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𝙷𝚒, 𝙸'𝚖 𝙴𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚕, 𝚊.𝚔.𝚊. 𝚂𝚑𝚞𝚞𝚔𝚘
𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚃𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚜𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚠'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎
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𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚐: 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚕𝚍; 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚜
𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜: 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑, 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑, 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚎
𝙵𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚜: 𝙷𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊, 𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚅𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕, 𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝙻𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚒 𝚗𝚘 𝙺𝚞𝚗𝚒, 𝙽𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝙴𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎: 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟿, 𝙱𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚘𝚞 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢 𝙳𝚘𝚐𝚜, 𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙶𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚄𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊, 𝚂𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕 (𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚑𝚠𝚊 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖?), 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚙𝚊, (𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚜)
𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌: 𝙼𝙰𝚁𝙴𝚃𝚄, 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝙼𝚢𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚣, 𝙷𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚒𝚍, 𝚅𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚒𝚍, 𝚄𝚝𝚊𝚞, 𝙲𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝙽𝚘𝚒𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎
𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚗𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚕, 𝙶𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎, 𝙲𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚜, 𝚆𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎
𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜: 𝙼𝚒𝚣𝚒𝚂𝚞𝚊, 𝙰𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚄𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊, 𝙿𝚛𝚞𝚜𝙿𝚘𝚕
𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜: 𝚊𝚙𝚑 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚊𝚙𝚑 𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚢, 𝚊𝚙𝚑 𝙲𝚣𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚊, 𝚊𝚕𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚂𝚞𝚊, 𝚛𝚐𝚞 𝙰𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚢, 𝚋𝚜𝚍 𝙵𝚢𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛 (𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎, 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗), 𝚑𝚗𝚔 𝚈𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚍
𝙾𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚜: 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎
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𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠!
2106 shitposts as they live in my head rent free
why bluepoch why
Mr. fog grew on me ngl
new intro post!
welcome, be not afraid. i am a kind angel.
about me:
hiiiii!! i’m lou/wren. i am a minor so please don’t be creepy. here is my pronouns page for my info about what you can call me. i am also a lesbian btw. i am angelkin but non-religious. i have no problem with religious people as long as they’re not meanies. i’m kinda cringe and i know that.
my fandoms are bsd, r1999, dead plate, cold front, hsr, lacey games, crk, pjsk, danganronpa, genshin impact, and death note.
music:
will wood, the stereosexuals, a verbal equinox, penelope scott, msi, mcr, lemon demon, ayesha erotica, eyedress, tv girl, mitski, dazey and the scouts, weezer, tally hall, the pAper chAse, devi mccallion, mccafferty, miracle musical, madilyn mei, maretu, the offspring, alex g, soddikken, femtanyl, and jack stauber.
standard dni criteria, nothing to note here. i’m not going to harass over fiction but at the same time proshippers dni.
i’m most likely neurodivergent and i have diagnosed anxiety and depression so i may be a little awkward. if you want to be friends just ask me! i really appreciate my mutuals and respect the hell out of you guys.
art requests are closed, they will be open again near the end of may because i have sooooo much standardized testing—don’t ask me to draw weird shit, no complicated background, no nsfw, no ed, sh, sa, or pedo stuff, light to mid gore is totally fine. i don’t need payment. you can ask for stuff from any of my fandoms.
here are my tags + other socials:
art: #lous art
talking: #lou yaps
colored traditional art: #lou colors its fucking drawing
animating tag: #lou does stop motion
writing tag: #lou writes
personal non fandom stuff: #lous personal
my anon emoji will be 🪽
my pinterest
my strawpage
some of the blinkies credit: @sister-lucifer
my irls are: @starreskies @x6v1er and @kallonwaibel13 i love you guys smmmmm!!! X333
also real quick for the people that like my danganronpa content
sighhhh will probably never finish this
Isokania/Isolkania is a pretty good ship name.
That being said, I raise you: Vingledorf
Hey guys i like reverse 1999 now. I probably wont make these too often (i'm still learning about the characters) but here you go my little park pigeons
Reverse 1999
Vertin: @tuesnaii
Sonetto: @komitrueself on instagram
Ulrich: The Awakened Ferroliquid is actually based on the research and findings of Alan Turing, the man know for the early concept of the internet and computer.
This will be an analysis of how Ulrich is inspired by Alan Turing, and theorise exactly what Ulrich is planning to do in 2.8 (so this is a discussion on CN patch 2.8 not global friendly)
Alr: the immediate though that came to Ulrich since his appearance in 1.9 was that he was an Awakened from the invention of the ferroliquid, until now this was largely accepted/ considered since we did not know much outside of his job as the Lead Cryptographer.
That was until 2.8 and the reveal as the free 6* in the new gamemode!
Why isn't he based exactly on the invention of the Ferroliquid? That's because the ferroliquid was formerly invented and discovered in its state in 1963 by Steve Papell of Nasa, and yet Ulrich's Era is stated to be 2 decades before.
