I think I'm one of the only people I know whose least favorite Arcade Spirits character is Naomi. She's... fine. But I don't like the way she antagonizes Gavin (and their romance if you don't date either of them but both of them stay is really awkward and forced, in my opinion). I also think her first date is the worst— our main character knows her well enough that they really SHOULDN'T have brought her to a club in the first place— and her fight is absolutely gobsmackingly stupid (in fact, only three of the characters have decent fights). Also... we just, like, don't learn much of anything about her, even on her route.

Oh my GOD, just learned that if you name your main character in AS1 the same name as in AS2 and import your decisions, they will REACT to that. If you share the same last name, the game decides that the two of you are canonically cousins. And if you have the same first name, it comments that you're basically helping "essentially yourself." Jesus, these games are clever.

This is legit gonna make me lose my mind. I've been watching a guy I enjoy play through P5R blind. And poor Mishima's social link has been ready for the past, like, three streams and the dude has been totally ignoring him XD At one point, he chatted with him, and went, "Oh yeah, he's ready. But I want a Moon persona before I do that." And then he DIDN'T.

Today. On the 31st of March 2023. I have had an epiphany. Scissors are the enemy.

I may have just cracked the code on why I like characters like Mishima, Ota, Berdly, etc. Characters who are generally aligned with the heroes but suck sometimes. I just... I really like characters who try. I like when it doesn't come naturally for a character to be a good person, but they aren't malevolent and they try to make the world better, in their own way. Usually, they've been scarred by someone or something, and it fundamentally altered their way of interacting with the world. Oftentimes, either out of a sense of victimhood or by pure accident, they do or say something insensitive or reckless. They DO make mistakes and cause harm. We ALL do. But they try to make up for it, in spite of their natural inclinations. For me, that feels sweeter than a paragon who never does anything bad. (Don't get me wrong, I love cinnamon rolls, too, but it's a very different flavor of adoration.) For a lot of people, their attempts to make things better aren't enough. It's understandable. But it makes me sad.

I need more hugs. It was so much easier to get them in high school.

It's been like three years since I discovered "False Confidence" (and, through it, Noah Kahan, one of my favorite musical artists EVER), and yet it still completely, 100% hits. It also slaps. And I love that those two words are synonyms literally but mean different things in slang.

I love that the OL2 demo includes the soundtrack. As much as I adore the OL1 soundtrack, I think I somehow like this one even more. "Pleasant" is probably my favorite one; I think it's the only one that ever gets randomly stuck in my head. But "Lighthearted" and "Qiu" make my soul happy, and "Night" is literally gorgeous.

Content Warning: Very, VERY brief mention of Danganronpa
Those Logic Minefields on Sporcle are literally SO much fun. I've done one for DR, the AA trilogy, and the P4+P5 Confidants! The only problem is that my laptop fucking hates Sporcle. The website slows my browser to a crawl and starts to make my laptop overheat.