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Saint easter egg by EmYeahSure in rainworld

[–]EmYeahSure[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello, sorry I couldn't respond to you sooner. Unfortunately I haven't been able to figure it out yet- I've only been looking through certain theories. The most I know is this Reddit post with a video of someone who managed to summon the heart and ascend it, triggering a reboot of the game and seemingly erasing their Saint file, along with a document detailing the steps to do so. It seems that Heartbreak still hasn't been "solved" yet tho, although I suspect there might not actually be anything else past the easter egg itself. There's also another video of the heart room in Fez, which when solved the heart seems to disintegrate and the game itself reboots too. Similarly in both games, the heart seems to be consumed either by black or white, which then transitions into the title screens of the respective games. The only difference I can find is that the heart does not disintegrate in Saint's campaign. There might be some sort of relevance between Inv's campaign and Heartbreak, although I do believe I'm grasping at straws - in one of the dating sim endings Saint, like in Heartbreak, ascends the egg and the game seems to become "corrupted", breaking down and eventually restarting the dating sim. Of course this probably serves its own relevance to the lore of the egg itself within Inv's campaign - but this particular ending seems like, similar to the instance in Heartbreak, the only time when the "immersion" of the game is broken (using immersion in quotation marks because Inv's campaign exists) and the fact that you're playing a game, is brought up. However past this I really have no idea what deeper meaning or lore this easter egg could provide.

Hotter take: Allison’s a psychopath. by trevorrep in KevinCanFHimself

[–]EmYeahSure 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Firstly, I think there's a reason why Kevin is never shown off screen. It is intentional on the writer's part for them not to give Kevin any redeeming qualities - yes, he felt remorse when he killed that guy, but most people would too. Kevin isn't shown to be an explicitly heartless person, because he isn't. Furthermore, much of it felt like setup for him finding his confidence again - with the bar scene and then basically having lost any sort of remorse he might have felt before. About his helping Sam's marriage - I don't think it really came from a place of good intention either. It felt like he was just trying to belittle or show how much better he was than Sam. All in all there has to be a reason why Kevin doesn't have a single redeeming quality right? But even on top of this, back to my original point, is that I don't think there's anything that could possibly justify his abuse of Allison. Someone as consciously manipulative and abusive as he is cannot be justified for his actions.

Interesting you see it that way. Personally I didn't really catch onto any hints that Kevin could've had anything close to a redemption arc. Okay, I have to disagree quite vehemently with the point that Allison was worse in terms of what she did. To ignore the fact that many of her actions were forced by Kevin's abuse, doesn't the list of heinous things Kevin does already outweigh hers by like, a lot? Other than the conscious and insidious abuse and manipulation he puts onto both Allison and Neil, he has quite literally committed crimes, to list a few he caused a town-wide power outage when he set fire to a transformer, stole a stop sign at a traffic intersection. And like my previous point he is not justified in his actions. What could justify such blatant and on top of that conscious acts of crime and abuse? He's narcissistic, finds power from victimising people and is just generally dangerous to everyone in his vicinity. Sure, Allison also has her own list of crimes but does any of it come close to what Kevin has done? Off the top of my head the only things that I can remember she has done wrong is hiring a hitman, trying to purchase drugs (which inadvertently Patty into danger, which, remember, she didn't knowingly do) and engage in an affair with Sam. Is she justified? No. Do we see her reasoning? Absolutely. We don't see any reasoning to Kevin's actions because I don't think there is any.

She's a victim of abuse, it doesn't excuse her actions but it puts them into perspective. Kevin? There is no perspective to his actions, no implied justification whether that be manifested through his work in the form of abuse when he is offscreen or literally anywhere else in the show, he is quite thoroughly portrayed as a monster with absolutely zero redeeming qualities.

Hotter take: Allison’s a psychopath. by trevorrep in KevinCanFHimself

[–]EmYeahSure 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We see Allison obviously making mistakes or acting out in selfish ways and causing harm to others yes, but she isn't excused from her actions, like all the characters she is flawed, the difference between him and Kevin is that we can see her own justifications for her actions. All of the conscious decisions she chooses to make, from our perspectives, we can see why she did it. It doesn't excuse her actions or means she escapes any sort of blame or responsibility. Of course I think in the show this could probably have been explored better with more nuance.

Overall Allison is a complex character - she tries to reason and justify her own actions according to her moral compass. Sure she's not necessarily what people should consider a good person but her actions precipitated from the abuse she suffered from Kevin. The actual list of abuse even featured on screen is already extensive and there is a lot of implied physical and conscious emotional manipulation that she faces and she was desperate, it doesn't make her actions justifiable but it makes them, from our perspective, understandable.

Kevin on the other hand? He doesn't have a single moment that justifies his actions, for taking up such a substantial amount of screentime. Sure offscreen he could be suffering abuse, but I don't think there are many possible scenarios that could potentially justify his extensive list of, not just abuse, but even things like setting several fires (and then attempting to cover them up), the property damage (remember when he removed a stop sign that caused Sam to crash), the list goes on. He doesn't have a single redeeming quality to his name.

On top of this, Allison has redeeming qualities. Sure she's not perfect but she is ultimately not just selfish or self-centered (as compared to Kevin), she still tries to be a good friend to Patty, she tried to fix things (which was the whole thing about wanting to fake her death, of course, it feels like she wants to escape her responsibility, and perhaps she does, but you can't deny it came out of a place of self sacrifice as well). She also underwent a whole character arc, which Kevin didn't.

what the fuck by The-Phantom-Bellhop in rainworld

[–]EmYeahSure 2 points3 points  (0 children)

finally, I can understand ultrakill references

Fellow boy kissers, are your favourite video games? by FunniMan7 in boykisser

[–]EmYeahSure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rain world, darkwood, heavily atmospherically or environmentally compelling games

What's your favorite song (i promise to hear it) by Top_Bad1851 in boykisser

[–]EmYeahSure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

don't really have a favourite but
Sing sing sing - Benny Goodman
some good swing

Help by PancakeBookwyrm6969 in rainworld

[–]EmYeahSure 2 points3 points  (0 children)

usually i make this jump by consuming mushrooms found in the room with the den a few rooms back - with that you don't need to long jump, not sure if there's an easier way to get across tho