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resurgam40
Jul 22, 2007

Battler, the literal stupidest man on earth. Why are you even here, Battler, why did you come back to this place so you could fuck literally everything up?
Yeah, this is... Pyrrhic, and not meant to be seen as a true end. It does tickle me that Evatrice was beaten by Beatrice essentially reading the conclusion to the story at her.

But what's going to happen now? What did Beatrice even do, make a hard reset of the game? If's she's truly sacrificed herself and destroyed Evatrice in the process, who can Battler play with? But why is Beato acting as if they can play again? And if Evatrice's true form in Eva, than what is Beatrice?

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witchcore ricepunk
Jul 6, 2003

The Golden Witch
Who Solved the Epitaph


A Probability of 1/2,578,917
The recent developments in the meta-game are starting to feel very DBZ. Beato and Battler are going to be transported to the Golden Land so they can train for 100 years to defeat Evatrice next time. :comeback:

But really, I think one of the big takeaways here is confirmation that the game is meant to be solved by Battler. I think we've finally begun to have a peek at Beato's motivation in putting on this big dog and pony show: this big sacrificial gambit revealed that she wants Battler to see the truth of the Rokkenjima incident. The witch poo poo is all a provocation to get him to solve a mystery that, at its core, is something he's only just beginning to grapple with. "From the beginning, Beatrice had wished that Battler would reach that truth by himself."

Now I can sort of see how the witches and demons are akin to Sesame Street using puppets to explain AIDS to kids: they make the hard truths more palatable. It's no coincidence that the Seven Stakes are meant to reflect difficult aspects of human nature.

witchcore ricepunk fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Jan 7, 2017

EagerSleeper
Feb 3, 2010

by R. Guyovich

tiistai posted:

Having a CG is cool but nothing beats the original sprite



Everytime I see something new from the original Seacats art, a smile comes to my face. :allears:


Beatrice has done it. They proved that magical creatures such as witches don't exist. Unfortunately, that also includes zombies and the undead. Battler is now a corpse.

CottonWolf
Jul 20, 2012

Good ideas generator

resurgam40 posted:

Yeah, this is... Pyrrhic, and not meant to be seen as a true end. It does tickle me that Evatrice was beaten by Beatrice essentially reading the conclusion to the story at her.

But what's going to happen now? What did Beatrice even do, make a hard reset of the game? If's she's truly sacrificed herself and destroyed Evatrice in the process, who can Battler play with? But why is Beato acting as if they can play again? And if Evatrice's true form in Eva, than what is Beatrice?

I guess because Battler didn't hear the truth they just keep playing forever? Maybe Beatrice can't die until Battler denies her. I mean, that was the original aim of the game. Though now that Beatrice has decided she's not a witch, I guess it's become "Discover the truth of the Rokkenjima incident"?

Like Clockwork
Feb 17, 2012

It's only the Final Battle once all the players are ready.

Maybe it was always on some level to discover the truth of the Rokkenjima incident? It's not really clear what Beato's actual motives are, after all. She says it's all to prove that witches exist, but in retrospect I'm not sure I'm seeing just that in her actions? I might need to reread again.

I don't know, I just feel like we're missing something about her right now.

oath2order
Oct 12, 2013

It's MAGIC. I don't have to explain shit!


EagerSleeper posted:

Everytime I see something new from the original Seacats art, a smile comes to my face. :allears:


Beatrice has done it. They proved that magical creatures such as witches don't exist. Unfortunately, that also includes zombies and the undead. Battler is now a corpse.

I like the updated CGIs for the most part, but something really is lost in the insane grinning Eva as she just kills Battler in cold blood.

witchcore ricepunk
Jul 6, 2003

The Golden Witch
Who Solved the Epitaph


A Probability of 1/2,578,917

resurgam40 posted:

But what's going to happen now? What did Beatrice even do, make a hard reset of the game? If's she's truly sacrificed herself and destroyed Evatrice in the process, who can Battler play with? But why is Beato acting as if they can play again? And if Evatrice's true form in Eva, than what is Beatrice?

If we have supernatural analogues to characters in-game, who is Beatrice?

