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Official art, courtesy of Bluepoch.

#reverse 1999 #the carbuncles are plotting something #trust me look at em #vertin #sonetto #spawned this at 4am

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HAVE I EVER POSTED THIS???

#37 #sophia #reverse 1999 #when the 37 grows hungry

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A reference to how they condition Arcanists within the Foundation, done well = reward, truly a St. Pavlov moment.

#reverse 1999 #sonetto

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it's going to be fine sonetto

#reverse 1999 #THEY'RE LIKE MOCHI #squishable

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WIP & separated ↓

#reverse 1999 #the r&b #37 and sophia

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Hello, mind if I drop off this qn right here rq?

What do you think the Minerals Insight stage is trying to convey, considering how the other stages (star with its whole ignorance is bliss and plant with nature's inherent connection to druids and humans) have their own meanings, what's the whole message behind the beings who cry, controvert, pray, and praise, without having spoken a word? And what do they have to do with the 'legendary hall' that exists within the rock beneath the broken peak leading to a new world.

And many thanks for answering, would love to hear your opinion on this :)

My time has come!

I've actually gone through the Insight stages and dissected them in previous posts! This one is the mineral stage. I think each stage has themes and the themes I interpreted for Mineral are: perseverance, faith, hope, hardship, conquering challenges. They explored one world and stumbled into another. The journey and hardships continue, but they will endure and continue to conquer.

I listed the links in this post to the other dissections as well as the other themes I observed.

Star: illusion, delusion, deception, mind, insanity, death

Beast: Found family, survival, liberation, adaptation, outcasts, abandonment

Plant: life, growth, purification, rebirth, nurture, cultivation of efforts

#didn't know you posted ones on the insight stages before #neat #opens up new perspectives to each of them #also neat.

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Inspired by @definesanity I went through some of the sounds in the level select stages and really listened. I silenced the BGM and left on sound effects to get a better picture.

Mountain Echoes (mineral insight) has echo effects and faint percussion

Starfall Locale (star insight) has twinkle effects! It also has an effect like raspy whisper or breath?

Sylvanus Shape (plant insight) has running water sounds and wildlife sounds. Birds and such.

Brutes Wilds (beast insight) sounds like metal clinking (reminds me of mining). Also a wind effect and creaks.

The Poussiere stages have birds chirping and animal noises. There is wind and waves as well.

Mintage aesthetics has a low hum and a clinking noise. Bells? Lots of metalic sounds and chimes. There are also deep voices vocalizing in the background (at least that's what it sounded like to me). I couldn't hear it until the BGM was off.

Harvest Prime is dead silence.

Artificial Somnambulism is wild without the bgm. It's like being underwater and in outer space at the same time. There are occasion mechanical noises too. It has a musicality to it...

In In Our Time Ch 1, the rain doesn't begin to fall until Stage 13, The Rattenfanger (Where Forget Me Not reveals his true intentions and The Storm).

In Ch1-7 Scorched Woods there are Critter sounds(?) and frogs. Birds and stuff. Woodsy sounds!

Ch 3 has children's voices and a mechanical hum to it.

Ch 3-2 doesn't have the children, but it has nature sounds and gulls. The mechanical whirring is louder too.

Ch 3-6 Black Sheep wall, it begins to rain...

The rain and children's laughter are gone again in ch3-7 Scottish. It's just the gulls, waves, wind, and the machine.

In 3-13 A Yard, you can here pages flipping

3-14 Lost Lambs has a thumping sound? Or maybe a tapping sound, like placing something down.

Ch 4 also has various wildlife sounds and the machine whirring

4-8 Both sides of the table has people's voices. This plays in a few other stages.

Ch 5-1 Bon Voyage very heavy rain! Makes sense. Ch 5 has lots of ocean sounds in general. And wildlife sounds

#oh my the sound adds more depth behind the stages #contributing to the overall meaning or message portrayed by it #noticed it once or twice before but didn't pay much attention to it otherwise

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_陌麓_stranger in Reverse1999's "Storm Tour"

Some tidbits of what's being showcased in their creation for Reverse because bilibili refuses to be downloaded. But on the bright side DAMI IM'S SMILE MAKES A RETURN WOOOO I LOVE THIS SONG

First and foremost, all credit goes directly to _陌麓_stranger (link to their video + account is right under here), their art's spectacular to look at each time and they exist across multiple platforms, not just under bilibili but also twitter and the like so please make sure to check out the full thing, many thanks.

And right below here is Reverse 1999's 1st Anniversary "Storm Tour" Creation Celebrations! Most of it's in Mandarin Chinese but the creations displayed there are an absolute sight to adore, please check it out if you've got the time. And congrats to Reverse on it's 1 year CN anniversary, now, time to wait for global's.

