not the most groundbreaking thought to ever be shared in this fandom but I feel like Grimoire and Sally could have dated at some point early in their relationship as an experiment but then both quickly realized it wasn’t at all working out (Sally is lesbian and Grimoire is aro/aroace apparently) and decided to break up and be normal about it. the breakup actually helped them get closer because now they’re great friends!
Something is interesting to me about the fact that he is likened to the broken compass. The one that goes haywire in part because of the mermaid, the one that hides the necklace key in plain sight for the entire game. Like it symbolizes Godrik's own skewed moral compass, disrupted completely by his singular need to see the mermaid again. Making immoral choices.
And then, right when I assume he already knew he would accomplish that goal, when he (weirdly?) Takes his time to give everyone closure in some way, when he reassures symmetry it wasn't her fault— he fixes the compass. He leaves them a way back home right before he dissappears.
The description of the issue with the compass in question being momentary overwhelm... and considering the compass is likened to Gripp himself, I wonder if it's meant to convey that he got his hold on himself back somewhat right near the end.
That when he felt assured that he would see her again his overwhelm waned enough for his own compass to be fixed. Just briefly.
Mystid Mansion, Tangle Tower, all of its inhabitants. The Mermaid Mask (the only reason the game is called that and not The Mermaid Tongue is because it’s not alliterative!), and the majority of its guests (except for JD Wirman, for some reason). Silkwirm Serpent.
what does that mean. Why is that important.
do you think Wirman’s gonna die in the next case because his name isn’t alliterative😔
there’s a The Narrator in a game called tsp and a The Narrator in a game called stp. Are the presence of these letters related to the presence of irritable British narration? More on this soon…
marina diamandis if she wrote an extended version of how to be a heartbreaker where it's revealed tbat electra heart is a bee: rule number five/is you protect the hive/so that the queen can survive/and all your larvae can thrive