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Recent conversation over at the YBC has gotten me wondering about something. Should the Library differentiate between works that are abandoned (i.e., the author has disappeared and the work hasn't been updated in, say, a year) and works that are intentionally incomplete due to author's decision (e....

In any case, context is what gives a word meaning, especially in a non-prescriptive language (and even when the usage of a word is prescribed, all of the bodies that prescribe usage merely document it, and then are used as references to ensure consistency - but if the meaning changes with usage (fo...

Mirage_GSM wrote:Yes, but if you're trying for Shizune's path, it should be an obvious choice.

Yes, very obvious. Also, probably symptomatic of the kind of person you have to be to want that path (which I'm playing through right now, for I think the third time!)

It's an interesting thing to consider: if after LNE, Lilly couldn't bring herself to tell Hanako to go for it, and she herself didn't come back, what would've happened then in the equivalent of 'Developments'?

However, what is a language without context? And, seeing as English isn't a prescriptive language, the meaning isn't just neutral without context, it's nonexistent without it. You're assuming it isn't a prescriptive language because that's what the context has taught you to believe. But it is parti...

I think it'd go much more like Developments , with Hanako having feelings all along and repressing them, and Lilly explicitly telling Hanako to date Hisao, after less than a week. My headcanon on that issue: if Lilly (as in one phase in Dev) couldn't bring herself to tell Hanako to proceed, and unl...

I wonder what significance those mechanical dented wheels represent. I mean... Kenji is out of the loop, I would expect the design of the "arena" to reflect that. Now the whisky bottles are fine, they are funny and serve their purpose. But the wheels.. It's still a great picture! The wheels must re...

I'll admit, my headcanon is closer to Developments than After the Dream in that regard. Hanako and Hisao will both probably be in shock and end up relying on each other to pick up the pieces, and things will end up happening (unless, of course, a wild Emi appears... which happens in both stories .....

d2r wrote:

Broomhead wrote:Whenever I think of Rin, I shake my head to get her out.

Why do you feel the need to "get her out"? I mean, it's normal to think about things you've read every now and again; thought suppression seems...unhealthy.

Maybe he means 'set her free'… or perhaps it's only a sweeping statement.

Mirage_GSM wrote:Hmm... even if you go all out running, you can still get on Shizune's path, if you don't ditch her invitation to lunch afterwards.

That's hard to do, IIRC, because it feels like you leave someone else hanging, and you feel a right asshole for doing that…

Hideaki doesn't crossdress for the sake of crossdressing. He just sees clothes he likes and doesn't see what the point is in restricting certain types of apparel to particular sexes. And completely agree with your headcanon Hideaki. People shouldn't be expected to be a certain way simply because th...

Megumeru wrote:If you happen to encounter something you're unfamiliar with (cultural references etc.), just holler. I love her route more than the rest mainly because it feels more like 'home' to me.

Me too, man, me too…

… you decide that all the people at Yamaku end up with each other more often than others simply because that's where they spent their formative years, and it was the first place where many of them were treated as if they were 'normal human beings', unlike the way they might have been treated in much...

I'm actually replaying Rin's route after finishing -most- of the others. (Couldn't finish Shizune before 1.2 release, deer god I forgot how...ugh that route was.) I'm scared, Brythain. I'm scared. Lol. Does that mean I've played too much KS if I've reread her route almost uncountable times? YES, ye...

azumeow wrote:

CoffeeDrive wrote: All of it is translated on the site, and a good 30% of validated text isnt in the game.

Wat....does that even mean?

Means we're moving away from 'Random KS Discussion' and into 'Non-KS Hence Cooked'.