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135 | Mystic Messenger April Fool's Event: Good Ending, & poking around a bit in the fandom
► Yesterday, I got the good ending in Mystic Messenger’s April Fool’s Event. Overall, it was much more satisfying than the normal ending? Which may sound like stating the obvious, except that 1) the route to get there wasn’t quite as fun as the route to the normal ending, and 2) there have already been moments where I liked the normal ending of a route better than the good ending (cough Zen cough) (also cough potentially-Jumin’s-when-I-play-it cough). But this was really nice, with plenty of RFA-as-a-family feelings.
It did surprise me that the party was treated as Zen’s (and the rest of the RFA’s) first meeting with the MC— I’d been assuming that it was post-party, but playing with the idea of a “neutral” route where the MC didn’t end up with anyone, but apparently it was supposed to be interjected into the timeline somewhere? That struck me as odd, but I went with it. Though, Zen was adorably excited about greeting her at the door.
Also, the weirdness of the day was dismissed as a dream on Zen’s part, so there’s that. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see what the final ending brings before I can make my judgement on what I think. Though, if it’s really all a dream, then I just have to say that Zen slept for a really long time. I did find it interesting that the MC was also “missing” from the messenger all day despite being “logged on”— it suggests to me that, if Zen was somewhere else, than the MC was definitely with him too.
Seven counting down until the MC’s arrival was ♥ Also, everything about that 21:19 chat with Seven was a delight, and gave me so many Seven feelings. Seven being so pleased that he made the MC laugh! Seven’s new profile picture! And basically everything about this:
Seven: “There’s something”I also really loved Seven, Yoosung, and the MC teaming up to making gaming jokes (cooldown times for spells!) and Seven’s summoning spell basically being a forced log-in. And Seven accidentally admitting to installing a CCTV in front of Zen’s house! And just everyone almost getting distracted from the party by all the essentials they noticed Zen’s house lacked and wanted to get from the convenience store, ahahaha.
Seven: “I really wanted to say to you”
Seven: “for coming to see us on the one day of the year”
Seven: “where we get to make dumb jokes.”
MC: “What is it?”
Seven: “That all of us in the RFA”
Seven: “cherish each and every day”
Seven: “we get to spend with you.”
Seven: “We want to spend tomorrow,”
Seven: “the day after tomorrow,”
Seven: “and all the days to come with you.”
Seven: [nodding & smiling emoji]
Seven: “I’m so happy”
Seven: “and thankful”
Seven: “to spend the day with you…”
MC: “I had so much fun today. I’ll talk to you tomorrow too?”
Seven: “Of course!”
Seven: “This isn’t just for April Fool’s Day.”
Seven: “We can meet whenever you want to see us!”
Seven: “We’ll laugh together, cry together~ Let’s just be happy!!”
Seven: “I hope that you’re laughing and having fun”
Seven: “while you’re looking at the messenger screen right now!”
Seven: “Like I am :)”
Also, this brief Seven/Jumin bit:
Jumin: “Will you pick up Yoosung, Luciel?”Finally, I really liked the bit where Seven says that the alcohol was too bitter for him. I’m trying to remember where I read that Seven doesn’t like alcohol or coffee— the guidebook, maybe?— but I did appreciate that bit of continuity.
Seven: “Yes, master!”
Jumin: “I don’t know why I am your master.”
► I’ve started poking around in the Mystic Messenger fandom, and… it feels very young? Some of it is in ways that are very nostalgia-inducing (people giggling about something being their first fic, or their first try at smut, or other cute-but-naive-sounding comments in the summaries), but others are very...alien to me. There’s a lot of that purity culture stuff FFA’s always talking about (and that I’ve never seen for myself)— people calling themselves “sinners” in the tags or comments or saying that they now need to bathe in holy water if they write anything the least bit explicit. It’s… kind of off-putting, to be honest? I don’t even usually read PWPs, but I am pretty sex-positive in general, and I just really dislike the connotations those phrases have— like sex is something “dirty” and “shameful”. Ugh. Maybe I’m reading too much into it, and they’re just joking around, but it does leave a bad taste in my mouth when I see it. This game has so many kinky undertones! Don’t be embarrassed about being into that! Embrace it! Agh.
The abundance of “baby’s first fic” or “baby’s first fandom” syndrome does mean that the overall fic quality… does leave something to be desired;;; I have found some pieces that I unabashedly like, but overall, most things that I’ve enjoyed, I’ve enjoyed with caveats. On the bright side, this does make me more confident about anything I may contribute to the fandom in the future? ^^;;;;
The fanart, on the other hand, is really great! I’ve actually been poking around on tumblr a bit because of it— mostly just looking up fanart. Here’s some of my favorite pieces:
- comic of the first first Seven phone call in the prologue— probably my favorite thing from this whole batch
- comic of another Seven phone call (from Jaehee’s route, I think)
- Seven tickling the MC
- comic of Seven teaching Yoosung Arabic...in a very Seven-esque way;;;
- various moments from Seven’s route, days 7-8
- mini-comics with MC/all the LIs
- mini-Seven/MC comic, vague spoilers for his route
- Zen & a crossdressing Seven on Tinder
- Seven + constellations portrait
- Seven & a kitty <3
► I haven’t been keeping up very well with sharing fic links for the things I’ve written “since my last post”— mainly because all of my last few posts since I last wrote something have been a Mystic Messenger emotions train, and I didn’t want to distract from that.
Links:
- Entomophobia | AO3 Link (Fire Emblem: Awakening, Gaius/Lissa, <1K)
- Of England | AO3 Link (Crossover - Chronicles of Narnia / Lord of the Rings, Susan/Goldberry, 4K)