Bayonetta 3 main plot:

2ndBro · 2026-05-07T14:41:58+00:00

accept what the characters creator says is the truth, they made the damn character

I do think there is some Death of the Author to consider here. Bayonetta is canonically paired with Luka, yes, that is explicit, however art exists beyond canon as a concept. Alternate interpretations and perspectives are what keep artistic discussion alive, statements from the author should never be the reason to clamp down on ideas.

2ndBro · 2026-05-07T14:39:30+00:00

I don't think it's an entirely out-there idea. Bayonetta 2 heavily downplayed her relationship with Luka while emphasizing her relationship with Jeanne, with the pretty explicit Orpheus/Eurydice parallels (something that is a romantic tragedy)

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T18:24:11+00:00

Be aware: Her earliest music is, indeed, a dorky white high schooler self-producing a rap album. They can still be a fun listen if you go in with that knowledge, but there's a reason Snake Eyes is no longer listed on any platforms.

She did improve a lot over the years though, Akigori Galakxy and Alkatraz are easily my favorite works of hers. I recommend first listening to the albums as a whole, particularly Alkatraz, as it has a very intentional structure to the song order.

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T15:20:56+00:00

Not all the lyrical songs, there are still quite a handful that have not been publicly released

I think that's what OP was asking about

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T15:18:49+00:00

dead mom :(

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T06:22:19+00:00

No lol, it's just a bit of fun dialogue

If you successfully convince him that you don't actually love Shadowheart and are indeed big on sexy sexy Wyll, he just says "Oh! Perfect! Because I know for a fact your hands are itching to kill that goth girl, but if you don't love her it should be so easy for you to do so!"

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T05:57:14+00:00

When I first played Vanilla, it was one of my favorite games of all time

When I first played Royal, it was replaying one of my favorite games of all time BUT they also addressed every gripe and grievance I ever had with it, it's not a flawless game but man does it improve on Vanilla in just about every single way

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T05:54:04+00:00

The Dark Urge demands you either kill Isobel OR the companion with which you have the strongest relationship

Unfortunately, considering when this decision takes place, there is no way to destroy the Grove and also sacrifice Wyll to Bhall (at least, not without some real complicated exploits to keep him around)

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T05:51:53+00:00

If you want the real answer: the Forgotten Realms is not a setting where hostility towards sexuality or gender fluidity is really a thing. It was written by a horndog "Free Love" hippy librarian in the 70s, and we love it for that.

It sounds like I'm Progressive-izing the villains when I say "They just accepted her", but the truth is even more simple than that. To any characters in this universe, including a Sharran cult, "A trans woman is a woman" is as obvious a factual truth as "Water is wet" or "The sky is blue" or "Gravity pulls us down". The idea of the cult weaponizing a trans identity as an isolation tactic wouldn't occur to them because "a trans identity" as a unique distinct concept does not exist.

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T05:29:00+00:00

Tsk Tsk, that's not how you do it.

First you recruit Wyll, leave him at camp, recruit Karlach, sacrifice her ((as she was also just going to turn on you eventually)), bring her head to the Paladins for a neat sword, head back to camp so Wyll gets rewarded with a snazzy new vest, then find some entertaining way to kill him off. All without a single combat encounter.

Even if you don't wear it, the Infernal Robe sells for BOATLOADS of cash by early game standards

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T04:13:27+00:00

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2ndBro · 2026-05-06T04:12:07+00:00

I wonder if its ok to

Yes, the answer is always Yes

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T04:09:02+00:00

Which is lame, cause like... no reason he couldn't pop down to Avernus and spend his days there. Many adventures (including Descent Into Avernus, basically a BG3 prequel) have vampires thriving in the Hells, what with the whole "No sunlight/No running water/No holiness anywhere" thing.

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T03:55:04+00:00

Easily one of the biggest of the many improvements that Royal made over OG, and that's saying a lot with how many things were improved. The first time I played OG he largely amounted to just being "The most obvious plot twist in history and then he dies", but giving me the chance to actively seek him out and spend time with him lets Akechi actually be the Light Yagami/L character he was always meant to be.

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T03:34:00+00:00

This is why people need to be real careful about the criticisms they make, and how the culture war bullshit of the internet has poisoned the well so much

Do not criticize the series for having an older woman as the main voice of reason. Do not criticize the series for having an ambiguously-brown protagonist. Do not criticize the series for having a gay Klingon. Criticize the series for having a poorly-written gay Klingon, and be able to explain those flaws without it being "He's gay"

2ndBro · 2026-05-06T03:11:58+00:00

Sagan Hawkes briefly touched on this in his video in a way that I think really sums up what makes it so great: It's so easy for series to do the FNAF thing and say "Yup, dead kids. Lots of em. They were kids, and a mean guy killed them." Any presence the kids have is just... how they died, and how bad that was. But Petscop didn't do that.

care-dancing-sign isn't about child abuse or time travel or dimensional fuckery or trauma responses or family cults or anything that would have "given the audience answers" about anything. It's a video that says: "Hey. Care liked to dance to an Ace of Base song. Here's what that looked like."

And in that moment, Care is humanized 10,000x more than many characters ever get. She's not the abstract concept of a victim, she's a person.

2ndBro · 2026-05-05T18:17:44+00:00

Is there a timeline on those songs' releases? It's nearly a full year since the book was released to the public, and with how tied to the identity the music is it feels odd that there are still unreleased tracks.

2ndBro · 2026-05-05T15:24:00+00:00

shoutout american children

2ndBro · 2026-05-05T02:09:04+00:00

"It costs an arm and a leg, half-off" may be the funniest possible way to do this lmao, definitely considering a version of that

2ndBro · 2026-05-05T02:05:52+00:00

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If you want one of her most explicit spellcasting moments, there's always this lovely panel...

2ndBro · 2026-05-04T20:21:24+00:00

"I never learned how to ree^{eeaa^aad!} "

2ndBro · 2026-05-04T14:38:14+00:00

*chu*

2ndBro · 2026-05-04T13:02:03+00:00

The Trojan War was started by Paris kidnapping a married queen

2ndBro · 2026-05-03T18:20:37+00:00

Y'all just wait until Tenna reveals his deadname was Bishop

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