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[everythingfox]

Where is he going?

[oyiiiii]

Boop

[imperhius]

[requiem-on-water]

sunlight illuminates undulating kelp forests by Douglas Klug

[rcgame-thoughts]

Treatment of Hannah

(Warning: spoilers)

This is something that really bothers me. I hate how there’s jump scare music whenever Hannah appears. Hannah’s not scary! Being nonverbal doesn’t make her scary. She’s just standing in her house where she lives. 🙄 I don’t like that Hannah’s disability is being used this way.

Hannah has similar senses as Lada, but no one pays attention to her. Not the priests or even Lada. Why isn’t Lada trying to communicate with Hannah more? They’re supposed to be tied, yet they have no relationship.

I would really like to see the story from Hannah’s point of view the way we sometimes see Ozar’s. She sees stuff too. She seems to be even more connected to the supernatural than Lada is, and she knows more than Lada does. So let us see what she’s seeing. Give her some value to the story instead of just using her as a gimmick.

I’m really scared that the person the gods want to sacrifice will be Hannah. “There can only be one.” It’s just a horrible, cruel way to treat and portray a person with a developmental disability.

[oyiiiii]

Hannah is so underutilized in this story. I really thought she was going to play a bigger role (maybe she will in the future but at this point it can't be that much). She could really add to that air of mystery and the sisters bond. But it feels like she's there as a garnish for Lada and to make her look better (when that ghost said "there can only be one"). Just like Vereya. They both feel like tools to make Lada look better and more sympathetic. And I still remember how you can be cruel to her on Determination path. The plot has been disappointing for a while ngl, it goes around in cycles. I think all these mysteries keep pilling up because there's actually not that much of an end goal.

[fairytaleprincessart]

[amatres]

Do you think the female lis will be sidelined in the new Jesus story

oh of course, this is veronica after all

[oyiiiii]

The writing of them in this single chapter was really good tbh. Like Magdalene's descriptions were top notch. I was expecting something really different for Rea, but she's creepy and the way she speaks is interesting. I had dropped DALS quite early and I don't know much about Veronica's writing, but if it was as good as this first chapter here was, then I understand why they didn't fire her after taking so long to finish that story. But I also know how Sandra was treated. Plus there is Vlad and Jesus in the cover of this book, which makes me think the story will focus too much on them (also i still hope this jesus like is not actually a li. Or if he is, that they're not that similar...)

[amatres]

Veronica has a very beautiful writing style, she is one of my favorite writers for it. That said, Sandra was pretty heavily sidelined despite having a decent start as well in Dracula (as decent as an early rc story start could be, especially for a female li) but around the last two seasons Veronica tried to give her more screen time. Not a lot, it was common to go multiple updates without seeing her sometimes, but I will acknowledge she tried.

As for the Jesus as a li thing, I think it would be fine if it happened lol, but I don't know if she'll actually do it. Pretty sure she's given us Judas, Pilate, and of course Mary Magdalene as li's tho, and probably? Peter? Or a Simon? He could also be a new custom character so the mc doesn't stick out too much as the only newly added character to totally not Jesus's story.

[oyiiiii]

Yeah plenty of stories have their female lis start out good (even Anna seemed like that in the beginning) and then when the plot and the dev pressure drop, they get into the natural state of the author's mind-sidelined.

As for jesus, I'm an atheist but since I grew up christian it still kinda makes my skin crawl if there's an actual Jesus as a li. This is different than having a priest as a li, or even other religious figures. It does seem like he's a Jesus figure, but she can at least tweak it to differentiate them.

[amatres]

Hey that's very fair! Everyone's relationship with religion is different and the level of which people are comfortable with figures who have been deified will differ between different individuals.

As someone who has a different relationship with Christianity, and interpretation of the story of Jesus, the idea of him being a li is no different to me than say Mary Magdalene or Marc Anthony being lis; something that is a bit of novelty and a bit funny in concept but would pique my interest to see how it was handled.

i understand why it would make you uncomfortable, and I won't try to convince you to be accepting of it! That said, and I mean this genuinely and not as a dig at you, maybe you should examine why Jesus is the line you draw but other religious figures aren't. Your feelings likely won't change, after all people's personal comfort and boundaries are their own and complete respect to your's, but it could be something to reflect on as we all should reflect on such things I think.

