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she/her, 23 games, books, rants

[iluv3amm]

Norman Jayden needs his own spinoff game. I’ll die on that hill.

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How can anyone in their right mind ship Leon and Sherry? Tf

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I think Wesker would absolutely hate Zeno and call him a disappointment very often, lol

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Nobody loves Chris like Wesker did.

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Zeno is walking proof that Capcom regrets so much for having killed Wesker.

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Romanticising books did more harm than good.

I, myself, have been a reader for over a decade now. The first book I had read was Fault in our stars followed by Turtles All the Way Down + Eleanor & Park and so on and so forth. I do consider myself a bit familiar with the romance genre even though my taste in genre has fluctuated a lot over my teen years and adulthood.

Now, I don't mean to say there's any right or wrong way of consuming the content you enjoy. There truly isn't. But when a piece of media is clearly deteriorating into a category that has become a gateway to quick cash grabs and overnight fame, I think as a reader, it's necessary to point out the flaw.

Due to the immense rage of Booktok, you'd notice every other popular book that's thrown in your way is same book with a different font. All books that I have recently a taken suggestion of from online and then read, have only disappointed me.

With the context of booktok -

Every romance book has a fast-paced explicitly sexual story of a wanna be vague male and quirky female. (ex - Twisted hate, icebreaker)

Every fantasy book is written with poor world-building and inconsistent plot development along with unnecessary tension. (Fourth Wing)

Every thriller book is filled with plot holes and inconsistent character personalities for the sake of a vague plot twist. (never lie)

Every dark romance is an alternative for a borderline criminally insane male lead who's compensated for all illegal activities pulled (stalking, harassment, etc) because of looks. (haunting Adeline, lights out)

And though reading is a hobby that is to be enjoyed at the comfort of your own liking, I think pushing overly explicit content under the guise of ‘young adult’ ; ‘dark romance’ is not a space that should be encouraged.

You can enjoy reading a book that perhaps you may not have liked critically. What matters is to address the fact, and not put out the book as a five stars on every platform you can. It sets off the wrong message to the community entirely.

Did I enjoy reading the Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood? Yes, I think it was light read, fast paced and well-written in terms of wording. Does it mean I think the book is 5 stars? Hell no. The plot of the book became way too predictable halfway through, the book turned absolute bore since characters had their romances figured way too early in the book so there was practically nothing to build on.

I think a review should be transparent and not an attempt to fit in with the narrative that you think is right just cause its popular.

[iluv3amm]

Claire was only nineteen during raccoon city outbreak.

I think people don't talk much over the fact that this barely adult girl was not only surviving an apocalypse, but also protecting a child and looking for her brother. She's just a badass we need to see in another mainline game.

Her Redfield genes are just as intact and as functional, lol.

[iluv3amm]

Just an opinion, but Ana Huang is a writer for those who did not have a Wattpad phase. Now, don't get me wrong. Her writing style is fairly respectable. The themes of the books are non-toxic (atleast most of the time), and she has some catchy series names.

But why is the plot of her books equivalent to fast fashion? Ykwim?

Every character in her book is written in a way, as if they were pre-established in prequels that never existed. For example, we are supposed to assume Christian Harper is mysterious and affectionate even though there's nothing he's done in the book to suggest the same.

The typical wanna be cold, ceo, mafia, alpha, mysterious, rich guy creation with a male protagonist along with an attempted complex quirky female protagonist.

And the romance sets off in less than a couple of chapters. It pre-exists from the third or fourth and escalates quickly during the middle.

I assumed it was the Twisted Series that had this formula, so I decided to give her another shot and picked up the King of Warth. First chapter in, it's a yapping full of how secretive and handsome and awesome the male lead is.

The stories are way too predictable and obvious - hence, boring.

[iluv3amm]

Chris Redfield has the saddest story of all.

That man literally has lost almost all the people he’s ever worked with. Anyone who's played Re6 would know the despair Chris had put himself into. And not to mention, the person who had motivated him - Piers Nivans - also dies in the end.

It's extremely sad to think of the amount of missions he has accomplished but at the cost of his partners. Even during Re8, it's inevitable that Chris blamed himself for ethan’s death too.

It's depressing to be Chris.

