Temperance, Muriel’s book update
Well, here is something about this Muriel’s update. Again, I’m sorry for the mistakes.
I loved his route more than others, but not this chapter. I’m seized by an ambivalent feeling, and there’re many things that I don’t like here, too much, actually.
First, timeskip. It was done rude and carelessly. Picture-picture-picture, here we are, hello, Vesuvia. I was pretty sure, that it was Asra who brought them back home, through the fountain, as he did in his route. It would be much better, I think.
Then, I don’t like Asrian. I don’t want to offend ppl who like them, it’s just my opinion based on mine experience - people who had such toxic relationship couldn’t just start over and have a healthy relarionship. Julian, maybe, but not Asra - not that Asra which devs showed us.
Then, romance scenes. Yes, bath and room scenes, I look at you. This is 14th book and we’re still marking time. Quick pecking, kisses to cheek - I get it, it’s quite sweet and soft, but hey, we have an adult male here was finally able to open up. And he almost kissed MC in the last chapter (and it was most erotical scene in this game, screw you, Jaeger!). Let us see more... pasiion, idk. Muriel isn’t a fluffy chicken - he can do what he wants, like in the scene in the beginning of this chapter when he pulled MC from Lucio. He’s protective, he’s soft, he’s scared, he’s gentle, but he can be decisive as we already saw, he can do things and he can speak things.
Then, and mostly, Natiqa. Actually I like her, but here... It’s a big and solid NO. I hate all this scene with chicken and Julian. Pranking Julian was fun in Asra’s route, it was quite sweet and er... kind? But here - what the hell it was? An enormous chicken? Clucking Muriel? Suddenly dumbed Julian? What the hell is going on with you devs, why are you doing this to your characters? First it was courtiers in Pasha’s route, now it’s poor Julian - just why? This shit wasn’t in Muriel’s nature, and I felt myself ashamed during this scene, it was gross. I don’t know, maybe it’s like language barrier, but in humor, like humor barrier. But I don’t understand such a humor, it’s humiliating, not fun. There could be something else, there could be breakfast (they went to eat, do you remember?) there could be some dialogue between Muriel and MC, there could be something fun, bot not this. This was awful.
Muriel, of course, i love him to the moon and back, and his interactions with MC was a pure silver (they would be a pure gold, if there would be more passion as i said).
The scene where MC talks to Asra and then Muriel shakes off snow from MC’s knees is brilliant. I was swooning, really.
I liked ribbon in his hair (but how he did his hair again by himself?), and I didn’t like his masquerade outfit. It has beautiful colors, but it doesn’t suit him - all the style, I mean.
I don’t know, I’m a bit dissapointed. I don’t expect anymore from Portia’s route, but Muriel’s and Lucio’s was good, especially Muriel’s. But not now. Last Lucio’s book was boring, and this... idk what to feel. Don’t do this to your fans, devs, please.
But this - this was good. Really good. But continuing was... meh.
Ah, yes, Morga’s ghost is intriguing. It’s just me or this ghost really can be something different then it seems? Red eyes are suspicious.