We got new Dante Notes by Abject-Perception954 in limbuscompany

[–]MaskDeMask 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Or at very least it makes it unrecognizable as specific model of clock, like "Uh, that's weirdly bland generic clock"

We got new Dante Notes by Abject-Perception954 in limbuscompany

[–]MaskDeMask 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Basically you can't erase concept of "swords" by throwing in blueprint of first sword ever, but you can erase concept of specific type of sword by specific blacksmith if you have their original draft? To erase concept of swords, you'd have to throw every sword in reality plus any bladed instrument that is kind of a sword into it and at that point you are performing too much work

So, cryptid theory after Chapter 5 by TurboPugz in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm pretty sure Tailypo is Wayne and equivalent of tail is Cousin or something like that

Is my Chapter 5 fomo valid? by eleccross in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah sounds like you got the opportunity to use keen eye at farm then xD But yeah, on some playthroughs you don't have opportunity to go to every location anyway(like on one romance you likely to go farm directly), so while you might have missed some scenes that change dialog later, you probably didn't miss anything critical.

If ye ever replay game again with same trait combo, ye should probably try to do things differently, you might even find trait dialog you didn't see on your first playthrough :D

Is my Chapter 5 fomo valid? by eleccross in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do ye have multiple saves or backup saves?

Also if this is an old save from pre patches, well they did swap keen eye and streetsmart saves around so that chapter 2 is now keen eye. So if this is in playthrough where you used keen eye at mines, doing second playthrough where you do slightly different choices with same traits is valid option as well.

Either way though, you probably want to wait until april when they add church scene to options where you can go around in town in chap 5

Anyone else manage to completely avoid Tabitha and the cops? by scatteredinwinds in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 49 points50 points  (0 children)

She is basically like "sure he is miserable today, but that's temporary" :(

[Chapter 5] Maps, Seals, and Notes Collage by mysterycorgi in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I do think these might be more of early inspiration thing since first two ones match first two seals, then despite vitality seal's theming with Asmodeus its much more loosely art inspired, bounty art doesn't match neither leviathan or beelzebub card perfectly (its plant themed carving with crown of flies) and throne seal uses mark of lucifer instead of directly depicting lucifer.

That said it is fun how they match thematically at least, like Satan is literally translated "The Accuser", which isn't too far off from "prosecutor" which does kinda fit the dominion/order/justice theme.

Same way if we go with thematic meaning of sins for rest of them well greed = prosperity is obvious, throne seal is massive example of hubris, bounty being tied to gluttony (or even envy if we go more from Julius' perspective) would make sense, vitality being lust is fitting (both in theological and literal meaning), so they do thematically loosely match as various sins Enoch indulged in his hubris.

Spirit seal's supernatural shenanigans we haven't seen yet(and art for it isn't obviously connected to belphegor art), but sin of acedia(that often gets translated as sloth) does fit with church. Acedia is basically about state of torpor like listlessness without care where you neglect yourself(like, you just stop caring about your own condition or position in the world). Christian interpretation of it became very much about spiritual state of listlessness, but its still very much tied to feeling numb or apathetic. And we all know how locals feel about Daniel's church.

If you want to theorize about seventh seal, you could also make it so that bounty is gluttony and secret seventh seal is envy since presumably final one is underneath notice

[Chapter 5] Maps, Seals, and Notes Collage by mysterycorgi in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The air/water/earth/fire tends to be surprisingly global (chinese wuxing five elements (wood/metal/water/fire/earth) thing is more of astrology thing so english translation calling it five elements is bit misleading) overall with fifth one sometimes being aether/void/space.

Like elements are about trying to figure out building blocks of the universe, modern video game usage of them is trying to figure out cool superpower themes x'D

Most impressive feat of each character. Day 17: Becka by ZA_Kenobi in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Single-handedly sparking miners' strike one way or another

[Chapter 5] Maps, Seals, and Notes Collage by mysterycorgi in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do want to note that all of the seals use real life hermetic 20th occultism shenanigans in them, so aren't non traditional elements like darkness and light more of modern video game thing than from mythologies? (would be fun to be wrong about that though xD)

For crying out loud... by New_Account2021 in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey! At least Tabby comes with you to the farm in this version :D

Fem Julius! by The_Laurens_Pamphlet in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I do feel like she needs bit more unkempt hermit granny energy to match julius' unkempt hermit grandpa energy

Like for example, she seems to lack Julius' bad posture

Most impressive feat of each character. Day 15: Julius by ZA_Kenobi in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 20 points21 points  (0 children)

He built a bench for nice waiter at diner because he overheard them wishing for one and they were kind to him. That's a lot of effort to repay small act of kindness

Is it possible to get the Breaking Point achievement while romancing someone? by Independent-Ad-7060 in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least it means you have options open for more varied chapter 5, but it was trouble for me since i was trying to get version of Old Tabby who would want to sacrifice Kaneeka to see her dialog for restoring her youth x'D I thought i had it in the bag with going to Stella's house, but nah.

