Oh, wow, both of those links are really interesting, but I'm particularly fascinated by Charles Bonnet syndrome. I had no idea failing vision could result in something like that. It's also sort of fascinating that people afflicted can hallucinate people, but not generally people they know.
I went back to your first entries on Umineko and am curious if your thoughts on characters have changed, mostly as you don't much mention the characters you initially talked about liking (of course, not having anything to say specifically about somebody doesn't equate to dislike) in later entries, whereas it's quite clear you're having loads of fun with Battler and Beatrice at the moment.
Interesting question!
My main change in attitude is that I've warmed very strongly to Battler, which I suspected early on was likely. He's introduced with 'I LOVE TITS, TITS TITS TITS', which was perhaps not the best first impression, but by now his time's too taken up with semi-friendly rivalry and psychological breakdowns (both of which are great) for the game to dwell much on his tit obsession.
Looking back at what I said about characters in my first entry:
I like George and Jessica well enough, and Natsuhi's great. I like Genji and Kyrie as well. I think I have the potential to like Battler a lot, but I thought having him introduced with 'THIS IS BATTLER AND HE'S OBSESSED WITH BOOBS' is a bit of a misstep.
My potential to like Battler has evidently been fulfilled!
I suppose I haven't had much to say about George and Jessica because, as I mention in this entry, I don't care about their respective romances, and the game itself cares a lot about their respective romances, so, although the characters are fine, I'm not particularly interested in what's being done with them. (Also, George's characterisation is basically 'a nice, sensible young man', and that's not a character type I typically have much to say about.)
Natsuhi, Genji and Kyrie, meanwhile, haven't had that much screentime (well, Natsuhi had a lot of focus in the first instalment, but she was killed off immediately in the second and didn't have much presence in the third). They're also all pretty sensible characters (or at least they appear to be; it seems Kyrie may apparently be a seething mass of envy), so, as with George, my reaction is 'I like you well enough but don't necessarily have a lot to say about you.' Whereas Beatrice and Battler are huge unreasonable weirdos, and that means I'm having great fun with them.
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I went back to your first entries on Umineko and am curious if your thoughts on characters have changed, mostly as you don't much mention the characters you initially talked about liking (of course, not having anything to say specifically about somebody doesn't equate to dislike) in later entries, whereas it's quite clear you're having loads of fun with Battler and Beatrice at the moment.
Interesting question!
My main change in attitude is that I've warmed very strongly to Battler, which I suspected early on was likely. He's introduced with 'I LOVE TITS, TITS TITS TITS', which was perhaps not the best first impression, but by now his time's too taken up with semi-friendly rivalry and psychological breakdowns (both of which are great) for the game to dwell much on his tit obsession.
Looking back at what I said about characters in my first entry:
I like George and Jessica well enough, and Natsuhi's great. I like Genji and Kyrie as well. I think I have the potential to like Battler a lot, but I thought having him introduced with 'THIS IS BATTLER AND HE'S OBSESSED WITH BOOBS' is a bit of a misstep.
My potential to like Battler has evidently been fulfilled!
I suppose I haven't had much to say about George and Jessica because, as I mention in this entry, I don't care about their respective romances, and the game itself cares a lot about their respective romances, so, although the characters are fine, I'm not particularly interested in what's being done with them. (Also, George's characterisation is basically 'a nice, sensible young man', and that's not a character type I typically have much to say about.)
Natsuhi, Genji and Kyrie, meanwhile, haven't had that much screentime (well, Natsuhi had a lot of focus in the first instalment, but she was killed off immediately in the second and didn't have much presence in the third). They're also all pretty sensible characters (or at least they appear to be; it seems Kyrie may apparently be a seething mass of envy), so, as with George, my reaction is 'I like you well enough but don't necessarily have a lot to say about you.' Whereas Beatrice and Battler are huge unreasonable weirdos, and that means I'm having great fun with them.