Evatrice = Eva
Ronove = Genji (I guess)
Virgilia = Kumasawa
Beatrice = ?
rogue furniture?? = Shannon and Kanon

witchcore ricepunk fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Jan 8, 2017

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying

oath2order posted:

I like the updated CGIs for the most part, but something really is lost in the insane grinning Eva as she just kills Battler in cold blood.
She looks way less overtly crazy and more just happy with a dash of crazy.

Those hands though.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I wonder what the epilogue is even going to wind up being this time.

Ismene
Apr 26, 2012
Pillbug

Sindai posted:

She looks way less overtly crazy and more just happy with a dash of crazy.

Those hands though.

The mitten hands are just an artstyle thing. Despite the increase in detail, there was a little something that was lost with the shift from the bubble art.

KataraniSword
Apr 22, 2008

but at least I don't have
a MLP or MSPA avatar.
I am my own man.

tiistai posted:

Having a CG is cool but nothing beats the original sprite


EagerSleeper posted:

Everytime I see something new from the original Seacats art, a smile comes to my face. :allears:

She looks so genuinely happy to be a ruthless murderer. :allears:

Quinn2win
Nov 9, 2011

Foolish child of man...
After reading all this,
do you still not understand?


...So I tried calling out to her. You can exchange words with someone whether they're a human or a witch. So even in a world where witches have been denied, I should be allowed to talk to her...

"...Beato..."



BGM: Soul of Soul

"Yeah... I didn't hear it, but I watched you until the very end... I definitely saw you... boldly stand up to that evil witch..."
"...With this, I am no longer a witch. But I will definitely... become a witch again... And then, I will make it so that I can be called the Golden Witch again, and once again... return... so that I can be accepted as your opponent..."
"No. You... were a witch."
"...Huh...?"
"...I... saw it. When you took that evil witch, and blew her away with that awesome magic, exposing her true form, I saw it with my own eyes..."
"Th-That wasn't magic, but the red-"



...When Battler said those words... In the world that had been dark, there was suddenly a single grain. A small grain of gold, like a wheat seed, shone brightly.

And... even though it was small, it had a strong, gold-colored sparkle.



So, they each became aware of their own form. They did not exist only as consciousness. They became aware that they had bodies and definitely existed. No, perhaps we should say that they each had been given an existence called a body.

When Battler looked at his own form, he wasn't that surprised. But when Beato looked at her own form, she was a little startled. From Battler's perspective, she looked just like normal, but for a short while, she was surprised by that form...



"The sparkle from that grain of light... is slowly getting stronger..."

That grain of wheat was no longer simply gold-colored, but was like the light of the sun. Then, it softly... began to approach Beato's chest. When that grain of the sun... was sucked inside her chest-



:siren:Video: Congratulations:siren:

BGM: Happiness of Marionette

An island rose up, trees sprouted and created a forest, walls surrounded us and a ceiling swallowed us. And was adorned with more and more things, made to be like the hall in the Ushiromiya mansion. In the middle of the fantastical hall where many gold butterflies beat their wings, many tables were set up with white tablecloths, like it was a party, and beautiful cooking and fruits were set out. And over there... were a great many shapes. It was everyone talking together and smiling.



There was Dad and Kyrie-san, Uncle Krauss, Aunt Natsuhi and Aunt Rosa, and of course, even Aunt Eva and Uncle Hideyoshi. George-aniki, Jessica, Maria, wait, wait, even Shannon-chan, Kanon-kun, Gohda-san and Kumasawa-san are here. Everyone, everyone was at the party, clapping their hands and celebrating our return...













"Wh-Why...? Even though everyone was dead...! Why are they alive...?!"
"...In the Golden Land, the souls of all the dead can be revived... Welcome back, Beatrice. And welcome, Battler-kun. Welcome to the Golden Land."
"...I... made it? I made it... to the door of the Golden Land?"
"Yes. Milady, you have finally managed to invite everyone here. Welcome, Battler-sama, to the Golden Land."



"G-Grandfather, where in the world... am I...?"
"My blood, which is incompatible with magic, runs most deeply in your veins. Therefore, you were the only one who could not reach the Golden Land, and Beatrice has been searching for you this whole time. She tried everything to bring you here."
"...What did you say...?"
"It seems that we are all here at last."
"Battler-sama, if you would take your seat. Tonight's dinner is my very best work. If you would, please relish it."



