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the r:1999 community/fandom is SO artistic, it really makes me wanna get into the game again.
i haven't SERIOUSLY played it since 1.3 ? 1.4 ? it's been a good while. i still love the game ofc bcus of how actually stunning it is, but i'm just not motivated to play it!!!! ヽ(´□｀。)ﾉ
like the game is so pretty. the fanart is so pretty. the devs actually care about the fucking game... n it's one of those games that doesn't require much more than an hour of your time!!! so if i wanna play it so bad, & it won't take me long, why am i so demotivated to play it,,, ╥﹏╥
Yessss, I'll forever be a Mesmer Jr. glazer
i’ve always been a mesmer jr defender and I think her anecdote would convert even her staunchest hater into one as well. getting a more in depth glimpse into her psyche and seeing in detail the amount of trauma and pressure that was forced upon her by the adults in her life from such a young age and seeing how much of her current cold detachment from emotion is just a defense mechanism from this upbringing…💔💔💔
mesmer jr my girl one day u WILL live life for urself and be freed from ur shackles. I’ll sneak into bluepoch’s writing room and write it myself if I have to
✶⋆𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 ℙ𝕠𝕤𝕥⋆✶
𝙷𝚒, 𝙸'𝚖 𝙴𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚕, 𝚊.𝚔.𝚊. 𝚂𝚑𝚞𝚞𝚔𝚘
𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚃𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚜𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚠'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎
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𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚐: 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚕𝚍; 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚜
𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜: 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑, 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑, 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚎
𝙵𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚜: 𝙷𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊, 𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚅𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕, 𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝙻𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚒 𝚗𝚘 𝙺𝚞𝚗𝚒, 𝙽𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝙴𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎: 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟿, 𝙱𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚘𝚞 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢 𝙳𝚘𝚐𝚜, 𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙶𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚄𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊, 𝚂𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕 (𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚑𝚠𝚊 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖?), 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚙𝚊, (𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚜)
𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌: 𝙼𝙰𝚁𝙴𝚃𝚄, 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝙼𝚢𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚣, 𝙷𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚒𝚍, 𝚅𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚒𝚍, 𝚄𝚝𝚊𝚞, 𝙲𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝙽𝚘𝚒𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎
𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚗𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚕, 𝙶𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎, 𝙲𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚜, 𝚆𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎
𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜: 𝙼𝚒𝚣𝚒𝚂𝚞𝚊, 𝙰𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚄𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊, 𝙿𝚛𝚞𝚜𝙿𝚘𝚕
𝙵𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜: 𝚊𝚙𝚑 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚊𝚙𝚑 𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚢, 𝚊𝚙𝚑 𝙲𝚣𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚊, 𝚊𝚕𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚂𝚞𝚊, 𝚛𝚐𝚞 𝙰𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚢, 𝚋𝚜𝚍 𝙵𝚢𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛 (𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎, 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗), 𝚑𝚗𝚔 𝚈𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚍
𝙾𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚜: 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚎
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𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠!
X of today and the X of last year
2106 shitposts as they live in my head rent free
why bluepoch why
Mr. fog grew on me ngl
Don't Forget My Heartbeat on the Right
Two sketch requests by my mooties on insta :3 (been busy with college,, this sem has been a hard kick in the arse)
sighhhh will probably never finish this
The Favourite Jester
"prince what have you been up to" drawing sucklets in my free time
Wow, I'm back here again
While you make some great points I think you're overlooking some aspects of his character - I don't think either of these voice lines are a part of his facade, and are in fact both a result of it being broken.
X indeed likes to be, or be perceived to be, in control of a situation. You explained this really well and made some points that I didn't even think of before, so I won't touch on this.
X likes to project an image of a goofball, a silly fella, little guy. Someone who is aloof and careless. We can see this in his placing of newspaper clippings in a prominent places of his cabinet in his second story (Something for nothing 40%) - the second headline where he is called a "Foolish Genius" is placed just as prominently as the previous one praising him.
Neither of these responses to being hurt allow him to retain this image very effectively.
I think that he's surprised by being hurt and that breaks through his mask. The second voiceline is indeed probably a more controlled, less vulnerable response, but that doesn't mean it isn't also genuine.
We know that X is very calculating. He's a genius and likes to plan around situations, manipulating chance and other variables in his favour. In Laplace/the suitcase this means inventing new things (and getting praised for it), testing his machines on/with people, being helpful and having mischief/adventures with his friends.
We also know that he can also have pretty violent tendencies and that he killed someone whilst at the orphanage (presumably an abusive caretaker).
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From the interview with UTTU in his story: Life Is Filled with Surprises (80% bond)
Pandora Wilson: Please introduce this exquisite mechanical ball you're holding.
X: It's just a toy I made for fun. Instead, I'd like to introduce this Auto-Seduction Lipstick I've just invented. Have a look! Is there anyone in the world better suited to test this out?
Pandora Wilson: That's alright. What an impressive invention.
Pandora Wilson: Let's talk about something else. There was an accident at an orphanage a few years ago and I heard you were present.
X: Oh? If you want to discuss topics that have nothing to do with the interview, you have to test this Bubble Gum Spraying Alarm Clock in exchange, okay?
Pandora Wilson: The deceased appeared to have been killed by a loose shingle from the roof. The angle, wind speed and power it had was incredibly precise.
X: Oh, such is life. It's filled with coincidences and accidents.
X: Don't be sad. Now, let's try this Mini Priest Bouncer and pray for him, shall we?
Pandora Wilson: Please excuse me.
X: ～♪～
Pandora Wilson: Ouch! Don't pull me!
