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62° Day of waiting for Canto 9
Very excited for Time Killing Time!
what the fuck
Hong Lu and Sinclair getting the Blubbering Toad E.G.O makes me sooo sad because the toad is inspired by a Korean children's story about why frogs cry in the rain told as a moral lesson about respecting and listening to your parents.
Growing up the little frog disobeys time and time again when his mother tells him to do something, and soon he grows up, still disrespectful and never doing what his mother asks. Eventually she grows old and weak and asks that he buries her body on the riverside - hoping he will disobey as he always has and instead bury her on the mountain. But after his mother passes he finally decides to be a good son and listens to her, so he buried her on the river like she asked, despite his worries about what would happen when it rains. And so he cries and cries every time it rains hoping that it will not wash her grave away.
The two Sinners are both so deeply entangled in family obedience and failing to be a good son or trying desperately to become one. The constant mourning and grief expressed in the Abnormality, crying out and alone, with the right answer being to just sit by it and let it cry it out... Sinclair's dead family and Hong Lu's complicated relationship with his family... It all ties in so well for the two of them
Literally
Limbustube
it was very clever and bold of you to go to the submissions box when the ask box was closed down. I kind of admire your thinking here; modern problems, modern solutions, right? I will only indulge and answer this one because I like the idea, but next time this happens I'm deleting it without batting an eye.
< You did very good today, Hong Lu. > Dante tells him after they've cleared a mirror dungeon. According to their pda's data, Hong Lu was the most valuable employee this time, < I'll get you extra dessert for dinner! >
Rodion is already wistfully sighing in the back of the group, and Dante's about to address it but then they are quickly ambushed by two slender but deceptively strong arms. Hong Lu scoops them up into a tight hug and spins them around once.
"Thank you~" He chirps with his cheek squished against the front of the clock face. Dante waives their arms helplessly.
"Unhand the manager right now!" Outis commands, "How dare you-!"
Hong Lu ignores her, still holding onto Dante and rubbing his cheek on the cold metallic surface of the clock head. They pat his back nervously, afraid some kind of fight would arise but instead Hong Lu keeps holding onto them with one arm while patting the top of their head with his free hand.
"You also did a great job, Manager Dante!"
< Uh... thank you... > Dante replies. They're deeply flustered.
Hong Lu let go of them with a giggle and then walks away, or rather skips away. There's a joyful spring to his step.
"What an insufferable brat!" Outis seems livid, "I will punish him for insubordination with your permission, Executive Manager!"
< There's no need, Outis. > They dismiss her. She's still frowning but obediently accept their order.
They try not to show it, but these simple words of praise from Hong Lu put them in a good mood for the rest of the day.
What if shrimp Lu... but an Actual Shrimp (of the Mantis variety)
i gif-ed his full transformation sequence from the ids preview btw
I've noticed the new ids have sonya's scarf, i dont have any theorys on this but its interesting to me so i thought i would point it out since i havent seen anyone mention it
Sinners as programs:
Yi Sang – Cortana/Siri/similar “AI”-that-follows-specific-rules programs. I don’t think poetry generators exist.
Faust – Any calculator game. Look. I love girlfail Faust as much as the next person, but she would be a calculator.
Don Quixote – Shimeji. Ok that’s the post.
Ryoshu – Either comedic malware like Reisenware, actual malware, or mspaint.
Meursault – Windows explorer/non-windows equivalent. He is your file explorer.
Hong Lu – Any digital pet, OR he is a collection of PNGs kept solely on your second monitor for a digital pet rock. I don’t know how to explain this one.
Heathcliff – It’d be far too easy (and a misinterpretation) to go with the malware route. Heathcliff has game engine energy and I am specifically referring to Ren’Py. he’s a Visual Novel engine.
Ishmael – Ishmael is specifically placid plastic duck simulator. No, but actually, Ishmael is any casual game like stardew valley or minecraft. she is never subnautica.
Rodya – Rodya is one of those email websites that boomers adore ❤️ /pos
Sinclair – Sinclair is a book library, like a kindle fire type thing.
Dante – Too easy to say a clock. Dante is an emulator.
Outis – Too easy to say a Trojan virus. She’s honestly a scheduling app.
Gregor – Again, far too easy to say malware (because bugs, get it? I’ll see myself out). He’s notepad.
Bonus:
Charon – An email that glitched out and was sent in like 1786 or whatever the earliest year a computer can claim
Vergilius – Far too easy to say tasque task manager. He’s an antivirus. Scares the viruses into not doing that shit.
Erlking(?) Heathcliff – Yeah he’s malware. He infects your computer, and spreads to other computers.