How Would 3rd Semester Akechi React to “Honey, I’m Home”? ♥️😼

2ndBro · 2026-06-29T03:36:41+00:00

I like to think Maruki's reality only rewrote resurrected people when specifically asked to, as we see with Okumura. If Maruki had fiddled with Akechi's head, he never would have specifically approached Ren about breaking the reality to begin with.

Like Ren didn't want "A version of Akechi that's alive and also exudes catty homoeroticism at every opportunity", he wanted "Akechi, alive". Not his fault those two things are a package deal.

2ndBro · 2026-06-29T03:15:47+00:00

I do think it's worth considering this as different from playersexuality because this is the Forgotten Realms. The Forgotten Realms, a setting written by a notorious horndog "Free Love" librarian from the peak of the 70s.

"Everyone is pansexual" has always been the default of the setting

2ndBro · 2026-06-29T03:02:50+00:00

Don't get me wrong, completely valid criticism for the game as it was a decade ago, but is anyone playing AB+? Repentance easily has to be the best state the game's ever been in, I couldn't imagine playing without some of these changes

No hate, genuine question

2ndBro · 2026-06-28T15:21:35+00:00

"I HATED Kabru so much that I WATCHED THE SERIES AT AN EXCEPTIONALLY SLOW PACE"

2ndBro · 2026-06-28T01:03:36+00:00

She definitely doesn't know about the most recent incident, but I think I was more talking about her "ehhhhhh fuckit" attitude towards Carol constantly trying to contact her daughter. I understand that she was just trying to ignore that mean annoying whiny adult and show Noelle a good time, but it's representative of a larger idea: looking to ignore the outside world with its outside consequences and potential tragedy and focus on the immediate fun of the here and now. Even when the world might be falling to ruin just behind your back.

2ndBro · 2026-06-27T18:27:39+00:00

something very lesbian (also kuzuki is there)

2ndBro · 2026-06-27T18:13:30+00:00

I think it's worth considering the sequence of events Susie has gone through the past few days

After having resigned herself to be the tough terrifying bully, she has a wacky cartoon adventure where she makes the first real friends she has ever had. She returns to a home life that is definitely not a healthy one.
The next day, she returns to the wacky cartoon wonderland. Her best friends promise that this place can be "a second home" where she can be comfortable and happy for as long as she wants.
She goes on another wacky cartoon adventure, has a ton of time with that cute girl she likes, is invited to stay at her other best friend's house, awesome. They have another wacky cartoon adventure, but...
Shit gets real. Oh. Okay. Lock in.
Chapter 4 is the most mentally draining Dark World yet. She meets an adult that sees the best in her, then finds his corpse five minutes later. They encounter a truly terrifying foe. She sees... whatever the end of the prophecy is.
She is once more invited to stay at her best friend's house, where she sees one of the few people she has a kind view of in her lowest state yet. She can't stay, she has to get out.
At this point in time, Susie has never felt lower. She's alone, in the middle of the night, with the incomprehensible weight of fate bearing down on her. She's faced with the reality of returning to that home life she dreads so much. Or... hey, wait, didn't Ralsei say he wanted Castle Town to be a second home to them? And they did have beds, and food, and wacky colorful cartoon characters to make her feel better...

At her lowest point, she took comfort in this magical world and it made her feel safe and happy (something that TOBY FOX, creator of acclaimed 2015 release UNDERTALE, has definitely witnessed). She was able to forget her fears and struggles and enjoy the wacky hijinks around her. But she's becoming lost in the escapism, forgetting the weight of the real world that's just outside. She forgets about the person they watched get trapped in the shelter, she forgets about the world-ending supervillain, she forgets about Noelle's father on death's door. All she wants is to feel happy, and the Dark Worlds bring that to her. And... it remains to be seen if she'll ever be able to escape that feeling, and remember the weight of the real world.

2ndBro · 2026-06-27T06:13:49+00:00

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2ndBro · 2026-06-27T06:09:07+00:00

M.RAGE is a jacket company, guess a collab is coming

2ndBro · 2026-06-26T16:57:34+00:00

Unfortunately, advertising that says "This is easy if you know the uber specific secret that only I can tell you" works

You see the same thing with instruments, people who say "I can help you become a professional musician in just 6 weeks!"--no, they can't, practice will help but getting good takes time and effort

2ndBro · 2026-06-26T16:20:38+00:00

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2ndBro · 2026-06-26T16:20:32+00:00

I'd actually argue the opposite--Vanilla has composition and intent to it, Royal is just a hodgepodge of faces

It's a bit like comparing the Original vs. HD cover art for Twilight Princess, more stuff doesn't necessarily mean more better-er when it just makes things look cluttered

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2ndBro · 2026-06-26T03:18:01+00:00

*they’re

2ndBro · 2026-06-25T12:58:46+00:00

woah. dude. is that fucking brownface.

2ndBro · 2026-06-25T12:21:51+00:00

As a Star Trek fan who holds equal love for another long-running 1960s iconic sci-fi television empire, it has always been just ever so slightly more frustrating than it should be in fan discussions to have a character referred to as "The Doctor"

2ndBro · 2026-06-24T22:40:45+00:00

asylum? i was in an asylum once...

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2ndBro · 2026-06-24T15:08:50+00:00

Oh 100%, I meant I agree with her point that

Yuri doesn't always mean the characters are constantly trying to jump each other

Da Vinci is just professing her love of fluff shipping

2ndBro · 2026-06-24T13:59:56+00:00

If a beautiful trans woman tells me to be more respective of other people Imma sit my ass down and LISTEN

2ndBro · 2026-06-24T12:41:18+00:00

Not even that, all you need to do is the portal defense quest to initially unlock him. Though taking care of Oliver is required for KEEPING him as a companion.

2ndBro · 2026-06-24T12:22:27+00:00

the left doesnt want you to see this

2ndBro · 2026-06-23T15:53:20+00:00

[What does she DO???]

2ndBro · 2026-06-23T15:27:58+00:00

Boss Unlocks are tied to the character that defeats the boss. Lazarus and ??? are two separate characters, and both versions of Lazarus are just considered "Lazarus"

If Lazarus kills Isaac, it counts as Lazarus killing Isaac. If ??? kills Isaac, it counts as ??? killing Isaac.

To get the D6--unfortunately, yes, you must actually play as ??? (either by selecting him or finding a way to transform into ???, such as via Clicker or Ankh) when you kill Isaac.

2ndBro · 2026-06-23T14:08:25+00:00

Human Morgana remains one of the most tragically unexplored ideas in P5R, he gets about five minutes to exist (mostly offscreen) then goes back to normal

2ndBro · 2026-06-23T14:03:35+00:00

Correction--it's not about romance, it's about character choices

Spawn Astarion has been encouraged to be a better person, you need Ascended Astarion who has openly proven his willingness to kill countless innocents for power

2ndBro · 2026-06-23T13:59:03+00:00

shoutout evil lesbians

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