far darker and far more eldritch than any DISTORTION for that matter.

And while everyone seems to think that it comes from Hermes... I disagree, for one simple reason:

In Index Don's uptie story, the boxes used to censor the name of the God responsible for providing the EGO is only 3 boxes. Limbus Company has always taken details like this seriously, so if it WAS Hermes, why wouldn't it be 6 boxes, instead of 3?

Well... Simple, my theory is that the EGO isn't coming from Hermes. It's coming from Nyx. The Greek primordial goddess of the Night.

Here's my points:

  1. The Index has always been associated with the night. Their very symbol has an index finger rising out of a shape resembling a crescent moon. When you take into account the Index's obsession with the 'Will' of the City and how important the Night is to the City, then there's a high chance that the resemblance to a moon is intentional.

Furthermore, Children of the City, which may as well be the Index's theme song, places a special emphasis on the Night, with lyrics about it:

Children of the City see only the neon stars, reflected upon the murky gutter sky.

Don't ask me why, I desperately wished to be included within the City's night.

Hell, while it may be minor compared to everything else: Two of the Index identities we've gotten so far, Index Prosylete Faust and Index Nursefather Yi Sang, have the Sinner in the night.

  1. Nyx, due to her association with the night, is often portrayed as a monstrous, evil deity. She's outright feared by Zeus due to her primordial nature, and her offspring also represent sinister concepts, like Erebus, the personification of darkness.

However, she also has Hemera, who represents the daytime. And this might be represented in the angelic halo above the demonic horns of the EGO, a goddess representing daytime, emerging from a primordial goddess representing night.

This idea of Nyx as a sinister, dangerous, and deeply primordial Goddess fits with Procuration being an eldritch, overtly demonic-looking EGO that, for all intents and purposes, should not exist as an EGO.

  1. Don Quixote, as a bloodfiend, is a member of Project Moon's version of vampires, who are literally called 'creatures of the night' and have always been associated with nighttime.

Furthermore, the thing about Index Don Quixote, is that it's actually EXTREMELY UNUSUAL for Don Quixote as an Identity, simply because it's based on a named and important character (And this IS important, because this is meant to tie back to Dulcinea accusing Sancho of always just being an uninvolved observer).

Outside of her Manager ID (who's based on herself), Don Quixote's identities have always been based on nameless grunts within different factions. Her Index identity was the very first Identity Don received to be based on a distinguished and important character, instead of just a nameless grunt.

So, why? Why would Don Quixote's first Identity based on an important character be on Sora? It's because she's the Bloodfiend, a creature of the Night, thriving under the night sky of Nyx, the God of the City.

  1. Nyx, as the Goddess of Night, is fundementally associated with Time as well. This matches with the Uptie story, which establishes over and over again that the God of the City responsible for the EGO has a level of Precognition. (Yes, it's implied that ALL Gods of the City can see the future, but it's something I wanted to point out about Nyx specifically).

  2. Sora's one and only CG art has her kneeling on the ground, with the shadow beneath her feet representing her EGO beginning to activate, all the while the Pinky Nursefather stands beneath her.

Now, while this IS meant to be Araya, there IS something to note about the original Pinky Nursefather's name, Shiomi Yoru. Her last name 'Yoru' literally means 'Night' in Japanese.

Furthermore, Araya herself is often represented by the CG art of her and Ryoshu looking at the projected night sky. Hell, the emotional cutscene of 9-49 has them talking once again under that same night sky.

  1. Index Don's eyes. When Index Don was first shown, people were focusing on the fact that her normal slit-eyes were circular, which was extremely odd considering her nature, and it even sparked theories that Sancho had actually been completely erased under the weight of the Prescripts.

While I don't disagree with that theory, there is something to point out, that being Don's eyes return to being slit in her post-uptie artwork, and are actually glowing a deep orange, bordering on red.

So, why are they back to being Bloodfiend-like? It's because of, again, the metaphorical association between Bloodfiends, the creatures of the night like Vampires, and Nyx, the goddess of the Night.

So, what do you all think?

u/RedVoid23 — 2 months ago

My live reaction to Chesed's announcer lines (I only remember the chill coffee bro from Library of Ruina):

So, obviously this is meant to be Lobcorp Chesed, and not LOR Chesed, but bruh.

Holy hell, Chesed is so fucking bitter about everything. People say that he's the ragebaiter in the relationship with Gebura, and while that MIGHT be true in LOR, here?

He literally sounds like he's 1 minor disagreement away from actually smashing a cup of scalding hot coffee directly on her face. He HATES that woman and her department with a fucking passion.

And like, it's actually so crazy, as a Library of Ruina fanatic (that game MIGHT actually be better than Limbus ngl), to see my chill coffee bro be so absolutely just- DONE with everything.