That said, while i am very amused and would be invested in the idea of a Jesus li route for that and because I have not seen such a concept explored and would be interested to see how it plays out, I don't know if Veronica will actually do it and this is mostly just a conversation of speculation lol.

[oyiiiii]

Oh yes I get the confusion. From a religious point of view, Jesus is the only one who hasn't sinned. And the whole chastity is very important with his story. Even his mom supposedly didn't give birth to him with a man, but she got pregnant when an angel came and gave her a flower.

Many atheists in my country even make fun of the fact that Mary supposedly "slept with that Lily" the angel gave her instead of a man. I also find that unbelievable, but at the same time when you grow up with these believes, you develop that gut feeling. I think we can still respect a religion that we don't believe in, since it is important to other people. It's like respecting different cultures that you don't belong to. And it gets easier when you have a personal experience with this, since you have developed that gut feeling.

[amatres]

That is a very fair argument, but I do feel the need to remind you of what you said in your previous reblog that other religious figures you don't mind being made romanceable, and it is only Jesus you hold this line for. If this is the stance you wish to take, which is a completely fair and a considerate point of view to other people, I would ask you to examine why you do not extend this to other religious figures as well. If it is about culture and respect of that, should that not extend to others as well? Why is Jesus the only one you wish to hold this line for?

Again, I completely respect you not wishing to have Jesus as li, but my own feelings do not align and I would be find with it. I think it is fine we do not agree on this matter, it is ultimately just a game and whatever Veronica does is her own decision on the matter. I also think I'm going to end my half of this conversation here, not because I believe you to be not deserving of response, but because this conversation has gotten very off rail from what my post was originally about and I also, to be honest, don't wish to debate religious boundaries online lol. I hope you have a nice day and enjoy playing romance club no matter what your feelings are on this!

[oyiiiii]

When I said about other religious figures I meant within Christianity. Not the religious figures of other religions. Because you asked why is it ok for Jesus specifically and not Magdalene for example. And I said that's because Jesus within Christianity is the only one who is said to never have sinned, and chastity is a very big part of him. He's the god of this religion, while even the saints were humans whom many had lived sinful lives before becoming saints. Also yes, other religious figures within christianity would still not be ok either according to this religion, but basically the biggest "blasphemy" someone could say in christianity is if they present Jesus "that way".

[amatres]

If that is the case, I apologize for misunderstanding you and also I ask you examine why you're conflating having sex with someone to committing a sin, and why the idea of Jesus having sex as a mortal man is something that would equate as blasphemy to you. Also, I never said I wished to have sex with Jesus, though now that that has now been brought up, I don't care if he gets a sex scene or not. If the point in Christianity of Jesus living a mortal life was to experience life how a mortal would to hold empathy for them and a variety of others reasons alongside it, than him potentially having sex wouldn't negate or somehow ruin that or him for doing so.

If Jesus accepted sex workers with open arms, why would he hold a different view of himself as a mortal for the simple act of sex with a single person he potentially has feelings for, or that that belief should be held by those who follow his teachings? Am I personally interested in having sex with him? Not really, I'm asexual and usually just gloss over those scenes for the relationship bonus. I also ask you to examine why you assumed a romance route would necessitate a sex scene as well, because who's to say that in this hypothetical romance that it would not be asexual in nature where the MC and him never have sex and simply hold romantic feelings for one another?

Also, I do not believe it would be blasphemous for Jesus to fall in love with another person. That feels as though it pulls from the idea that romantic love would diminish anyone's ability, Jesus or not, to love others outside of that romantic relationship which i find in any way as an inherently incorrect view of the matter and simplifies complex feelings and intricate relationships people form over their lifetimes. This will be all I have to say on the matter and I will actually stop responding this time lol, I wish you well and hope you enjoy the game.