"...The Seven Stakes babes..."
"In the Golden Land, all of those with minds are equal. Here, there is no distinction between us furniture, Humans, and witches."
"...Battler-sama, we were waiting for you. Welcome to the Golden Land..."
"Shannon-chan, George-aniki...!!"
"...I still feel like this might be a dream... We should have died. But... I'm alive. And everyone... everyone is here... and happy. I can't believe it."
"That's right, this place must be a dream wooorld! So it must be a dream that George is acting so friendly with a maid girl! Whaaaaaah!"
"Could you give it a rest, Eva? For now, you gotta stay quiet and bless the two young'uns. The Golden Land is a city of bliss. We should never quarrel here...!"
"Here, any people are free to love each other. No one needs to hesitate over it."
"Jessica-chan, Kanon-kun, you look so wonderfuul! I'm jealo-us!"
"...H-Hey, Battler... I'm a little, umm, wahahahaha..."
"Battler-sama, welcome. And welcome home..."

Jessica was probably embarrassed because she was holding hands with Kanon-kun. Kanon-kun wanted to act humbly like a servant and bow, but since neither of them could let go of the other's hand, he couldn't do it so well, and the whole scene looked fairly comical.

"With a servant child...?!! You can't, our Jessica cannot do such a thing...!!"
"It's hardly a big deal, correct? Let her at least choose the person she likes."
"She can't, she can't, aaaaaaaaaahhh, Jessicaaaaaaaaa!"
"You can't eitheeeeeer, Geooooooooorge!"

...As Aunt Natsuhi and Aunt Eva hugged each other, they cried tears of regret for their adorable children. Even though they had always been at odds. It was a very bizarre scene.



"That's right. It's proof that a parent's too attached to their child."
"Battleer, no matter what kind of woman you bring home, I'll give her a warm welcome, okay?"
"Don't you dare introduce her to this man, okay? He'll get his hands on her immediately. They'll run off together right away."
"...Battler. You finally came here. Kihhihihihihihihihi."
"Maria, from the very beginning, you knew we'd be coming here...?"
"Uu-! That's why I wasn't scared at all. Everyone was being a coward and trembling. It was funny!"
"...What the hell. Even though I thought you were the most screwed up, you actually knew the truth from the beginning."



"Formulating Firing Curve, Attack Preparations Ready. Lady MARIA, we can attack at any time. Nihi!"
"Kihhihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihi...!"
"Ouch!"
"...Be quiet. You are in the presence of Beatrice-sama."
"Come now, no need to be so stiff. Let's be considerate of their desire to joke around and have fun. More importantly, why don't we begin preparing for the toast?"
"Yes, preparations for my excellent mackerel cooking are complete. I can serve it at any time."
"Hey!! Ladies! Work a little more like furniture!!"
"Nooooo!! I'm gonna stuff myself some mo-re! Uu-aaah!"
"Come on, let's work. Don't keep the guests waiting. Let's work studiously and attend to them."
"Don't let the guests do anything. Make them lazy, make them slothful, fatten them like pigs. Ahhahaha!"
"...Beatrice. Battler-kun. This way."



Beato and I turned our heads to see what was going on, then climbed the stairs together. From the hall, it looked like a very high stage. A small table had been set up there, as well as a piece of parchment and an old-fashioned quill pen.

I saw that strange magical characters and Japanese were written side by side. And below it, many names were written. There were 17 of them. Grandfather was the first, and everyone's names had been signed all over it. The people who arrived at the Golden Land probably signed this one after another.



"The Golden Land is not a world supported by the power of magic alone. The cooperation and approval of all humans who receive happiness here is required. For that sake, we must gather the signatures of everyone here."
"Last time, the door to the Golden Land was finally opened, but you refused to sign. Although you probably don't remember it. Because you refused to sign, this world was once again sealed in darkness."
"...Just hearing it like that, it kinda sounds like I'm the only stubborn one, and that I've been a bother to everyone in various ways..."
"That's because your stubbornness is the real deal. It seems you received more than just blood from Kinzo."