X: ～♪～
Pandora Wilson: ...♪
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He refers to any casualties in battle as an accident in voicelines and claims that there are no such thing in others.
He's also been stated to be a hitman by a Twitter post from the developers, but whether this is outright stating that he worked as an assassin or just a translation issue or metaphor, I don't know (It is also in several places of the wiki, but I'm not too sure on the sources for these).
His Green Lake garment described him as being the perfect killer and that all the cases go unsolved (though how cannon this and the other garments are I'm not sure, so take it with a pinch of salt).
Fortunately this is supported by his Portray/Artifice description: Sometimes, he has to shed some blood for the sake of others. Fortunately, he has machines to do that for him.
He doesn't want people to know about this violent part of himself.
I also think his use of the seduction lipstick is very interesting as it's his response to Pandora's persistence in her line of questioning when redirection fails. (Also did he just grab her and kiss her??)
Anyway I think the idea of identity, morality and choice are very central to X's character - can any actions be considered fake if you are still choosing to act in that way?
From an item description for the Green Lake garment:
A broken white mask that likely came from a corner store having a Halloween sale. The respondent raised a question with a smile: "Does the mask need the face that wears it, or does the face need the meaning the mask gives it?"
Very very disorganized X thoughts
Based on mostly voicelines
His incoming lines make me think a lot, honestly
X is a liar, as it's stated several times in-game. He hides in his Goldberg machines and creates his own reality for fun, and quite possibly to feel safe from the external world. All of his confidence shows in times where he knows he has the full control of the situation ("Haha... I got you! I won't let you go, unless you agree to join my experiment!"). He likes to push people into his own world, but he's also dependent on them; he needs people to show them his machines, no matter how much he tries to satisfy his own desires with his creations, if there's nobody to test them on or show them to, what's the point?
"Try my new inventions... Ah! I had never prepared for a plan B in your absence..."
"Can I borrow you tonight? I really need your help for my new machine... please?"
"It's so nice to meet you! I've been waiting for so long!"
So, despite the confident and self sufficient facade he likes to put on, X is constantly referencing and asking for the attention of those around him ("Please live up to my expectations, colleagues!" "Ah, I seem to have grown a bit taller recently. Can you tell?"). If he ever takes an "imposing" role, it's when he's 100% sure he has enough power to enforce it, and he does want to have that power and confidence permanently and don't depend on other people and the external world anymore ("The day I've waited for has finally come. Welcome to my world."; Bottom of Insight line).
He reaffirms everyone likes him although of his eyes, something that caused a lot of rejection from people his age ("My eyes.. a little scary, aren't they? Kids new to the orphanage were a little afraid of them, but in the end everyone likes me."), and possibly the adults in charge of them themselves. He's dealt with a lot of rejection and mistreatment since he was a kid, and he looks for validation constantly, hiding under fake confidence and acting rebellious and chaotic on purpose to reaffirm said facade. He references his orphanage quite often in his voicelines, only when he's talking to Vertin, a friend he presumably can trust.
Going back to his Incoming voicelines, the first one really sticks out. They're both completely different reactions to the same threat, and one if them is most likely an act. My point is: considering X's facade mostly consists on appearing capable of anything, in control and smarter and more powerful than other people I don't know why he'd pretend to be scared.
Given how he talks about the orphanage, being a place where kids weren't even fed enough, didn't have winter clothes, weren't even allowed to exit the building, how much he liked to cause trouble, even trying to scape once, and how orphanages were in that period of time, it's highly possible kids faced physical violence from the adults in charge of them. Imo, the first line is genuine. He's recognized a threat, he knows he lacks enough power to face it, and he's scared of getting hurt. The second one is just another attempt at looking like he's in control of the situation. As I've said before, these lines are specially interesting to me because he is in battle, where he isn't in perfect control of everything, that's not his world completely and he can't drag people into it like he does at Laplace, so it makes perfect sense that he drops the facade for a moment facing a real threat.
Maybe this was all really obvious but whatever. I like him a lot
Their ship name name should be Peppered Moths
I think they should kiss
I think you're right that Vertin is 16.
Vertin should be around the same age as Sonetto, Mesmer Jr and Matilda as they all shared a class together (though either they have a larger range of ages within a class due to having few students or Matilda skipped a grade, which seems more likely)
I think Door is the same age as life on earth??? Or at least land? That's what his first story implies
Sputnik is at probably at least around 3 months old? She awakened at some point between Oct 1957 and Jan 1958 but IDK how long she's been in Laplace since then
The Fool is at least 250 years old, though they may be older - having been seen in the 1650s - assuming that all characters come from the 20th century.
Likewise La Source is at least 150 years old as that is when she first came to Paris (1850s)
【ALL REVERSE:1999 PLAYABLE CHARACTERS’S AGE】
(until v1.4 in CN)
✏️ Some notes:
- Lilya’s age in Global is “unknown,” but in CN server is 17. I am going with 17 because it makes sense for her to have an age. Most likely a translation mistake in GLB.
- Eternity’s age is said to be “more than a century,” so more than 100 years old, I’d say?
- A Knight’s age is said to be “exhibited in Medieval Times,” iirc so around that-amount-of-years-below-ago since 1999? Very uncertain, please correct me if I’m wrong.
- Soooooo I think Vertin is around 16-18?
Isolde graphics + pixels
F2U w/ creds, reblog / like too use
Self indulgent
Vertin & Sonetto matching
graphics
F2U w/ creds, like / reblog to use
art is by the official twitter/X account
Isokania/Isolkania is a pretty good ship name.
That being said, I raise you: Vingledorf