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Wynter or Frazie | They/Them | 21 ♊️ | I heart overanalyzing 💜

[cycleknots]

Updated Admin Introduction Post <3

It's been about a year and a half since my original one got posted, so I figured I should reintroduce myself.

My name is Wynter, but I also go by Frazie and have collected a bunch of other names you can call me. My pronouns are They/Them, and I'm an AroAce Lesbian. I'm 19, I graduated in June 2023.

I'm an author based in the midwest USA with a focus on YA contemporary and a love of character analysis. All content related to my original writing, including my debut novel (which should be released in the summer of 2024) can be found on my writing blog, @wynter-joy

I'm autistic, and my special interests are Our Life: Beginnings and Always/Now and Forever along with Ducktales 2017. Most of my posts will be analysis related, though I do post a lot about simpler headcanons as well.

I'm not sure if I have a favourite Psychonauts character, but you can probably expect posts about Sasha and Milla, Bob and Helmut, Lizzie, and the Aquatos in general.

My asks and dms are always open !! I may have trouble making sure my tone comes across correctly, especially because I can get really defensive over my special interests, so if I ever say anything rude please let me know so I can clarify my point.

That's all though, regular posts resume directly after this one <3

[cycleknots]

Pkease doublefine psychonauts dlc..... please intern mindspace dlc........ please otto mindspace and helmut body collection dlc......... please psychonauts 3.....

[luxwing]

AAAYYYYY

[aquato-family-circus]

considering i just saw some art with an adult and a minor tagged 'proshipping' (a fancy little word that means shipping the 2 together) in the tag for the first time in a while, here's a friendly little reminder that you can report fictional depictions of harm to minors :)

remember to simply block and report this kind of shit and move on, it's the latest post in the PN tag atm as I make this post

[aquato-family-circus]

lil morning reminder~

I'm sure the post in question is further down the tag by now but this reporting feature is good to keep in mind for your future blogging needs & safety 👍

I've stated it before but it's worth reiterating, this is a blog with a zero tolerance policy for shit like pedophilia, incest, and the coy funny little phrases people use to dress those up like they're something acceptable

[bearloonz]

hi for the love of god hello. I have not been able to stop thinking abt ur trans woman coach design @beebfreeb . She’s everything to me. Thankyou

[nomerciesneoll]

SCREW TRUMANS POV, JUST EVERY FUCKING PERSON AT THE MOTHERLOBE. SOME 10 YO KID SHOWS UP, BECOMES AN INTERN, IS DATING LILI GODDAMN ZANOTTO, AND IS THE FUCKING. GRAND NEPHEW OF MALIGULA???? HOW WOULD YOU FUCKING REACT TO THAT

[cycleknots]

Internet was slow, and for a moment your banner was low pixel count, and I just- considered that normal and when on. (Then realized as it went to high quality that it was NOT intended).

Low quality sashamilla shows up at 6am, wyd ??

[cycleknots]

A while ago I posted about how there are doubts in Gristol's mind and someone in the reblogs mentioned how there are doubts but not regrets.

And part of me thinks that's because he can't afford to have regrets. His entire life has been dedicated to this one goal. Even if he now doubts the validity of his beliefs, admitting to it and regretting it means that it was all for nothing.

[think-fast-psychonaut]

YES, YES, YES!!!

THIS!!!! THIS is what I love about Hollis' character and how the writing of Psychonauts treats Raz as a whole. Yes Raz can make autonomous decisions. Yes he is a child. Both of these things are true, and Hollis exemplifies this perfectly while still being an incredibly well written character. When Hollis confronts Raz at the end of her mind level she is furious. And she has every right to be! Raz seriously Fucked! Up! And it was important that he learned that lesson! But in the Nerve Center? After she's had time to cool down and think?

She goes down on her knee, to Raz's level, and delivers an important lesson as his teacher.

