Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.42.0] [Selebus]

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aramaug said:
Very tangentially related: what is going on with Sana's hidden eye when she gets possessed in "It Comes to Claim Us All"? It looks like there's something there some of time, even when her visible iris disappears. I'd chalk it up to oversight, but the bit we see is also black instead of green. Am I seeing something wrong and this isn't her iris/pupil? Is there some weird Koikatsu thing that would explain it?
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PS: I used color picker to get the color.
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PSPSPS: I found out
 
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aramaug said:
In Sana's first dorm event, she talks about how she "let you inside" supposedly referring to Sensei, but we're explicitly told that she says it while speaking to a white rabbit.
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I skimmed through some other events, and while the rabbit is visible in the background sometimes, it's only prominently placed in frame two other times (that I found). Both times, Sana is masturbating.
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To me this is pretty clear indication that the white rabbits belong to Pareidolia. He's been fucking with Sana and is probably responsible for turning her horniness up to 11. It also makes nice thematic sense: HOPE = light has black rabbits, so Pareidolia = dark has white rabbits. (Plus she has spider stickers on her wall that are mentioned in the same event where the rabbit is introduced).

Very tangentially related: what is going on with Sana's hidden eye when she gets possessed in "It Comes to Claim Us All"? It looks like there's something there some of time, even when her visible iris disappears. I'd chalk it up to oversight, but the bit we see is also black instead of green. Am I seeing something wrong and this isn't her iris/pupil? Is there some weird Koikatsu thing that would explain it?
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aramaug said:
Yeah, that's something I've thought about posting before. In "Mysterious Abundance of Chickens" and "To Die To Sleep" there is a white rabbit in the alley. In "First Contact" it's now a black rabbit. I haven't been able to come up with any idea for why it changed.

The white rabbit in the chicken alley is consistent with Pareidolia, given the assumption that he's the one waking SeKaori. SeKaori wakes for the first time in "Mysterious Abundance of Chickens" in the alley, and for the second time in "Clouds," which occurs directly after Sensei and Kaori go to the alley and to the maid cafe, which also has a white rabbit. On the other hand, you can probably make an argument for anyone else being connected to the chicken alley as well.

One more white rabbit that I just remembered: there's one on top of the fridge in "Times New Roman", which is Pareidolia's reset event.


I think the purpose of the rabbits is as observers, I just think the color indicates who they're observing for.

I don't have a good explanation for the blindfolds yet, but I don't think it can just be a HOPE thing. I can't see any way that HOPE would be involved with the blindfolded "What's "A" Stand For?" rabbit, and I also find it pretty unlikely he's connected to the Abandoned Shrine. I would also be annoyed from a narrative perspective if the rabbit color is meaningless after it's been established that all of HOPE's (known) rabbits are black.
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In theory: the pupil and Sana going in and out of possession could hint at Pareidolia not being as effective at possession as others.

Notably, after that Event:
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Pareidolia shows up, introduces itself, and "helps" Sana in:
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While she's seeing things and USER1 is seemingly Account Sharing:
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Which may imply that something can hack into the stuff of other USERs/gods. Pareidolia seems like the prime suspect considering at least one Narrator fears it, and it's notably able to do what others can.

Anyway, the what is "A" for thing:
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And blindfold could imply that the white Rabbit, is related to The World Itself, who seems like natural opposition to HOPE and Yasu.

Sekai and Nozomu "together in death as they were in life" could imply these two entities are connected. Nozomu translating to Hope and Sekai to World. Both entities also seem Summer loving, and Angel using. HOPE seems to use white Angels and black Rabbits, so perhaps The World Itself uses black Angels and white Rabbits:
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That what is "A" for, under a white Rabbit seems reminiscent of Sekai's alphabet song from her 'Something Everyone Knows and Ignores' (S.e.k.a.i) Happy Event, which the plants have brought up before:
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Not to mention, A might be Apple, and considering the whole this sex-world is a fruit from a god tree thing:
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It might be a very roundabout way of connecting Sekai to the world through an Apple (fruit from tree) and the letter A. There's also that poem that mentions an apple in the Chapter 2 'Glued to the Sky' Main Event, that has Noodles the Bird and the Shapeshifter/Himawari hanging around it.

As for the reason the white Rabbit is sometimes blindfolded; it isn't entirely clear, but it could be how the supernatural beings transfer info and, in Sekai's case, could be related to peekaboo:
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Overall: The white Rabbits seem related to Sekai/The World Itself. Although, Pareidolia may be involved anyway. They may even be one in the same, or simply working together

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Btw, presumably that same white Rabbit from Reset6 showed up again later:
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ElaineZol said:
So basically Doki-Doki's Monika?
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Ami definitely at least seems inspired by Monika:
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Plus I'd be surprised if these girls aren't aware of that game or characters, etc. A lot of them are anime/manga/game lovers. Maya seemingly being into darker and weirder stuff.

Edit: Albeit in retrospect, "Monika" could be Sekai, and Ami is simply her kid. Or if things go back far enough, the original "Monika" could be Saki from 'Nothing is Beautiful', with Ami being her granddaughter, Sekai her daughter in law, and Sensei her son, all being somewhat sentient fictional characters or simply thinking they are as part of their characters. I do hope Sel spices things up if it truly goes down the Doki Doki route.
 