So why Alan Turing?
Looking at Ulrich's birthday 30th May around the 1940s one of the significant events related to Cryptography was during WW2 Alan Turing alongside Gordon Welchman designated the British Bombes to help decrypt the Wehrmacht Engima machine signals (and yes Engima is based on this cipher machine). Ulrich's character story in 2.4 with him deciphering oscioscope with Engima by the end of the character story could be a reference to this.
One of Turing's inventions was the Turing Pattern, a concept that described which describes how patterns in nature, such as stripes and spots, can arise naturally and autonomously from a homogeneous, uniform state. This can be seen in 1.9 when Ulrich told Ms Radio to "groove to the incantation" in order to transmit the Storm Immunity Incantation to team TK on Aperion without the consquences of the incantation affecting the transmitter and the reciever.
These patterns can be seen in Ulrich's signature and in his ult:
The best way to test Turing's pattern is using ferrofluid, hence why Ulrich is an Awakened Ferrofluid.
Ulrich's role in 2.8
What is Ulrich planning to do in Antractica, and how does it relate to Alan Turing's work?
2.4 and to some extent 2.7 have been alluding to Ulrich's experiments involving Storm Immunity, as in 2.4 he attempts to test if the properties of the Regulus Disk that enabled the Satellite to resist the Storm before it crashed into Regulus' era if it can be replicated by making copies of the disk, down to the same ink and manufacturing of the disk. However the original disk remained perfectly unharmed and the multiple copies were destroyed in the process.
With little information most of us were asking why was Ulrich testing Storm Immunity again even though since 1.9 the Foundation had the Umbrellas? The CN website teasing aspects of 2.8 (credit to Merui for the translations) have revealed exactly what Ulrich hopes to do:
This reveals exactly how the Satellite: (1) remained in orbit following the First Storm since we get told in Ulrich's story the satellite had been put up prior to the First Storm, and (2) made the satellite 'resistant' to the Storm since 2.8 revealed that even space to a degree was affected by the Storm. Its crash likely the result of lack of maintenance and that it wasn't 'immune' but 'resistant', crashing into the 1960s era of Regulus.
(Also this explains why just his head made it out, the disk gave him enough time to ensure his survival via saving is Awakened form)
So therefore: Ulrich plans to replicate the disk's properities over a wider range of area outside just a ship, so I spectulate this is his role in 2.8.
The poster teaser alludes to a big battle between Foundation and Manus forces, and we know since 2.2 Sophia intends to create a Storm rather than accelerate a pre-existing one. From the PV its clear the Foundation loses and Arcana is revived, a Storm is very likely to happen however it is unknown this will happen after or during Arcana's revival.
So Ulrich's role is a trail by fire, test if the disk or its properties can affect a large enough area when the Storm hits to buy Foundation/ others time to evacute from the incoming Storm.
I think we can look at Alan Turing again for what Ulrich is planning to test:
In other words, keeping a certain radius in its intial state prior to the Storm hitting it = putting a pause on the Storm in an area for a brief moment.
Summary: Ulrich is an Awakened based on the Turing Pattern, which is best shown through Ferrofluids. Ulrich's role in 2.8 is likely to create a method to briefly pause the Storm's effect in a radius and ensure more people survive the evacuation of the Storm, that in the inevitable event that Arcana is revived and/ or the Manus is finally able to create their own Storms the Foundation have at least two countermeasures in the from of a Storm delayer and the Equilibrium Umbrella to combat it.
tennant & arlecchino outfit swap❤️🖤🔄✨
no dialogue version
Just saw some people showing off their crew for Reverse 1999 so I got curious 🤔
Hehe although I love lilya and sonetto and Mrs newbabel I just wish I had Druvis III in my team
more r1999 doodles‼️‼️
sorry that there all front perspective. im bad at any other perspective guys 😔😔
i don't have charlie yet 😔😭
BUT I DO HAVE THE FOOL THO‼️‼️
i will never stop drawing these two theater kid(s) 🫶
...how old is the fool... 🤔
my favorite genderless fool <3
the fool definitely likes fucking with people when it comes to their gender
and charlie my theater skruckly
tried drawing r1999
i only just started playing it two days ago and i like sonetto a normal amount. and charlie and the fool
edit: i forgot vertin's freckles 😔😔
is it lonely out there?
She’s so cute i’m still deciding if i should go for her
Blonney!!!
Idk if there are any R1999 fans on Tumblr but i might make more art soon :3
The lake
I love them sm (ps. I made this in 3 days…) anyways
A dive into Vertin's core aspect of her character and it's impact through the story: Part 3
Part 1
Part 2
Matilda and Vertin
It's important to note that despite everything, Matilda and Vertin are good friends.
