So I promised earlier that I would be back after reading the chapter to give some love for Pasta and I am here to deliver.
Because frankly? I don’t know how you do it.
How did you take a part of a story that I already had a vague idea of what was going to happen (based on the tv show) and have me on the edge of my seat, legit making me feel emotions of suspense?
I don’t know man, there was just something about this last chapter that made me remember how absolutely in awe I am of your talent as a writer as if I ever forgot but you get my point.
I knew that Matt, Jane, and Elektra were going to get out of the encounter with all the guards for story reasons, but the way you were able to entangle these characters into a brand new suspense encounter as they fought their way out had me blown away. Your words. The tension that you built. The way Matt and Jane were able to create this thickness in the air that only they shared together. Immaculate.
There’s just so many emotions and feelings that I have about the red thread that I just don’t know how to put into words, my friend. You’ve taken the Daredevil show and made it new. I dare say, better.
I know I’ve found myself on multiple occasions wishing that TRT is what we could be experienced on our screens instead.
I’ll just end by saying this, my dear Pasta-
As a writer, your work is the type of work I read because seeing how amazing it is makes me want to push myself to be better in hopes of having the honor to reach it one day.
I hope you know just what you’ve given us.
i need a minute
OK I'M OK NOW.
This was wonderful to hear, thank you so, so much. 😭 I'm always a little nervous about doing action scenes because I love reading them to death but they're also hugely intimidating to write, so knowing I hit the mark with the rising tension and suspense is HUGE, especially when I was also trying to weave the psychic world and the real world together in between. On top of that, one of my big things is even when TRT bumps firmly into something canonical like the Gala event, I want to make sure you guys get something new. The presence of a character is like a chemical, and adding it to an event, a scene, a moment, a mixture will always change the chemical composition even if some similarities to the old mixture remain. It's also admittedly one of the things I enjoy about fanfic - throw a new element in, then shake the whole batch up and see what pours out. And Jane's element includes her intimacy with Matt, the way they've learned to communicate during a big fight (which I've been building to for a while now as their team-up style), and their now-understood dual-acceptance of the other's darker side, so that influenced a lot of what happened. There was a lot to weave together and I'm just glad it all came out like it did, I was nervous.😅
And thank you for that, too! TRT on the screen would be AMAZING hi feige and marvel i have very competitive rates if you would like to do a jane hind and matt murdock comic or show series
As a writer, your work is the type of work I read because seeing how amazing it is makes me want to push myself to be better in hopes of having the honor to reach it one day.
scuse me i did not plan to cry today. fr though, I have read your work and I absolutely believe in it and you, it's good, I've seriously enjoyed it! all either of has to do is keep going, keep writing, keep improving and we can get there. <3
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i love ryomina
no but seriously. even when i’m thinking about other things that captivate my interest, i find myself coming back to them and feeling like i fell down three whole flights of staircases every time i do. they are one of my favorite pairs in media and are very special to me.
it’s the way that ryoji and minato’s lives are inevitably intertwined with each other due to the circumstances 10 years ago on the moonlight bridge. without no minato, there is no ryoji. minato as he is today is because of ryoji. they have irreparably affected each other’s lives that you cannot discuss one without bringing up the other one.
ryoji mochizuki, who is death, pharos, thanatos, nyx avatar, the man of many names and identities, is the perfect summation of p3′s messages and themes.
minato arisato, the wildcard and protagonist, who has boundless kindness in his actions despite the unfortunate cards handed to him.
the two of them complement each other and tell a beautiful story from start to finish.
minato’s personas capture this perfectly. he awakens to orpheus, who’s flames burns bright, is snuffed out by thanatos during the encounter against the arcana magician. a visual precursor of the idea that ryoji stole from the life that minato could have had.
it’s the way that over the course of the game as minato interacts with pharos, talking throughout the dark hour, forging a bond that cannot be broken, that allows ryoji to exist. minato humanizes death.
november. the bells toll, calling the appriser. and yet, it’s peaceful... quiet, and full of life. ryoji, who breaks free from death’s chains, refusing his role, is given the chance to live for a month. to make the most of the humanity that minato has given him over those ten years. and what a life he lived. ryoji’s life is a reflection of what minato’s life could have been like in another universe.
it is the way the two of them are reflections of each other. ryoji with his hair down is just like minato. they are both stubbornly committed to choosing to be kind, to love life, yet are chained down by the cards the narrative dealt them with. they finish each other’s sentences, knowing each other intimately in a way no one else does.
how is that, a boy who lived for only one month, profoundly changes the course of the narrative? he is simultaneously relevant and irrelevant. blink, and you miss it, the beautiful life that he led.
ryoji is horrified at the revelations of being the appriser. he who so desperately wished to forget that his existence was meant to bring the end to all life, was unable to escape the inevitability of death. in a non-human way, of course. he becomes remorseful. a shadow of his brief time as a human who was enamored by the small beautiful things that life had to offer.
he is swallowed by grief. grief knowing that his very existence will take away not only minato’s life, but everyone else’s. the very thing that ryoji loved- life, fundamentally went against the role he was born for- to be the harbinger of death. and unable to grapple with this sadness he believes that the best thing for minato to do is to kill him, so that SEES can live in bliss not knowing about their inevitable end.
