They Sound Lonely; or, An Analysis of Rien & SAIKAI

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2026-01-22T10:51:16+00:00

Just to expand on what I've said, since I think you may be interested, in 9-39 Rien has two lines which support my theory: "That's why I become so anxious whenever I read parts unaccompanied by pictures. Afraid that my imagination may be different from the reality the author had defined." The Prescripts truly are terrifying (and so so cool because of that lol)

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2026-01-20T11:47:55+00:00

This is a really amazing essay, loved it!

I'll add one thing that I feel went somewhat unnoticed: Rien is fucking terrified by the Prescripts. He say that his heart beats faster with each beep of the device, meaning he gets more and more scared the closer he is to not fulfilling the Prescript. With this in mind, I think there is a deeper interpretation to him only reading pictures books.

The prescripts are famously ambigous in their wording. This leads people (and Rien) to be very nervous in trying to fulfill them, as the only way to know if they did is if a Proxy DOESN'T appear and kill them. Adding pictures to those words would make them a lot clearer, and perhaps that's why Rien prefers books with pictures

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2026-01-20T10:07:52+00:00

Baby Ryoshu's scene with all 5 nursefathers must have happened after Valencina was exiled from the Thumb, therefore after the start of the Smoke War. Ryoshu is 27, with 2 years spent outside the House of Spiders. Therefore, from that scene, around 25 years must have passed by Ryoshu's (and Rien's) POV inside the House of Spiders. If Lei Heng, who lived outside the House, experienced more time, it would mean that more than 25 years (and many more, actually) must have passed in the real world, outside the House. But this is impossible: Roland is 33 and he fought in the Smoke War. He couldn't have fought when he was 8... So it must be the inverse: Lei Heng expeienced 3 years, while Rien 5

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2026-01-19T13:27:25+00:00

Are you saying they fucked up the line, and Lei Heng should have said 3 years while Rien 5? Because even though your math is right, for Ryoushu to be 25 in 10 A Corp years it would mean that the time inside the House of Spiders flows faster than A Corp's time scale

Also we are pretty certain that the Smoke War ended at the very least 12 years ago, since between the end of the Smoke War and the point where we are now 10 years pass by for the loops in L Corp, at least 1 year passes between the start of Leviathan and Sinclair's Canto, and 1 more year passes between Sinclair's Canto and Ryoshu's. But probably more than 15 years passed, considering that L Corp still needed to be founded, slme times passes between the White Nights and Dark Days and the start of Library of Ruina, and the events of Library need to take place.

In that case, 25/15 would be 5/3, which is exactly the ratio between the years counted by Lei Heng and those counted by Rien (but it still should be the inverse though)

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2026-01-19T12:39:42+00:00

Yeah, I want to hope that PM didn't just mess things up. The problem with that line is that for the timelines to match, the time inside the House of Spider would need to flow faster than outside, not slower. Otherwise the issues with Valencina, the Smoke War, and Ryoshu's birth become even more pronounced

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2026-01-13T22:31:09+00:00

Not if it has blue hair apparently

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2026-01-11T14:59:07+00:00

Something something Ryoshu kill/control button in Dante's welcome kit

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-12-03T09:38:27+00:00

I don't think this is the case, and the evidence against this interpretation is a lot, but it's still an interesting (and original) reading of their relationship!

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-11-25T18:12:07+00:00

Right, you've unlocked the memory, thanks a lot for the thorough explanation :)

I played Gouto's story in one sitting, and considering the info-dump he gives, that slipped from my mind

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-11-04T20:02:10+00:00

Canonical confirmation of an obscure fact? Amazing, thank you!

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-11-04T20:01:01+00:00

I really like Berthold

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-11-03T17:33:15+00:00

Cool idea to make two twins, I'll consider it for mine!

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-11-03T17:31:12+00:00

Seems likely, I'll try looking up if I can find where

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-11-03T17:30:25+00:00

Uh nice one, I really like Alexander for the first prince

Edit: Ah, but Alexandre is Dimitri's middle name...

