u/river_styx7707

I'm currently watching my friend play Umineko and he's getting close to finishing Episode 1. I want to give him a Google Doc with some questions to answer afterward just to get him thinking about the mystery and to see what his current theories and ideas are.

Most of the questions I've come up with are about the twilights, but I was wondering if you guys had any other questions you'd ask someone after they finish Episode 1. Stuff like general themes, predictions, theories, or anything you think would be important to ask without obviously over emphasizing or hinting anything.

If you've done something similar, I'd love to see what kinds of questions you came up with. It's nothing that serious, he's already agreed to do it and we're just doing it for fun :D

I'm planning to introduce a friend to Umineko soon, and I'm curious how other people approached it when getting someone into the story for the first time. My friend has basically zero mystery novel experience so I was wondering if there were certain things you would recommend I mention beforehand. I obviously don't want to spoil anything, but I also don't want them to miss out on important ideas that could make the experience more rewarding.

I'm just curious if there were things you wish you told them beforehand, or things you regret telling them because it changed how they experienced the story. I'm also trying to figure out which, if any, of the following things are worth explaining before they begin:

Did you explain Knox's Rules before they started?

Did you explain the concepts of searching for the whodunnit, howdunnit, and whydunnit?

Did you define what a "mystery" is versus what "fantasy" means in the context of Umineko?

Did you tell them to actively solve the mysteries, or just experience the story naturally?

Did you recommend taking notes? To what extent?

Did you explain the idea of reading with "love" at all, or let them discover that themselves?

I am being completely serious right now and frankly I am at the end of my rope.

For THREE MONTHS I have been taking this “MUSE” (alprostadil) thing because my doctor said it could help with erectile dysfunction and every time I searched for advice I kept ending up here. Naturally I assumed this was a support community.

Instead every post is like: “Matt Bellamy changed my life” “Origin of Symmetry is peak” “Knights of Cydonia live at Wembley made me ascend” WHO IS THIS MAN??? WHY IS HE EVERYWHERE???

I made a post last week asking if anyone else experienced a burning sensation and some guy replied “yeah bro the guitar solo on Hysteria is sick.” That is NOT what I meant. I am talking about my PENIS.

Meanwhile the medication itself is NOT WORKING. My johnson is NOT WORKING. I followed every instruction. Mood lighting. Marvin Gaye. Even drank one of those tiny gas station energy shots called RHINO MAXX EXTREME. Nothing.

My wife asked if maybe stress is the issue and I said “No babe I’ve been researching MUSE extensively online.” She looked over my shoulder and it was just a shirtless British man holding a guitar.

Please help. Does this Matt Belamy guy know anything about erectile dysfunction or not?