Because this is PLZA “spoilers” though it hasn’t come out yet, will be below the cut but for the TL:DR: I am very mixed on how to feel about this
On one hand. I am not shocked, it feels very much like this was ultimately the forgone conclusion that yeah, obviously, of course Ingo’s going to get to go home. “Like they would actually do it” moment-- We do have to remember Pokémon is a kids franchise primarily. It's a delight, he's going home! Good for him, and the fandom can and absolutely should rejoice! But...
On the other...
On the other...
I think I’m one of the few who has this really odd way of viewing SubMas and the ableism intersection. Because like, yeah, happy ending, he goes home right? Right? But then part of me is like, why is this the default only happy ending the fandom is willing to accept? Is that not in itself a kind of ableist take?
If this is really all we’re going to get? I just... ultimately feel mixed because it doesn’t really feel like closure honestly. And almost feels... wasted to me.
This is something personal though, but there is honestly something that feels just-- yucky that the only happy ending people seemed able to comprehend as happy was the twins back together and Ingo’s memories restored like it was nothing complicated. And-- and--
And there’s nothing inherently BAD about it, it’s good. It’s fitting for them, and yet--
Some part of me is just unsatisfied. Like yeah, cool, this is the ending we all expected and wanted, it’s the one that follows through. And yet-- why do I not feel satisfied with the knowledge he goes home perfectly fine...
It loops back to closure I think. This just feels like it’s as jarring as him been there in the first place. As mysteriously as he arrived he returned home. It ultimately leaves PLA on an odd note, sure we’ll see a whole exhibit on it, but-- I don’t know, it just sits... poorly with me. An odd note to go out on. PLA as a whole deserved better and not just the SubMas twins.
Now we’re stuck with a museum in PLZA(potentially) and whatever they decide to throw in Masters.
Like I don’t know...
Maybe it’s just because part of me was starting to be an “Ingo never goes home and that’s alright actually” truther.
Or even going home and it not all been fixed instantly... I just... Somehow this expected ending feels worse than if they just left it as nothing, or left it like we get remakes/sequels to BW1 & 2 and they only have a line about Ingo in a history book. Leave it in the air if it’s even our Ingo... Pokémon does canonically have multiple timelines and all to.
And again, the personal note of... actually I don’t think returning home is necessarily the only happy ending here. Because that itself is... it feels bad to think that the only way these characters could be happy is returning to the status quo because that’s... not how life works. It feels like a waste of their potential to grow and change and discover more and--
And--
And even if he did go home the reunion feels like there should be more, because of again people changing. The status quo should be changing.
And I get it, I’m the minority.
But I just wonder if this loops so far it becomes ableism again. Just dressed up to appear nice. Because hey, no need to question the comfort zone right? We all got the reunion we wanted, the only acceptable happy ending... right?
It’s literally just one sentence and nothing more, a sentence that implies Ingo gets full memories as well I suppose, and whatever mystery task he had like the Player was fulfilled, this is fine right? It’s what we all wanted...
Back to relying on Masters for more PLA crumbs with everyone else, and the other unanswered questions because I doubt there will be much more than a handful of bits of dialogue for any of that either.
...
And honestly... does this actually indicate that the Player got to go home as well post-PLA? Are we supposed to expect that as well?
...and again, why is this the only acceptable “happy ending” for these characters? Am I wrong for feeling like the expectation that the only way to be happy is to return to the status quo and home they had before is a yucky expectation?
Am I wrong for somehow feeling like this is just a messy way to finish this off?
ok i swear this is the last thing i will say about this topic today (sorry i'm always being pretentious about danganronpa girls do you still love me...), but i was talking about this with my friend and people calling kirumi selfish really is the most ridiculous take i've ever seen (and like i swear this is something i have seen numerous times like i can't make this shit up). she literally... never does anything for herself... she never puts her own well-being first. i have no idea how her chapter two actions are perceived as selfish; she does what she does with the intention of ensuring the well-being of as many other people as possible, and never is her own well-being her priority. kirumi is selfless to a fault and that is made very clear and is a huge part of her character, so i have no idea how people think otherwise...
I do plan to post some proper cosplay photos, but for now, enjoy a behind the scenes peek at how cosplaying a Twi’lek actually goes.
Starting with holding on the lekku.
I’m pretty happy with the overall look, though now that I have the proper lekku I need to redo the cap so it’s long enough to cover where the headpiece joins. And obviously I need the proper goggles/headphones.
This is the step I’m hoping I might be able to skip going forward because this silicone grip is the part that hurts.
There’s a second grip between the wigcap and the lekku.
My hair is currently at an awkward length where it’s too short to braid but too long to just shove under the cap. I used little pigtails but probably should have gone with pincurls because the elastics pressed against my skull.
Also I’m super impressed with how well the makeup held up over the day given the mask looked like THIS by the time I got home:
-A pair of hoops
-Star Flower earrings
-Star Gazer earrings
-The infamous Blue Rondo earrings
-Candelabrum earrings
-Some form of suspended crystal earrings
-A geodesic dome
-Whatever it is, can you actually take pictures
