Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.55.0] [Selebus]

[shmurfer]

I dunno what happened after the Fan Fest, but Sel dipped far below 10k. During the peak of the FF he was siting near $10,500, now he's around $9,700. Maybe Subscribestar hasn't finished tallying his subs, since it its the beginning of the month. But that near $600 drop is wild.

Only gonna get worse when we get to the break month.

 

[jclark1337]

I...ughh...just went through the stomachache. And it stirred an emotional turmoil that I never expected. I watched what happened choosing to destroy her and it's so, so pathetic and sad. It won't do it. It won't lead to anywhere. I don't believe that's what Akira would do immediately after confessing he wanted to treasure his connection and became a different Collactor. Stop blaming your faults to other entities. I need to make a difference. It's my choice and I need to stop the miserable loop. I won't regret it. She can be my beautiful indigo.

Yep, I'm committing to Stomachache skip on my main playthrough. My feelings mirror this so well

 

[Budoop]

I...ughh...just went through the stomachache. And it stirred an emotional turmoil that I never expected. I watched what happened choosing to destroy her and it's so, so pathetic and sad. It won't do it. It won't lead to anywhere. I don't believe that's what Akira would do immediately after confessing he wanted to treasure his connection and became a different Collactor. Stop blaming your faults to other entities. I need to make a difference. It's my choice and I need to stop the miserable loop. I won't regret it. She can be my beautiful indigo.

Spoiler: Break the cycle

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This is why I'm doing red route, but that being I don't think it matters.
You can't save them, Akira will always be a danger to them.

 

[Bingoogus]

You red pathers are odd... you know Selly will punish you later right? Stomachache was painful the first time around but it loses its impact after a few replays, and we've already seen signs of how it's important to both Io and Akira's growth and their relationship... just suck it up and move past it, the green path is the true story, embrace it, experience it in full or what are you doing here? Good stories are worth the emotional price.

 

[Budoop]

You red pathers are odd... you know Selly will punish you later right? Stomachache was painful the first time around but it loses its impact after a few replays, and we've already seen signs of how it's important to both Io and Akira's growth and their relationship... just suck it up and move past it, the green path is the true story, embrace it, experience it in full or what are you doing here? Good stories are worth the emotional price.

Excuse me sir I'm trying to live in ignorant bliss here and you're poking my bubble with a needle.

 

[LoveWhiteHairedGirl]

Now I am thinking Stomachache is kinda hot.

 

[Moonflare]

and you're poking my bubble with a needle.

Well, let me burst your bubble then - green path is the one true path, birds aren't real, Ami is Sekai, Maya is Saki and Nozomu is a bird. Furthermore, aramaug went to college with one of us, I was never a goth chick (I was grunge actually), and one of the regulars is secretly close friends with Selebus and the one responsible for telling him what goes on here - and the most shocking one is that one of these is really true.

But, most importantly, no matter how many times you have to reevaluate your views because of this game, always remember this single lesson:

Spoiler: Where the trees live

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The meaning of that word string is not one of cheese, but of hope. Praise be.

 

[Budoop]

and one of the regulars is secretly close friends with Selebus and the one responsible for telling him what goes on here is not one of cheese, but of hope. Praise be.

Moonflare is the rat, confirmed.

 

[Moonflare]

Moonflare is the rat, confirmed.

Spoiler: top level editing

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Edit: Now that the secret's out, I can share that Selebus has once changed his plot because of what we said here. He was like "oh, I like that idea better". But you'll never guess what it was.

 

[LoveWhiteHairedGirl]

Now that the secret's out, I can share that Selebus has once changed his plot because of what we said here. He was like "oh, I like that idea better". But you'll never guess what it was.

Clussy Yumi will be canonical.

Edit: I like Ratgirls.

Spoiler

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[Detective Dc345]

Moonflare is the rat, confirmed.

Mhmm Mhmm. Yup, I've seen enough. Revoke Moonflare's Himawari privileges.

 

[LessonsInDissonance]

and the most shocking one is that one of these is really true.

yeah, the one about the green path being true

 

[Bingoogus]

Mhmm Mhmm. Yup I've seen enough. Revoke Moonflare's Himawari privileges.

It would explain her insistence on Himawari's name being Ami, insider information, yep, very suss...

 

[Riolol]

You red pathers are odd... you know Selly will punish you later right? Stomachache was painful the first time around but it loses its impact after a few replays, and we've already seen signs of how it's important to both Io and Akira's growth and their relationship... just suck it up and move past it, the green path is the true story, embrace it, experience it in full or what are you doing here? Good stories are worth the emotional price.

How many times did you replay Stomachache?

 

[captainc77]

I've thought of this game for a while as "sticking our nose in it" like once was done with dogs that piss on the carpet(since widely abandoned due to the shortcomings of negative reinforcement on dogs): We played the game because we saw something we liked. We stuck with it through the deviant behavior and pain inflicted on the characters. In the end, the true "red path" ending is to turn off the game as instructed. That is the only way to stop further pain. To me, the choice in stomachache is somewhat of a rhetorical question: "Are you kidding yourself into thinking you can draw the line here after all you've done?" Instead, push through. See the results of Sensei's actions(predation) when followed through to their realistic conclusions(suffering and shame).

I am reminded of something someone posted here about a Russian phrase that translated roughly to "glass eater" that I believe was a phrase for someone that enjoys the pain of sadness. Grow. Eat the glass.

 

[LoveWhiteHairedGirl]

I am reminded of something someone posted here about a Russian phrase that translated roughly to "glass eater" that I believe was a phrase for someone that enjoys the pain of sadness. Grow. Eat the glass.

It was me. And I like eating glass.

 

[jclark1337]

Don't get me wrong I still made sure to experience Stomachache in it's entirety and I think it's an amazingly well-done scene. I just stubbornly refuse to accept that it will somehow be "better" for her and Sensei's growth in the long run. I'm looking forward to being proven wrong, but this is my gut instinct and the path I chose to stick with.

I also just don't put that much stock into the whole red path/green path thing personally. At some point I plan on replaying the game and making a true green path anyways but for now I will bask in my so-called ignorant bliss.

Spoiler: Bliss

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[Antosha]

Don't get me wrong I still made sure to experience Stomachache in it's entirety and I think it's an amazingly well-done scene. I just stubbornly refuse to accept that it will somehow be "better" for her and Sensei's growth in the long run. I'm looking forward to being proven wrong, but this is my gut instinct and the path I chose to stick with.

I also just don't put that much stock into the whole red path/green path thing personally. At some point I plan on replaying the game and making a true green path anyways but for now I will bask in my so-called ignorant bliss.

Spoiler: Bliss

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Yeah. That.

I'm not against using URM at some future point to switch to green path. But I have no interest in making that choice unless and until Sel starts using it as a flag to shut us out of events.

Watched Stomachache once. Not going there again, thanks.

 

[Sprungler]

How far are we from inviting Uta over sexually, so we can pat her like the horny bitch good girl that she is?

 

[Detective Dc345]

Spoiler: Ami Fan Art Appreciation

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