(FF2 Remake) Thinking about the Sprouting Wings ending and the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual
Apr. 26th, 2026 07:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
secretstaircaseI've been thinking about the Sprouting Wings ending since the remake came out. All right, everyone gets a happy ending, and that's nice to see – but how does it work, exactly? It's an ending that challenges a lot of what we think we know about the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual. I was hoping Shibata's commentary on the ending would shed some light on this, but unfortunately it didn't really, at least not to my satisfaction. Not only was a crimson butterfly born without a ritual, it was born without Mio and Mayu even having to die, despite falling into the Abyss itself. Make it make sense!
I was reading a post on Lofter a couple of days ago where someone speculated that this form of the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual, where it's a positive experience for the twins and maybe no one has to die, was in fact the true, original form of the ritual, but over the years it became corrupted into the cruel form we see today, that leaves one twin dead and the other horribly traumatised. This got me thinking, and I decided to write out my thoughts here if anyone's interested! Obviously, major spoilers for FF2 throughout, and some spoilers for FF3 mentioned as well.
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I was reading a post on Lofter a couple of days ago where someone speculated that this form of the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual, where it's a positive experience for the twins and maybe no one has to die, was in fact the true, original form of the ritual, but over the years it became corrupted into the cruel form we see today, that leaves one twin dead and the other horribly traumatised. This got me thinking, and I decided to write out my thoughts here if anyone's interested! Obviously, major spoilers for FF2 throughout, and some spoilers for FF3 mentioned as well.
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Colorful Dreamsheep Icons
Apr. 25th, 2026 12:41 pmsoc_puppetI've got some colorful dreamsheep icons up over at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
dreamsheep in celebration of 3weeks4dreamwidth! I'm also taking color and color combination requests.
I'm aiming to get a Mood Theme in a Hurry calendar done and posted by this evening, but I've also got Surprise Cramps to deal with, so we'll see what wins 😑
Edit: Mood Theme in a Hurry Calendars are now available! They only cover the Minimum and Medium mood tracks, because I am not currently prepared to either stick six or seven moods on a day, or pick and choose which of the remaining 98 moods to include on the calendar. (I'd probably want to go for at least 72 moods total, including the 34 already on the Medium Track calendar, but that's still 38 moods to pick out!)
dreamsheep in celebration of 3weeks4dreamwidth! I'm also taking color and color combination requests.I'm aiming to get a Mood Theme in a Hurry calendar done and posted by this evening, but I've also got Surprise Cramps to deal with, so we'll see what wins 😑
Edit: Mood Theme in a Hurry Calendars are now available! They only cover the Minimum and Medium mood tracks, because I am not currently prepared to either stick six or seven moods on a day, or pick and choose which of the remaining 98 moods to include on the calendar. (I'd probably want to go for at least 72 moods total, including the 34 already on the Medium Track calendar, but that's still 38 moods to pick out!)
[livre] Contes du Yemen
Apr. 24th, 2026 05:47 pmmaluretteTitre : Contes du Yemen
Auteures : anonymes, collecté par Fatima al Baydani
Langue : traduction française de l'arabe
Type : contes
Genre : /
1ère parution : 2008
Édition : L'école des loisirs
Format : medium poche, 10 contes/120 pages, illustré n&b
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(d'après l'étiquette de prix ça viendrait de Boulinier ? mais alors ça fait un paquet d'années
que je l'aurais ?)
Des variations sur les déshérités qui triomphent, certains schémas que je n'avais pas encore plus, un ou deux pas très intéressants en soi, mais ce sont à la fois les différences culturelles et les thèmes communs transcendaux qui sont intéressants à comparer ?
Auteures : anonymes, collecté par Fatima al Baydani
Langue : traduction française de l'arabe
Type : contes
Genre : /
1ère parution : 2008
Édition : L'école des loisirs
Format : medium poche, 10 contes/120 pages, illustré n&b
(d'après l'étiquette de prix ça viendrait de Boulinier ? mais alors ça fait un paquet d'années
que je l'aurais ?)
Des variations sur les déshérités qui triomphent, certains schémas que je n'avais pas encore plus, un ou deux pas très intéressants en soi, mais ce sont à la fois les différences culturelles et les thèmes communs transcendaux qui sont intéressants à comparer ?
A Good Grade in Dentistry
Apr. 21st, 2026 12:58 pmsoc_puppetFinally made an appointment for my "spring" dental cleaning!
So I go to the local dental school, because that's what my insurance covers, but I also think it's kind of fun and neat to be helping dental students learn. I also take fairly good care of my teeth (thank you, Habitica, for making me a regular flosser!). Apparently, I'm such an easy patient that I qualify for first year dental students to practice on! Which I, at least, think is pretty cool and a neat way to affirm that I keep my teeth in relatively good condition. A fun little (sugar-free 😜) treat for the day!
So I go to the local dental school, because that's what my insurance covers, but I also think it's kind of fun and neat to be helping dental students learn. I also take fairly good care of my teeth (thank you, Habitica, for making me a regular flosser!). Apparently, I'm such an easy patient that I qualify for first year dental students to practice on! Which I, at least, think is pretty cool and a neat way to affirm that I keep my teeth in relatively good condition. A fun little (sugar-free 😜) treat for the day!
