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DMP relisten recommences at S2E1 while I grind through work.

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I don't know how far in advance everyone was making their characters, but hearing Cecil Underwood (Thorin) crying about not wanting to go back to an empty house and not wanting to be alone during the accusations in Episode 7 is like a punch in the gut.

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Also I didn't mention it back when I watched it but GAHHH watching Juni and Christine's interactions unfold and Christine being CLOSE to waking up and talking about the Grace Killer before being hush hushed again makes me SO unwell. There's something to love about all of the DMP cast and the way these characters interact with each other but Juniper and Christine definitely have something special as the ones whose wishes are directly tied to each other and dependent on both of them remaining in the games.

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(Disclaimer, I think I have reached the point where it's been so long since my last DMP relisten how ever many years ago it was that my memory of specific character moments are gone. So I'm going to mostly just treat this like a live react.)

But good grief.

DMP S2E3: There's something very special to me about how earnest Percy Blackwood is. How he truly put his whole heart into what he loves and how he cares so much for other people.

I really do love how excited he was about the Space Ship and the brand new game mechanics that everyone was learning. And he was placed in charge as captain as well! (Poor Grace. Poor Vinny. But hey at least we had some INCREDIBLE rolls and the MAGNIFICENT Tames T. Jerk romance plot!)

And there's something so sweet about seeing someone so excited about seeing things they never would have seen before, even if in context, it is slightly worrying; why would Percy ever want to leave the games if he could always see and do and experience things he never would have on the farm? The Awakened are sick of all this shit? They're calling MG's games 'repetitive'?! They want to leave?!?! Oh no! Conflict!!!

I'm jumping ahead, but I do think about Percy's line from Season 4 Episode 6 every so often:

There’s no right path and no wrong path. All that matters is that I pick a road.

And it's interesting to think about that line waaaaay back when he's introduced here in S2E3 because of the combination of uncertainty (having Vincent guide him into calling certain shots- though part of this could be more reflective of the high-stakes scenario and the extremely unfamiliar environment) and excitement that Percy has.

Because in this first full scenario where he's closer to being Awake, there are people counting on him to make the right decisions for them to survive (and some of these folks who seemed to know what they were doing on the Murder Express suddenly seem to be at a loss as well!). But it's also so thrilling as well, and you can see this conflict play out between amazement that he - Percy Blackwood, the farm boy and dreamer and artist - could ever get to see sights like an intergalactic spaceship battle.

So really, the paths before him feel so new! He's trailblazing! It's scary and it's thrilling and it's fun and he puts his whole heart into this experience of his dreams.

And then we get back to our regularly scheduled horrors.

And then RILEYYYY (I can't wait to get to Riley).

I can't wait to have room in my life and my brain for more DMP and more fanart.