Beato laughed amiably. I should've felt like she was making fun of me, but without thinking, I went along with her, laughing and smiling.

"Magic is a miracle. Miracles cannot be made complete unless everyone believes. And, when you believed in the end, this miracle, the Golden Land, was completed."
"...It looks like I've been a real pain. So, what should I do...?"
"First, sign here. Then, Beatrice, you sign here."
"...Quill pens are pretty hard to use, huh? Whoa, it shot."
"You klutz. Shooting ink is a bad omen. Can't you at least write your name quickly? Your pen's wriggling all over the place like a worm. *cackle*cackle*cackle*cackle*cackle*...!"



Grimoire - A B

"Sh-Shut up, in school, didn't they tell you not to use cursive on tests?"
"Hey, this is a solemn ceremony. Be silent."
"Very well. We have gathered the two signatures, as well as the form for the covenant. Both of you, your oath please. We'll start with Beatrice. Put your hand on the covenant and take the oath."



"...I-Indeed... I-It's a little embarrassing."
"...As a good witch, Beatrice swears to continue her studies from this point forth to bring happiness to the people. Will that do?"
"Acceptable. Battler is next."
"In the same way, Battler-kun, put your hand on the covenant and take the oath. 'As a member of the Golden Land, Ushiromiya Battler swears to serve for the sake of his own happiness and that of his neighbor'."
"Ah, as a member of the Golden Land, Ushiromiya Battler swears to serve for the sake of his own happiness and that of his neighbor."
"...I'm embarrassed too..."



When Kinzo proclaimed that, everyone applauded at once, praising us. Since I had been the only stubborn one and had just been a pain, I felt a little bad about being the most celebrated one.

"And with that, in accordance with the ancient rites, we ask Battler-kun, the last to make the oath, to sign the invitation to the Golden Land. This is something that invites the Golden Witch, Beatrice, to the Golden Land. The Golden Land welcomes the Golden Witch through a consensus of those who have acknowledged it... and becomes complete."
"Battler, I will read it out loud. Listen carefully. 'The 18 of us accept Beatrice as the Golden Witch and welcome her to the Golden Land'."
"What's going on with you? You won't be invited unless I send an invitation?"
"That does seem to be the ceremony. It feels stiff even to me."
"Why don't we end it quickly? I've been so hungry for a while now."
"...Come to think of it, I've only been pecking at canned food and haven't eaten anything good. Let's quickly finish this signing."



BGM: None





"...Huh...?"
"Quickly."
"Sign."

With slightly weird and uncomfortable smiles, the two of them started demanding that I sign...



At that time, an incredible sound like that of a glass window breaking reverberated through the hall, and the bustling tumult faded back into complete silence. I dropped the quill pen and turned around, trying to see what had happened.



...A human who clearly hadn't been there a short while ago was in the very center of the hall, looking up at us. Who's that...? A girl? She's probably about the same age as Jessica and me. But I didn't know that face. None of the other people here knew that face either.

"...Wh-Who are you?! Who is this?! Where did you come from?!"
"Those without invitations are not needed at my party. Servants, kick her out!!"
"As you command!! Surround her!!"



And from out of nowhere, shuffling goat-head servants appeared in great numbers, surrounding that girl. On top of that, the Chiester Sisters stood in front of Beato like a wall, readying a golden bow and pulling back the bowstring...



BGM: Wings

But the girl didn't move at all. On the contrary, she was still staring at us on the landing, as though she didn't mind at all. Who is she looking at...? Beato? Grandfather? Could it be... me...?

Yes. The girl was staring straight into my eyes, glaring. Then, after our eyes met perfectly, she yelled.



"...Huh? By the witch... huh?!"

At that time, something incredibly strong lifted me by the nape of my neck. Wh-What's going on...?!



A goat monster that looked about 2 meters tall was grabbing me with an arm as thick as a log...!

"Hohhohohohohohohohohohoho... There is no need to listen to an uninvited guest. Come, offer your signature as well. On this written oath. 'Ushiromiya Battler acknowledges the existence of witches'. Come now, sign the written oath...!!"
"Ow, owowowowowowowowowowowow!! D-drat it, let go!!!"

