#dating start

[matveytale]

DATING START WITH MY BABY VILLAINOUS? Hmm~

Here~ Mmm I hope you will interesting my baby Villainous ~ @lady-inkmare

[soul-shenanigans]

He's a little shy, but Paps made him dress up-

Dating Start!

He showed up tho-

@goodgollymissmeli

[art-corner-of-merci]

I replayed Dating Start VN by @derpychocho with my best friend for my birthday. Twas a wonderful time (for me, at least).

I love the stinky man very much

[dizzyditzyboy]

I think the best part of the Dating Start VN for me is that Sans is so giggly the entire time

Like usually in fanworks when Sans tells a joke he's all nonchalant and cool about it but in this game he laughs and chuckles so many times he genuinely believes his stupid bits and bad jokes are hilarious (they are) I love it so much he's having so much fun

[fudgelling-away]

Dating Start!

The visual novel fan game.

I watched the gameplay on YouTube.

All possible choices...

The writing under the cut starts with exclamations of my distress, and ends with a coherent commentary on how experiencing such virtual scenarios can benefit the player.

I don't think there are spoilers... Other than the fact that you can go multiple ways through the game.

The genocide route plus the attempted pacifist route afterwards.

HORRIBLE.

OMG.

And when you try to do the pacifist route again? Did you see how it ends?

MY GOD, NO. No. no. no no no.

What a sickening turn of events. This is... Ugh, I am nauseaus even thinking back to it.

No. No.

Ewwww noooo what the f-

I have been upset for DAYS after watching it. And the pictures and the dialogue is still burned into my mind.

TERRIFYING.

DISGUSTING.

EVIL.

Congratulations to the creators - and I mean it.

That is... so well made. Just... perfect punch after punch after punch to your heart. The creators ripped me apart into pieces.

Great job - again, not ironically.

That is a very, very well made game.

They knew exactly what to do to make it as painful as possible. To get all tears out of the player and to traumatize them for some time.

It's not brutal or cruel in a mindless way, no. No, no. It's way more intelligent than that. It creates such a horrific scenario, paired with the horrific pictures, that I don't think I'll ever forget it. And I only saw a YouTube video.

In comparison to Dating Start!, the normal UT Sans fight is like a happy picnic in the park.

"But it's just a game, aren't you overreacting?", you could ask. Well, no. I am enjoying artwork like pictures, movies, games to get immersed into it and experience it all. If I keep my shield up and do not allow myself to feel what the characters are feeling... then what's the point?

What's the point of even approaching art if I refuse to feel any of it?

So Dating Start! is obviously a game, but if you imagine it being a reality, imagine yourself holding that knife, it gets so painful that I want to wail and scream my lungs out.

That being said, I appreciate artists who create these kinds of difficult works so much.

I believe we choose a variety of art for ourselves because we need different stimuli. If our life was 100% fluff, we'd drown in it and become numb.

So we consume angst, tragedies, horror and other unpleasant works.

We consider those scenarios.

We think of the possible choices.

We come to terms with our worldview, or challenge it.

We grow.

We process those real emotions and learn so many things about ourselves and problem solving.

We keep developing our sense of conscience.

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And, to sum up I will say something to make sure I am understood correctly:

Let people explore all sides of humanity within the safety of their fantasies.

It is NOT possible to judge a person by what they create and what art they enjoy. Human mind is not black and white.

Choosing to perceive it like that: "violent art = violent person" is INCREDIBLY IMMATURE. Ridiculously childlish and small-minded.

So I am absolutely NOT judging anyone who for one reason or another enjoys doing the genocide routes in games. I enjoy to be the "bad guy" in games as well.

No judgement from my side. That should be... obvious, but I think it's not, so I am making sure to include that in my post.

[undertale-ost-tournament]

ROUND 1: MATCH 7

Bird That Carries You Over A Disproportionately Small Gap vs Dating Start

Vote the track you want to move on!

35 - Bird That Carries You Over A Disproportionately Small Gap

25 - Dating Start

Voting ended onJan 29, 2024

Bird That Carries You Over A Disproportionately Large Gap Propaganda

Dating Start Propaganda

[skyerocketmusic]

she pulls up listening to the sonic adventure 2 ost at an unnecessary volume and throws taco bell at ur head. do u accept y/n