Matilda had the same aspirations as Vertin did as children: the freedom of self expression in spite of being raised to abandon those values; to know their world around them than to just learn from the textbooks.
However, what sets them apart is that Matilda willingly chose to join the white marble.
What sets them apart is the extent they’re willing to go to achieve that, and how they help people at their positions.
What sets them apart is how they handle their own inner struggle.
Matilda finds Vertin, who is in a miserable state, utterly unresponsive to the people around her because Sonetto is no longer around.
In just a day, the girl had already reverted back to being a mess, a sight that shocks Matilda greatly, but also pity for the girl who she respected a lot as a friend and classmate.
Sonetto had already given her the lengthy details, but seeing it for herself still leaves a pit in Matilda’s stomach. It was awful, how low Vertin had let herself be.
Yet somehow, Matilda feels determined, approaching her old friend as she tries to talk to her.
It doesn’t work of course, Vertin doesn’t even look like she seems to acknowledge the girl’s presence. This is what Sonetto was fearing, that without her, Vertin has no one she can open herself to, no one she could vent her pain to, no one she can let herself be broken fully towards.
It’s almost painful in a way, that even though Vertin is as much of a mess as she is, she still hides herself away from others, to not trouble them in having to deal with her. Even though it only makes people more worried, Vertin refuses to let anyone in, to know the full extent of her pain.
If Matilda was similar to Sonetto, she would likely try to find comfort for her in any way, to try to be an emotional pillar for Vertin. But that was nigh impossible, she didn't know Vertin as long as Sonetto did, didn’t understand her as much as Sonetto does.
And besides, she isn't Sonetto anyways.
“You’re scared, aren’t you?”
Matilda doesn’t know Vertin as well as Sonetto does, so she doesn’t know what would be the best way to help Vertin. But she is more perceptive than she lets on.
“Not of others, but yourself. You’re terrified to let people in, because you don’t want them to bother having to worry over you. To not have to deal with you. For them to not have to care about you.”
Matilda can’t be like Sonetto, a girl too kind, too caring and too sweet to ever be harsh or direct on people she cares about, especially Vertin. But she is kind in her own ways too.
“Sonetto is worried sick for you, I don’t know if you knew that or not. But if you do, then get up. Get up and let me help you do something about it.”
Vertin, although surprised, didn’t respond. But even so, the girl still stands, following Matilda lifelessly, for as miserable as she was, a part of her also understood just how much trouble she was placing on Sonetto. How much of a burden it must be to care for someone like her.
She feels sick of herself for doing that to her partner, and so she follows Matilda, to see if there’s something she could do.
But what can Matilda do? What does she even have that Sonetto doesn’t? How can she help Vertin when Sonetto, the person closest to her, couldn't even do that?
She can’t.
Of course Matilda can’t. They were only friends and not even close ones, it would be completely arrogant of her to think she could do anything for Vertin.
So instead, she will get Vertin to help herself, by using her divination skills and her own perceptive nature to guide the girl to her own answers.
Matilda drags Vertin’s inner thoughts out and lays it bare for her, forcing her to confront those memories and the regrets she holds within her mind. Some bad, some very bad, and all of it still hurts to this day as she constantly relieves them.
At first, Vertin is bombarded with toxic and painful thoughts of herself, but it’s through Matilda’s words and guidance that Vertin starts to see things a bit more clearly. By having Matilda offering her perspective, Vertin can see the events in a more objective manner.
Vertin had kept all these events warped against her. She wanted every reason to hate herself and so her memories were altered to fit into that narrative, to make it easier to put the blame on her and solely her. But Matilda will not let that happen, she will offer her own insights and keep Vertin from spiralling out of control.
Eventually, they do make progress, as Vertin starts to understand that she wasn’t responsible for everything. That there were things completely out of her control and she shouldn’t, couldn’t have known better. She was only trying her best in her own ways, even if it didn’t turn up well.
But the catalyst that got Vertin to even begin to accept this was Matilda, for through her conversation with her, did Vertin start to notice something in her that she never before. Something that gave her a sense of comfort, knowing she isn’t alone; something that they both share in common.
They are both selfless individuals.
Vertin gave herself up to help those around her, disregarding her own safety and agency if it means the people around her can make it out safe. She has no inherent sense of worth, only existing to help others as a way to bring meaning to her life.
Matilda gave her life to her studies, her academics and for the constant grind to become the very best, to stand at the top amongst the top. She does it so she can be acknowledged by the people around her, so that she can convince herself that she is meaningful, that she has meaning, that she can help.
Her constant drive to better herself is so she could feel like she is useful, to feel like she matters, to feel like she can help anyone in need.
Her sense of value comes from other people’s perception of her, and she will go to great lengths to prove that she can be useful. She exists to be helpful to those around her, for her value comes from their perception of her.
