It feels tragically poetic to read your comment now. It's the last comment on LD before all adult content on itch was delisted, and I wouldn't want anyone else but you to have that ..."honor"... if you can call it that. I appreciate your deep and insightful thoughts always. It delights me to see that you found joy and humor in these idiots. I audibly lost my shit at reading your reports on the chaos of Audrey's catastrophe meltdown, I FUCKING LOVE how you read into all these things, and every single word you typed out here makes me feel all warm fuzzy and content inside.
That you're familiar with Dennis Cooper as an author is so sick actually? Hell yeah. Followed up by you describing the ways in which I still made this VN feel like my own is such a visceral and positive feeling. Thank you.
I share your point about Nessa, she's the one character I wish I had fleshed out a bit more, but such is the game jammy nature.
It's funny to bring up Noise's tattoos but yeah, this and the myopia games are totally distinct. I also thought about how LD and SWSBTS exist so diametrically opposed to one another in much the same ways you describe, and that definitely is also a reflection of my life at large. The things I experienced as I was writing WTSRTS/SWSBTS are notably different from the things I experienced in the last few months.
One thing I fucking love about your reviews is always giving me new words to chew on. I'm stupid as fuck when it comes to actual cultural canons outside of niche faggot games online, so you giving me "magical realism" to sink my teeth into understanding will definitely be a thing now that I'll use to maybe even retroactively understand my own work better, who knows.
Ultimately, inspiring you to write, setting ideas off to bloom, as you put it, is one of the most beautiful things for me to hear. Thank you for your time and words, ttyl <3