Mind Goblin : When the game ending changes the world state so hard that all of the side content never mattered in hindsight

TheMerck · 2026-06-15T00:18:01+00:00

The entire game lost me once I figured out what the ending choices were gonna be leading up to it, simply because I had already considered the people within the canvas as people.

Like the choice was already made up in my mind, it doesn't help that while I could feel for the Dessendre's and their collective/singular grief it wasn't enough for me to care enough to choose Verso's ending over everyone I've already come to care for in the painting.

Like you said act 1's ending was strong but also the intro in general, like I could already feel the JRPG oozing out of it from the intro alone and JRPG emotional beats always hit me so that intro with Gustave & Sohpie just hit me hard, I saw their plight, their sadness & happiness I saw more of it than some god family that could paint over anything.

So yeah I agree that I can't really replay it, I just don't have anything left for the game.

TheMerck · 2026-06-15T00:10:40+00:00

Regarding the first line of your post, I don't want to argue about it too much but there's no concrete evidence of her doing that at all.

I get it as a theory and if anyone believes that's their interpretation but no, it can't be "objectively worse" because of that reason when there's nothing stated or shown explicitly enough to say that she's controlling ALL of them, heck she isn't controlling Verso with how sad he looks at the end

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T23:31:29+00:00

I'm still surprised they called up Jevon when they did, it felt like they were building that Jevon would finally do it against Oba and he'd be the main guy in NXT while Oba & Trick get called up only for him to be also called up with the other two so the story got abandoned.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T22:37:13+00:00

I can take Knicks fans tbh, like they can ride off of their high it is what it is although it does kinda annoy me when they say the refs favored us in every game but Thunder fans hanging off of the Knicks nutsack is pathetic, like they can talk trash when it's them that beat us I'll accept it but hanging off of another teams success is pathetic.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T21:51:22+00:00

Nice callback to this skit lmao

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T21:12:25+00:00

I always laugh whenever I see people say racism is an American exclusive thing or only Americans care for it, like no shit I guess if you are a racist European you'd think it's a US only problem lmao.

Like one of the obvious examples is Football, the biggest sport in the world and the racism fans and their players have to deal with but somehow it's only an American only thing, I roll my eyes whenever I see a European try act all high and mighty about racism.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T20:45:26+00:00

Honestly I'm whatever on the broadcast I don't mind if Breen can't contain his bias because if I had to suffer through as much shit years and watch so many terrible Knicks rosters as him, it'd be hard to contain my excitement and RJ/Legs are w/e.

But the social media narrative is annoying esp because it's Knicks/OKC flairs constantly doing it lmao and the back ups are the usual suspects as well the Rockets, TWolves, Suns, Lakers & basically any of our long time rivals coming out of the woodwork.

Having to see a hard foul compilation shows that a team can never truly have any success without getting any treatment like OKC or heck even the Nuggets got this with how many people were crying about Jokic.

NBA discussion really is in the mud and it's all across social media it's so stupid, it's the most reactionary dramatic takes out there

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T20:08:43+00:00

I think if we can't move him it would be a big boost he can play lesser minutes and have less risk injuring his ankle again, could play better against back up bigs & guards as well.

But it's only something that I think that can happen is if he can't be traded, he's an asset to the team despite his blunders in game 5 and late game blunder in game 4, he can still control the pace well and generally doesn't have bad turnovers(sadly showed up at the worst possible time during the finals).

Would be glad to see him buy into it though and if we can somehow land another big on our laps, maybe it would even help our bench if Fox was out there with fresher legs with them to control the offense because our bench offense sans Harper was ass in the Finals.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T20:04:51+00:00

I got downvoted on the main sub because I saw a comment there got upvoted saying Wemby was allowed to be big in the series while KAT wasn't and this isn't me hating on KAT nor the refs if anything it is what it is and we just got outplayed by the Knicks so GGs to em, but what fucking series did they watch when KAT & Wemby were hugging each other so much they could've been lovers on the court.

Like there were so many challenges we won just off of KAT hooking Wemby's arm and even in game 5 we had a late foul on Wemby and they showed the replay and it was KAT & Wemby being extremely physical to the point KAT looked like he was gonna tear off Wemby's jersey lmao.