[oyiiiii]

You still keep misinterpreting my words though and I feel like have to reply to clear it up again, because some of these claims you made about me are extreme. I don't know how you came to the conclusion that I think sex is a sin. I literally said I'm an atheist in the beginning, plus I was talking about female lis. I made sure to add "from this religion's pov" sentence before explaining its lore of why it is considered wrong *within* the religion itself. And it's not a matter of what you personally believe or not. I don't believe it either, but I know why it's disrespectful. It's the same thing as someone telling you why doing X thing to a specific culture is wrong, and then you turn around to say "lol I don't personally agree with this tradition, so it can't be disrespectful".

This conversation was escalated unnecessarily and my intention was not to get into an argument, especially when the ask was actually not about the religious parts. I wish you well too.

[amatres]

Do you think the female lis will be sidelined in the new Jesus story

oh of course, this is veronica after all

[oyiiiii]

The writing of them in this single chapter was really good tbh. Like Magdalene's descriptions were top notch. I was expecting something really different for Rea, but she's creepy and the way she speaks is interesting. I had dropped DALS quite early and I don't know much about Veronica's writing, but if it was as good as this first chapter here was, then I understand why they didn't fire her after taking so long to finish that story. But I also know how Sandra was treated. Plus there is Vlad and Jesus in the cover of this book, which makes me think the story will focus too much on them (also i still hope this jesus like is not actually a li. Or if he is, that they're not that similar...)

[amatres]

Veronica has a very beautiful writing style, she is one of my favorite writers for it. That said, Sandra was pretty heavily sidelined despite having a decent start as well in Dracula (as decent as an early rc story start could be, especially for a female li) but around the last two seasons Veronica tried to give her more screen time. Not a lot, it was common to go multiple updates without seeing her sometimes, but I will acknowledge she tried.

As for the Jesus as a li thing, I think it would be fine if it happened lol, but I don't know if she'll actually do it. Pretty sure she's given us Judas, Pilate, and of course Mary Magdalene as li's tho, and probably? Peter? Or a Simon? He could also be a new custom character so the mc doesn't stick out too much as the only newly added character to totally not Jesus's story.

[oyiiiii]

Yeah plenty of stories have their female lis start out good (even Anna seemed like that in the beginning) and then when the plot and the dev pressure drop, they get into the natural state of the author's mind-sidelined.

As for jesus, I'm an atheist but since I grew up christian it still kinda makes my skin crawl if there's an actual Jesus as a li. This is different than having a priest as a li, or even other religious figures. It does seem like he's a Jesus figure, but she can at least tweak it to differentiate them.

[amatres]

Hey that's very fair! Everyone's relationship with religion is different and the level of which people are comfortable with figures who have been deified will differ between different individuals.

As someone who has a different relationship with Christianity, and interpretation of the story of Jesus, the idea of him being a li is no different to me than say Mary Magdalene or Marc Anthony being lis; something that is a bit of novelty and a bit funny in concept but would pique my interest to see how it was handled.

i understand why it would make you uncomfortable, and I won't try to convince you to be accepting of it! That said, and I mean this genuinely and not as a dig at you, maybe you should examine why Jesus is the line you draw but other religious figures aren't. Your feelings likely won't change, after all people's personal comfort and boundaries are their own and complete respect to your's, but it could be something to reflect on as we all should reflect on such things I think.

That said, while i am very amused and would be invested in the idea of a Jesus li route for that and because I have not seen such a concept explored and would be interested to see how it plays out, I don't know if Veronica will actually do it and this is mostly just a conversation of speculation lol.

[oyiiiii]

Oh yes I get the confusion. From a religious point of view, Jesus is the only one who hasn't sinned. And the whole chastity is very important with his story. Even his mom supposedly didn't give birth to him with a man, but she got pregnant when an angel came and gave her a flower.

