Ren - Moved to chitter.xyz @Nine@computerfairi.es

bbkbkglhglh brain is a fuck and owie today ow

wait no i dislike wearing hats.

no hats on me. ...

...hairties count as head accessories right?

...yeah i'm still a touhou

detatched sleeves = good
thigh high stockings also = good

those gloves that only have one finger hole for like the index or middle finger and leave the palms uncovered and go up to like the elbow = also cool looking too and good

... i may be a touhou

meh. i am showered and clean
i need to get up, take meds, get something to drink...

...aaaand yet here i sit, staring at this screen

welcome to the pooptooting zone!

GET READY??

*space harrier music*

...The story still resonates to this day with me, it still gives me chills thinking about it.

It's... not a happy or triumphant story. It's brutal, it's cold, it's harrowing... It's soul crushing honestly, but fuck if it isn't well written and executed.

The kid, the narrator... for all of that, having survived it all, watch a man who was obviously the enemy, but how he somehow came to think of as a friend regardless, even if he had to fight against him, even if Mobius One did have to shoot him down, even if 13 was part of the oppressive occupying forces...

Still writes to Mobius One, not knowing WHO they are, or where, in the hope that maybe they'll get some answer...

When 13 finds out the kid is in the resistance, and finds him helping to sabotage their efforts, which is later implied to have possibly lead to his lover's plane malfunctioning and her being unable to eject when Mobius One shoots her down, he holds no grudge against him, he lets the narrator go, doesn't pursue him, doesn't lash out at him even when he sees him again.

he chooses not to hurt someone just trying to survive.

Mobius One apparently disappears after this conflict, probably moves onto other ones, becomes legendary but never seems to ever take the limelight. Just... eschews it entirely.

Yellow 13 goes into that duel knowing he'll probably die, or at least not come away unscathed. I get the feeling that he chose not to eject, so he could rejoin his lover, and in some way atone.

but really... those weren't choices really.

What else could the kid do to survive? He had to work, his uncle was an abusive drunk, he wanted his home back.
What else could 13 do? He couldn't refuse to fight.
What else could Mobius One do but duel 13? They had their orders and duty too.

The only choice any of these people get is their actions after their choices are decided for them.