SEES is left rattled, calling into question what the meaning of life is and what they do when faced against the inevitability of death.
and!!! minato chooses!! for ryoji to live!! even in spite of what ryoji is MEANT to embody, minato still stubbornly chooses to defy death itself! and if that’s not cool i don’t know what is!! minato wants everyone to have the chance to live!!
so he climbs. he ascends tartarus, to meet ryoji, again, who is now the nyx avatar. and i just think there’s something so so beautiful about being able to use messiah, minato’s ultimate persona, against nyx avatar.
messiah, being the fusion of orpheus and thanatos is peak ryomina to me. because ryoji and minato have established an unbreakable bond from having been entwined for 10 years, minato still has a piece of death with him, and by proxy!! ryoji is able to defy and rebel against nyx trying to bring the fall! and i think that’s fucking cool shit if you ask me!
even when all of the arcanas have been gone through, it’s still not enough to stop the fall. and yet. minato knows. in the way that ryoji was sealed in minato 10 years ago by aigis... minato becomes the great seal so that everyone can live. it comes full circle.
march rolls around. he fulfills his promise to SEES on graduation day. minato dies from exhaustion. but goddamn does his sacrifice make me weep- he’s had such, such a tiring journey. he’s been through so many things because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. but at the end of it all, he’s reunited with ryoji in death.
and i think this is why ryomina continues to evoke so much emotions for me, to this day. the relationship that they have embodies so much of persona 3′s messages and themes that it makes me feel like a microwave with nothing running in it.
p3′s message is very hopeful, for me. my favorite takeaway from it is that even if death is inevitable, appreciating the life that we were given and choosing to live as best as we can with kindness (even if we can’t feasibly do everything), is just? really nice? and you see this manifest in both ryoji and minato’s personalities and what they do for the other characters.
ryomina just feels so distinct to me, the flavor that their relationship ties back to my favorite takeaways from this game and im just!! god!! i love you minato arisato! i love you ryoji mochizuki! im so glad that i could meet them! i’m happy that they changed my life! they made me want to appreciate the connections in life even if they were fleeting! they made me!! want to pay attention to the good moments in life and cherish them!
i love ryomina so much!!! i’m so glad that these two could bring so much joy into my life! and i hope that others can have this joy too! 💛💙
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AC6 SPOILERS
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I made some hard choices and I finished the Fires of Raven ending. I couldn’t let Arquebus have the Coral. Have Ayre. I didn’t see a choice. I had empowered Arquebus too much, in my mercenary greed, and my brand loyalty.
I had tears in my eyes as I brought down Arquebus. Fought Rusty with Cold Efficiency.
So I fought Ayre. To burn Rubicon so no one could have it.
I named my AC Snow Angel. So long ago. Right at the beginning of my career. Ayre, so clearly the Coral Angel. Two Angels locked in a battle with no victors at the Edge of the World.
My cannon fight is the one where we died and burned at the exact same time. (But the screen faded and brought up the fail screen…)
Rubicon burns. Humanity abandons her. And the Hope of Rubicon fades to nothing. And all anyone remembers is my name, in the Fires of Raven.
And then I wake. Right before my first mission as Raven. I don’t know why. Or how. Yet.
But what I do know. Piloting the Rubicon Angel, burning crimson with Coral Flames, I fight with cold fury of origin unknown
I will. Find the path to the future we both wanted.
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byan being a timid kid.
byan being a timid kid because they used to be an outgoing and energetic kid, but they'd get in trouble for being too loud and annoying, too rambunctious and distracting, and struggled to make friends because they were too overwhelming and wanted too much attention. byan being a timid kid because they don't know who to trust because they've been hurt so many times in so many ways by the people who were supposed to protect and look after them. byan being a timid kid because they always manage to disappoint everyone, because they aren't smart enough or talented enough or good enough and they can never seem to do anything right. byan being a timid kid because they're afraid of what they're capable of, because every time their anger has boiled over, they've done serious damage to people, because they've ended up hurting someone far more than that one person ever hurt them.
byan being a timid kid because they don't know what else to do, because every part of them seems wrong, and now being themself just doesn't feel like an option.
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