Re: [1588] things left behind
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:33 am
I know, and I still want to hold out for thinking the MT universe can influence the loons they are in UnMod (seriously, they gave Piroko a gun?) enough to let people have normal and sane relationships. That's what I mean by being a romantic.cidjen wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:55 amNo that's fine, just ... this might not just be a story this straight forward
As in Invis' theory of layered game worlds, Megatokyo being the (mini)game played by the UnMod characters when they're not doing 'work' in their own universe; so Piroko (UM) plays Piro in MT, M0h plays Miho, Largo & Erika play themselves; but it is layered too that Piroko is a character that Piro himself uses in games, I'm just getting a vibe that the person (from the layer above UM) who plays both Piro and Kimiko or (t)he(y) have someone close playing the other character, I suspect a spouse or a sibling... and they share a screen like in the Lego games
LoL. And 'unjustifiably elaborate' is an excellent way to phrase it.
You might be overthinking it on the projection issue. While it's present and accurate, it's also human and therefore inevitable. And I don't think it's projection to point out that the Piro we have standing here today isn't the same Piro who showed up in MT, clueless, broke, and hung over. Neither of them have mentioned going back in a very long time, and they've both put down roots that are stronger than anything they had back in the states. They're both gainfully employed, with better prospects on the horizon, and at the moment they both have girlfriends worth fighting to keep. (No telling if Kimi-Zilla is a love em and leave em kind of girl just yet, though.)cidjen wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:40 am
I get that, but this possibility was never really (even alluded to be) removed: yes in 1151 it is being said it's for the glasses. And damn right if MY newfound girlfriend found ME a job I would only dream of when I was back home, then damn right /I/ would do whatever it gets, to keep both; tis the story of my actual life even tho my SO isn't originally from whence we went to get the job but isn't that just... projecting my own expectations into the character? something that has been pointed out as a sort-of clue of the matter 'main problem with fans', multiple times in the comic? Sure /I/ would, and /I/ can hope Piro would, but there wasn't really a proof to the contrary here either. Apart from maybe Piro character growth and him /wanting/ to be with this girl (and btw we don't even know for sure, if he's been told whether he got the job or not). (And it really doesn't clash with the practce of me 'shipping' them or making dreamy imaginary predictions either, because it's my imagination, not expectations )
(EDIT: if you need it in /song/ here it is )