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CII/Rodi at your service! Adult, ENG speaker primarily, but also a bit of CN. I use they/them, and reblog lots, post little.

My interests may change over time, but currently I'm an avid fan of Limbus Company, as evidenced by the blog theme and title :) Rodya and Gregor are my current faves!

#CIIdraws is my tag for any of my artwork, and #CIItalks is for general ramblings.

#CIItalks #CIIdraws

crazy to me that out of all of the limbus parents we've seen so far (hong lu, donqui, gregor) the best one is STILL papa quixote. "Limbus Company cast has the worst mother/father figures in the City" factoid actually statistical error. Quixote Sr., who is a vampire who loves his daughter very much, is an outlier adn should not be counted

#he's literally DEAD #and yet somehow he's better then BOTH Hermann and jia mu #keep winning by doing absolutely nothing ig sir. you deserve it #canto 8 spoilers #limbus company

I honestly think the issue with the divide between theorists and mechanics enjoyers in limbus company is that some people treat it as a game while other people treat it as a story

When you play a traditional story-driven game the narrative (for the most part) is fixed. There are certain actions that cannot Be undone, and the plot is linear, bar maybe one or two major choices at the end that result in a different ending. There is a certain level of agreement that X event Happened, because we all played through it, right?

Here's the thing, though: When you start to base your game off of works of literature, you inevitably draw in people who play the game for the story component, not just for the mechanics. This results in a group of people who use their understanding of books to analyze a linear story, and some of them are interpreting the game as having multiple "endings"- i.e., that the story draws on multiple themes, each of which can be examined in order to find a greater meaning. Canto 3's focus is on humanity versus inhumanity, but it also draws on themes of disability, prosthetics, and eugenics. Canto 5 is about moving on and severing the ties that bind you, but it can also be interpreted as a metaphor for growing up, because the way Ahab treats Ishmael (and the rest of the crew) is very reminiscent of how children go from having one big authority figure in their life (Adults) to being able to choose their own future in life. (I would even go as far as to say that Ishmael and Queenqueg's relationship in the story is very similar to a young coming-out story in that it adds tension to Ahab's control over the crew, but that's a story- and a theory- for another day.)

Now, is that the intended meaning of Canto 5? Absolutely not! I don't think Ishmael is a child, and I absolutely do not think that Ahab should be let anywhere near a child (rip Pip lmao). But that interpretation is still valid, because it is a way to understand the story and metaphors used in Limbus. Even if it's not the "correct" interpretation, I am adding value to the story by presenting an alternate way to Look at it and relate to what is being said. This is how theorycrafting works, or, in more fancy words, this is how academics and English majors create their essays and arguments. It's why we can still be talking about books like Crime and Punishment hundreds of years later, because there's so much that the author Doesn't say in the book which can be talked about! And it's how Project Moon is able to create Limbus Company in the first place. This is a game that is a derivative of multiple different stories, itself having a main character who wrote a book that was basically him and famous people all going to hell together. It's all connected!

Where am I going with this? Well, I bring this up because I saw a fantastic post the other day talking about how Hong Lu's growth and trauma in Canto 8 can be interpreted as a metaphor for SA, and while many people in the comments were supportive of the analysis, there were also some people who disagreed based on the grounds of "well Project Moon has explicitly stated they will never talk about SA, so this interpretation cannot be true!" ....which. Sure, that's certainly a way to interpret what is being said to you in the game. But subtext is there for a reason. It feels borderline insensitive to see a group of people relating to a specific experience and go "it's not in the text, therefore it doesn't count" when the themes of Limbus Company are broad enough to be seen as metaphors for a whole range of things. Especially given the way that certain characters talk to Hong Lu and how his concerns are dismissed. There is enough evidence to make that claim, even if it's not the Focus of the work itself.

This is not the first time I've encountered people who, for whatever reason, refuse to look beyond the game and try to form their own interpretations of the characters. I've seen people disregard other theories or ideas on the grounds of "this isn't supported by the game's text", taking only what is explicitly being said at face value. And it seems to be a pretty common experience! But I think we stand to lose a lot if we just focus on what's being textually said. Because if you only focus on what's being presented to you, you miss out on the fact that Dante... Isn't a reliable narrator, like at all. Just look at the way they focus on Heathcliff and ignore Gregor, or the way they completely missed Outis' scheming in the Backstreets Intervallo. If you refuse to engage with the subtext, you Will miss predictions and deeper understandings of the Sinners, and you might find yourself confused at the upcoming turns and twists in the story.

My point is: If you see something in this fandom that you disagree with, please think twice before immediately jumping on the bandwagon of "PM didn't write that into the game therefore it's not canon!" If you don't think that particular theory is true, there is nothing stopping you from simply moving on. People are allowed to interpret a piece of media however they want, and going around telling people there is only one "correct" way to interpret Limbus Company does the fandom as a whole no favors.

