In the Solangelo book I want Nico and Will to parallel Orpheus and Eurydice but in really stupid ways. Instead of being a talented musician that charms people with his beautiful singing, Will's a soundcloud rapper. The whole Aristaeus snake-bite situation is just the Stolls pranking them. Instead of a lyre, Will carries a kazoo into Tartarus and uses it to scare the monsters away with horrifically loud and off-key playing. In the Underworld, Will's trying to convince Hades and Persephone to let him take Nico out on a date.
And on the way out, instead of being dragged back down to the Underworld, Nico just stubs his toe on a rock or some shit
i've only played pathologic 2 up to like 7 pm of day 3 (took like 3 tries to heal Patches and spent most of the day gathering herbs for that and dealing with paperwork), but can we talk about how *fantastic* the immersion is in this game? because
1) i felt actual *dread* when i just barely missed the deadline for the Patches quest the first time (my brain: oh god oh fuck i was literally next door in my workshop but i was late i couldn't save the child i will never be a menkhu and where is Aspity and why the fuck is the bell tolling this cutscene is creepy af WHAT)
2) i never expected Lara Ravel of all people to hurt me enough to make me cry but here we are
Rubin and Grief making racist remarks about the Kin i wasn't happy about happy about at all, but that's basically how they were from the first dialogues with them so i was like. i guess that's them now. but *LARA*? lovely adorable Lara Ravel who first offered me shelter, trust, and compassion when the whole town thought i mercilessly killed my own father?
i dared casually call her basaghan and she went on a whole thing about how she hates being called that and also this one weird herb bride (i *think* her name is Nara?) asked her where i am and "ugh what's her problem?" :/ i just sat there like "wha.... Lara how could you say that to Artemy? he's had a bad enough day already... pchd Lara would have never..." i felt so weirded out and betrayed, and now a week later it feels ridiculous because this is an npc in a video game Dot you are not Artemy Burakh what the heck was that reaction- (kinda reminded me of the feeling of a high school "friend" randomly making antisemitic comments to me for no reason now that i think about it)
anyway tldr 100/10 immersion, not too mad at you Lara (just very disappointed) and my pulse goes up a little bit when i think about the Patches quest, but that just proves the immersion is absolutely brilliant
and lesson learned, trust no one in this wretched town, anyone and everyone has the potential to suddenly be a prick to you in patho2 XD (and also keep track of the goshdarn time because if i understand the shituation at hand right the timer will start speeding up after this day)
and yes i know it will only get worse because this is
: the Restaging, but i played pchd so i think i'm ready for anything now
...that's a lie, no i'm not ready for what's to come at all. but neither is Artemy so i guess it's fine XD
There is a channel on YouTube called Hollow Knight Weather that posts a weather report for Hallownest every day and the comment sections are full of people pretending to be Hallownest inhabitants talking about their daily experiences and it's one of the greatest things that ever came out of this fandom imo
I love being a fangirl i love gushing about my favourite media i love squealing when i see my favourite characters on screen i love staying up late on school nights to write fanfics i love finding tiny little details to support my favourite ships i love buying merch from small artists i love making references no one gets i love being a cringe obsessed teenage fangirl i hate capitalism
I can't tell if this is a bad or good idea but house-husband!shinjuro??
PLEASE GOD! it's a great idea! i'm thinking you were friends as Hashira, but you stayed in the demon slayer corps even after he quit, right? fast forward, (after ruka's death) you find love with one another, and shinjuro starts doing housework and cooking (much to his sons' suprise, watching the father they'd known to lie around and drink all day long finally finding purpose again) wanting you to come home to a clean home and dinner on the table always.
he's still such a grumpy tsundere about it, but still gives you that expectant puppy-eyed look as you examine his hard work and sighs in relief when you lean in to kiss him for a job well done.
"my sweet husband, always keeping me well-fed and looking after our home. i think you deserve more than praise tonight."
he shudders, thick fingers bunching in your hoari. "yes, please."