damn, people really still have opinions like "this eldritch horror game where your paranoia manifests into real literal tentacles that kill you has an unrealistic amount of women and people of colour in it" and think that's a real proper criticism that should be taken seriously, huh?
embarrassing tbh.
meanwhile, cool and interesting people who are worth listening to are saying things like "hey you ever notice how ingfell resident never uses gendered pronouns when referring to her partner? they could be someone of any gender! that's really cool, i love that :)"
Highly doubt I’m the first one to point this out with seven months since act II released but. y’know the sentient terminal theory from the p-1 entry
[Start ID. An ULTRAKILL screenshot of the terminal at the end of the level 5-3: SHIP OF FOOLS. It has been tipped over on its side from the Leviathan capsizing the ship, and its Tip of the Day has been replaced with the word “Ow.” End ID]
Ever since Lou Jitsu stopped fighting, Big Mama didn't have enough of a constanst spectacle without running out of people to through in the ring, so she started holding seasonal championships
She bases the season off New York seasons since the Hidden City doesnt have such obvious seasonal changes (other than temperature). During the season, fights are held constantly, but they more of 1v1 or 2v2 fights that don't lead anywhere for the most part, but when the season comes to an end, a championship is held. The winners are given first dibs to join, but if there are any open spots, anyone can sign up
The championship is brutal and results in a fight to the death unless one party yields (as seen with Leo and Usagi in the first part; they've been fighting in the nexus long enough that Big Mama lets Usagi live despite the brutal environment of the championships because she knows Leo wouldn't kill him)
Every few years, if theres enough fighters that catch Big Mama's eye, she'll hold an Ultimate Championship where she hand picks all the competitors and most of the battles are fights to the death, although there are a few exceptions- after all, who would kill the child of Big Mama (Leo) and risk their own lives?
I may expand on the nexus and Leo's involvement in it at a later date.. I have a lot of thoughts about it :3
So. I meant to do this yesterday for my birthday. But. I ran out of time. So I tried to make a cake this afternoon. It exploded. Literally. It turned into a liquid. I almost burnt the house down. That’s not a joke. So anyways, I made toffee instead. And slapped Luis’ handsome face on there like those tiktoks of people with their Leon Kennedy birthday cakes. Bone apple teeth
I still cannot believe the audacity that he blew Jonathan a kiss
A promise for what's to come. A cruel, mocking promise, because Dracula's kisses mean death. And think of this particular biblical allusion: "with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of."
Judas in Hell. Now, for anyone who does not know, Judas is the most despised figure in Christianity, so much so that the most recognizable depiction of Hell in media, Dante's Inferno, gives him the eternal punishment of being eaten by the Devil himself. Why is he so hated? Cough, cough, antisemitism, but besides that-- He was the apostle who betrayed Jesus to the Romans. For 30 silver pieces, he led the Romans to where Jesus was and marked him with a kiss.
This imagery of a kiss that brings death is adopted into vampiric lore, so much so that Judas is sometimes considered to be the first vampire. A weakness to cross-imagery (trauma from betraying Jesus), a compulsion to drink blood (Jesus having his apostles drink his blood/wine), a weakness to the sun (it's said that he hung himself just before sunrise, also the sun is considered the physical representation of god). Short vampire stories like A Kiss of Judas by Julian Osgood Field make all vampires directly related to Judas. Some adaptations of Dracula even go the extra mile and just make Dracula's backstory that he was Judas.
Like Judas kissing Jesus, Dracula blowing a kiss to Jonathan marks him for slaughter. The Romans seized Jesus as the Weird Sisters were meant to seize Jonathan, but he got away, escaping death like how Jesus ultimately escaped death. And, in the same way Judas kissing Jesus was the catalyst for Jesus becoming a martyr and dying for humanity's sins, Dracula biting Jonathan is its own catalyst.
A catalyst for what? Read the goddamn book, I'm not allowed to say.