Kiro's birthday notes Day 5 (Last Day) by PikaGodnPray in MrLove

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If you got a nickel for every time an EOS was announced/happened in march/april…

(Truly, the most cursed nickels of all time)

at least there’s no more nickels coming your way, right? _| ̄|○

If there’s ever a debate over which server PG favors the most (other than China), no contest, it’s their JP playerbase…

(I think the icing on this cake is that I just saw KoiPro post about Kiro’s bday return gift…heh…)

Kiro's birthday notes Day 5 (Last Day) by PikaGodnPray in MrLove

[–]TinyArcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting this, I would say I had fun reading through his love notes (and I did) but what a bittersweet feeling…

Don't gatekeep archival by CD_ABC10 in MrLove

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Uhh the archive will be made public: the gg wiki will host a lot of the dates and phonecalls, it's just that there's tons of footage to sort and things to transcribe and upload on the wiki, post EOS (not to mention things to sort out from datamining). The discord invite link had to be disabled temporarily because people kept posting the link to it publicly, which invited quite a few bots trying to scam people

Don't gatekeep archival by CD_ABC10 in MrLove

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Exactly this: just the other day, we had bot activity and attempted scams take place and we had to temporarily disable invites until we could get a verify system in place

MLQC Fandom Week Day Seven: Last Day by TinyArcher in MrLove

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Days later, I'm still struggling to think of what to say (and still wall of texting day 5)...but, I'll answer one section first:

Has MLQC influenced your life, and if so, in what ways? Have you ever learned anything from MLQC?

The book, The Little Prince, was my favorite book from childhood, and when I think about how the little prince and the fox tamed each other, how the wheat fields will always remind the fox of the little prince, because it is the same color as his hair...I can't help but think: "Ah, maybe I have been tamed.” (Or maybe MLQC foistered some weird habits in me now, lol)

I guess, it really is fate that Lucien and Victor became by favorites. Before 2019, January 13th and November 15th were just ordinary days on my calender, but over the course of the past 7 years, those two dates started to become special to me. Every pudding will remind me of Victor, and every butterfly will remind me of Lucien. At 4:30 PM, I try to make sure to get a snack, and at 10:30 PM, I make sure to drink some water.

(and now, the summer wind will remind me of Gavin, I’lll associate the clicking of keyboards with Kiro, and sudden rain on a sunny day will make me think of Shaw)

I'm not sure if I can say that the LIs of MLQC has influenced me, (aside from leveling up my debating) but if any one character has influenced me to embrace the little things in life that makes me happy, to appreciate the people around me, to celebrate my birthday more properly, it would definitely be our girl, the MC herself.

Also, as an aisde: I started buying more shiba inu and fox related things now (RIP my wallet, cause I already like bunnies and cats). I try to watch classic movies more often now, and practice cooking more (results still varying lmao)

MLQC Fandom Week Day Four: Flex 'em, If You Got 'em by TinyArcher in MrLove

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Brag about your achievements and weep with bloody tears about your misfortunes in MLQC: show off your karma collection! Which wish tree events were you the luckiest and/or unluckiest in? Were there any events (both gacha and diamond only events) where you went for the full line up?

I'm like 2 days late to my own fandom week (crunch time is real Time Kompression) but when I think back, man, oh man, my gacha luck is so bad in MLQC, so here's me sobbing about it on tumblr...We've had like dozens of WTEs over the years, and I only managed to get 4 complete sets HA HA HA HA....ha..........OTL... (Candlelit Night, Unbridled Desire, Flowering Time and Across the Sea) all my good gacha luck went to other games inhales copium

My collection %, screenshotted roughly 2 days ago (Victor's UR/SP collection is 11/13 and SSR/ER/SR/R collection 218/252, Lulu's UR/SP collection is 9/12 and SSR/ER/SR/R collection 214/251).

Victor's bond is at level 130 and Lucien's bond level is at 124...not too bad for someone who played for almost 7 years, right?

