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mazojo · 5 years

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Cinderella Phenomenon Thoughts

*Heavy sigh*

B O I

Soooo, for the past two weeks I have been deeply entranced with the otome of Cinderella Phenomenon recommended by my beautiful friend @ladykateofhousebeaumont (thank you queen for having me play this masterpiece, I am blessedddd) and I have many thoughts I need to get out of my system because

b o i

anyways spoilers below soOOo beware

Can I start by talking about Lucette’s evolution went because

Home girl went from being the most hated on the land to understanding her toxic behavior through her different suitors and coming to the realization her mom was very toxic and growing from that. Truly, poetic cinema at its finest.

Also hi yes, my favorite character (apart from the suitors which ill talk about in a minute) was Delora. Like you cannot tell me she isn't totally Lucette’s adoptive mother. Like, hi? yes? I need some napkins for my teARS. Delora is the mother figure Lucette never had and Lucette represents the daughter Delora had and Hildyr killed and I just.... ugh, my emotions

Also, is it bad I lowkey wanted a Garlan route?? lmaooo he was so cute with Jurien and I love me some soft shy boys and asdfghhgfds, like I shipped him with Jurien and all but Garlan I luv you too ;w;

Anyways, the boys, I will comment on them from my least favorite to my most favorite, so bare with my screaming as it will become louder and louder, i’ll also include the highlight of some CGs and a song that reminds me of the pairing because I don't have anything better to do aasdfghjhgfd

Rumpel

Lets start with doctor boi. To be honest when I saw the pictures of the guys in the downloading page I thought my favorites would be Rumpel and Waltz (I mean, I got one of those right lmao) because he wears glasses and home girl loves loves lovessss glasses. Then with his first interaction with Lucette It was very meH to be honest. He is just not my type and I would rather have Rumpel as a friend, although he did gave me quite a couple of laughs when he interacted with Karma lol.

His ending cg is brutal tho, his along Rod’s are the most heartbreaking ending CG’s (even though his ending in of itself wasn't the worst in my opinion because I wasn't too attached to him).

Anyways in short, Rumpel, flirty doctor boi. with good heart even though you roll your eyes at half the things he says xD

“And I wish that you could see. Oh, what you do to me, and I hope this letter covers everything. I'm yours, sincerely me” - Sincerely Me, Artist vs. Poet

“And I found love where it wasn't supposed to be, right in front of me, talk some sense to me” - I found, Amber Run

Fritz/Varg

Oh boi, baby Boy Fritz. The only reason why Fritz isn't higher is because throughout his route I felt like I don't get to know much about Fritz in of itself but rather Varg, but the little we get to see Fritz I find adorable. He was one of the routes I was most excited on playing because he was adorable in the other routes, always looking out to protect Lucette and he always did <33

And Varg. To be completely honest I kinda liked him at the beginning but not much, the moment I trully fell for him was at the end when he gave up himself to let Fritz be with Lucette. Boooooi that scene where he says Fritz would never deserve her but he still wants her to be happy asdfghj broke me.

Like in the end even though I liked Fritz and Varg individually a lot, I feel like there wasn't enough time with either to come on higher in the list and thats the only reason why he is number 4, but I still love them very much ;w;

Also like, the good ending?? its like the saddest one?? I mean yeah, they got to be together and what not but my home girl Delora dies?? and Parfait?? no magic? hello? I cried so much? asdfghjkl Truly the most angsty ending by far and I just..... Can they be happy pls? </3

Also as a side note, Fritz was the only route I could get all the positive choices at once without having to reload the files and I feel very proud about that lmao bye

“But a wolf in sheep's clothing is more than a warning” - Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, Set it Off ft. William Beckett

“All that I can do is beg as hard as I can, but the nightmares keep on haunting me. Even though I’ve seen you leave a hundred thousand times, I can only watch you disappear” - Eine Kleine, Rachie

Rod

Rodddddd <33

Honestly between Rod and Karma it was a tough choice, and I think I could say they were fairly tie with one another, just putting Karma a little higher because his good ending was one of my favorites and Rod’s was kinda sad (well, I mean, I get it, they are step brothers so they cant be publicly involved but its still sad ;w;).

Y’all know I live for my tsundere characters and Rod did not disappoint. Not only does he have some of the cutest blushing moments (thx Sebby!) but he and Lucette have such a great dynamic! They understand each other and I think Lucette had one of the best developments in his route, understanding Em and getting her good deeds by growing close to her family was such a cool way for her to become a good person, my queen Lucette is everything in this route.

The bad ending is also super sad and the CG was so heartbreaking. To think if only Lucette would have said that he loved him (which she did) at the end to save him asdfghjkl, my feelings.

“How much longer will it take to cure this? Just to cure it cause I cant ignore it if its love” - Accidently in Love, Counting Crows

“Oh, how it feels so real, lying here with no one near” - Tiny Dancer, Elton John

Karma

Now onto my manz Karmaaa

what a ride man

Honestly I didn't expect to like Karma that much. I mean, he was nice, he looked playful and I liked the teasing dynamic but I did not expect him to end at my #2 at all. But boi was I in for a ride. Once you get to know Karma? understand him and the reasons he is close off? how he truly doesn't consider anyone loving him as an option to break his curse? uh, um, excuse me to say this but, poetic cinema at its f i n e s t.

God and Karma and Lucette’s dynamic, iconic. He teaches her how to open up and live life, be happy, while she helps him realize he is much more than his looks and how he fell for his personality, god I love them.