#reverse 1999 #tk14's getting fed with this one #AND SCHNEIDER APPEARANCE #honestly the whole thing's gorgeous with the arcanists Vertin had accompanied throughout her time #truly can't wait for our turn on global. #reverse 1999 vertin #reverse 1999 sonetto #reverse 1999 schneider #reverse 1999 regulus #reverse 1999 mr.apple #reverse 1999 druvis #reverse 1999 sotheby #reverse 1999 lilya

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_陌麓_stranger in Reverse1999's "Storm Tour"

Some tidbits of what's being showcased in their creation for Reverse because bilibili refuses to be downloaded. But on the bright side DAMI IM'S SMILE MAKES A RETURN WOOOO I LOVE THIS SONG

First and foremost, all credit goes directly to _陌麓_stranger (link to their video + account is right under here), their art's spectacular to look at each time and they exist across multiple platforms, not just under bilibili but also twitter and the like so please make sure to check out the full thing, many thanks.

And right below here is Reverse 1999's 1st Anniversary "Storm Tour" Creation Celebrations! Most of it's in Mandarin Chinese but the creations displayed there are an absolute sight to adore, please check it out if you've got the time. And congrats to Reverse on it's 1 year CN anniversary, now, time to wait for global's.

#reverse 1999 #tk14's getting fed with this one #AND SCHNEIDER APPEARANCE #honestly the whole thing's gorgeous with the arcanists Vertin had accompanied throughout her time #truly can't wait for our turn on global. #reverse 1999 vertin #reverse 1999 sonetto #reverse 1999 schneider #reverse 1999 regulus #reverse 1999 mr.apple #reverse 1999 druvis #reverse 1999 sotheby #reverse 1999 lilya

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Found a certain wreath during the Livestream

Aw, she kept the laurel wreath Sonetto wore on the island.

#reverse 1999 #I'd imagine her putting it on every now and then #or randomly placing it on the top of Sonetto's head when they're off-duty #it's adorable to think about it #vertin #sonetto #tk14 crumbs yum

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Vertin staring at Sonetto as she nods furiously (She would've said sure either way but teased her just to get this reaction)

I may have increased the speed of the GIF by 1000%.

She REALLY wants to try the Italian Cheek Kissing Greeting

#reverse 1999 #sonetto

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CN Server 1st Anniversary Celebratory art

The tinies are adorable.

and then there's Arcana with a knife.

Each of the Arcanists celebrating in their respective version garments since release, and with our lovely Sonetto carrying that smile.

MADAM Z WOOO, her, Vertin and Sonetto all helped in preparing the cake, Tooth Fairy brought in the flowers, and then of course, Lilya takes the 'necessary' sample out of the cake. Side note, almost didn't recognise Lilya without her aviator's hat but she looks so "for me?" when taking a bite out of it.

#reverse 1999 #each of them houses their own unique aesthetic #really neat #can't wait to see what global will get once anniversary approaches

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shar.

#shar.

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#very cat #very adorable

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Emotion In Tranquility.

LOOK AT HER.

They truly outdid themselves with this design because oh my it is a sight to see.

Full video of the garment display right here.

And, a neat lil comparison I'd like to point out between both of Sonetto's garments was that on both her buff and ult animation, they've been designed with four-petaled yellow flowers that "spring forth" when casted, in comparison with her Parade Anthem garment, which instead, had been purposefully designed with the Foundation's signature chequered B&W pattern. After all, the forms of arcanum had been another way of reflecting of who Arcanists are, and Sonetto has always been tied back to the Foundation in her own sense of self.

Perhaps setting it in 1.9, this signifies much of the process about steering away from the Foundation's ideals of their perfect 'martyr' as she spends more time with Vertin and her team, choosing to now reflect herself not as the loyal hound ready to bleed and burn for the Foundation's cause but instead as, Sonetto: the young adolescent who recognises that what she feels to be an integral part of herself, identifying with her emotion-driven curiosity for the world, and choosing to further develop an understanding for it. (+throughout the garment trailer most voicelines they picked out were the ones that centralise around the idea of spending time together with Vertin, or displaying an appreciation for Vertin being there.)

And yet there's still a chequered ribbon attached to her collar.

Much like that of her hairband, and even that of her hair ties. Perhaps in the end they're just there to stand that elements of herself within the Foundation are as what she chooses to be part of her own; that she does show gratefulness towards the Foundation for what they've provided for her and thus appreciates them for that, but does not want them to overshadow her own sense of being.

Or perhaps I'm just delusional in my entirety and pouring out what's left in this cranium that I'd think her garment would represent, note I do not have a single droplet of clue what 1.9 would be about so I might have overlooked some key elements that they'd want to showcase in the garment for the event.

Oh well, either way, her brand new outfit's really neat isn't it.

#reverse 1999 #sonetto #4 more months. #4 MORE MONTHS TILL 1.9!!!

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#tk14 #reverse 1999

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