The way they go about it may be different, but Vertin and Matilda share this trait between themselves. They were mirrors of one another, reflecting both ends of the extreme. And because of that, Vertin learned to trust the girl more, to start opening herself up for she now understands that the girl truly does sympathize with her, at least somewhat.
Finally, after a long and gruelling journey of unwinding all the events in her head, Vertin comes face to face with the thing that represents all her insecurities, all her doubts, all her hatred and pain that she has kept within her for years until now.
Vertin faces herself, the one that started it all.
Gazing at the girl that represented Vertin’s biggest regrets and mistakes. The girl who had wronged so many lives because of her own naivety and unwillingness to look past herself.
She admits to herself that after everything, Vertin still cannot forgive her. She can’t forgive the girl for what she had done, for the people she had lost, for the trust she had broken and for the mistakes she had foolishly wrought over and over.
She admits that the girl was stupid, blinded by her own short-sighted and naive views on the world that caused others to suffer because of it. She admits that the things she has caused can never be erased, that the pain will never fade away no matter the decades that pass by.
And yet, Vertin admits that there is more to the girl, that in spite of all the bad she had done, some of it was good.
The girl had saved lives, gave others a reason to keep going, gave others hope and the conviction to follow their own hearts and even became the reason for others to put their faith and trust and love in, because they truly believed in the girl, placing their hopes and faiths into her goal, but above all, because they genuinely cared about her.
Vertin admits it, she admits that she does not know if she could keep walking a straight path, that she would never make a horrible mistake again like she had done before. That she wouldn’t one way or another lose the most precious things to her, that she won’t falter and break again.
But she has hope.
Because in spite of everything, there is still someone who loves her. And for that, she wants to have hope, to hold onto it as tightly as she could.
Hope that through them and through her crew, she won’t fall back into her old ways, that she won’t break again.
Hope that someday, maybe not now, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not in a long long time, but someday; she can learn to like herself a little more.
With that, Vertin finally concludes her session with Matilda, thanking the girl for what she has done. But most of all, she acknowledges that the two of them are alike, going through something similar albeit still very different ends of the spectrum; but if the girl ever needs help, she is willing to be there for her.
Vertin’s selfless nature never disappears, and it likely won’t ever.
Because that is who she is at her heart, a girl who cares far too much to ever let other’s lives sifted away. But she will try to include herself this time, to find things about herself that she can like, to learn to place a bit more value on herself, even if it will never be above others. For she now understands that there are those who care far too much to let the blazing life that is Vertin's soul fade away as well.
Her friends, her crew, her family has always welcomed her, yet she has always kept herself distant from them. She did it because she didn’t want to hurt them, and didn't want them to get too involved with her where they would inevitably get hurt by her. All because she fears that she might lose them again, that because of her, she will lose those precious to her once more.
But now, she is willing to knock on the door of that familiar home, to let herself be welcomed in, an invitation that has always been open to her. To meet their happy and warm gazes with her own. To let herself be not the Timekeeper, but just Vertin, a scared yet hopeful girl.
Reconnecting with friends:
Eventually, Vertin will gradually start being open again to her team, Slowly but surely, she’ll start taking the time to interact with them more and properly communicate with them on her own without an emotional crutch or trying too hard to keep up with a facade.
Vertin is willing to be vulnerable to those around her in spite of still harbouring doubts about herself, letting her thoughts and emotions be known to those that she cares about, and who Vertin also gradually starts to accept that they care about her too.
After reuniting with Sonetto again, being surrounded by all the people she has grown so close to in just a short few months, Vertin laughs.
A laugh filled with regret, sadness and underlying pain that she can’t ever forget; but also filled with joy and relief and happiness. That after so many years, Vertin finally feels like she belongs, to feel like she can belong in a family she can call her own again.
She regrets that it took her so many mistakes, so many bad choices and so many lives lost just for her to finally reach this point, that resentment towards herself still clings to her every step of the way.
But Vertin has found hope again.
She has hope that if she continues the path she is now, to continue walking along with her new-found family and to rely on them just as they rely on her, to find the worth in herself that she refused to admit she has for so long; that one day, she can look at herself in the mirror, and smile at the girl she had become.
And that is how Vertin’s character development might look to us. At the very least, if the game goes towards focusing on her selflessness a bit more throughout the story.
For those that read all the way to the end, we hope you enjoyed it. It’s a very self-indulgent analysis that we have been obsessed with for a week, and it took many tiring nights to get to this point. But this was our way of showing our love and appreciation for the character that is Vertin, and so no matter where the story will take her after this point, no matter how absolutely wrong we are in predicting her story(which I have zero doubts we very are wrong lmao), it would be a story that we would eagerly await all the same.
With that, I shall be signing off. I will keep rambling on, until we meet again.
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