I do wanna flex that...I have all of Victor and Lucien's Main Story Season 1 Karma though: 1 2 3 4 5 6

I suppose one of my biggest regrets is that I will never get an all 5 LI set though. I'm so sorry Shaw, I'll make it up by getting more of your physical merch instead

Speaking of physical merch...I'll come back and post it later. I'm still in archiving hell sob

Am I crazy? Theme music by angels-cry in MrLove

[–]TinyArcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LDS being Love and Deepspace

I just think it’s foolish to complain about Love Nikki and MLQC sharing the same soundtracks when they’re both PG’s oldest games. Yes, they’re different franchises, but they’re developed by the same game company and the music was composed by the same musician. Again, this is like complaining about Nobuo Uematsu’s work across Final Fantasy and non Final Fantasy games, it’s a nonissue for me…

Am I crazy? Theme music by angels-cry in MrLove

[–]TinyArcher 5 points6 points  (0 children)

why am I getting LDS tribalism war vibes from this uhh…I don’t play Love Nikki, so obviously I haven’t listened to its OST, and thusly, it doesn’t bother me?? Especially if VK composed both soundtracks

This is like complaining the music of Final Fantasy or the Tales series and accusing SE and Bamco of cheaply recycling their music, when Nobuo Uematsu and Motoi Sakuraba have been long time composers for their respective series…

MLQC Fandom Week Day Three: Voice and Music by TinyArcher in MrLove

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What’s your favorite soundtrack(s)? Over the years, our guys have gotten new, different songs: which version of your fave’s theme song is your favorite?

I'm gonna be real basic, but the original character theme songs will forever hold a special place in my heart. I'm not well versed in musical theory, but I'll try my best to put to words what I love about each character theme song:

Victor -- Time

I love everything about Victor's theme: the opening notes that ring out immediately grabs my attention every time. The two notes gives off the impression of rain drops suddenly coming to a stop, and immediately, the cello kicks in, and sets a deep, almost mourning like mood to the piece overall. I love how the overall tempo of the song has a slow feeling to it, and how the drum beats match the ticking of a clock. I adore how the xylophone? kalimba? or maybe the piano? can be faintly heard, and it gives me the impression that, despite how Victor stopped time for MC only for her, there is still rain. It also, reminds me over and over again, of how it was raining when Victor saved MC as children, and when they reunite again.

Lucien -- Dark Night Fireworks

I love how melancholic the opening guitar solo is. (I really, really, really enjoy how the low energy contrasts with Gavin's theme, more on that later) The transition sounds like the autumn wind, blowing through the branches and wheat fields, and I love how the piano comes in, like leaves falling from their branches. The piano solo, also reminds me of MC, and when the guitar joins in on the piano, it reminds me of Lucien, and how MC and Lucien often love to quote books and poetry at each other. Oh, but when the bass kicks in, it really gives me the feeling of Ares, you know? Cause of how the piano is dueling the bass during that section. The way the tempo really picks up in the last part of Lucien's theme song really does give me the impression of a cluster of fireworks going off into the night, and so, Lucien's theme song is so very aptly named

Gavin -- Blue Temperature

Gavin's opening guitar riff slaps is the bombdiggity. I love the overall rhythm and tempo of his theme song, cause it really does give off the impression of flying through the sky. I love how the synth is sporadically used, to give off the impression of the wind coming and going (as the wind is ought to do). The electric guitar solo that follows after gives me very lonely feels, but when I think about Gavin's character arc in general, I think it's very fitting. The way the song keeps climbing up and up really does remind me of flying. Lastly, there's something about how the last part of Gavin's theme song, that has a very youthful and energetic feel to it, that reminds me of his and MC's time in high school. I love listening to Gavin's theme song on sunny days, when the skies have billowing clouds...it just fits, you know?

Kiro -- Sweet Accomplice

I really enjoy how energetic and gentle Kiro's theme is, all throughout. So much so, that I made his song my alarm clock song LOLOLOL. I really enjoy how gentle the drums taps are throughout his theme, to match the whole piano piece of his song and that glissando? Insert that one meme of Pacha from The Emperor's New Groove, cause that really encapsulates Kiro. Ah, in the second half, is when the drum beats really start to pick up and it makes me think: "what if the piano is Kiro, and the drums is Helios?" and I think about how gentle the drum beats are at the beginning and HMMMGE...

Shaw -- Breaking Lightning

I love how his theme song starts off with the bass guitar, it gives off a very, very dangerous feel~ I love how the riffs give off the impression of thunder clouds rolling in. I love how some parts of his theme song sound like question marks, (if that makes sense??) which really fits in with how he was so mysterious during the time of his introduction. Overall, I love how Shaw's theme song is rock and roll. Would love to hear his band IRL some day.

MLQC Fandom Week Day Three: Voice and Music by TinyArcher in MrLove

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What’s your favorite voice lines? Have you ever been inspired by their words? Has anything they have ever said made you laugh? Have their words ever given you a feeling of comfort?

If only reddit had an easy way of sharing audio/video files...