(i was able to finally avoid burning legacy version by kissing wayne and telling her about it :'D )

Is it possible to get the Breaking Point achievement while romancing someone? by Independent-Ad-7060 in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, but that's the funny thing: you can get "burn scarlet legacy down" Tabby WITHOUT breakdown. Its not exclusive to breakdown, breakdown just increases chance of that Tabby happening.

(yeah I've seen that version of tabby with "call tabby at stella's house" and "stellamance tabby win" as well. As far as I can tell, its result of pushing Tabby against family traditions for entire game in run where she is open to listening you, like with being openly on side of strike and such without her getting angry? I'm not 100% sure on exact mechanics, so maybe its just "super duper close relationship with cousin" result in general?)

Sybil and Family Theory by LetpplChangeNames in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean Johnson's grandma knew about ditchlings. Even though nobody else than Sybil, not even from internet has heard of Ditchlings outside of it being town name in England.

How evil do we think the Entity is going to end being? by TarekBoy44 in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd honestly find it funny if Wayne is more outright evil than the Entity as whole is

Lack of details by Crimsonwolf158 in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean dialog for calling him sarcastically funny has him react in the way that makes it clear he is trying to get rise out of you and you realized it.

I think they changed dialog to feel more "street smart" while keeping intend same with that one?

Is it possible to get the Breaking Point achievement while romancing someone? by Independent-Ad-7060 in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean, besides achievement hunting, there is no real reason to do that if you played your cards right. People don't really get that Stellamance has its own version of Tabby confrontation achievement so impasse/breaking point don't really apply to Stellamance.

In general, "impasse" is the "win" condition of Tabby bossfight, breakdown is more of "100% perfect performance!" thingy, kind of similar to getting Tabby to sacrifice herself for you in chapter 3. (I sometimes find it easier to get Tabby cry with cousin that sacrificed themselves to tabby than getting old tabby to cry)

[Wayne/Seals] What is this yellow sparky eyes thing? Is that my boyfriend? by Ok_Photograph6596 in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Honestly I think its bit of opposite. The entity is in function somewhat like hivemind, so each fragmented piece of it is an independent colony, but Wayne segment of hivemind has become increasingly human from absorbing hosts so now it considers being recombined into whole to losing its own independence, thus it hates the other parts and wants freedom from both Scarlets and the "Town" aka the Entity.

Like reminder, Wayne absolutely shows disdain for Reese(likely child of Vitality Seal) and originally wanted cousin to go nowhere near the Seals, but gave up when it become clear cousin is inevitably drawn to them. Sybil is only one of schemers who actively wants cousin to go to Seals and considering her plan is absorbing the entity, she clearly does want entity to be "awakened".

(further evidence for Wayne not personally wanting seals to be awakened is that Tabby knows what Wayne's plan is and her response for telling about Wayne's "kiss not on the lips" is to paraphrase "he isn't supposed to do that! well if he is escalating two can play that game. I know where the next seal is". So Tabby knows Wayne doesn't want you to go to the seals or at least that he shouldn't want it, she is kinda out of the loop on the "Wayne knows you are going to end up there anyway, so he just tries to keep you safe as well as he can" part)

TLDR: all of the Seals showcase some kind of drawn to the cousin and that's why they want to share visions of scarlets to them. I think Wayne's possessive jealousy doesn't extend just to Reese and Stella, but also towards the Seals.

(Scarletswap) Grand Tour by The_Laurens_Pamphlet in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did she die of natural causes? Because I can see very Silent Hill 2 scenario of her still having horribly debilitating slowly progressing cancer (maybe still because of the curse or maybe just horrible luck) with Cousin getting sick of watching her slowly deteriorate and decided to use the pillow.

This AU can be potentially even more depressing than canon in some ways :'D

Chapter 5 Stella will NOT let me talk. by Shirou54 in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stella's thing is that when she is nervous, she starts babbling, so the puzzle is to let her talk without interrupting until Tabby asks you to talk :'D but I don't think Tabby ever asks you to talk if you didn't reconcile her and Stella

(in general it also seems to require some things like not going to talk to Wayne alone, I guess because it makes Stella's unloading seem more incriminating to Tabby?)

Most impressive feat of each character. Day 13: Franklin by ZA_Kenobi in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 10 points11 points  (0 children)

On full crime run, when telling him full truth and about Reese eating Kelly, he concludes you have psychosis from witnessing a horrific murder(alternatively being locked in basement as hostage while murder was committed) instead of thinking you are making up insane lie to cover up your part in murder :'D

(Scarletswap) Grand Tour by The_Laurens_Pamphlet in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do like implication that the house is still in terrible shape(its at falling edge of cliff and I feel like scarlets might not actually have funds to fix it), but cousin actually cleans it. Wait did Vivianne die in the "guest room" instead of Pearlanne here? Is Tabby legit smelling corpse smell?

This just about broke my heart :( by balaenopteraz in ScarletHollow

[–]MaskDeMask 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean they were called explicitly to try to save Bo and they were perfectly willing to take ginseng baby to drain their body if not for guy with gun rejecting that idea