Many atheists in my country even make fun of the fact that Mary supposedly "slept with that Lily" the angel gave her instead of a man. I also find that unbelievable, but at the same time when you grow up with these believes, you develop that gut feeling. I think we can still respect a religion that we don't believe in, since it is important to other people. It's like respecting different cultures that you don't belong to. And it gets easier when you have a personal experience with this, since you have developed that gut feeling.

[amatres]

That is a very fair argument, but I do feel the need to remind you of what you said in your previous reblog that other religious figures you don't mind being made romanceable, and it is only Jesus you hold this line for. If this is the stance you wish to take, which is a completely fair and a considerate point of view to other people, I would ask you to examine why you do not extend this to other religious figures as well. If it is about culture and respect of that, should that not extend to others as well? Why is Jesus the only one you wish to hold this line for?

Again, I completely respect you not wishing to have Jesus as li, but my own feelings do not align and I would be find with it. I think it is fine we do not agree on this matter, it is ultimately just a game and whatever Veronica does is her own decision on the matter. I also think I'm going to end my half of this conversation here, not because I believe you to be not deserving of response, but because this conversation has gotten very off rail from what my post was originally about and I also, to be honest, don't wish to debate religious boundaries online lol. I hope you have a nice day and enjoy playing romance club no matter what your feelings are on this!

[oyiiiii]

When I said about other religious figures I meant within Christianity. Not the religious figures of other religions. Because you asked why is it ok for Jesus specifically and not Magdalene for example. And I said that's because Jesus within Christianity is the only one who is said to never have sinned, and chastity is a very big part of him. He's the god of this religion, while even the saints were humans whom many had lived sinful lives before becoming saints. Also yes, other religious figures within christianity would still not be ok either according to this religion, but basically the biggest "blasphemy" someone could say in christianity is if they present Jesus "that way".

[amatres]

Do you think the female lis will be sidelined in the new Jesus story

oh of course, this is veronica after all

[oyiiiii]

The writing of them in this single chapter was really good tbh. Like Magdalene's descriptions were top notch. I was expecting something really different for Rea, but she's creepy and the way she speaks is interesting. I had dropped DALS quite early and I don't know much about Veronica's writing, but if it was as good as this first chapter here was, then I understand why they didn't fire her after taking so long to finish that story. But I also know how Sandra was treated. Plus there is Vlad and Jesus in the cover of this book, which makes me think the story will focus too much on them (also i still hope this jesus like is not actually a li. Or if he is, that they're not that similar...)

[amatres]

Veronica has a very beautiful writing style, she is one of my favorite writers for it. That said, Sandra was pretty heavily sidelined despite having a decent start as well in Dracula (as decent as an early rc story start could be, especially for a female li) but around the last two seasons Veronica tried to give her more screen time. Not a lot, it was common to go multiple updates without seeing her sometimes, but I will acknowledge she tried.

As for the Jesus as a li thing, I think it would be fine if it happened lol, but I don't know if she'll actually do it. Pretty sure she's given us Judas, Pilate, and of course Mary Magdalene as li's tho, and probably? Peter? Or a Simon? He could also be a new custom character so the mc doesn't stick out too much as the only newly added character to totally not Jesus's story.

[oyiiiii]

Yeah plenty of stories have their female lis start out good (even Anna seemed like that in the beginning) and then when the plot and the dev pressure drop, they get into the natural state of the author's mind-sidelined.

As for jesus, I'm an atheist but since I grew up christian it still kinda makes my skin crawl if there's an actual Jesus as a li. This is different than having a priest as a li, or even other religious figures. It does seem like he's a Jesus figure, but she can at least tweak it to differentiate them.

[amatres]

Hey that's very fair! Everyone's relationship with religion is different and the level of which people are comfortable with figures who have been deified will differ between different individuals.

As someone who has a different relationship with Christianity, and interpretation of the story of Jesus, the idea of him being a li is no different to me than say Mary Magdalene or Marc Anthony being lis; something that is a bit of novelty and a bit funny in concept but would pique my interest to see how it was handled.

i understand why it would make you uncomfortable, and I won't try to convince you to be accepting of it! That said, and I mean this genuinely and not as a dig at you, maybe you should examine why Jesus is the line you draw but other religious figures aren't. Your feelings likely won't change, after all people's personal comfort and boundaries are their own and complete respect to your's, but it could be something to reflect on as we all should reflect on such things I think.