[iluv3amm]

Imagine your friend inviting you to his extravagant lodge situated on personally owned mountains and the first thing you do as a group is pull a prank on his little sister by insulting and humiliating her in front of her crush, recording all on the camera which causes her to run away along with her twin and then both disappearing forever.

Yeah, I think Josh Washington needed better friends, lol.

[iluv3amm]

Someone explain to me how Re5 Spencer happened after Re9 spencer?

Am I getting the timeline wrong or spencer’s intentions from this both games make zero sense? So supposedly, Spencer adopted Grace during the early 2000’s. And then we have Spencer and Wesker (right before Albert kills him) in 2006 during re5.

So if spencer truly regretted what he did with umbrella which led him to adopt Grace and then make elpis, why did he still want to ruin and rule the world in the later years?

[iluv3amm]

Reading is being dumbified, why?

If you have been an avid reader, since before the pandemic, you must've surely noticed the change in the young adult books. Why have most recent best sellers adapted to the moulds of Wattpad fanfics?

It starts with the girl - who's borderline pick me - meeting a guy who's supposed to be mysterious but isn't at all.

And the book proceeds in a manner where their attraction kicks off in the second/third meeting, and as a reader, you're supposed to be invested? A minor inconvenience brews in the sideline which later gets resolved in a chapter or two.

No character development, no plot development? Nothing. Every other famous romances I have picked recently has walked this path.

And I was surprised when I read an actual slow-burn romance (The Cruel Prince), only to find out it had received a lot of hate for the lack of ‘spice’

Okay, so you just wanna read a script to a porn film? Got it.

[iluv3amm]

James Sunderland is not misunderstood.

The remake of the game has softened how people view him. He is not a sad husband griefing the death of his wife. He's a murderer drowned in guilt clinging to the last hope - Silent Hill.

He is desperate for his wife to be alive. Not because he wants her back. Because of the regret of taking her life eats him.

He did not love his wife. Do you truly believe a man who loved his wife would abandon her at her worst? That same loving husband would sexualize the nurses who tend to her? Wish his wife had changed her appearance, seemed bolder?

Now, I am not criticising the game. What I am criticising is how players often confuse James’ remorse for longing. His messed-up, morally dark character is what adds to the allure of the game.

[iluv3amm]

Why does it matter who's Leon married to?

I can't be the only one who's annoyed with the wank going around about this pointless shit. What's the difference if it's Ada or Claire or Hunningan or Helena. It can be a random civilian, for all I care.

Out of every other possible thing in the game, why is this being discussed???

[iluv3amm]

Alice should've been a human.

It would have just added more to the Kara plot if alice had not been a Detroit. The whole dynamic would have played better.

Markus - Against the Humans. Kara - Protecting a Human. Connor - Helping the humans

I think the plot twist was to make the user feel the ache of having cared for a Detroit all while thinking it was human. To evoke the emotion that Detroits, after all, weren't so different from us.

[iluv3amm]

Try putting yourself in Josh Washington’s shoes.

Often, players complain on how Josh had turned unhinged and put all of his friends in grave danger. But I can't seem to hate Josh from that perspective. Josh pulled that elaborate trap to make his fellows realise what humiliation his sisters must’ve felt.

Those same friends pulled a prank that caused Hannah and Beth to lose their lives. Eventhough, that was not the intention behind the prank, can't the same be said for Josh’s action? He never really meant for anyone to die. It just followed.

It was just a prank, Han!

[iluv3amm]

Ethan Winters is the best male protagonist, you can't change my mind.

Though I am myself a Redfield girl, I can't deny the fact of how extraordinary Ethan is. That man survived Baker's house without any military or weapon training. He rescued his wife and defeated the ultimate forms of bakers. And moving forward to the village, he dominated all of the 4 village heads, alone for the sake of his daughter.

Ethan’s story is more unique considering that the man had no prior knowledge or experience of the whole ‘umbrella’ world. When we talk about Leon or Chris’ perspective, we go into their games knowing how the characters have dealt with this shit tons of times before. Their experience is what gives the user relief. However, that relief is absent during ethan’a game, adding to the thrill.

And the fact that Ethan dies in the end saving the only thing that mattered to him? Man, he's the most iconic.