We All In That Struggle Nikki

Aaa if I could give some of my connection to you guys I would ;w; asdgfhfhxg

My WiFi is literal trash like I can’t do shit. Everything takes half a century to upload/download. It sucks cause I wanna do cool things like live-streams but I can’t 🙃 AT&T highspeed internet my ass

Yeahhhhhh I second this notion.

I've played this event since the first round and I really miss the first round's atmosphere. It was much more fun because everyone was much chiller and no one was telling others that they were murder apologists for picking a specific anime boy in a dressup game event. It don't matter who you pick here. It's just a popularity contest in an anime dressup game with styling battles thrown in for gameplay. It effects nothing in either real life or the game itself's lore. People can like problematic characters without endorsing their actions. People can like problematic characters without ever mimicking their actions. Most people who like these characters understand that they've done some shit but they like them anyway whether it be due to the character design, personality, character quirks, or whatever else. Because, guess what? Characters are more than their actions. Sometimes the motive behind the actions is almost more important than the actions themselves.

Stuff like this is why I always wanna just turtle up and drop off social media when this event comes around anymore. People get super super toxic towards people who pick Nidhogg and/or Shade for really no good reason :v

Oh and also, please stop acting like the people who pick a character for being hot are in the wrong somehow. That's a perfectly legitimate reason to pick a fictional character in a popularity contest? They can make that choice if they want to? Especially from a game like this where I'd say characterization is definitely one of its weak points. Especially for the main characters, most of then are bland as white bread.

One last note here. I hate to be "that person" who's all "owo uwu think of the children" but uhh y'all do realize this game is mostly marketed at younger girls correct? Can you really justify calling the people who pick these characters murder apologists and all that other nasty shit when there's a good chance the person might be younger and just picking whichever character stands out to them the most? Obviously this crap isn't okay no matter how old the target is but just think on that a bit before you start up again please.

Anyway in conclusion this is my favorite event and I'd appreciate if we could all stop being angry hobgoblins who can't handle different character preferences. There's some of y'all on both sides and both of you need to stop. Please. It's a popularity contest ffs it's really not that serious.

It is starting again. There’s nothing wrong with liking character including very problematic characters (that doesn’t make you a psychopath irl). I really like this event don’t get me wrong but what happened last time was a big shitstorm at some points. I hope this time we can be a bit more respectful and not trash people for their choice like last time! It is just a dressup game after all and we all just want to have fun uwu

I know what they wrote on the facebook but realistically speaking this is nothing to even consider. Considering there's no way they'd make separate versions of the lore for each server, and our server is in no way the most important one to them, there's only four real options, of which I'll write in order from most to least likely.

1. This is just a ploy to drum up page activity by getting people to debate. They've done this kind of stuff before so it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

2. They've planned this character's "end" for awhile now and are only bringing it up now to make us think our choices have consequences.

3. They'd make the decision based off of the chinese server's results. Considering they're the main and farthest along server, if this were true this would be most likely. In which case anyone who doesn't want the dawn wings characters to die doesnt have to worry; the night order rarely ever wins on any server other than ours.

4. They'd make an average of the results from every server and use that. This is least likely but again, you wouldn't have to worry because our server is really the only one where the night order consistently wins.

So basically what I'm saying is; nothing's happening to anyone that we have any real effect on.

Oh my god what have we done

Yes good

mOOoM

I know we're all currently talking about how this hair is glitched

And it's like that's fine, it's funny and all, but I also wanted to call attention to this

Out of body experience

I'm sorry

Finally updated this last after Apple Butter has been out for like four months haha whoopsies

It's not long! And it's cute! And we made it in two weeks! And you might like it idk! I'm proud of what we did in two weeks anyway.

My Published Hetagame Masterlist

I decided this should probably be my first hetagame-related post that I make right now since I know I have an (outdated) page full of information and links to my games BUT you can't find that on mobile and I'm too lazy to edit that right now SO I'll do my best to keep this list up to date This list is gonna contain both my solo projects and group projects I worked on.

#1 is Child's Garden This was a group project between myself, @unlimited-trash-spill @sanctuaryofstars and @noizy-bunny Game page description: Go on a little misadventure with a group of kids trying to save their beloved kindergarten from closing for good! Hijinks include launching traitors off into the sky, stealing a random bike to avoid responsibility, getting your parents arrested and more all the while trying to raise funds! Do you think you have what it takes to jump on this crazy bandwagon in hopes of making enough money to save the kindergarten? And their pudding! Never forget the pudding. The game has a warning for serious topics taken lightly, since all of the main characters are children, after all. There's also two mentioned ships which consist of two of the pairs of parents in the game, FrUK and AusHun.