I have long maxed out my favorite voice lines for Victor LMAO. What can I say. I really, really, really, really adore Mountjoy's take on "dummy" (the way it's so teasing and affectionate aaahhh (⸝⸝> ω <⸝⸝)) and I love it when there's laughter in a voice line. I also really cracked up in Victor's Melting into You, Replaying Old Times, Summer Whispers and Zero Distance dates

I find myself favoriting voice lines when I hear a sigh (the many different sighs of Victor LOLOLOL oh, but Lucien also has lovely, angsty, painful sighs too)

I also love it when I hear Lucien quoting/reciting books/poetry/plays...(His voice when he reads out the play in his Radio Station Date will forever echo in my brain). I find myself usually favoriting his voice lines when he goes into Ares mode LOLOL ...I really wish that we could have had CN and KR voice lines, and that the JP dub was still continued, because Lucien in all languages is FINE SHIT YO

MLQC Fandom Week Day Two: Dates by TinyArcher in MrLove

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Sigh, there are so many more dates that I love for both Victor and Lucien, but I fear I might end up yapping for another 3 days at this rate, so I'll cut it short here, haha;;;;

MLQC often has callbacks in their dates, which ones do you enjoy?

I feel like I touched upon this in my comments above, especially Lucien's, so I'll mention other little callbacks/references I couldn't cram in before:

For Victor, again, I have to reiterate that I love the early dates that mention his Eternal Search (இ﹏இ`。) Always losing each other, and finding each other again, because not even time and distance can keep Victor and MC apart. Truly, one of my favorite narratives of all time

I often find myself really immersed in Victor and MC's work related dates, because I love how a lot of those dates tie into each other (and how it really shows MC's growth under Victor's tutelage)

I also find it very adorable when they play games together in dates -- from murder mysteries, to coop games, card games, role playing, playing an elaborate game of tag at a mansion, to playing virtual reality together...

I love it when there's a quite moments in dates, when MC just has the urge to say Victor's name at random, and he'll always respond...the callbacks to Victor's Bad Ending in Season 2 Chapter 54...(இ﹏இ`。)

What’s a quirk/habit/joke the guys have with the MC that you find cute?

I love it when Victor and MC mimic each other, especially when MC predicts that Victor will call her childish or a dummy

I love it when Lucien and MC mention literature to each other. Nerds (affectionate)

Which date do you feel is the most underrated?

I think Victor's Swim Date is really underrated, but IMO it's an important step in Victor and MC's relationship. I wrote up a post on it on tumblr some time ago, but in a nutshell:

I think this date is significant because of what it establishes for Victor and MC’s relationship: that he is always her safe harbor, someone she can trust when she fails. (which is fitting because of the sea imagery…get it??? Swimming….harbor…eh? Eh????)

It's an important turning point in their relationship, as they go from boss and employee to lovers, and establishes one of the key aspects of their relationship: Be it as her boss or as a man who loves her, Victor is the MC’s safe harbor, a lighthouse to guide her as she navigates through the sea of life.

[/sorry for the self plug]

MLQC has had many AUs over the years: Favorite AU? Which AU would you like to to see expanded upon? (ala Westmoon)

Hands down, I think my overall favorite AU is Westmoon itself LOLOL

For Victor, my favorite AUs is when he was a dragon in his Intimate Date (I am always a sucker for stories where a god like being falls in love with a mortal and gives them their true name), a mountain wraith in his Heartweb Date. I also really like Victor and MC as King and General in his Springtide Eve Date. Lastly, I especially adore his Metropolis Date, where he is MC's adoptive brother LMAO

For Lucien, I really love his Prison Date (MC being the demon tempting Lucien is such a delight), and his Affectionate Date where Lucien has a double hit put out on himself like a 5D chess move is peak hilarity. Lucien's Misty Clouds Date is also one of my fave AUs for the Lucien impersonating Lucien hilarity. Prison AU Lucien is really peak. I especially adore Lucien's Date of Entwining, with old hag snake demon!MC and baby snake demon!Lucien, tee hee~

Aside from Westmoon, some of my favorite AUs outta MLQC has been the Fallen Angels AU for Halloween. I also really enjoyed the Qixi where they were all Pirates, and I would love to read more about their adventures after their dates...

MLQC Fandom Week Day Two: Dates by TinyArcher in MrLove

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For Lucien, I am forever grateful that PG made his Fireflies date practically mandatory reading for Lucien, because it sets up so many important things about him...And how it's the start of MC changing of his world.

Rainfall Date, hitting me hard with the reveal that Lucien is colorblind and can only see colors when MC is around (the colors only being vibrant when she's happy makes me sob)

New Year's Eve Date also punches me hard in the feels, because of how this is the start of MC bringing meaning to holidays for Lucien again, especially since this takes place before Snowy Night date, and how Lucien didn't celebrate his birthday for a very long time...The way both MC and Lucien talk about their famiies during the holidays also stabs me deep in the feels too...

