I played paranormasight 2 weeks ago and haven't been the same since

paranormasight song of the summer

had to design horror movie posters for class so i took the opportunity to draw more paranormasight since it was on the brain

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one of the many times harue questions why she hired this guy

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<3 love is love

Sketches + quick colours

Played paranormasight last week and had lots of fun! Wish it was a little bit longer…

the mere existence of harue shigima paranormasight absolutely flies in the face of every piece of 2012-2016 feminist discourse arguing that “you can’t write a compelling self-sacrificial housewife character” or that “housewives are antifeminist” because it subverts 0 tropes and relegates women away from the public eye and makes them only child managers. and i LOVE that about her

not only is she an important character within the narrative of paranormasight, including the most important character in her side of the story because you’re playing from her point of view, but it is HER choice to resurrect her son, no matter the cost. it is 100% her choice, and you hear that from her point of view. in fact both ayame and richter argue it at the end of her route, and they’re totally right that harue is ultimately being selfish. harue may be driven by grief and anger, but it’s 100% her grief and anger, not given to her by anyone else.

she doesn’t lack agency because she’s a housewife either. she’s more than willing to commit murder under her own set of conditions, if that’s what you call agency, and her movements aren’t restricted by anyone. richter himself pretty much does whatever she tells him to, with his role being the investigation ability needed for the operation.

and there is so much depth to her. there’s a total apathy for everything, and a dislike for her own home. wouldn’t you be hollow inside if there was only one person in the world you truly loved, and it was taken away from you by a murderer? beyond that apathy is grief for her loss, and anger for the one who killed her son, and selfishness and yes, her choice to sacrifice herself if necessary for the sake of her son. still, it’s not all negative. she has fun watching richter horse around with kids, for instance. her point of view shows you so much about her personality, and it reflects the thoughts of a person, not the thoughts of a throwaway housewife.

basically, i support women’s wrongs, but there’s so much depth to those wrongs and i’d be doing a disservice if i didn’t point out that she is an amazing character before those wrongs.

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I went to go look at fan art and there are only like 20 pieces? Guess I have to help myself. I want to draw Tetsuo, Yakko, and Mio, but I couldn’t come up with anything silly so I think I’ll draw more serious art of them later.

practice portraits

u got a light?

one thing about paranormasight that i keep thinking about is that one of the playable characters is a mother

just think for a second about how few games there are where you play as a mother especially compared to how many you play as a father in

and due to it being paranormasight, she’s not just a mom in the “oh my child is so precious” way. She’s allowed to be a messy character. Furious at the people who caused her and her family harm.

Paranormsight isn’t perfect (though I do think it’s really good), and doing this sort of thing with a character shouldn’t be rare. But it is, and the game does do it.