#limbus company #canto 8 spoilers #ciitalks

sinclairenthusiast

knight rodya my beloved

thefaustandthefurious

Lei Heng literally smokes. Like, with a cigar. What the hell kind of message does that send? That smoking is good and sexy? It is not. You will get black lung and die! Not to mention, it’s gross. And it’s also expensive. Cigars are like $20 each and they are one time uses. And they addict you. You waste money, get addicted, waste more money, then die. Is Project Moon TRYING to kill its fans with these shitty messages? If they were not, why would they make the SMOKER CHARACTER a member of a prestigious group—the Pinkie—, give him one of the best battle themes in the game so far, AND give Meursault an incredibly powerful identity based on him? This messaging is intentional. You are supposed to think that smoking is sexy and will make you like Lei Heng even though it will not and it will instead make you addicted and die. Not even from Jia Qiu’s baseball bat, either. That would be at least a cool way to die. This makes smoking look even cooler, now that I think about it. Canto 8 says that if you smoke, you will get a cool death. Yo don’t. You just get lung cancer. Everyone always says “you could put thay out on me,” no. No you should not. That will ruin my jacket or tee shirt or hoodie. Ew. HamHamPangPang is probably going to start selling Lei Heng-themed cigars soon. Is that what this is all for? Subliminal advertising and eventual money-making? Ffs Kim Jihoon. I know you want to make your anime but this is a dangerous game to play. If a Project Moon fan starts smoking a cigar and dies because they wanted to be like their favorite character Lei Heng it will be your fault, Kim. Ffs Kim Jihoon.

#limbus company

violetmignon

My take on this id

#HELP???#limbus company #lcb rodya

canto 8. To Me

#it's so “average Chinese family household” moment it's so funny to me #me when new year's rolls around fr #they don't even pretend to like each other one bit is the funniest part. that's exactly how my family members act. to a T #I know hongyuan is like fantasy evil bad place but. but it literally is just the average Chinese experience I fear #limbus company

helodrome

rodion-themed poster for @clearallcogen 's birthday SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEM RIGHT NOW OR ELSE!!!!!

i put in a lot of work to make sure this was as cool as possible.... next time the bug guy gets it....

#EVERYONE LOOK AT THIS RIGHT NOW #The color choices. the vibes. immaculate as always #lcb rodya #limbus company

almostswagkid

"Who did you really kill that night? Her or yourself?"

#rodion lcb #limbus company #girl me too

sunshades

sorry more to say. the dog thing is ofc gross on just a conceptual level, but when used to describe the dynamic in particular like. i find it particularly awful considering that same language is used in the book- when carmen speaks of heathcliff as a "hound abandoned by his master" she's borrowing isa's words in the book. and isa ofc has reason to hate him, but she is consistently racist towards him, and her likening his love and relationship with catherine to a dog and his master, while present in the text, literally comes from the fact she doesnt see the two of them as equals and can only conceptualize their bond as a dynamic of submission rather than a mutual hate-love thing.

in the distortion scene heathcliff does believe in carmen's words, but that is long before he stopped to consider catherine's actual feelings and actions towards him, and while he's in the middle of the worst self loathing spiral ever. even so, the distortion is textually a wolf instead, and it doesn't really seem to reflect carmen's words, on the abandoned dog being "the shape of his heart"- you see how many of his skills are about spite and envy, about hatred for the people that did that to him and cathy. which also has an obvious contrast with linton's portrayal in the game, as someone who explicitly doesnt care about anything except obtaining catherine's love, to the point of not even caring about the life of catherine herself: the only thing that matters is the concept of the master behind the door, of being a tragic servile companion- theres your dog.

this is extremely different from heathcliff's own feelings even in his worst moments. for a guy that has very little of it as a sin affinity, even the distortion is framed as prideful and protective. the dog symbolism has always been a wrong interpretation of the dynamic in universe.

#lcb heathcliff #limbus company

boccher

joining the war on stranger danger on the side of the stranger. wait not like that i mean like advocating that stranger danger is overblown

#joining the war on stranger on the side if thr stranger #wait no not like that i mean in like a camus' the stranger wait. Wait no Meursault wait-

lcb-oil

The Black Swans - The Interview (2/3)

(Three bonus B-Side chapters for Three Breaks)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65460541/chapters/169868341

Long long ago, a Family of mighty Bloodfiends lived on the edge of human society in an old castle surrounded by an overgrown forest. They cared little for the affairs of the petty humans, and in return the humans properly avoided them like the dangerous monsters they were.

I had to re-write this chapter so many times, because I kept finding unforgivable plotholes, hahaha.

Still, when I said the story wandered all over the place, this was the chapter I was most looking forward to finishing for that very reason! I'm overall pretty happy with how it turned out.

(Did anyone expect that this April Fools Day fanfiction sequel would have a chapter about Curiambro? I mean, not even I did...)

I hope that you will enjoy, and please look forward to the finale of this little series! 🎠🧪

#YAYYY MORE BLOODFIEND POSTING!!#limbus company

absolutelyallnamesaretaken

Come to think of it, we actually know jack shit about Gregor's past. Yes, we are somewhat aware of his trauma both from war and abuse at Hermann's hands, but what about his defection? We actually don't know anything about how it happened. It might be insignificant, but I highly doubt it. Something must have happened for this man to break away from Hermann's control. Or what about kqe-1j-23 observation log 2?

The heavy implication of Gregor being from the backstreets raises some questions, because how that would have happened while Hermann at the time was on top of G Corp? Does that mean he is not her biological son?

Even then we still are not aware of exact nature of Hermann's procedure, of what she did to him. Because while other veterans have their own problems with mutations, Gregor's arm is different. Even in flashbacks we don't see any further mutations, only it being highly irritable and agressive. But then what are the sounds at the beginning of 7.5-1? Those are not normal.

Ugh, I hate this anticipation

#his metamorphosis is beginning.#limbus company

formally apologize for forgetting the "that was the first time I wanted to kiss a man" line from L'etranger exists. Sorry Meursault I wasn't familiar with your game

#camus. camus buddy.#look me in the eyes when i say this. WHAT did you mean by that #like?? okay.