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Not much discussion on the Io event titles yet. What’s your take on ‘em, y’all? Going from “Komorebi” (or “Sunlight”) directly into an event called “Stomachache” thereafter has some potentially worrying implications. The progress before the storm that follows maybe?

I dunno. It’s hard to tell from the previews we’ve gotten so far alone of Io, but it’d be interesting to hear any other potential thoughts.
 
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Fire Lord Zuko said:
Not much discussion on the Io event titles yet. What’s your take on ‘em, y’all? Going from “Komorebi” (or “Sunlight”) directly into an event called “Stomachache” thereafter has some potentially worrying implications. The progress before the storm that follows maybe?

I dunno. It’s hard to tell from the previews we’ve gotten so far alone of Io, but it’d be interesting to hear any other potential thoughts.
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Not sure about others, but I kind of don't want to think about it, tbh...
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Then again, I'm rather pessimistic.

Perhaps, Sensei is just the one with the stomachache after feeling like he lost Io due to the Wizard pic of Uta.

Edit: Or Io is sickened by Sensei due to it and it makes her stomach ache. Etc.
 
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DeSkel15 said:
Not sure about others, but I kind of don't want to think about it, tbh...
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Then again, I'm rather pessimistic.

Perhaps, Sensei is just the one with the stomachache after feeling like he lost Io due to the Wizard pic of Uta.

Edit: Or Io is sickened by Sensei due to it and it makes her stomach ache. Etc.
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I really don't want Io to be part of any dicking, so hopefully the part about the wizard is right. Btw, I really like how everyone has adapted the use of "wizard" when referring to the wizards.
 
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Btw, for those up for a riddle, what do these different colored lights over these different Mayas with different personalities mean?:
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I hadn't noticed it prior, but in the 'Second Sun' Happy Event, those Temporary Mayas were surrounded by various colors.
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i remember a scene in one of the main events when sensei was having his usual internal blackout monologs where there were three moons behind him colored in green red and purple. at first i thought that the green and red moons are sekai and maya and purple stayed a mystery.

but now after looking at these mayas they may mean something entirely different.. maybe something about which god was dominant in every world that these mayas used to lived in?
 
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I don't think white rabbits represent pareidolia but I could be wrong
Normally when deities have posession or control over a girl you end up influencing the entire family. Sara had the same problems as Sana when she was young, so Sana had to be influenced by the same being. it's all a circle : )

guess who loves princesses? the one who is unjustly not in the game's wiki !!!!
 
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bperson52 said:
i remember a scene in one of the main events when sensei was having his usual internal blackout monologs where there were three moons behind him colored in green red and purple. at first i thought that the green and red moons are sekai and maya and purple stayed a mystery.

but now after looking at these mayas they may mean something entirely different.. maybe something about which god was dominant in every world that these mayas used to lived in?
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I guess you mean this one?
https://f95zone.to/threads/lessons-in-love-v0-40-0-selebus.48158/post-11727176

Further explanation needed?
 
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Fire Lord Zuko said:
Not much discussion on the Io event titles yet. What’s your take on ‘em, y’all? Going from “Komorebi” (or “Sunlight”) directly into an event called “Stomachache” thereafter has some potentially worrying implications. The progress before the storm that follows maybe?

I dunno. It’s hard to tell from the previews we’ve gotten so far alone of Io, but it’d be interesting to hear any other potential thoughts.
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Not worry about it for the time being.

Komorebi is supposed to be about some peaceful thoughts, self-contemplation, anything that might cross your mind during your leisure hike in the woods under a good weather. Extracting only the "trees" and "sunlight" from just the event title and worrying about potential presence of bad things is too literal and too much of a stretch. Same goes for Stomachache; we had some other event titles before this that were way more foreshadowing and alarming, so this one that simply denotes a common physiological discomfort isn't enough to set me off.

Chances are bad things might still happen judging from poor Io's preview, but these titles aren't really enough to tell more, and who's to say this isn't just an uncomfortable conversation between Io and Sensei about her most shrouded background? A tough decision on her part to let him know more about herself?
 
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I have another thing that sat on my mind for some time now.

It's about bugs.
For long i wondered how bugs are connected to the story, and while what i came up with might not be the 100%, i guess it's close.

We have a couple of bug nets in some scenes, even one is a talking being with a knife for a mouth and whatever for eyes and speaking during some (reset/happy?) events.

So far what i got from animes and japanese games, bug hunting seems to be a thing in japan for kids.
Though i take this with a grain of salt, because those two sources might be overstatements.
Like cultural depiction in fiction vs real life.
Whatever.

Some people think that bugs are associated with Sekai.
And i share that opinion in this case.
I could see how Akira as a kid was into bug hunting, hence we get the bug hunting nets in some scenes (mostly reset/happy?).
They could be metaphors for a time Akira was into bug hunting and when he went out into the woods, he was accompanied by Sekai.
That might have been the first time and place he was "assaulted" by her.
Making it "their" special place (the woods/forrest), "a place where they can be free", "where nobody would find them".

Tl;dr
Bugs and bug hunting nets are metaphors for the time and place Akira and Sekai's "history" started.
 
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