incredibly, outrageously spoiler heavy, and complaining heavy. continue at your own risk
WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT. THE. FUCK. WAS THAT UPDATE!??!???
ok so pacing, WOW breakneck speeds, goodness gracious. also everyone keeps repeating the same exposition dump like 5 times over in this episode, like i feel like the same points were being repeated a LOT. like DE exposition dumping to Gingerbrave about how hes gonna complete the ultimate cookie, and then Gingerbrave goes in the oven and the Ultimate Cookie exposition dumps about how hes the final ingredient to complete them, like yes, yes i know, he knows, we all know, youve already said this.
plot? fucking ridiculous, Sugar Swan pulls up like a self insert Mary Sue, she gets saved, and then she justtt, fucks off?? idk why she was there, honestly. also the fact that NOBODY has ANY reaction to DEC stating MULTIPLE TIMES that cookies were created by the witches to be eaten. but they're still ignorant to the truth? ok.
but my personal gripe; WTF DID THEY DO TO SMC?????
so all the beasts are dying, damn thats sad they hardly showed up in this episode, oh nvm THAT FUCKING TWINK JUST KILLED THEM ALL OFF SCREEN. WTFFFF. WHO WANTED THAT. AND NOW HES THE MAIN ANTAGONIST??????? HES FUCKING UP TIMELINES LIKE HES THE LITCH???????? WTFFF IS HAPPENINGGGGG.
honestly shameful. SMC got so much extra screen time these last couple updates its not even funny. AND THEN HE KILLED 3 OF THE BEASTS OFF SCREEN. and he gets to live, because yes. and now the concept beasts are here, because yes. and Silent Salt merged with White Lily, because yes. and oh, end of the game, credits yayyy.
i feel like ending your game with 5 bombshells back to back to back is not great. and i dont even say this because ESC is my favorite and they FUCKING KILLED HER OFF SCREEN. no, like, within the span of like 8 minutes DEC dies, WLC dies, SSC dies, oops all the beasts are dead too because the twink killed them all, oh also now the avatar of freedom is here, oh but also now the twink is like going crazy and turning into a god and the world is ending again!! but also also the witches are doing something to the Ultimate Cookie, oo how mysterious- like, no. thats just, so much. i literally didnt have time to process ANYTHING before the next bombshell dropped.
honestly, if this was all buildup to hype the next cookierun game they failed spectacularly, i aint playin' that shit. but yea, thats the 2 cent of a very angry ESC stan. obviously no hate to the SMC stans, this is hate to the writers at devsis.
uh, controversial opinion, i didnt like the MD finale
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now dont get me wrong, i feel like the ending was fine, but the trip to get to said ending? ehhhhhhhhhhhh..
the animation is like, the greatest, prob the greatest in the entire series. however, the writing for that episode feels under cooked. like, theres too many plot holes, too many lose ends, the pacing is absolute dog water.
but the biggest issue? N and Uzi's personalities changed. Uzi reverted back to pilot emo gremlin, and N turns into strictly Uzi support with PTSD.
like, idk, i feel like N really didnt do anything, like, you could prob remove him from the episode and it would be more or less the same. and if you look at the merch?
feral N? decapitating J??? i dont think N earned this, that didnt happen. im 99% sure N doesnt even lay a finger on J that whole episode, the most he even interacts with J is writing the "I O U one spaceship" note. like, the N that was teased and shown in the merch vs the N in the actual episode is not the same person. [no i dont mean that literally]
Vs stand? she 'died' fighting the sentinels, Uzi's? she sacrificed herself fighting the solver/cyn, N's? he didnt do that, eldritch J doesnt even show up in the finale, N doesnt really even fight outside of supporting Uzi and V, none of the DDs even get X visors for that matter.
alot of the characters feel useless i think. like, khan doesnt really do anything, nori doesnt really do anything, thad and lizzy, N, hell, even J. this episode just kinda boils down to Uzi vs Cyn with strong support from V. wouldnt be so much of an issue if Uzi hadnt had her time to shine in episode 7 aswell, like, everything before this was building up for N to take a grand stand or something. he should be PISSED at Cyn, everything and everyone hes ever loved got stripped from him because of Cyn, he literally DIED for Cyn back at the manor, only to watch as himself and V are mutilated and transformed into the DDs, and he gets dumped on a planet where hes abused by J for god knows how long, and when he finally starts to stand up for himself, make a friend/lover in Uzi, reconnect with V, they end up 'dying' right in front of him, FOR him aswell.
all of that stress, all of that fear, all of that anger, and what does N do when he gets back to the surface? sees J working with Cyn? sees Cyn literally destroying the planet? hell, even comes face to face with Cyn?? he just stands there in fear. weve seen N push past his fear before, weve seen N confront Cyn before, so why now is he just standing there? or the one point in the fight where he stops because Cyn flashes a picture of a dog on her visor, like, that shouldnt of have stopped him. thats the person he should hate the most in the universe right now, giving him second thoughts over a png of a random dog. like, huh???????
N also never gets a resolution to his literal years of CONSTANT abuse from J. the only time N lays hands on J is episode 2 with eldritch J. who fights J the whole finale? V. whos pissed at J for betraying them? V. but whos decapitating J in the mural? N. huh? what? why??? also this is a minor nitpick, but in the ending where N yells "THATS MY GIRLFRIEND!!! :D" that doesnt seem like an N thing to do, like, N is a very humble character, he doesnt come off as the type to brag about having a gf.
not to mention Uzi, omg. i think in the finale Uzi is just being a dickhead. for example, when N recovers her he openly says and expresses that hes angry at her for what she did, and what does she do? she headbutts him and calls him a bitch. now lets consider V. what does she do upon finding out N is alive? she apologizes profusely, UNPROVOKED.
what does Uzi do upon seeing V is fine? she makes a deadpan comment about how shes happy V is alive. now tbf, she does look back and give a genuine smile, just to say like "hey, im being serious tho", but like, still, damn Uzi.
another thing i dont like is how serious moments keep getting ruined by jokes. every time something devastating happens, you either dont get time to process it before gets resolved, or the tension is destroyed by a joke.
N getting his core ripped out for example, the second i started to panic, like "OH GOD CYN HAS N'S CORE-" his core is back in his body and hes fine after like 10 seconds. every 'fake out' death in that episode doesnt work, because it gets resolved in literally 20 seconds or less. but i feel thats more a result of the serious pacing issues in the episode.
the episode is 20 minutes, whatever, but keep in mind, MD: Intermission, THE FAN EPISODE, is about 21 minutes long. thats right, A FAN EPISODE MADE BY A COLLEGE STUDENT WAS LONGER THAN THE FINALE. WHAT????????
overall i just think the finale comes off as incredibly rushed, hell, even the merch seems rushed. now im not gonna point any fingers, but certain items seem kindaaaa, ehhhhhhh [cough cough, cat V plush, Cyn plush, and random sticker sheet that just uses the animatez box art]
but yea, thats my 2 cent about the MD finale, overall im prob gonna forget about that episode and go read fic rewrites or something
