—to be, but people don’t care about that. as a bi person, it pisses me off to no end b/c bi people don’t exist as a convenient “gotcha” to make a character “less gay” just b/c some homophobic assholes have a problem seeing them shipped w/ ppl of the same gender.
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—her and she has a right to not like him. even him making the mini-Nidai in ch5 wasn’t character development since he basically confirmed he thought making it would get him into Sonia’s pants now that Gundam wasn’t around.
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17) Komaeda is a really good character w/ a lot of interesting things about him, and easily one of the best and most fleshed-out characters in sdr2, but I don’t mind the memes about him too much. Komaeda meme culture is so... its own thing at this point. as long as people don’t—
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—try to say he’s straight, I’m good w/ p much any cursed Komaeda memes/edits.
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18) I don’t like sdr2’s ending much. I really enjoyed sdr2 ch5 and 3/4ths of ch6 but the ending just felt a little too... hollow for me (and dr3 only made it worse by ruining the parts I did like). I think in part it’s b/c most of the sdr2 survivors didn’t get as much time to—
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—develop (other than Hinata and Kuzuryuu, obviously). the “hold your head up and believe in yourself and make your own future” message was definitely well-intentioned but... not as well done as it could’ve been.
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19) I understand where people are coming from when they say DRAE is important to the franchise and has a lot of messages about child abuse, but telling people that they “have to play it” in order to “be a real DR fan” or guilting people for not playing it isn’t a good idea. —
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—DRAE deals with a LOT of heavy themes (yeah, even heavier than usual DR stuff) and those themes are by no means handled respectfully all the time. like, when there’s literally an unskippable mini-game about molesting a minor, you have to understand some people just can’t—
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—handle it. like, as a victim of abuse for 20+ years or so, I can vouch that seeing that kind of stuff hits hard. it’s okay to just read a summary or smth when the subject matter is that rough.
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20) I think I’ve said it before, but Himiko is one of the most underrated characters in v3. she was definitely a dark horse, but she got such a great arc of development that had nothing to do with a male character, and she was so genuine about trying to change herself. it’s a—
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—little sad the western fandom doesn’t seem to like her that much.
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21) I like Togami. like, he’s a horrible asshole and absolutely insufferable, but I like him. I think having horrible asshole characters around who are unapologetic about their asshole-ness and blatantly don’t trust the rest of the group makes for a more interesting dynamic—
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—than having everyone in the group be a good person who’s just a victim of circumstance. assholes like Togami add more variety to the group. nonetheless, I deserve to be pelted w/ tomatoes for saying I like him, probably.
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22) I think the audition tapes in v3 were real. I don’t think Tsumugi told the truth about everything, but I do think her endgame speech was an even mixture of truth AND lies, b/c that’s what fits best thematically with the game. all the evidence we’re presented w/ says she—
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—CAN’T cosplay as her classmates, there’s literally nothing to indicate that she can. it’s not like DR follows Knox mystery rules super closely all the time, but it usually DOES follow them to some degree. so the whole “clues must be presented thing” applies, I think.
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23) that being said, I don’t actually think everyone’s pregame selves were “bad people” necessarily. morally ambiguous and messed up? definitely. but v3 (and DR as a whole, actually) has so much to do with depressed kids coping to EXTREME degrees w/ fiction in order to cope w/—
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—societal pressure. it’s so common in stories like these for kids to have been brainwashed and indoctrinated for years into thinking their lives are “worthless” unless they manage to achieve some kind of fame or status. even characters like Kagehara, who are definitely messed—
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—up and not necessarily what one might call GOOD people, are ultimately just pathetic and depressed and willing to die for the sake of cheap entertainment. I feel like looking at the pregame characters from that perspective makes them more interesting, not less.
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24) himiten definitely has its issues and it’s not a perfect ship, but that’s actually why I like it a lot. it’s true that Himiko is initially way too harsh to Tenko, and it’s also true that Tenko’s idolization of Himiko isn’t the healthiest and that it can be off-putting and—
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—infantilizing, but these are issues that get brought up within the game itself, and aren’t brushed under the rug. f/f ships in media are so often written (by men) to be less developed; if they happen at all, they’re usually just there to be “soft” and “cute” rather than—
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