Also the good ending was one of my favorites, they were just so comfortable with each other and I cant wait to see their dynamic with their family, its gonna be awesome. His bad ending was in my opinion, one of the worst too. Dying thinking the girl he loves never truly got to love him and see past the beast and just when she realizes he is holding the rose thing that he is Karma and she killed him? brutal

“Like the ache in my chest that my heart didn’t invite. But if the prettiest romance isn’t perfectly right, that makes every love lost just a holiday every night” - Paper Tigers, Owl City

“I could have another but I probably should not, I got somebody at home” - Honey I’m Good, Andy Grammer

Waltz

*Screams*

MY BOY WALTZ

*Resumes Screaming*

I knew he would be my favorite from the start. Girl loves me some sweet boys with some secrets to hide, and since the other routes gave tiny clues that they were childhood friends, big y E S.

What’s there not to love about Waltz?? he is not only a cute boy who is in love with her best friend, her only family left, and taught her how to become the good kind hearted person he knew she was deep on the inside but he would also give it all for her happiness?? they protect each other?? powerful witch couple?? uh por favorrr

His bad ending broke me, thinking his conscious is ruined thanks to Hildyr and watching the girl he loves become basically a puppet? heartless. And his good ending, their dynamic, everything everything I love Waltz and everyone should know it.

They are the biggest power canon couple to exist and I stan.

“Call a name I'm longing for, call the name that only you know. I'll find you there, in dreams we shared, that called us once before” - I’ll call your name, Dima Lancaster (Cover)

“And when I'm feeling small you get me through it all, Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again” - Kids Again, Artist vs. Poet

Anyways its over, it ended, I am coping, I will go back to staring at my screenshots of Waltz while I cry ;w;

#Kate if you are reading this I am still crying #asdfghjk this game broke me and I am too attached to this folks #my bbys all need a good therapy session asap #anyways off to fingerling about Waltz and Lucette being in l o v e #bye #cp #cinderella phenomenon #karma #waltz #rod #fritz #varg #rumpel #otome #review #thoughts #spoilers #spoiler

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falselyprofound · 5 years

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y’know what i’m just gonna ramble a little more about this fic because a) i really liked it and b) i have been stressing over uni work for almost ten hours now and if i don’t take a mental break my brain will probably explode

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god. In A Strange Land feels like the author looked into a parallel dimension where season three didn’t revolve around Russians or the Mind Flayer, and just decided to write a transcript of the show down for those of us stuck on this plane of existence. Like... yeah, the pacing’s a little off in some places, sure. Some of the earlier chapters don’t give you a whole lotta breathing room, which makes things seem grimmer than the show. Apparently there were several weeks inbetween steve getting fucked up at the party, steve getting his shit kicked by billy at the quarry, and steve getting his shit kicked by the aboleth, but it’s squeezed into the span of a few chapters so it kiiiiinda feels like the world’s worst trauma conga line at times.

It’s nice that there’s no filler and that everything has a purpose, but things going south is less impactful when it’s a slow + steady decline and not dropping like a horse off a cliff. (...or maybe I was just hoping for a bit more fluff from my ao3. or i need to stop binge-reading longfics, and actually let chapters sink in for a while before moving onto the next. but anyway.)

There’s also the plot twist about Six that doesn’t quite mesh with the rest of the story. Sure, it doesn’t detract from it, but it also doesn’t impact the narrative in any way other than giving Hopper more shit to stress about behind the scenes. I’m honestly not sure why it was included, since she never comes back... But anyway; everything else about the fic is so damn good it more than compensates for its flaws.

the amount of reincorporation the author uses in this fic is absolutely astounding. Mike sabotaging Steve’s dnd character. Dustin trying to play video games on Mr. Harrington’s computer. Basically any of Steve’s (mundane) nightmares, including the thing about the sock. Bob being in the AV club with Scott... everything seems like a minor character-building detail, until it inevitably comes back to either save the day, signal just how much they’ve changed in the last two months, or utterly fuck someone over.

Like... Max describes the sound of Billy’s car as “a thunderstorm that rains douchebags”, which in itself is a hilarious line. But then six chapters later, Dustin’s alone and in over his head and he thinks he hears thunder off in the distance and you go oh. oh no. and the chapter ends there and you know exactly how bad things are gonna get.

(speaking of which, there’s no redemption arc for billy and it’s magnificent. he was easily one of the more frightening parts of the fic for me -- particularly as the author plays up his love of violence over... whatever uncomfortable, unnecessary, vaguely rapey themes he had going for him in season 3. Plus, seeing him a) get away with his shit for so long and b) be an asshole mostly of his own violition means that dustin literally setting him on fire, knocking him the fuck out with steve’s hairspray, and then locking him in the boot of his car? cathartic as hell. poetic cinema. 10/10.)

it also does a damn good job of representing the 80′s in more ways than just pop culture references. there’s more than a few instances in the fic where i had to stop and go oh yeah. they don’t have the internet in 1985, do they.

(case in point.)

honestly if i posted a screenshot of every line of dialog that either made me laugh or go “oh shit”, we’d be here all day. so i’m just gonna say that I really love the aboleth as a villain, i really love how every character gets at least one POV scene and a moment to shine, and i really love all the moments where the characters are faced with unspeakable horrors yet worry about something totally mundane. like max getting stuck in the Inbetween.

or mike, realizing how similar his life is to his dnd campaigns

or dustin & mr. clarke.

god, why isn’t mr clarke in the show more.

(ok i should probably get back to work now, but i just wanna cap this post off by saying that the absolute biggest mood of the fic... is that the author admits they wrote it with the sole purpose of justifying steve’s car. that is such a minor detail to write a 180k-word semi-au for and i fucking love it.)

#spoiler readmores? for fanfiction? its more likely than u think.#stranger things blogging #pointless post

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