As the goat monsters held me down with the power of a vise, they forced me to grab the quill pen. I couldn't even touch the floor with my feet, much less resist...!
"Battleer, why are you resisting? Weren't you just about to sign willingly...? Don't change your mind now, after all that, okaaay?"
"Didn't you think for an instant... that it might be okay to acknowledge witches? You thought that, riiiiiight? Kukkikikikkakkakakakakakakakakaka!!"













"I don't know who you are, girl, but I'll beat you to death, mash you and crush you until threads start trailing, okaaaaaaaaaaaayy?! I'll make you regret being born a womaaaaaaaaaaaan, hyahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!!"

As Beato waved her gold pipe, the massive chandelier hanging in the hall was electrocuted, and from that, a terrible purple thunderbolt fell...! It should have been a direct hit on the girl right below it, turning her to ash. However, not a single hair was singed.

"Hoh...!! So, your sudden appearance here wasn't just a fluke...!! Tell me! State your name!!"
"I don't have any name to give you. More importantly..."



Those words were aimed at me. This is all... the witch's trap, she says...? That can't be... Beato reformed and swore to become a good witch...

"...Beato... All this about traps... It's a lie, right...? Please, tell me it's a lie..."
"...Sorry, Battleer. It was pretty fun. Sure, I just did what Teacher told me, but look how great it turned out!"
"Apparently, if you start out all hostile and needlessly brutal, then turn incompetent and soft at just the right moment, you can spark a huge bump on your affection meter, riiight?"
"I've heard villains who start all lovey-dovey and then freak the poo poo out are all the rage these days, riiiiiight? Even I've studied a bunch of those manga, anime, and dating sims that've been so popular lately, you seeee?"
"And for you, just as expected, it was 'tears please', and you're down!!"



"...That's not..."
"D-drat you, you bastard... How could you trick me...?!!"
"..."
"...Yes, that expression suits you the most. That caring expression of yours really doesn't suit me after all. It made my back itch, and I was frantically trying not to let it get to me. *cackle*cackle*cackle*cackle*!!"
"Too bad, witches never refooorm☆"



"Come, you can no longer refuse to sign. Come on, look. Sign it and offer your body, your mind, and your soul...!!"

When Virgilia lifted her chin as a signal, the goat monsters, with an even more vise-like power, forced my arm to approach the parchment...! Owowowow, these guys are trying to make me sign, even if it breaks my arm...



At that moment, a bright red light burst open with me at the center, knocking the witches and the goat monsters away. Did that girl save me...?! B-But who in the world is that? I don't have a clue!

"How long do you plan to keep playing in a place like this...? Give it a rest. I'm jealous of you."
"...I-I'm glad you saved me, but that's a pretty cruel way to say it. Sorry, but who are you...?"



"Kuhhahahahahahahahah!! Who would do that, you fool?!! Battler is my toy. My most favorite toy in the world...!!"
I won't get tired of him, I won't throw him away, and I won't hand him over to anyone!! Even Battler is enjoying this to the fullest. Together with me, he is having so much fun playing. No matter who you are, I won't let you get in the way...!!"
"Yeah, it looks like you're having a lot of fun. It makes me so jealous, it ticks me off!! Here you are, in a place like this, guffawing and having a loud, noisy time with everyone!"
"With all these beautiful witches around to pamper you, you must be having so much fun that you don't even want to go back!!"
"...A-Are you talking to me...? Wait, wait, you've got the wrong idea...! This is a pain for me too! What do you mean, fun? You don't know what I've been through...!"
"What you've been through?!!! You had fun living with Mom and Dad, you played around with all of the cousins, and you get to play with these wacky witches for all eternity! Don't you recognize the happiness you have?! Can't you see how jealous I am of you all?! So much that I wish I could join in too!!"
"*cackle*cackle*cackle*!! I'm sorry, but I'll have to turn you down there. I am satisfied with the toy I have. A rude toy like you is not fitting for my toy box!"



"...Who... are you...? You couldn't be..."
"I see, is that it...? Yes, I understand, I know who you are!"
"...I see, so you are the piece Lady Bernkastel threw in. How amusing!!"



