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[psychopomp-namine]

thinking about namine and yozora as psychopomps in sora's "descent to the underworld" arcs. castle oblivion and quadratum as his metaphorical underworlds. sora in his second katabasis...............................

[psychopomp-namine]

flavor of xiaochen where li tianchen is out here in the underworld asking liu xiao if HE could take a bite of the pomegranates he's giving to jae lee, but liu xiao is telling him he should want to be the one giving the pomegranates to other people, actually. here, he'll help him plant some pomegranates of his own ^^

[psychopomp-namine]

really curious what they're hinting will happen in the story through moth to a flame. it seems jae lee is targeting liu xiao (and we know he's "looking for someone" in canon) but he ends up siding with him later? he "eats the pomegranate" (very persephone of him) and starts wearing priest-like attire instead of his assassin-wear in the pv. jae lee double agent plotline maybe? or maybe this is just liu xiao doing his usual thing. "those lost in the darkness are my friends" kinda deal.

I also really like the "feather on a scale" image with jae lee. the question is, whose heart is he weighing? it should be liu xiao's for his mission to be just (exacting judgement on the targets) but liu xiao's whole thing as a character in pain pv is about pointing hypocrisy in people. the vile and the vile esteemed. all men are bad and in their badness reign, etc etc

also I like the butterfly case callback to map of dreams. liu xiao as a butterfly collector kinda goes well with the concept of him being into forensics and owning museums. art curation, but the art is the butterflies aka his "friends"

but this being a time travel show, it could also be that he's collecting something timeline-related. the butterfly effect people, idk. the song just has a lot of fun imagery

[psychopomp-namine]

this is the most "yeah you really are your icon" moment for me but man. liu xiao looks so good in the new song lol. I have other thoughts but at the forefront is just, "wow he looks really good. like just so aesthetically pleasing and alluringly illustrated"

[flameof-theforest]

[asteraws]

[psychopomp-namine]

liu xiao in forensics is eye opening actually. art curation makes sense already, but forensics............. wow. intriguing. I guess with the whole vein resurrection + hearing heartbeats thing, you can draw that line of thought

I also think it's interesting that he's wearing all white (as a contrast to his usual all black attire)

[ivythesnivy]

:) potential AU go brrrr

Ventus: Bitch you even try touch him I will end you old man! :D Roxas: Bitch if you try to touch him I will slash every single one of you to pieces. Xion: …die.

[jewishsora]

Sora's hair is flatter in KH4 not just because of Quadratum's art style but because the spikes are Ventus's not his. as a baby before welcoming Ventus into his heart the top of his hair was flat like it is now. now that Ventus is no longer in his heart his hair goes back to its original style.

this isn't just nonsense I made up because Nomura once made a comment about Sora's hair color being lighter in KH2 because of Roxas which means my theory is totally canon. hearts do influence the way you look.

[jewishsora]

cannot stop thinking about how Sora is purely himself for the first time in 12 years. he had so many people in his heart and now it's just himself. it's already shown in his appearance - his hair change is clearly modeled after his baby self, before Ven came into the picture. it's just Sora now. and he is entirely alone.

[podcastwizard]

literally drinking a beer by the lake and still opened tumblr. some of us are beyond saving

[contrivedchaos]

I don’t think people truly understand the scope of the damage Sony is about to do to physical media. They literally invented the compact disc. They are the reason why Blu-ray as a format won the HD wars over HD-DVD. They have gargantuan influence over manufacturing disc-based media. If Sony as a company stops making physical media for their next gen gaming consoles, this is going to affect movies and music as well. If you buy CDs, DVDs, or Blu-rays, those are next on the chopping block.

[khml]

Four swords manga redraw with the heart hotel i've been wanting to do for ages ft. strelitzia who doesn't know any of the lore

[psychopomp-namine]

I also don't like that people are now saying, "oh game key cards is actually a good thing considering what playstation and xbox are doing" because no they still suck on principle. they just suck less than the alternative (or... lack of alternatives)

[psychopomp-namine]

okay wait last one but do they not realize that they're also sacrificing that extra discoverability you get from physical stores. like sometimes you only discover games you usually would never notice that way, whereas you tend to filter in digital marketplaces

also game stores will only have, what, nintendo games? xbox is a lost cause now and if there will also be no physical playstation games to show on the shelves anymore... you're basically giving up on marketing yourself at all in physical spaces. zero exposure to other people who might have been interested if they passed by and saw a playstation game while window shopping. just no effort anymore to appeal to non-gamers or preserve any kind of presence irl. parents who don't know games and want to buy their kids a game will only know nintendo. which is fine bc nintendo has more of the family-friendly games but omg sony really is shooting themselves in the foot four times SONYYYYY WHY ARE YOU SO DUMB

[psychopomp-namine]

anyway I'm sorry if anyone follows me who actually loves gta and rockstar games and has to see me be a hater for it. follow what sparks joy for you, it just does not spark joy for me

[sheaymin]

sony cutting off physical discs while also implementing a system that doesnt allow you to actually own ur digital games due to that 30 day verification whatever not to mention outside of gaming for the past few years sony has stopped producing on physical formats which is insane because THEY developed nearly every format every company uses( dvd, bluray, cd, etc ) so they have the biggest hand on production leaving a vacuum now that theyve stopped plus being absolutely shady with their digital marketplaces most recent example w/ pulling studio canal conent & the funimation / crunchyroll merger still has missing anime never added back to the app the shut down of multiple studios + the end of destiny 2 despite wanting to focus on live service which is just code for focusing on gta6's online mode & nothing else like adding the years upon years upon years of extra added shady sony horsepiss not just playstation but sony as a whole the fuck am i expected to spend a SINGLE dime with them again

[sheaymin]

adding to the "you dont hate sony enough" they also announced today they are shutting down the ps3 & psvita digital marketplaces so fuck preservation of games for older consoles ig !!