@moonwrote Replied: This! I Mean I Understand Why With The Plot As It Was He Couldnt Join Because Like

꒰ྀི ✧ — @moonwrote replied: This! I mean I understand why with the plot as it was he couldn’t join because like… Memetic Entities can only exist in the Dreamscape iirc, and even if they could they probably can’t leave Penacony bc Memoria etc. But that just begs the question how he was able to visit the train at all?? He didn’t look like a projection, like Silver Wolf so I’m just. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Stop getting us attached to past / baby versions of characters and taking them away, Hoyo!

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I mean, I guess it's the whole thing of them all being in a dream from the very start with the whole Sunday fake boss fight reveal... but how did the ENTIRE TRAIN get in there ? And that suggests Pom - Pom and also whatever visitors you had unlocked prior are in the dream as well ? That's... honestly an excellent point.

Penacony is confusing.

꒰ྀི ✧ — Anonymous asked: I’m so salty we got told Misha wanted to join the Express and pursue Trailblazing only for them to pull a 180 on us and have him decide to ‘rest’ ( pass away ) after regaining his memories. It’s so unfair he spent time ‘growing up’ believing he could be like his grandpa and never got to reunite with Pom-Pom or anything before passing on. His visitor log saying he’s departed from the Express makes me SO sad.

I don’t like that he, Gallagher and Tingyun are playable characters that are all, as far as we know atm, dead. It feels weird being attached to them but having them not exist outside battles if that makes sense? :(

↳ -: ˚ʚ ( I guess we're critiquing H/onkai now ! ) ɞ˚ :-

I saw this in my discord notifs and I was like ' DID I JUST ANON MYSELF ? ' But anyway.

NO FOR REAL ! I used to OBSESSIVELY visit the Astral Express hoping Misha would be there and just immediately warp out if there was literally anyone else. Granted, there are other characters I like too but you know. Misha is very special which is why he's one of the primaries on this blog. Now I barely even visit the Express.

But no I 100% agree. From a story point, it's FANTASTIC and by far, Penacony was the best arc we got so far. The story of Misha and the Watchmaker is tragic and beautiful and one of the best things I've ever seen.

HOWEVER. You are right that Misha KIND OF SORT OF had his dream of Trailblazing ripped away from him with the realization that he is the Watchmaker. You can argue that he had his chance already with his life as Mikhail which YES, I will agree. I'll also agree that death is a VERY big theme in the Penacony arc.

But I'm certain that had the devs not been dead set on offing Misha, there were ways to give Mikhail a ' second chance ' as Misha ( well, a longer second chance ). I mean, look at K/ingdom Hearts and the 100 billion variants of S/ora / X/ehanort / etc ( and I haven't even played that series since the second game on literally the P/S2 ! ). Mikhail OBVIOUSLY died with a lot of regrets. The Dreamjoy Memoir event showed us that AND there's also literally a Y/outube video called ' The Sad and Gay Life of Mikhail Char Legwork ' ( that I still need to watch myself personally ). The man definitely deserved a second chance and H/OYO FUCKING TOOK THAT FROM US MAN.

Us:

But also us:

Also some rambling regarding recent leaks for future content below the read - more:

I did see some leaks however suggesting we are getting a 5-star Tingyun however which I'm personally excited for because I liked her character too.

So MAYBE.... IF WE BREATHE ENOUGH COPIUM.... WE'LL GET A FIVE STAR MIKHAIL. AND WE CAN THROW HIM IN A TEAM WITH MISHA AND GALLAGHER AND TRAILBLAZER.

꒰ྀི ✧ — Anonymous asked: Misha can I adopt you

↳ -: ˚ʚ ( Unprompted. ) ɞ˚ :-

‧₊˚ ⋅ ꒰১ ᯓ ☆ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ❛ㅤU - Umㅤ—ㅤI'm certain you are a VERY kind person ! But I'm not sure if it's wise to have random people adopting me ! It could interfere with my WORK SCHEDULE !ㅤ❜

꒰ྀི ✧ — @deatheir asked: "You don't want to rush into things. You can't undo them later." (jeanne and mikhail!)