BGM: Dread of the Grave - Rhythm Version

















































Quinn2win
Nov 9, 2011

Foolish child of man...
After reading all this,
do you still not understand?
Congratulations, loyal readers, for doing your best while falling directly into the Golden Witch's trap! This marks the end of Episode 3.

Next is the usual assortment of postgame scenes, followed by a bit of a hiatus while I work my backlog back up before we start Episode 4.

Ismene
Apr 26, 2012
Pillbug
Watching this has been nothing short of amazing. Another one of the witches observing has something for you all and I'd hate to deny them the pleasure of that, but it's been nothing short of astounding, watching the current players fall so quickly for the North Wind and the Sun.

Nea
Feb 28, 2014

Funny Little Guy Aficionado.
https://youtu.be/woPff-Tpkns

Geeeeeeeeeeeet dunked on!

oath2order
Oct 12, 2013

It's MAGIC. I don't have to explain shit!


ahahhahahahahahah

:dunkedon:

it hurt to hold that one in for so long

and furthermore:

EagerSleeper posted:

The moment we see Original Beatrice open their eyes, poo poo will have gotten serious. For now, this is nothing to worry about. Rest in peace, Kumasawa-san.

Ahahaha.



oath2order fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Jan 8, 2017

witchcore ricepunk
Jul 6, 2003

The Golden Witch
Who Solved the Epitaph


A Probability of 1/2,578,917
O-oh...

Aumanor
Nov 9, 2012
...I did think something fishy was going on when Happiness of Marionette started playing, but I certainly didn't se any of THIS coming.

bman in 2288
Apr 21, 2010
Motherfucker.

MOTHERFUCKER.

You can say that what I'm about to say is bullshit, and honestly, I thought it was bullshit too, because I would have said it otherwise. One of my theories was an extension of the "Eva becoming a witch didn't happen" thing, where it was all a ploy to get Battler to trust Beato, but it all falls apart at the end because Beato is really bad at being a good person, and Battler finds out about the ruse, and the game resets.

How was I supposed to know that I WAS BASICALLY RIGHT?! From now on, I'm posting ALL my theories, because of that idea was close enough, then I got R7's game down pat. Though I don't think I could have predicted a grown up Ange. That's a curve ball.

Super quick edit: I don't know how, but I'll doxx myself to show that I was seriously considering that one option.

bman in 2288 fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Jan 8, 2017

Rody One Half
Feb 18, 2011

We spend about 90% of the time in the Discord throwing around some serious ahahaha.wavs but this poo poo in particular had us rolling in the aisles going "yo those incompetents are getting GOT"

North Wind And The Sun Fuckers, Witches Exist

bman in 2288
Apr 21, 2010

Rodyle posted:

We spend about 90% of the time in the Discord throwing around some serious ahahaha.wavs but this poo poo in particular had us rolling in the aisles going "yo those incompetents are getting GOT"

North Wind And The Sun Fuckers, Witches Exist

I promise you that this is going to be the last time they those who would proclaim themselves to be witches will get the last of bman in 2288! The preference for subtlety is gone, and the kids gloves are off. It's time to completely and utterly prove witches don't exist.

EagerSleeper
Feb 3, 2010

by R. Guyovich

oath2order posted:

ahahhahahahahahah

:dunkedon:

it hurt to hold that one in for so long

and furthermore:




I was predicting that Virgilia would eventually open her eyes, but seeing it for real freaked me out. :gonk:


drat, I guess the strategy did work. I was praising witches' names. In fact I was even wondering how episode 4 was going to work. I was thinking that it'd be like a battle between Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth, where both sides are equal and respect each other but fight to establish the truth. I wasn't really sure if that was something that this story would do, but I didn't know where else this could go.

Also lol at Beatrice casually shaming the Japanese PC gaming audience for not anticipating this.

EagerSleeper fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Jan 8, 2017

oath2order
Oct 12, 2013

It's MAGIC. I don't have to explain shit!


bman in 2288 posted:

I promise you that this is going to be the last time they those who would proclaim themselves to be witches will get the last of bman in 2288! The preference for subtlety is gone, and the kids gloves are off. It's time to completely and utterly prove witches don't exist.

Ron Howard Narrator: 'It would not, in fact, be the last time witches got the last on bman in 2288.'

