r/libraryofruina

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.)

i came back to the game after a few months on urban nightmare and decided why the fuck not and went to the puppets, i knew i would get railed because everyone says its the hardest fight out of the bottom 4 but i beat it FIRST TRY, im confused? isnt this supposed to be super hard? These are supposed to be way worse than the sweepers, which were the entire reason i took a break. Are the sweepers really that easier at all because im finding them way worse. I tried beating them like 8 times(ik thats not much but i have really pathetic willpower) and im still struggling, the revives are so much worse than just the high rolls from the puppets.

The only receptions I’ve managed to beat are Carnival and Gaze Office, the other 2 (Dawn and Full-stop) are beating the ever-loving shit out of me. If anyone has any guidance that doesn’t require the use of mods I would very much appreciate it.

I've been struggling on him(normally third and fourth phase) since I'm a bum in this game

anyways how do I even beat this guy?