Man, side order (from a story standpoint) is so frustrating. It's not like rotm, which is such a utter mess that you have to make significant changes to make it even remotely coherent. In Side Order, the ingredients are all there. They nailed the concept down to create a really interesting and unique story... but then they didn't use any of it. Why, Nintendo? Why did we never get to see the effects of grayscaling on any of the actual characters? Why didn't Deep Cut become less energetic and engaging than they usually are in their news broadcasts? Why didn't the same thing happen to the Squid Sisters in Alterna? Hell, why didn't the same thing happen to like Murch and Sheldon or anyone else who had Palettes in the Memverse? Why is Agent 4—man, why did you do Agent 4 so dirty??? It frustrates me so goddamn much, hence why I'm currently working on my own little rewrite of Side Order. I love the concepts it presents (grayscaling in particular has a lot of angst potential... I have been craving a good grayscaling-related angst fic ever since Side Order came out but there has yet to be any), but for some godforsaken reason it doesn't use any of them. Like, why do we have to fight goddamn Smollusk ten times to reconfigure all of the Palettes when we could fight like a weird grayscaled jelleton version of the palette owners instead? That would be so much better! But no 😔
Some absolutely exclusive info from Häärijä himself (saw him & jesse outside of Kaivari just now man gives the best hugs fr)
I told him it was my bday too yesterday and we had a moment of Leo twinsies, and he told me Jere's god-daughter also had hers yesterday (had to look him in the eye and pretend I didn't know that lol) AND APPARENTLY THEY VISITED HER TODAY AND PLAYED LITTLE TEA CUPS TO CELEBRATE 😭🤚🏻 uncle mode jere strikes again
honestly i was NOT prepared for dickey goose’s commentary on eursulon’s feelings about his body and his glamour and how that influenced his choices in-game to hit me square in the gender today
"i just wanted to tell you that with all your faults I love you. I love or revere very few people. As for the rest, I'm ashamed of my indifference to them. But for those I love, nothing and no one, neither I nor certainly they themselves, can ever make me stop loving them. It took me a long time to learn that; now I know it."