These moments are how Hollis joined the ranks of some of my favorite characters from this game, and I love her

[curi0uscreature]

* Ty pn2 fer giving me yet another women and men pairing that are clearly specified as friends/besties only and nothing else I don’t think that’s talked abt enough

[aquato-family-circus]

another bit abt the speech with hollis that always gets me is i remember a comment on the video of all the cutscenes, pointing out that for the rest of the game, Raz asks permission before door-ing ppl. what she said Really stuck with him. Such a good moment

She made a real, tangible impact on the way Raz acts for the whole rest of the game and she did that by kneeling down to his level and understanding he's just a kid and needs to be mentored like a real damn teacher, big respect!! really good, small detail to carry over!!

[cycleknots]

I love you caligosto loboto i love you regrets and doubt in lobotos mind i love you other agents understanding his pain i love you dynamic between loboto and oleander i love you villains with actual reasoning behind what youre doing.

[cycleknots]

Psychonauts Level Analysis - Hollis' Hot Streak

One of my favourite things about this level is it makes it so clear that Hollis is already mentally unwell. You fight a crowd of Bad Ideas before you change anything in her mind. She is already suffering.

Then you find her quiet room, and what originally looks like an organized and peaceful place expands to a literal web of overthinking, every possible idea happening at the same time. You trigger a reaction that rids her of her self preservation instinct, and next thing you know she's risking her own life, along with those of the children and other agents. It's a level that forces Raz to see the difference between what he did at the summer camp and what he's doing here. He has never stopped to consider the consequences of his own actions, and it could cost him everything.

You find your way back into her mind, and any common sense is locked within this web. To even get to it, you need to fight through the addiction and false hope you gave her, at the same time dismantling her mask of repression.

You find your way to her, and have to face off against the original problem you made, in the process saving the people who just earlier that day treated you like absolute shit.

Slight side note but I really love that during the fight, Adam's first reaction when he and Lizzie get thrown is to comfort her. Their friendship is one of my favourite things that go on in the game's background.

You destroy it, and in a fit of guilt and nostalgia, Hollis forgives you almost immediately. You did what she never could, and she assumes that means you know better. Sasha is the one that has to talk to Raz, likely because Raz holds his opinion to higher importance.

You give Hollis a sense of self reflection, bringing her back to herself and showing her where her priorities need to be. And she's not entirely better, those bad ideas are still there even when you go back to her mind later. But she's aware, and that is half the battle.

[cycleknots]

Lowkey Loboto is kinda nice ?? Like when he's on Sasha's lab table he's sort of accepted his own fate but he acknowledges the trouble it makes for other people.

"Don't be too hard on yourself, kid. It's a mess in there."

"Oh, I just hate to see you like this."

There's always the argument that he doesn't mean any of it, but I really think he's just a victim of circumstance from the start, he's so interesting to think about.

[cycleknots]

Today I am thinking about the matching pillows in Sasha and Milla's offices.

Like I think Milla picked them out to make Sasha's office a little more cozy since they both spend so much time at HQ. Her meditation chamber is already a realy calming environment, but Sasha's is clinical and cold and unwelcoming because he doesn't think about stuff like that.

[cycleknots]

Not me loudly and proudly proclaiming my inherent bias towards raz (he is simultaneously me (in an "omg mood haha" way) and my son at the same time)

Raz is such a great character !! He makes me put aside my usual distain for Capricorns 💔 (/hj)

He's such a well developed character, and I think they do a good job of showing his inner turmoil while not forgetting how young he is. Like in meat circus when Raz's version of Augustus says "I hate seeing my son happy." Obviously he never ACTUALLY said that, but it's the basic principle of the matter. Raz is just a child.

[cycleknots]

That is so sweet oh my god. I'm chill with chatting more in dms about sashamilla if you ever have an itch to talk! You know Sasha probably smiles to himself like she picked me :]. God now I'm Raz being their ring bearer and Lili as the flower girl if they did do a traditional wedding.

I'm always down for dms on this acc !!

I think I've seen some traditonal wedding art for them and it was so cute, I'll have to look for it in the morning (probably like now when this posts from the queue)

Milla would levitate down the aisle like disney princess style and it would be v pretty.

Idk who officiates tbh im stuck between hollis who would take it seriously and oleander who would mess shit up for fun.