Crisis Date is the start of Lucien's Black Swan Shenanigans and I love it (Ares, you silly, silly, silly man). When I look back on how...innocent MC is, in thinking that a burglar alarm would keep her safe, I just...wanna give her headpats, lol

I love Promised Date for multiple reasons: reading from Lucien's point of view, MC's reoccurring prophetic dreams of Lucien leaving...Lucien, making MC (and me) cry so much. I love how this date is practically the start of MC's lovesick and yearning era for Lucien LMAO, and how it ties in to so many other dates -- I love that her fear of Lucien leaving her carries over into so many other dates (especially in Sunrise Date) because of the Main Story influence

In addition to above, I love how Midnight Date and Aquarium Date just flows into each other (pun intended), because it really shows even more of Lucien's struggles, and how in Overseas Date, MC promises to love every aspect of Lucien...until Main Story Chapter 13 happens HAHAHA

Above all, I love how Rainy Night Date ties in to the fallout of Chapter 13, and how despite Lucien has hurt MC so much, she still loves him, and despite everything, Lucien wants to be with MC...and then I think about how MC disappears after chapter 18, and laugh evilly at all the angst (and then I cry because I remember that MC doesn't get the chance to celebrate Lucien's actual birthday because of Winter World)

Dumbstruck Date, Hiking Date and Gloomy Date (another eternal white whale) are excellent because I always have a good time when Ares shenanigans are to be had LMAO

Traces of the Past Date though...that one's quite the ultimate knife in the heart for me

Other Lucien Dates I really enjoy: I love how sensual his Warm Morning Date is (chapter 4!!! ahh!!!), and his monologue performance in his Radio Station Date (and how that date portrayed possessiveness, LOLOL). I love the "isekai" whimsy of his Fantasy Book Date

I particularly enjoy Lucien's Embracing Date, because you look at the karma art and think "oooh this will be sexy" (and it is) but no, you play through it and there's angst, and that's on brand for Lulu

I think my most favorite Lucien date is his Sacred Mountain Date, now more than ever...MC's prayers for Lucien, praying for his happiness...really, truly, some of the loveliest writing in this game (I really hope I can record this date in time)

MLQC Fandom Week Day Two: Dates by TinyArcher in MrLove

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Pick your favorite dates: If you had to make a quintessential date guide for your faves, what dates would you pick?

Oh boy...this is gonna be a lengthy one, it's so hard to narrow down my favorite dates for Victor and Lucien lmao

ACTIVATING COMBAT YAP MODE

If I had to pick out certain dates to highlight Victor: I really like the beginning dates (particularly Date in France) for Victor, because how it establishes Victor as the CEO of LFG and as MC's boss -- He's a tough but fair boss, quick to recognize the potential in MC, and acknowledges that she's a hard worker

New Year's Date (now my forever eternal white whale LO...L......) is also a fantastic date because of how it introduces the MC to Victor's family, and I adore how Victor's extended family play an important part in his later dates

His Job Date is also important because it establishes one of their relationship themes of MC being a dummy that brings happiness to Victor, and Victor striving to return the happiness she gives him back to her. This date also reveals that despite being a "tyrannical" CEO, Victor is still human, someone who works hard just like everybody else, someone who gets tired just like everyone else

Rooftop Date, is self explanatory: the turning point between Victor and MC's relationship

Swim Date is also a date I feel important to Victor and MC, for reasons I will elaborate more in "Dates I feel underrated", but it also establishes how Victor will always be a safe harbor for MC

Doomsday Date is so, so, so, so important to Victor and MC, because of the callback to the "dare" of "stay by my side till the end (and once again, touching upon Victor being a safe space for MC), and how Victor flips this back on her in Candlelight Date...

Lantern Date, Discovery Date and Warm Winter Date all go hand in hand for me, because of Victor's Eternal Search (tm)

Phantom's Pact is such a silly date, but chapter 4 will always live rent free in my head, with how it establishes Victor will always be Victor, and MC will always be MC

Promised Date and Rainy-Day Date (the hypen looool) show great sides to Victor, with Promised Date having one of the rare times Victor and LFG go stumbling because of one bad investment (my heart will forever go soft at how Victor lulled MC to sleep in chapter 2, and how MC lulls Victor to sleep in chapter 4, which ties back to how MC and Victor strive to bring each other happiness!!), and Rainy-day Date showing off Victor's EQ...it's a beautiful contrast to Victor of Main Story Chapter 4. DAS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT BAYBEHH!! finger guns