That said, while i am very amused and would be invested in the idea of a Jesus li route for that and because I have not seen such a concept explored and would be interested to see how it plays out, I don't know if Veronica will actually do it and this is mostly just a conversation of speculation lol.

[oyiiiii]

Oh yes I get the confusion. From a religious point of view, Jesus is the only one who hasn't sinned. And the whole chastity is very important with his story. Even his mom supposedly didn't give birth to him with a man, but she got pregnant when an angel came and gave her a flower.

Many atheists in my country even make fun of the fact that Mary supposedly "slept with that Lily" the angel gave her instead of a man. I also find that unbelievable, but at the same time when you grow up with these believes, you develop that gut feeling. I think we can still respect a religion that we don't believe in, since it is important to other people. It's like respecting different cultures that you don't belong to. And it gets easier when you have a personal experience with this, since you have developed that gut feeling.

[amatres]

Do you think the female lis will be sidelined in the new Jesus story

oh of course, this is veronica after all

[oyiiiii]

The writing of them in this single chapter was really good tbh. Like Magdalene's descriptions were top notch. I was expecting something really different for Rea, but she's creepy and the way she speaks is interesting. I had dropped DALS quite early and I don't know much about Veronica's writing, but if it was as good as this first chapter here was, then I understand why they didn't fire her after taking so long to finish that story. But I also know how Sandra was treated. Plus there is Vlad and Jesus in the cover of this book, which makes me think the story will focus too much on them (also i still hope this jesus like is not actually a li. Or if he is, that they're not that similar...)

[amatres]

Veronica has a very beautiful writing style, she is one of my favorite writers for it. That said, Sandra was pretty heavily sidelined despite having a decent start as well in Dracula (as decent as an early rc story start could be, especially for a female li) but around the last two seasons Veronica tried to give her more screen time. Not a lot, it was common to go multiple updates without seeing her sometimes, but I will acknowledge she tried.

As for the Jesus as a li thing, I think it would be fine if it happened lol, but I don't know if she'll actually do it. Pretty sure she's given us Judas, Pilate, and of course Mary Magdalene as li's tho, and probably? Peter? Or a Simon? He could also be a new custom character so the mc doesn't stick out too much as the only newly added character to totally not Jesus's story.

[oyiiiii]

Yeah plenty of stories have their female lis start out good (even Anna seemed like that in the beginning) and then when the plot and the dev pressure drop, they get into the natural state of the author's mind-sidelined.

As for jesus, I'm an atheist but since I grew up christian it still kinda makes my skin crawl if there's an actual Jesus as a li. This is different than having a priest as a li, or even other religious figures. It does seem like he's a Jesus figure, but she can at least tweak it to differentiate them.

[amatres]

Do you think the female lis will be sidelined in the new Jesus story

oh of course, this is veronica after all

[oyiiiii]

The writing of them in this single chapter was really good tbh. Like Magdalene's descriptions were top notch. I was expecting something really different for Rea, but she's creepy and the way she speaks is interesting. I had dropped DALS quite early and I don't know much about Veronica's writing, but if it was as good as this first chapter here was, then I understand why they didn't fire her after taking so long to finish that story. But I also know how Sandra was treated. Plus there is Vlad and Jesus in the cover of this book, which makes me think the story will focus too much on them (also i still hope this jesus like is not actually a li. Or if he is, that they're not that similar...)

[rocy5]

[oyiiiii]

I knew something like this would happen the minute he said there's a picture attached to that text 😂 Someone protect this man's poor innocence

[suckitphaneuf]

the designs for Ava's new prosthetic ✨

[oyiiiii]

And the backstory behind these 💔

[nnnicoleruggiero]

Let's go for a swim... 🌊

[ether--net]

[sixofclovers]

hecate

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