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[Hetagame Reupload] Child's Garden (Demo) by DeathSquadOfficial on DeviantArt

#2 is Guidebooks (See the game page description for the full name I'm not typing all that lmao) This was another group project between the same people as above. Game page description: 17-year old Ludwig Beilschmidt has been invited on a camping trip by his friends Matthew, Ivan, and Kyle! He agrees, and soon enough finds himself at the campsite where the four boys intend to spend a week getting closer to nature and just having fun! The only problem is, this is Ludwig's first time in the woods. Ever. He's always been more the sort to stay home and review flash cards, rather than go outside and explore. On top of that, it turns out that Matthew isn't that great at keeping Ivan and Kyle in line. That sort of thing was usually his brother Alfred's job, who's been banned from coming with them due to Alfred-brand shenanigans. So it seems that this trip has already started out badly. Can they pull it together and end up having a fun time? Or will this camping trip end up going south? Find out in "My Friends Invited Me to go Camping, but My Only Experience Is Reading Guidebooks!" The only thing worthy of a "content warning" is that there's swearing so if you don't like that be aware ig The game contains no ships, but speaking of the game I made a dumb stupid trailer for it that's linked on the game page and I'd be very happy if you guys checked that out I worked really hard on it at the time.

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[Hetagame] Guidebooks (Complete) by DeathSquadOfficial on DeviantArt

#3 is Apple Butter This group project was only between myself and @unlimited-trash-spill. Game Page Description: A short and relaxing Ukraine-centric game made within 14 days by Maple and Cune. Grow apples on your farm and pick them! Cook some delicious food!  Go shopping for more ingredients! Feed your ghost friends (at the graveyard)! Chat with your neighbors and coworkers! Help preparing for the town festival!

The only thing really worthy of a 'content warning' is one of the ghosts gives brief description of the situations leading to his death at one point, that involves fire. He doesn't go into detail, but it's there nonetheless. This game also has no ships in it.

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Apple Butter (hetagame) by DeathSquadOfficial on DeviantArt

Now we're getting to my solo games So technically speaking I have two currently published games but one of them is old and bad and I'm currently working on a reboot so please ignore that one thank you.

#4 is Freedom This one was a solo project that I decided to see if I could make in six days. And I did. So that's a thing. Game page description: Alfred is standing in a dark room. How did he get there? There's no way of telling. Where is he? There's no way of knowing. How long does he have to escape? Ten minutes. And it's your job to get him out.As far as warnings go, this game was made for halloween, so there's what you'd expect from a halloween game, mostly blood and cursing. Uhhhh yeahhhh that's it

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Freedom [Short Halloween-ish Hetagame] by MapleSweater on DeviantArt

This page will be expanded as I/we eventually put out more games.

Yknow this is one of my favorite parts from this story because yeah,

He has a point. A good one.

Is peace born from heavy restrictions and loss of free will even really peace? Or is it just keeping everyone in line and susceptible to control? We all know about Queen Elle and how she's a bit of a tyrant. Who benifits from this kind of thing most? Not the average person. If everyone in Miraland's free will was forcibly repressed like this, only those in control could really benifit from it. Lawmakers, leaders, royalty. Nidhogg was one of those people. But he saw the heavy restrictions everyone was under, and how that sort of thing could so easily be taken advantage of, I'm sure. How could he not?

For example, look at the Iron Rose. They steal designs, right? How do you have to solve issues in Miraland? Styling Battles. But the Iron Rose is full of elites, as we've been told many times before. The average person would never be able to win, thus creating a near flawless system where Elle is free to take whatever designs she pleases, only making herself stronger. This is tyranny at its finest. If you control the system, you win.

Now obviously Nidhogg's methods of fighting for freedom leave much to be desired. He's resorted to kidnapping, invasion, theft, and murder. None of which are okay, obviously. But bad practice doesn't make an idea any less valid. Every person deserves to be able to make their own choices, even if these choices do end in violence or bloodshed. Restricting free will is just immoral when you get down to it.

This interaction Post-Lunar is very important to the narrative's true identity coming to light. This story isn't about good vs. evil, peace vs. war, order vs. chaos; It isn't so black and white.

It's about Idealism vs. Realism.

Nikki is an idealist. Fully swept up in the idea that the pre-existing peace is wonderful and the best thing ever. After all, Nikki is from earth where bloodshed and violence are essentially a daily occurrence. Who wouldn't wish for a bloodless paradise? We do, however, get to see a little bit of her idealist nature breaking down in reflection in her dreamweaver, but that's a different story altogether. This is why her characterization can be seen as lackluster, there's much more focus on her idealistic nature and blind faith in the system than there is on any other character traits she may posess. It's important for her to be seen as a simple idealist.