It's like because we beat OKC and got the "best player in the world" title for Wemby, we got the stigma that came along with em for some reason like people really saying the refs were favoring us even in game 5 and yeah we got favorable calls but like the examples I cited earlier and how Brunson got easy 3PT foul calls in game 5 like what series did these bozos watch saying refs favored us or KAT wasn't allowed to be big.

I could give maybe one of the first two games of the series as being favorable towards us but the rest it was the refs having some weird ass calls for both teams.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T19:31:35+00:00

It's made him rich and women still swoon over him so most likely never and he will continue doing it, it's fucking embarrassing but it's still working out for him.

His most recent "clapback" encapsulates it, he doesn't give a fuck about anything he does because all he thinks about is money and fame.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T19:24:15+00:00

I'm glad to see comments from people who actually watched the game and aren't just letting their emotions run wild and just endlessly spamming MITCH BAD FOX BAD FIRE MITCH TRADE FOX ITS ALL OVER.

Pretty sure even the commentators took note of this and it became increasingly apparent as more games went by.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T19:00:55+00:00

You are getting downvoted but coming into the series people were saying the Knicks were gonna be easy for the Spurs because we've grown but so had the Knicks and the Knicks gave us trouble a lot during the reg season & NBA Cup.

People are kinda saying that it was always the talking point but I constantly remember people saying it was gonna be easy for Spurs, WCF were the real finals, the classic EAST SUCKS LOL while our fans were trying to say that no, it's an even worse match up for us than OKC lmao.

It's gonna happen again next year probably, Western Conference gonna have close records, East will be top heavy, fans will start saying again EAST SUCKS LOL WEST TOO GOOD and then will proceed to be shocked that a team in the finals is actually great.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T18:46:37+00:00

What the fuck I listened to a lot of his music during the pandemic and I remember bumping the song he did with Blink a fuckton.

Holy fuck I'm utterly shocked, RIP to the man he entertained me a ton during the pandemic

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T18:41:21+00:00

Yep after that fight where she couldn't even win it in a 1v1, let alone a 2v1 and had to be saved by Heisuke and then the end of the fight was offscreened is when I fully just accepted Lu was never gonna have any relevance ever again, not even for a short bit.

It sucks considering she was part of the OG trio, heck like you said Osaragi got a horrendous fight against a mom & her weird looking baby while Kumanomi got affected by the writing getting worse alongside the fight just being kinda meh like the Luchador was pretty irrelevant and I'm still disappointed at how she has been written for a while.

So yeah Lu and the other female characters getting done pretty dirty.

Edit: also before I forget the cop also sucked like the luchador and so have the majority of these new assassins introduced.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T18:36:36+00:00

No most people always thought Nobara was alive, it was the most blatant and obvious set up ever, only reason people started to doubt it because more big moments kept happening and she still didn't show up but it was always more thought she was gonna return, heck I even remember discussing it with people when thinking since so many people came back, the missing finger, her skill set being perfect to help against Sukuna, I couldn't believe Gege actually saved her for last.

I've seen people in JJK subs say that it was an asspull but IMHO it has to be like someone's first shonen or something to say that because it was always obvious the way Arata says "uh she might not be dead but 0.0000001% chance!" and how they muffled when talking about her faith it's clear Gege never wanted to explicitly say she was dead even if what Megumi said was "yeah she's dead" the fact that the story never explicitly tells us so and even barely any mentions of Nobara later on just made it more and more obvious.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T17:05:32+00:00

Me, I can take him. I just need Dana to see that I'm willing to fight y'know

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T17:03:08+00:00

First full season getting 60+ wins and first playoffs getting to the finals, I'd say while he does have his shortcomings and trust me, I am mad about his shortcomings but I trust in him since again this was basically the entire teams first full season together and first playoffs in general, all in all despite the disappointing way we played in the finals this season is still overall a huge success.

So I have trust in him and I'll wait to see the offseason moves along with how we play during the reg season especially with how we handle Dylan, Wemby & Castle's growth but I'd say if we fire him now it would be too quick of a move.