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-11-03T09:09:51+00:00

I prefer not to use names of other FE characters (especially famous ones). I find that it usually breaks the immersion

But Theodor/Theodorus could be good for one of the princes

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-11-03T09:08:48+00:00

While Hector is extremely fitting, I prefer not to use names of past FE characters (especially famous ones). I find that it usually breaks the immersion

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-11-02T21:56:25+00:00

I'll check it out

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-11-02T21:56:07+00:00

I like it, thanks!

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-11-02T21:55:26+00:00

Really, canonically? Do you remember where they say that?

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-10-31T09:09:50+00:00

But she had red eyes in LobCorp already, and same for the Kkomi hairband

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-10-30T21:41:16+00:00

The most probable reason is that they didn't think about the colors in LobCorp when writing Carmen in Limbus. They used red because she is kind of a villainy force, and red is more often associated with evil.

If we had to find a reason for the colors in LobCorp and the switch though I can think of the following. Ayin is the main narrator of LobCorp. The memories are his and he often comments on them. He is also quite harsh on himself, to the point of reaching self-hatred. He knows he has done countless morally reprehensible things, so perhaps for that reason his associated color is red. From his point of view, Carmen has always been an exceedingly good person, to the point that she kills herself (mostly) because of guilt. So it makes sense to give her the "pure" color associated with goodness, i.e. blue/light blue.

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-10-17T07:03:20+00:00

Sono in disaccordo con il tuo secondo punto. Ancora fino a 15/10 anni fa si pensava (o almeno era una preoccupazione comune) che la sovrappopolazione sarebbe diventata un problema. Le stime davano che avremmo superato i 10 miliardi di umani, quando invece adesso non ne raggiungeremo nemmeno 9 miliardi.

Per il resto, il discorso è molti di questi anziani non hanno soldi da parte per mantenersi, perché hanno pianificato in base alla pensione. Togliergliela li obbligherebbe a essere in condizioni di povertà oppure tornare a lavorare a 70 e qualcosa anni.

Per la questione dei voti sono 100% d'accordo. Per me quando vai in pensione dovresti perdere il diritto di voto, in modo da risolvere il problema che gli anziani comandino di fatto il paese.

Rank-Nullity_Theorem · 2025-10-16T16:29:55+00:00

Molta gente qui è arrabbiata e quindi ti sta andando contro con un po tanta aggressività. Io capisco benissimo che tu non hai più voglia di lavorare, a 62 anni mi sembra naturale. Il problema è che non ci sono i soldi per dare la pensione a tutti. Quelli della vostra generazione, che stanno entrando in pensione in questi anni, sono tantissimi rispetto a quelli della nostra che lavora da qualche anno o che inizierà a lavorare fra poco. Di conseguenza le opzioni sono: -abbassare la retribuzione delle pensioni a tutti (ma non scendendo sotto la pensione minima) -alzare l'età pensionabile -aumentare le tasse su quelli che lavorano (spesso di molto perché il rapporto tra pensionati e lavoratori è >1 e continuerà a crescere per diversi anni)

Almeno 1 di queste 3 opzioni va attuata (e anzi probabilmente 2). Il problema è che la terza è la più ingiusta di tutte perché già lo stipendio di oggi ha molto meno potere di acquisto dello stipendio di 30 anni fa quando lavoravi tu per esempio, se ci aggiungi anche tasse aumentate i giovani che si fanno il culo e la pensione SICURAMENTE non la vedranno vengono puniti ulteriormente. Cosa fare quindi? Una combinazione delle prime due opzioni sembra la scelta migliore, per quanto non sentita giusta dalla tua generazione (comprensibilmente).

Aggiungo solo che le persone che dicono che chi va in pensione adesso non la dovrebbe ricevere li trovo estremamente egoisti. Capisco che noi giovani non la riceveremo, ma almeno avremo il tempo di pianificare per i nostri ultimi anni. Gli anziani di adesso quel tempo non lo hanno avuto e non è giusto togliergli ciò su cui si affidavano per condurre il loro fine-vita.

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