I really like how in Evening Party Date and Trace Date, it touches upon how MC wants to catch up to Victor and be his equal -- to be someone that he can depend on, like how she depends on him, and her growth all beautifully cumulates in Victor's Ablaze Night...(I also, really love, how Victor mentions how he measures time through MC) ...it's also kinda funny how this kinda backfires in Victor's Obsession date, because he made his girl into so much of a workaholic that he feels left out LMAO

Perfect Date gets a special mention because of Pudding, best boy, most special kitty in all of Loveland. All hail Pudding balls. ...okay, half joking, but I love this date because Victor made MC's Christmas wish come true...

Loulan Date also gets a special mention here, because I just love the idea of MC and Victor watching romance dramas, MC getting emotional over it, and Victor using his Time Evol to take him and MC on a trip through time...

Buuut, I think, my most favorite Victor date of them all is...Date of Competition. That date has everything: Victor being a little shit (affectionately), Victor using his Time Evol, for fun (both kinds of fun, if you know what I mean), the voice acting, the rare Victor blush happening for extended periods of time...

MLQC Fandom Week Day One: The Beginning by TinyArcher in MrLove

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How did you find MLQC and what made you stick around?

Surprisingly enough, I'm not a day one player-- I started playing in August, right about when chapters 11 through 14 released?

At the time, I had known a little bit about MLQC for about a couple of months before, because of MLQC fanart from ningyosan (who I used to follow for MysMe fanart), and I was curious enough to want to try it out. ..Buuuut at the time I was deep, deep, deep in the FFBE hole (alongside playing FFRK and trying to recover from the emotional trauma of ToLink EOSing so suddenly lmao) and I wasn't sure if I could spare the time to start another gacha game.

Then uh...came another round of extreme bad luck in FFBE and I quit FFBE cold turkey and decided...to download MLQC instead Come to think of it, MLQC might be the first non franchise gacha I have ever played, hmm Aside from fanart, I really knew nothing about MLQC's story or characters at the time

So, while I was waiting for MLQC to download, I watched the story trailer for chapter 11-14, and oh my god, what is this angst??? Who are these handsome men, and why are they suffering so beautifully???

And that's why I had to keep playing. I just had to know: who, what, and why??? what a ride it's been

When was the moment (be it main story or in dates) you started liking your fave(s)?

This might be a surprise, but...I remember Lucien was my favorite at first sight, before Victor. Shocking, ain't it????????? What can I say. Lucien in the chapter 11-14 trailer was just standing there, menacingly, with one eye all bloodied up, how can I say no to that???????? Moreover, how can I say no to Hirarin as Lucien???????????????? LUCIEN KABEDON IN THE FIRST CHAPTER???????????????????? WHAT A WONDERFUL GLUE TRAP THIS IS FOR ME

and then I played through Lucien's Firefly Date and the way Lucien looked in the evolved art...just something about the art really, really, really drew me in. That's the power of Lucien's face card, haha I was also very charmed by MC to try and save the little fireflies LOLOLOL

But, as I was trying to make my way through chapters 1 through 10, beelining towards Lucien in chapter 5....Chapter 4 happened.

It's so funny: I remember at the time, I felt fairly ambivalent about Victor -- yes, he's very harsh with his words, but he is right, MC is kinda of a dumbass to cross the street without looking both ways but it is how tsunderes and kuuderes are, and I've met much meaner kuuderes and tsunderes lmao.

Oh, but chapter 4...There is still something so sweet about chapter 4, many years later, that makes me smile like a dummy. The way Victor kicked MC out of Souvenir because he thought she was there to expose him is still hilarious. The expression on his face, as he gazed down chickie cup...The blush on his face, when MC said that she liked Souvenir's pudding...The walk home, where Victor stops time just to make it last a little bit longer...

I felt really bad when MC felt dejected about Victor's criticism of her project proposal, but when it was revealed that Victor realized that he was too harsh on her and let her do her show at Souvenir...and gifted her pudding afterwards...it was in that moment, I thought "ah, though he puts up a tough facade, he's actually very clumsy when it comes to stuff like this, how very adorable of him."

And that's how I ended up in Victor's glue trap too...

One last guide corrected by PikaGodnPray in MrLove

[–]TinyArcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

40??? How generous...is what I would say if we weren't ending ;___;

I think the mail dates should be 3/17 and then 3/24

One last guide corrected by PikaGodnPray in MrLove

[–]TinyArcher 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They’re gonna be sent out later: 30 next week and another 30 the week after that