↳ -: ˚ʚ ( Assorted Media Sentences, Vol. 8 ) ɞ˚ :-

‧₊˚ ⋅ ꒰১ ᯓ ☆ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏. Why was he even trying to approach him ? He already knew that the answer would be the same; that his Brother would NOT accompany him in his quest to save their FATHER. Even to that very moment, he still couldn't understand why his BROTHER chose some random vampires over their FAMILY.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤMoonlit blue hues stare downward at the HAND gripping his darkened sleeve. Those eyes trail upwards; following the hand that would lead to one of thoseㅤ—ㅤRANDOM VAMPIRES.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤWith a frustrated SCOWL; he attempts to pull his arm away from the other woman. He remembered her all too WELL after all.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤI'll have you know, Mademoiselleㅤ—ㅤI can RUSH into things as much as I please ! Especially when it comes to Brother !ㅤ❜

‧₊˚ ⋅ ꒰১ ᯓ ☆ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒈 brings the girl pause. The NAMELESS had done truly incredible things for their snow - covered planet; rising from falsely - accused convicts to practical saviors of their land. Everyone knew of their courageous actsㅤ—ㅤand of course, their bounties had been TAKEN DOWN by now.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤBut this man ? She COULDN'T entirely be certain. Now that she thought of it, some guards DID speak of a mysterious navy - haired man that assisted the Namelessㅤ—ㅤand that he should have been allowed SOMEWHAT of a second chance. As far as she knew, the orders for his arrest still stood; but perhaps that MAY have changed.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤI'll have to VERIFY that with the Nameless and the Silvermane Guards then. ㅤ❜

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤShe speaks; tone still deadly serious, especially for a girl of her young age. Still, it was IMPORTANT to know of whatever ' plans ' this potential convict had; especially for an Intelligence Officer such as herself.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤDare I ask what your PLANS are ? ㅤ❜

     In the aftermath of the Stellaron crisis, Sampo's reputation underground was bolstered by what arguable were good deeds. Yes, inadvertently he set some things in motion, at least from the outsider's perspective. For every mistake that he supposedly made, the Fool had actually planned to somehow get the Astral Express crew to arrive at that point. Despite his sincere aid, he of course, is still Sampo Koski, looking to stir the pot in the less than serious moments. That and, well it was true that when you needed him most, he'd mysteriously be out of reach.

     As for the surface, well. He still had his contacts, his schemes. But being under fire in one setting despite being more or less trustworthy in another was hurting his brand. Was it so bad that he was wanting to return to a sense of normalcy ?  There's an argument to be made that he was just as much of a hero as the rest of them.

     He pointed to himself as if she could've been referring to anyone else in the area.   ❝ Oh, I'm still wanted ?  That's a shame... ❞  He cupped his chin as he studied the officer before him. How young was she anyways ?  She carried herself with confidence yet she wasn't jumping straight into arranging for his arrest...  ❝ I helped out the outsiders, y'know. The Nameless ?  You know those guys, right ?  But I prefer helping out in the wings, they deserved their time in the spotlight, after all. ❞  Wordy talk, meant to eat up whatever time he might've had left before potentially needing to break into a sprint.

          ❝ I was fighting the good fight, honest !  I just got caught up in some... Questionable things. I know doing one good deed doesn't fix everything, but what if I made a plan going forward ?  ❞

‧₊˚ ⋅ ꒰১ ᯓ ☆ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ𝑶𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚. On the otherㅤ—ㅤhe wasn't entirely certain if whatever was in that pot was SAFE for human consumption. Not to mention, did Father just say they didn't remember the recipe at ALL ? If it meant avoiding certain death or at least a BAD TUMMYACHE, he was willing to wait.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤMaybe you SHOULD, Father ! Maybe you'll remember the recipe this time !ㅤ❜

It was late, and with Vanitas not home yet it was their task to cook. They hummed lightly, stirring and adding some ingredients. They thought they were doing it like Vanitas had but maybe they had forgotten a few things. They took a taste, not making much of a face but not enjoying it.

"It should be....though Maybe I should start again? I don't think I remembered anything."