[book] Cardassian imps (ST:DS9)
Apr. 21st, 2026 07:58 pmmaluretteTitle: Cardassian imps
Author: Mel Gilden
Language: English
Type: YA novel
Genre: scifi
1st release:
Publisher:
Length: epub, 70 pages (illustrated)
Jake and Nog are bored. What is there to do on this station? Garak suggest they visit level -45--one that's abandoned yet on which they find... an abandoned Cardassian toy?
Meanwhile alien miners visiting are sprinkling golden dust everywhere on the station, which starts experiencing malfunctions.
(no Bahsir at all in this one at all, it's on my list because it features Garak)
Simple and good enough. I'm sarting to like Jake & Nog's little light-hearted adventures from early in the series.
Author: Mel Gilden
Language: English
Type: YA novel
Genre: scifi
1st release:
Publisher:
Length: epub, 70 pages (illustrated)
Jake and Nog are bored. What is there to do on this station? Garak suggest they visit level -45--one that's abandoned yet on which they find... an abandoned Cardassian toy?
Meanwhile alien miners visiting are sprinkling golden dust everywhere on the station, which starts experiencing malfunctions.
(no Bahsir at all in this one at all, it's on my list because it features Garak)
Simple and good enough. I'm sarting to like Jake & Nog's little light-hearted adventures from early in the series.
Sapporo status update
Apr. 20th, 2026 09:04 pmmindstalkFalling behind on daily updates, oh well. Quick check-in:
I don't particularly like Sapporo as a city; it feels like the USA and USSR had an ugly baby. Wide streets, lots of parking lots, lots of blocky high buildings, not enough businesses and street life for the inferred density (possibly incorrect: high building + parking lot = not that dense.)
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Concept
Apr. 18th, 2026 09:47 pmsoc_puppetA monster collecting game where all of the creatures you collect are somehow hidden and/or mimic-style creatures. Some of them are still mimic-style treasure creatures (pulling examples from Pokémon, this would be Voltorb, etc), but some you have to solve puzzles to reveal (Spiritomb), and some appear to literally be part of the scenery until you interact with them, either in general (Stunfisk, both original and Galarian) or in specific ways (watering Sudowoodo in Gold and Silver).
I just think it'd be a neat twist on the idea. (Possibly because, of the two dozen or so fakemon I've come up with, two have been mimic-style 'mon a la Voltorb, which is a bit disproportionate!)
I just think it'd be a neat twist on the idea. (Possibly because, of the two dozen or so fakemon I've come up with, two have been mimic-style 'mon a la Voltorb, which is a bit disproportionate!)
Sapporo
Apr. 17th, 2026 09:04 pmmindstalkSkipping forward yet again in my travels... yesterday I flew from Osaka to Sapporo. Goal: to catch sakura (cherry blossom) season, since I missed most of Honshu's due to being in Taiwan for visa-waiting (though I did catch some blossoms in the past week of Osaka.) Impressions... eh. ( Read more... )
[BD] Enamorada
Apr. 16th, 2026 04:42 pmmaluretteTitle: Enamorada
Author: Clara Cortés
Language: Spanish
Type: graphic novel
Genre: teen romance
1st release:
Publisher:
Length: 170 pages
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Yay cute teenage lesbian love story! I loved the love interest, and the third friend actually.
Author: Clara Cortés
Language: Spanish
Type: graphic novel
Genre: teen romance
1st release:
Publisher:
Length: 170 pages
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Yay cute teenage lesbian love story! I loved the love interest, and the third friend actually.
Adventures in Game Development
Apr. 16th, 2026 11:44 amflamebyrdI've had this idea for a while about creating an incremental/idle game with a web browser interface, like Kittens Game, Theory of Magic or Farm RPG. Something about not having to render the game inside a box or separate environment appeals to me a lot, but also I already have some web development skills so there's bias there.
( blather about the development process )
My idea was to build a Cafe Management Sim that's something of a cross between a Cookie Clicker and Neko Atsume, where instead of cats* you are "collecting" customers, who are attracted by your menu items and other features of your cafe. I want it to be very community-focused - instead of the game deciding on available upgrades based on currency, customers will suggest new menu items or offer to stock you with specialty roasted coffee or cookies or whatever. There are milestone events/upgrades based on number of customers visited in day (upgrades increase your min/max visitors in a day and it chooses a random number of visited customers between those numbers daily).
All that's what I've built so far. I want customers to have dialogue events that would allow me to tell a story on top of the mechanics, and it's at this point I have realised a fatal flaw in my plan:
Now I need to create characters and actually write a story. /o\
(Also a long term goal is a graphical interface but that's far future!)
* Depending on decisions made with the graphical interface the customers may still be cats.
( blather about the development process )
My idea was to build a Cafe Management Sim that's something of a cross between a Cookie Clicker and Neko Atsume, where instead of cats* you are "collecting" customers, who are attracted by your menu items and other features of your cafe. I want it to be very community-focused - instead of the game deciding on available upgrades based on currency, customers will suggest new menu items or offer to stock you with specialty roasted coffee or cookies or whatever. There are milestone events/upgrades based on number of customers visited in day (upgrades increase your min/max visitors in a day and it chooses a random number of visited customers between those numbers daily).
All that's what I've built so far. I want customers to have dialogue events that would allow me to tell a story on top of the mechanics, and it's at this point I have realised a fatal flaw in my plan:
Now I need to create characters and actually write a story. /o\
(Also a long term goal is a graphical interface but that's far future!)
* Depending on decisions made with the graphical interface the customers may still be cats.