#oddnub rambles

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I think the ideal Orestia retelling is one where everyone is lying out their ass. Agamemnon is lying, Clytemnestra is lying, Iphigenia is lying, Elektra is lying, Orestes is lying, Chrysothemis is lying.

There is not a single ounce of truth, it's liars all the way down

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Canto II really intruiges me from an adaptation/inspiration standpoint because it did something really noticeable in a way I didn't really notice the other Cantos do.

And that's applying character traits heavily associated with one character to a different character with an equally clear explanation.

Gregor and Hermann keep the antagonistic relationship between Gregor and his family (remains to be seen if Gregor and Hermann are blood relations, a literal family like the novel or in a more metaphorical sense)

Sinclair, Kromer, and Demian are still largely in their "focus", "tormenter", and "savior" roles respectively, just expanded upon and dramaticized to fit the setting.

But then you get to Rodya and Sonya/Rodion and Sofya and it's like they did a freaky Friday "personality flaw swap" in addition to both being genderswaps of their namesake.

From what I know of crime and punishment, Rodion was the one who repeatedly attempted to use high-minded theory and big words to justify their actions, justifying the murder under the logic of "Now I can go achieve great things, so it's a worthy sacrifice", whole Sofya was the grounded confidant who eventually followed Rodion into his punishment to stick with him out of devotion.

Very interested to see where Project Moon takes Rodya and Sonya from here, because, as of right now, they're really conspicuous in this shuffling of "role", in a way Gregor and Sinclair really weren't.

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New plan

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One of my favorite parts of Fate I haven't realized was one of my favorite parts of Fate until recently is to take something that conceptually should be on the scale of "I don't give a fuck" to "I actively dislike this" and make me like it through the execution.

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Okay but seriously though were the actual fuck did Constantine go

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Saber Cú Chulainn would be like...a more extreme version of Lancer Cú, methinks.

If Swords are ideals and Lances are fate, then a Saber Cú Chulainn is a the epitome of an "Unconent" Cú Chulainn. Where Lancer Cú is rather unconcerned with the Grail because he's already got what he wanted and is content, Saber Cú Chulainn doggedly pursues (pun intented) the Grail like he did the Champion's Portion in Fled Bricrenn despite still having the same basic "Fight People" reason for fighting Lancer does.

Maybe even make him another younger alt, like Proto-Cu, to symbolize how he's constantly chasing the fate he (but also more prominently and symbolically, his Lancer self) already attained.

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Except that time with the corpse but in your defense Hektor's plans for the corpses of his enemies were way worse

You still very much did drag that corpse buddy

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Welfare Servsnts not changing outfits with Ascension is pretty cringe