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by Saerain
Fri Jan 06, 2012 2:19 am
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: Shizune's path
Replies: 410
Views: 149563

Re: Shizune's path

I do feel like I need to reread Shizune's later. Maybe there's themes and conflicts strung throughout it that I missed, but... I'm not feeling optimistic about that. Unless you breezed through it very fast, I think it's more likely that you just don't like the themes. I had a similar experience wit...
by Saerain
Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:55 am
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: Shizune's path
Replies: 410
Views: 149563

Re: Shizune's path

I feel as if I might have appreciated Shizune's route more if I had done it first. I started it immediately after finishing Rin's and Emi's routes, so I think I went in with the wrong mindset. After all of the experiences in those two routes, I expected something similar in Shizune's route, but her...
by Saerain
Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:26 am
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: Shizune's path
Replies: 410
Views: 149563

Re: Shizune's path

Shizune's path is my favorite. Partly because it breaks tropes that are pet peeves of mine. I was very pleased that it didn't go the way of Hisao trying to ‘fix’ her, which we know often happens with ‘cold’ characters, but rather of Hisao growing to understand and appreciate her. It wasn't that her ...
by Saerain
Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:47 am
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it?
Replies: 505
Views: 166303

Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it

Three things, I suppose: My vision is impaired enough that contact lenses do not exist that would enable me to get a driver's license. It has been possible through very expensive eyeglasses, but even at 25 that option is already retreating. LASIK treatments are advancing fast, though, and I'm told t...
by Saerain
Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:12 am
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: The "thank you 4LS" thread.
Replies: 624
Views: 280955

Re: An Open Letter to the Devs of Katawa Shoujo

I find myself wishing I'd read it in high school. Shizune's path in particular uncannily mimics my experience in high school as a cynical kid with an arrhythmia in love with a hypercompetitive future dictator (civil engineer, really), and it would have helped me to see it wrapped in such a warm spir...
by Saerain
Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:02 pm
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: Is this goodbye?
Replies: 9
Views: 5286

Re: Is this goodbye?

vaen wrote:if nothing else, at least you guys all know you *could* be doing this for a living as far as talent goes.
Indeed. I really hope that the team's skill is recognized and continues in the future, even if not together. They more than deserve to profit from it, if they don't already.
by Saerain
Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:59 pm
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: To garner sympathy for Shizune...
Replies: 15
Views: 7968

Re: To garner sympathy for Shizune...

Garnering sympathy unnecessary. Going for the ambitious, calculating mind was a no-brainer for me. The only challenger is Rin.

On the other hand, as an excuse for introducing others to BadLipReading's videos, I approve.
by Saerain
Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:32 am
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: What you WOULD have wanted to happen in the story
Replies: 490
Views: 157396

Re: What you WOULD want to happen in the story

I think that my wishes would generally require additional characters. I'm interested in seeing more mental conditions explored. Not the sort that would generally land you in an institution, but which make aspects of modern life exceptionally difficult or different for the affected than most others. ...
by Saerain
Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:24 am
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: How'd you find yourself here?
Replies: 914
Views: 295550

Re: How'd you find yourself here?

Katawa Shoujo came up as #6 after I filtered out what I don't like on VNDB and then sorted by rating, which is pretty high in a list of ~220. I was first intrigued by the pleasant art style; second because I experience some rather debilitating arrhythmia as well, caused by LQTS , which is scary eno...