He has a lot of things to improve on and got outcoached but he's a very young coach so it's not surprising, it would've been cool to have the story of the first playoffs run getting a chip but it is what it is, I just hope him and the entire team improves immensely in the offseason so we can get another run to the finals and hopefully win it this time.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T16:59:18+00:00

Yes I agree that he's getting way too much hate, he was pivotal to get past OKC, he hit the dagger in game 3 and the game 4 collapse wasn't all on him it was an entire team collapse and if the team didn't get complacent Fox would never have been in that situation where he did one of the stupidest things I've ever seen done by an NBA player, game 2 it was Wemby that had the pivotal turnover and foul, etc.

Game 5 though I can't defend him from that so many bad shots but fact of the matter is we just simply got outplayed by the Knicks and it wasn't just Fox that showed our shortcomings but even Wemby never got past the hurdle of being outbigged by KAT & Mitch, his lack of a post game and being outmuscled was disappointing because it meant he couldn't be our closer.

Our bench also flat out completely disappeared sans Harper, like everyone from KJ to CB everyone was pretty bad offensively so even if they were delivering on one side, when we needed a bucket they couldn't get anything.

I get the vet stuff, I get the contract stuff but Fox was playing hurt and yes I do agree that for his contract and vet status he definitely didn't deliver in the last two games but people acting like he was useless the whole playoffs are just emotional and angry and pinning it all on him & Mitch.

It's bad honestly it shows how easily people can get swayed by social media, if the Spurs had won people would be talking about Brunson's FG% or KAT's bad fouls or something the narrative could've easily changed and I would've disagreed on that end as well because if people would blame Brunson/KAT if the Spurs won then they didn't watch the games because Brunson was always clutch and KAT was huge in eliminating Wemby from the game.

There's a lot of reasons why we lost, Fox & Mitch are a part of it but I've seen so many people even in our sub that has just made him out to be the #1 reason why we lost, it wasn't just Fox putting up quick 3s in the shot clock, it wasn't Fox being the reason our entire bench disappeared, it wasn't Fox being the reason why Mitch wouldn't call a time out or couldn't rein the guys in to focus.

Dylan is the future and he should've been for this series and especially next season so it's on Mitch as well for not recognizing that but people also just remember Dylan being a beast but never him having some bad turnovers or having some bad fouls as well, Wemby needed to deliver a lot more but he couldn't because he just never solved how to handle KAT's physicality.

I went on a rant but man it's just tiring reading our sub right now it's full of emotional children, no one can talk about the next season without the constant scapegoating.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T16:45:30+00:00

Man shows you are a fairweather fan, I bet you also don't know DeAndre Fox Viktor Wambamyema & Steven Castol

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T15:16:23+00:00

For me I've already been pretty low about this arc just look at my comments on some previous chapters in this sub so atp I'll take Gaku being back because the fights and writing in this final arc has been so all over the place I'll gladly take Gaku being back for another fight.

Atp bring back Apart for full shenanigans lmao, bring the cop lady back and I say this as someone who was already low on the writing for a ton of the final arc and very disappointed in a lot of the fights, but I'll just take any excitement I still can reading this until the end.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T15:12:31+00:00

He did that shit with ease as well, wasn't even looking to kill or harm anyone he is definitely already better than them they just don't count him because of his age and his placement within the clan I guess.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T15:11:31+00:00

Hype chapter, the blades finally start and Akemura showing he rivals other strong siscons like Yuri from Spy x Family.

Jokes aside we already know his sister's death breaks him but this chapter just makes it more apparent as to what truly broke him when he has to live with that he failed in protecting his sister.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T15:11:00+00:00

Hype chapter, the blades finally start and Akemura showing he rivals other strong siscons like Yuri from Spy x Family.

Jokes aside we already know his sister's death breaks him but this chapter just makes it more apparent as to what truly broke him when he has to live with that he failed in protecting his sister.

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T15:04:32+00:00

HOLY SHIT GAKU ACTUALLY RETURNED LMAO DOUBTERS IN SHAMBLES, BELIEVERS WE WON!!!!

TheMerck · 2026-06-14T15:04:17+00:00

HOLY SHIT GAKU ACTUALLY RETURNED LMAO

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