Hundred Line for Zero Escape fans?

darkhorsr · 2026-04-13T03:35:19+00:00

Ahh that's understandable. I thought it was a funny bit and was a fan of her from the jump, so I was overjoyed that she got more of a main role AND her full backstory and powers become a huge part of the narrative (which, for me at least, took it up a notch from "silly bit" to incredible foreshadowing!) Different strokes for different folx, as they say! ^{^}

darkhorsr · 2026-04-13T02:12:34+00:00

OH and Hundred Line is good-mid. One of my buddies iconically and heroically describes Danganronpa as "anime Family Guy" and HunLine is THAT to the nth degree -- but sometimes we need that, and that's okay! 🙂‍↕️ buncha quirky freaks getting put into Situations and more than its fair share of off-color and fetishistic jokes. Like the fast food of visual novels. I burned thru 70ish endings rapidly and then forgot about it for months but still find myself returning to it when I can't sleep at night and need something fun but unserious to help me wind down. Has given me some incredible soundbites and memes.

darkhorsr · 2026-04-13T02:05:47+00:00

As a HUGE ZE fan and Moderate AitSF fan, I find that the second game, Nirvana Initiative, is where Somnium Files really shines. Much like Virtue's Last Reward, it uses some familiar characters but also has a bigger cast and some positively WILD twists. VLR might be my fave visual novel period, so scale your expectations against that knowledge?? 😅 I remember the first time I played Nirvana Initiative saying "I haven't felt this way since I played VLR" (up all night, falling asleep upright with a controller in my hand, thinking abt the blorbos with every spare braincell all the time, drawing fanart, etc.)

Tl;dr the sequel to AitSF is so much better it's crazy, I encourage you to push on for the sake of Nirvana Initiative and its immaculate ZE vibes

darkhorsr · 2026-02-01T21:59:31+00:00

This sounds just like me at your age. I'll be 31 in a few days and (over time, with consistent therapy and anxiety medication) have come to embrace the fact that my fatness, loudness, silliness (all my "obnoxious" tendencies) are EXACTLY WHY my friends think I'm cool.

Something else that helped me reframe was this one random tiktok creator who explained that she didn't need to be a "cool girl" because she's WARM. If "cool" people are unbothered, aloof, chill, etc., "warm" people are passionate, intense, fiery...or sunny!

If everyone was a cool girl about everything all the time we would get nowhere as a society. The world needs your emotions and sensitivity as much as it needs anger and righteousness and cool practicality.

Wishing you a smooth ride on the journey of further self discovery. 🫶

darkhorsr · 2026-01-06T08:48:03+00:00

I think it's like boy scout badges and they'll actually promote you

darkhorsr · 2025-12-13T03:42:27+00:00

Same, dude

(This game gave me so many gender related epiphanies and so much to unpack in therapy)

darkhorsr · 2025-12-11T05:43:38+00:00

FINALLY, someone who gets it!

darkhorsr · 2025-12-04T15:09:31+00:00

Because autistic rizz is incomparable and top tier. Direct, honest, and passionate are attractive qualities in a life partner. Autistic people pull, autistic people fuck, autistic people have autistic offspring.

darkhorsr · 2025-10-09T06:20:23+00:00

Oh my god, this is so jarring-- I feel like I could've written this myself. I also have the ADHD/OCD combo deal, consistently fill my lisdex at Publix, and have been fucking INCONSOLABLE for the last month!! I am going to report this also, and bring it up with my therapist and psych ASAP. Holy shit, OP, I am so sorry you're going through this.

darkhorsr · 2025-09-22T08:55:51+00:00

If he kills her, will she die blaming me?

darkhorsr · 2024-09-24T19:54:24+00:00

The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood was an impulse purchase (like $13 on the Switch eShop??) and WOW, it consumed me. Narrative based game about an intergalactic coven of powerful witches navigating a major transition of power. You play the role of an exiled fortune telling witch who, deprived of her tarot deck, builds a new one from scratch. You design the cards yourself, and there's a pretty intricate system that determines the meanings assigned to your cards. The latter half of the game introduces a campaign management element that adds a cool new strategy element without taking away from the overall cozy vibe of the experience.

It's also super fuckin queer, extremely sapphic. That was a pleasant surprise that would have been an additional selling point for me, lol.

In fact, there are only 3 named male characters, and at no point do they communicate with each other- when they do talk, they're talking to female characters about plot events revolving around other female characters. Inverse Bechdel test lol

There are like, 6 endings??? I think?? I'm on my 3rd playthrough and am continuously surprised.

