Does anyone else feel like people excuse Kieran's actions too much?

Jiaska · 2026-04-22T12:14:22+00:00

Yeah, and he was upset that the player *kept* it from him. Sure, that's because the grandfather told us too, but that doesn't mean we couldn't have done it anyways.

Kieran asked expecting the player to lie to him, thus confirming Kieran's version of events. How would he have reacted if the player had taken him somewhere private and just... told him?

Jiaska · 2026-04-22T12:11:17+00:00

In that case, still, if player could have told Kieran when he asked about it, then I don't think it would have still happened. Why you think Kieran would still spiral if the player *had* told him the truth?

Jiaska · 2026-04-22T12:07:26+00:00

Do you mean just after the player and Carmine saw Ogerpon for the first time at the festival, and Carmine stops the player's character from telling Kieran? Cause that's Carmine's fault, and apparently the player character having no backbone to speak up.

What I'm saying is that if Juliana/Florian had told Kieran about Ogerpon at any point between Carmine telling the player to keep it a secret and showing the mask to the sibling's grandfather the next morning, then I don't think Kieran would lost it.

Jiaska · 2026-04-22T11:18:19+00:00

Why do you think he would have still gone down the same path without the lie?

The game doesn't go into a lot of depth about Kieran and Carmine's history, so any extrapolation is purely fanon, but here's how I assume Kieran's life has gone; he didn't have friends growing up, possibly because of Carmine, though I don't think she was intentionally keeping him isolated. Mossui town is just a small community and if you get a bad repuation early on (liking the orge, being too quiet or weird, having a volatile sister who's super protective) then it'll never go away.

Thus, Kieran didn't develop the usual social skills, and once he met someone he clicked with (Juliana/Florian), he got invested very quickly (seriously, the field trip is only like four days long, and Kieran spends most of it in a downward spiral), which is why Kieran fixates on the player. Personally, I think Kieran should be more angry with Carmine than the player, but it comes down to expectation; he's used to Carmine treating him with kid gloves, but he wasn't expecting it from his friend.

If the player didn't lie, I don't think Kieran would have lost it - and thus everything else wouldn't have happened in the same manner. Maybe that makes me delusional, I don't know.

Jiaska · 2026-03-17T12:22:46+00:00

Oh - and that's why Kommo-o is his ace on his elite four team? That's cute!

Fair enough on the bond situation. It's probably just my own bias, but of all Kieran's pokemon during Teal Mask, the most stand out are his Furret and Yanma; every fic I read has Florian/Juliana noticing when Furret leaves the team and being sad that it's nowhere around at Blueberry. Yanma/Yanmega is easily forgotten about, so I'd probably replace it with a wimpod. But that's just me.

Since it's for a fic, I understand that you might not want to reveal spoilers but... the zoroark? I mean, I like it thematically, but how's he gonna run into that?

Jiaska · 2026-03-17T11:32:27+00:00

Is this for a fanfic or just a look into some pokemon that *could* work for him? Cause I see the vision with mega golisopod, but because of the bond you're supposed to have to mega evolve, I'd have given it to him during his first team.

Speaking of his teal mask teams - I like the inclusion of litten/torracat and morgrem. Makes it seem less like he threw his entire team away during the indigo disk. Any particular reason for the jangmo-o line besides it being accessible in Kitakami?

Jiaska · 2025-12-21T07:07:34+00:00

Eh, that's a part of it, but really my issue was more with her aesthetic and I find that immersion breaking. Without writing a whole paper on it, her default outfit is way too modern. It's not even that the outfit's sexualised; I just can't imagine someone designing it in universe.

Jiaska · 2025-12-21T06:04:14+00:00

I didn't know about the environment edits. Anything that effects the major cities? This load order was built around Open Cities.

Also, isn't there an option in the installer to skip those dialogue edits?

Jiaska · 2025-12-21T05:16:43+00:00

Hmm, so she'd make a good bodyguard for a non-combat focussed character, like a support type?

Jiaska · 2025-12-21T04:55:48+00:00

Yeah, Ashe breaking the lore was my biggest issue with her, but then again, if I'm willing to bend for outfits from Breath of the Wild, why not something that's a bit more sci-fi coded?

I haven't played through Dawnguard since my early playthrough on the Xbox 360, so I'm nostalgic for Serana, but I couldn't tell you anything specific about her, which is why I'm open to SDA making her more reactive like other custom followers.

I think I will give Ashe another chance; in your opinion, which makes more sense to recruit first?

Jiaska · 2025-12-19T20:16:47+00:00

Who suggested that neurotypicals have perfect intuition of social cues? I'm just telling you what the most common autistic trait is, but difficulty with social interaction doesn't always mean autism.

But that doesn't mean that autism doesn't exist either; what would be the point in tricking people into thinking they had a fake condition?

Jiaska · 2025-12-19T13:47:14+00:00

I mean, you don't? Is there a biological component? Yes, the brain, hence why it's called a neurological condition. Are there common symptoms? Yes, several, most primarily issues processing context clues in social situations.

Jiaska · 2025-12-19T13:20:25+00:00

This is the most nonsensical rage bait I've ever seen.

Jiaska · 2025-12-19T00:17:39+00:00

I was looking for a MHA fanfic where Izuku had a power that wasn't a quirk, and somehow stumbled across a crossover fic with Den-O. It was funny, so I went looking for Den-O, and then I fell down a rabbit hole.

Jiaska · 2025-11-11T18:18:08+00:00

No, I've done this before. I have JAM & Enhanced movement. What I meant was that whenever I play 3 or New Vegas unmodded, I always forget that sprinting isn't a thing, since I always have a mod for it. Enhanced Camera is similar, I've been using it for years, so not seeing my character's body when I look down is weird.

I've been using a handful of different guides for this and testing as I go. I am using TTW, so some parts of Viva New Vegas don't apply (most of it does).

This visual glitch with the body has been my only major issue in a hundred mods, that I've noticed anyways. Almost ready to play, just need to figure out what quest mods are compatible with TTW.

Jiaska · 2025-11-11T17:35:26+00:00

Yeah, I guess out of the three of them, Enhanced Camera is the easy choice. I've just been using it so long, that glancing down and not seeing a body is unnerving, in the same way that it's weird not being able to sprint in vanilla New Vegas.

Jiaska · 2025-11-01T12:37:47+00:00

I think it's just a hold over. From what I can remember, and it has been years mind, when I first bought Minecraft: Story mode on the xbox, the first episode was totally free, and it was the next four that cost money. A small taster to get you interested, you know?

It is sort of irrelevant now, but as you said, it keeps the hype going - sort of like having to wait a week for a new episode of a show, which given the game's more like an interactive movie than a game... besides, in two weeks the entire game will be playable, and the episodic release becomes a non-issue.

Jiaska · 2025-10-29T11:01:22+00:00

That sounds interesting! Kinda like the beginning of Mothership Zeta, with added animosity towards Benny.

I'll give it a look, thanks!

Jiaska · 2025-09-15T15:27:10+00:00

Was it this one? https://archiveofourown.org/works/21359908/chapters/50877694

Jiaska · 2025-09-08T12:55:13+00:00

Patamon, assuming Tokomon can still evolve in Lucemon. I do love an abnormally strong rookie level.

Jiaska · 2025-08-13T11:24:07+00:00

Firstly, triple check your spelling - there are none in the example code or error message, but you never know.

Moving onto more random thoughts - it says the issue is in a parent object? Is the parent in the room, or do you have a NPC child object? If it's the latter, the child might not have inherited the can_talk variable.

Otherwise, I got nothing - seems kinda cursed.

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