Must Watch

This channel is great and I wish this talk was hammered into people's heads.

Also backpacking on a discussion with N. over feminism by men, mentioning women, black women in particular, is interesting to say the least.

At least Dr. Kendi is keeping up with the self-check and self-criticism.

FF VIIR - XI - 7 Seconds

My God.
I am gutted and going through a lot of thoughts and emotions right now.
I am lost as to what they might be doing.
My God, that was a fucking roller coaster.
Now, I will go and crul up and cry while digesting then maybe try to make sense of things after redoing the original.
Because I need to redo the original at this point, I just do.

FF VIIR - X - At the Edge of Destruction

Few nice moments from a little before.
The screenshot feature of the PS4 is a great addition

Doggo Time

If it wasn't for these kids, I would 100% spend my week-ends playing and only moving from one position to another if my sides start hurting.

Plus who the hell can resist these faces

FF VIIR - IX - Enters Red XIII

A.k.a. the little puppy according to N. because he has no freaking idea.

I fucking love Red and fucking hate that I can't properly have it in the team as a playable character.

Still, I'd roll with anything, including the major turnoff that The Whispers and their raison d'etre are.

Nan SE, this is FF VII, not FF XIII or FF XV, it's FF VII. It was never about fighting God and going against your destiny and all this crap.

What the fuck are you guys doing?

FF VIIR - VIII - Barreto

I am having such a Barret moment right now. I don't think I've had as much of a keen appreciation for this character as now, especially before his arc in the second disc of the original game.

I also like how they are bringing the several sides and impacts of the conflict.

Finally, as Barret so wisely said: "A noble man working for an evil company is not without sin"

FF VIIR - VII - Oh Aerith, you touch my heart to death

Well shit, does it get any more rough?

The scenes and actions with Aerith are just too much in this portion. I can't stop being constantly overwhelmed. Aerith is just such a good and wholesome creature, and much of the "positive" "happy-go-lucky" "best" girls of FF were constant efforts to duplicate her genuine kindness and wholesome spirit. No one comes close, no one. Just typing about it makes me cry again.

I don't think I remember the idea of trying to be a good person being something as clear as a concept and something to thrive for before her. Maybe it was floating there on an archetypal level as a collateral of the philosopies and readings in which I was invested. Maybe it was something that was abstract and only present as actions, discretized and scattered. FF has a lot of stoicism elements after, taoist, buddhist, hermetic, gnostic. The heroes that aspire to be of some measure of help, end up exceeding their own expectations. That's the core of the FF series, and I was familiar with it through other media as well. But I can't remember a moment prior to FF VII and getting to know Aerith that I thought: That's a genuingely kind and wholesome person, what a character, what an attitude, it would be good to reach such a level of care at times.

Not before Aerith, not in that way. The best girl there is, I don't know man, I'm just too drunk on my own feelings at this point and sleep deprived.

And work is crazy and I can't seem to give time to my PhD stuff.

Oh Aerith T_______________T