Nidhogg, on the other hand, being born and raised in Miraland, is our realist. He's seen what the restrictions of the blood curse can do and be used for, and he's decided it's time to end it. We've seen it get used and abused to target and take advantage of people with weaker styling skills time and time again, but it's never really focused on at all, save for Lunar's encounter with Mela. The fact that Nidhogg allowed Nikki to try and style battle him as opposed to attacking was probably an example that the system was flawed and could easily be abused. After all, we all know how we had to lose to him 15 hecking times because of his cheat skill that nerfed our points. He was not only trying to win, but also trying to break down Nikki's idealistic veil. When he refuted Lunar's assertions about fate, he was essentially once more opposing the system. The system says you can't do this, so you can't. That's no way to live, for him. Nidhogg is fighting for a world where everyone is fully free to choose their own paths, even if those paths lead to violence or bloodshed. To him, oppression is worse than death.

Now, as to where Nikki's friends fit into this, that's a bit more complicated. Most of them seem to be leaning a bit more towards realism, yet they follow and support Nikki. This is a case of the "weak" flocking to and following the "strong." After all, not a single one of them has managed to beat Nikki in a styling contest. She's irrefutably the strongest in this case, and they know it, considering you can see them turn to Nikki immediately whenever there's an issue that needs to be solved via styling.

As well as that, she's also a figure of idealist hope. If Nikki can make it work in Miraland, surely everything is fine, right? The system is fine and there's no issues, right? Yeah. After all, look at Nikki! Winning for peace and morality! If peace and morality can prevail in this world, then everything's okay!

But everything's not okay.

Just because someone strong seems to be fighting for peace and morality doesn't make the world safe. We know this. Nor does it make the restriction of free will moral. The fact that Nikki exists in Miraland at all is essentially a fluke. Queen Narini brought her there to "help change the world's fate," the true meaning of which we've yet to see. Miraland's system thrives off of the peaceful veil and complacent attitudes that idealism creates. If Nikki had never come to Miraland, what would have happened? Chances are, most things would have gone nearly the same, just without Nikki's presence. Think about it, Nikki has never changed the outcome of any large issue. (In the story we have right now, I'm fully aware of what happened on 4 dreams, but that was different. Bobo is her friend, of course she would have power there.) She can't. She's sticking too hard to her idealistic nature, hoping and believing that everything will be alright. In essence, Nikki is passive in nature, while Nidhogg and his allies are active in nature. And activity will trump passiveness every time.

Nikki's existance is a blinder to those who follow her. Her idealistic outlook and slew of wins definitely make it seem like there could be a place for the existing system to stay in Miraland.

But there's really not. At least, not the way it is now.

It's too easily extorted. Want to win? Take people's designs and cloth. Now they're powerless to stop you. At least in a real fight a person could still resort to using their fists or their surroundings to fight back, or even certain strategies.

So now we come back around to Nidhogg. If there's one thing we can say about him, it's that he's strong-willed. Who else would willingly bear tons of pain just to fight for the freedom of those who'd sooner see him dead than accept his help? If he'd gone about it differently somehow, I'd be pretty comfortable saying he could have stayed a protagonist. But, the thing is, he didn't really have a choice.

Nidhogg's situation is very "damned if you do, damned if you don't." If he had stayed quiet and complacent in his role as Prime Minister, he would have to watch people get taken advantage of daily by the system, knowing that there's a better way, but not having the will to change it. Everyone would still love him, but I have a feeling he'd grow to hate himself and his inactivity.

But if he followed the path of freedom, people would need to die. People would need to get hurt. People would hate him for everything he did, no matter what he did. No matter his motives. No matter if there were other options or not.

Did he really have to kill Lunar? No, not really. But Lunar was ready to fight him. Even if he'd tried to settle things without bloodshed with her, she probably would have attacked him anyway. So in the end, he really didn't have a choice. He knew how it would seem. He's fine with being "the bad guy." Because the bad guy is the one opposing the system.

Nidhogg is a very morally grey person, and he knows it. He accepts it. But he also knows the flaws of the system he's fighting, and to him, those outweigh his own flaws and his own mistakes and immoral actions. He wouldn't be able to understand someone like Nikki, so complacent and idealistic under such a truly oppressing system.

In order to make ripples, someone has to throw the first stone. That's how it always is with change. Someone has to speak up first, and sometimes, those who need the change the most will hate them for it. Because they don't even realize that they need it in the first place. A society like Miraland's does a good job of creating an illusion of stability and peace, so much so that I'm sure most citizens don't even think twice about the fact that what they are allowed to do in order to solve problems is limited to one thing, else they'll experience horrible pain. It almost sounds dystopian when you think about it.

So basically Nidhogg has a really good point and I really hope the writers don't throw it away just to show that Nikki is moral and good and wonderful and all things can be solved peacefully!

Because sometimes they can't, whether we like it or not.

I know what Bobo said afterwards but honestly Nidhogg has a point and I am pretty sure he is implying something else we don’t know about yet. Such a cool and nice chapter, it’s just a shame that Ransa doesn’t have a talksprite.

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The dear leader

also these shoes fit oddly well with the soccer ball we got awhile back (at least imo) so there you go

also also yes I know that's not how you dress for soccer