Lisonfire
Nov 8, 2009
If witches don't exist how did y'all get dunked on so hard by them?

bman in 2288
Apr 21, 2010

oath2order posted:

Ron Howard Narrator: 'It would not, in fact, be the last time witches got the last on bman in 2288.'

Quiet, you.

Lisonfire posted:

If witches don't exist how did y'all get dunked on so hard by them?

You too.

tiistai
Nov 1, 2012

Solo Melodica
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EagerSleeper
Feb 3, 2010

by R. Guyovich

oath2order posted:

Ron Howard Narrator: 'It would not, in fact, be the last time witches got the last on bman in 2288.'


Lisonfire posted:

If witches don't exist how did y'all get dunked on so hard by them?

:supaburn:

loving hell.

Rody One Half
Feb 18, 2011

bman in 2288 posted:

I promise you that this is going to be the last time they those who would proclaim themselves to be witches will get the last of bman in 2288! The preference for subtlety is gone, and the kids gloves are off. It's time to completely and utterly prove witches don't exist.

https://polsy.org.uk/play/yt/?vurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVPWPygVV0uk

bman in 2288
Apr 21, 2010

...what?

tiistai
Nov 1, 2012

Solo Melodica

Oh, this wasn't posted yet? Pro click, by the way

Redmark
Dec 11, 2012

This one's for you, Morph.
-Evo 2013
I like how everyone's so focused on smugging/raging that no one's talked about our new heroine :v:

Kinu Nishimura
Apr 24, 2008

SICK LOOT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10sMXnHTT1I

oath2order
Oct 12, 2013

It's MAGIC. I don't have to explain shit!


Redmark posted:

I like how everyone's so focused on smugging/raging that no one's talked about our new heroine :v:

Clearly if you just look at the file name for her image it will reveal...


lpix.org/2660240/nicetry_a11_nayamu1.png

Oh. Well played. Well, I'm all out of ideas. gently caress if I know who she is. :iiam:

Ismene
Apr 26, 2012
Pillbug

Redmark posted:

I like how everyone's so focused on smugging/raging that no one's talked about our new heroine :v:

Don't worry we haven't forgotten about Literally Who.

MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you
We actually saw Vigrilla telling Beatrice to do this.

Lord Koth
Jan 8, 2012

oath2order posted:

Clearly if you just look at the file name for her image it will reveal...


lpix.org/2660240/nicetry_a11_nayamu1.png

Oh. Well played. Well, I'm all out of ideas. gently caress if I know who she is. :iiam:

To be fair, quite a few of the thumbnails are fairly worthless for figuring out someone's name. Go look at Virgillia's or the Stakes or, hell, even Battler's. Though Ms. New Character's is amusing.

And maybe I need to actually get on Discord at some point, because watching the thread completely miss the North Wind and Sun reference and buying into everything after was indeed hilarious. That would require looking into Discord though. :v:

Amidiri
Apr 26, 2010
It's a good thing this alternate dimension girl-Battler showed up when she did, though. Otherwise primary dimension dude-Battler would be in real trouble!

Fabulousvillain
May 2, 2015
I found the first twist pretty of this update pretty loving obvious, not so much on Ange busting through the window(?) but that was supposed to be out of loving nowhere so I haven't really felt the twist of the knife at all.


Until this poo poo at least. :wtc:

idonotlikepeas
May 29, 2010

This reasoning is possible for forums user idonotlikepeas!
I'd probably be annoyed at the witches if witches actually existed, but since they don't, who cares about that. The new character is clearly Ange. Are we not supposed to know that? Her name is right there in the credits. It's the first item if you don't count non-existent people! bman correctly identified her already.

Ange being an adult is interesting. In fact, it It offers new context to the meta-room scenario which allows us to deny magic even more fully. All of the stupid non-existent crap about witches and magic only has psychological meaning, so now we can explain it - it's a series of what-if scenarios come up with after the fact trying to expose, as she says, the truth of the Rokkenjima incident. Battler, her brother, is simply the avatar of her belief in a mortal culprit. That's why she's an adult and refuses to let him give up. Boom. gently caress witches.

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MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you
Also it appears that Eva did indeed survive this round.

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