God I love it so much, I actually hope I manage to get more Lobcorp announcers in future Walpurgis pulls (I actually heard the next Walpurgis will have Binah, so I'm DEFINITELY gonna try pulling for her), I NEED to see more of just how broken the Sephirot were in Lobotomy Corp, especially since, as a LOR player, I've ONLY seen the Sephirot in their chill post-Ayin therapy phase.

What about you guys? Are there any other Library of Ruina and Limbus Company-only players who were surprised by how dark the Sephirot sounds?

(Also, last thing, BUT HOLY FUCKING SHIT MALKUTH IS TERRIFYING. I might have to make a seperate post, but her announcer lines make my fucking skin crawl, I NEED to play Lobotomy Corp JUST to see the absolute GENERATIONAL therapy Ayin conducted to turn her into the sweet and chill Malcute in Library of Ruina.)

u/RedVoid23 — 2 months ago

What I find hilarious about Ryoshu and Hong Lu's bad end IDs (and potential forshadowing for Meursault, Outis, and Faust's bad-end IDs?)

So, what I love about their IDs is how they reflect the LOR playstyles of their respective Durante Librarian.

Hong Lu is Chesed, so how does Lord work? He works via teaming up with Heishous to gain buffs and synchronize S3s with them. It's exactly like how the Floor of Social Sciences work in Library of Ruina, requiring you to keep your whole team alive and buffing you for it (also, Social Sciences is easily my favourite floor in the game, I love it so much).

Meanwhile, Ryoshu is Gebura, so her ID is Limbus' version of the Mountain of Corpses, to the point of even allowing you to gain extra skill slots based on how many HOS IDs you kill. There's no synergy or teamwork, just mindless slaughter of everything, even your own allies.

It's just... Funny, I don't know why, but it's just kinda hilarious, and it also raises an interesting idea about future IDs, because if we're going in reverse order, then Meursault is going to have Tiphereth, Outis will have Netzach, and Faust will have Hod.

So...

Meursault - His Bad-End ID is going to focus on gaining buffs through heavy drawbacks and debuffs, only for something like his S3 to essentially 'absolve' him and completely remove all the drawbacks. Tiphereth's floor is all about building negative emotion coins to gain the 4 Magical Girl pages with negative effects, then using Nix to purge the drawbacks entirely.

There's already a precedent for this, even, with Chains of Others, which operates on mutually debuffing both Meursault and the enemy. (Hell, maybe his Bad-End ID will actually have a unique interaction with Chains of Others in which he can use it without any debuffs on himself)

Outis - Her Bad-End ID is going to be about healing and buffing others, while being an absolute Pierce Queen. I can also expect some stagger mechanics around her (so maybe Tremor? Ngl, I think Outis' season is going to be a Poise season, so we'll see.)

On top of this, there are also 4 Mirror Dungeon abnormalities, Cyclops, Nymph, Hydra, and Centaur, that are based on Greek mythology monsters. 3 of them, Nymph, Hydra, and Centaur, all give healing EGO gifts in their events, and Cyclops has a spike driven into its eye, similarly to Polyphemus getting his eye stabbed out by Odysseus.

So, there's a chance that those abnos could be used in Outis' season battle pass, and thus help her Bad-End ID's healing and support capabilities.

Basically, she's going to be heavily focused on teamwork, mainly as a central buffer and healer for her team, so a Support Queen.

Faust - Her Bad-End ID is going to be the QUEEN of Bleed, while also inflicting a shitload of debuffs like paralyze. (Maybe some Charge too? I SERIOUSLY want Faust's Season to be Charge season. Charge seriously needs a season.)

Moreover, considering how... emotionally unstable Hod's abnormalities (and her general story arc), even by the standards of other abnos, tend to be, I can also imagine that Faust's bad end ID might be similar to The One Who Grips Sinclair, in which she's almost completely negative coins.

What do you all think?

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u/RedVoid23 — 2 months ago

Doesn't Mountain of Smiling Bodies go against EVERYTHING Gebura stands for?

Like, the Abno page which kills all the other librarians to empower her.

Doesn't that go against her entire idealogy of protecting others? Or is there a deeper thematic element to it (Like Gebura indirectly protecting her librarians by sparing them from further fighting, since they're going to be revived anyway)?

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u/RedVoid23 — 2 months ago

I'm currently... Doing well (I say, as I'm surrounded by the mutilated corpses of several Index Proselytes and even a few Messengers.)

Ngl though, I think I might have this little thing called 'Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder' from my fight against that Index Proxy, but hey! It's nothing that slaughtering half a district's worth of Index forces can't fix!

... When was the last time I smelled anything other than blood? ... Doesn't matter. I have to hunt. I have to kill. I have to avenge.

For my Big Brother, for my siblings... I have to... I have to... I have to... I must kill.

I have to keep killing... I have to keep fighting... I...

I am so tired...

... Hey siblings, why is there a woman humming outside?

u/RedVoid23 — 2 months ago