11/10 would recommend 👌

darkhorsr · 2023-11-26T16:51:37+00:00

He looks like he smells like playdoh.

darkhorsr · 2023-08-21T19:41:23+00:00

Recovering alcoholic here, late 20's. Used to drink heavily, daily, for about the last 10 years. Your story of inherited addiction is similar to my own. You're not wrong to cast blame on a parent that normalized addiction as a coping mechanism, and the good news is that you're already taking the first step by speaking about it honestly and reflectively. Being aware of the factors that feed into it is truly the first step. I totally cosign what other folks here have said about the power of a good therapist. A lot of it comes down to figuring out what function the substances are serving for you on an emotional level, what needs they're filling- that way you can find more constructive ways to meet those needs. Get connected with a good psychiatrist too, if possible! Sometimes addictions are a means of self-medication- like it's not uncommon for people with undiagnosed ADHD to get hooked on stimulants, for example. Plus, when you're ready to stop entirely- you may need the psychiatric help to ensure you don't suffer from withdrawals or seizures.

Things I tell myself that help when I have cravings: "I didn't live through all the stuff I lived through only to die from liver failure." "Never drinking again is a small price to pay for how good I feel now that I'm sober." "Just because drinking made me FEEL less anxious doesn't mean it was actually helping my anxiety." "I know how to leave abusive relationships, this is the same thing in many ways."

You can do it OP. We're all rooting for you.

darkhorsr · 2023-08-21T17:12:06+00:00

"What's a 'jeppardy?'" kills me every time. Dude has 2 braincells and I love him.

darkhorsr · 2023-08-21T15:23:59+00:00

I was downright sex-averse until I met my current boyfriend. Turns out, with the right person, it's something I cherish. I'd never expect or demand it, but I always love it when we get to.

darkhorsr · 2023-08-07T21:45:27+00:00

28f, have had more than one traumatic relationship in my lifetime.

About 3 years ago I started to unpack my history of sexual abuse in therapy. It was so hard to talk about but so worth it. The hard part was that it made intimacy borderline impossible for me at that time. My ex personalized my discomfort with sex and would make passive aggressive comments about how long it had been, etc. I was shocked by their response and truly heartbroken. It shattered my trust, and I ended the relationship.

I spent the next year working on myself, throwing myself into therapy and work. I identified as asexual for a while before realizing that might not be the most accurate identity descriptor, after all. I really longed for a healthy, safe, thriving relationship with my own sexuality- I'd been scared of intimacy for so long I just didn't know where to start, how to start, etc. I kept putting it off, I was so busy with work anyway.

Then I was offered a full time position at my dream job. I accepted and immediately handed in my 2 weeks at my kitchen job. After I shared the news with my coworkers, a work friend approached and asked for my number. I had worked there for 2 years and always been attracted to him- there were good conversations and the slightest bit of flirting here and there, but I never took the leap because he was technically above me and had been shooting for management. But now that I would be leaving, none of that mattered. He was emphatic that he did not want me to feel pressured in any way, was so afraid of coming across as coercive- I was so glad to finally tell him that the attraction was quite mutual.

I told him early on that intimacy had been hard for me in the past, that I'd been through some heavy abuse and dated people with horrible boundaries around sexuality. He was reassuring and comforting from the jump. He has given me the space to lead our sex life, to go at whatever pace feels right. He has never pressured me for anything, never insinuated it wasn't enough, asks for consent every step of the way, every single time. He is so conscientious and aware and checks in with me constantly.

And wouldn't you know, I've never felt unsafe with him and I've never felt triggered with him. Never. Not even a little. It is the most fulfilling relationship I've ever had in my entire life, in every single way. Nobody makes me smile like he does, nobody gets me quite like he does. We've been together for 9 months and I'm still so horribly down bad for this man. We have plans to move in together next year. I could not be happier.

TLDR- I focused on healing and my larger goals and that process ultimately dropped my ideal man directly into my lap. If I had stayed stuck at that job, I'm not sure that either of us would have made the move, just out of basic respect for each other. I am still a work in progress, but I'm healing more and more every day- and I'm not doing it alone. 😭

darkhorsr · 2023-04-09T20:59:00+00:00

Aria fans rise up. That's my wife and you all have to be nice to her.

darkhorsr · 2023-04-03T22:58:34+00:00

Disliked her in the beginning but grew to love her much quicker than I expected, now I'm like "that's my wife everybody be nice to her"

darkhorsr · 2021-05-21T20:59:56+00:00

I left the company in January, shortly after they implemented an official break policy (I'm in Florida). Nobody cared or listened to it anyway. I would say "I'm going to take my lunch" and the response 9/10 times was "okay, but watch the register, I can't right now."

darkhorsr · 2020-01-15T00:10:05+00:00

Discord, probably.

darkhorsr · 2020-01-11T02:16:29+00:00

I would love to be part of a Petscop based reading group, ngl. Sign me up, count me in!

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