|OT| Girls’ Frontline 2: Exilium | Phaetusa (May 14th)
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26th Event: Antiparallel Part II
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Finished Antiparallel Part 2. It's still a voiced side event, but at least it doesn't suffer from the WORDSWORDSWORDS problem that plagued part 1. I definitely enjoyed it more than part 1
It does have some issues, one is the fact the writers feel like they're forced to include 9 "battles" or something similar to justify having enough stages (past events also had this problem with the multiple random "let's hack this terminal" moments) but I felt this one was specially bad with the starting Bluesphere's body randomly exploding the Elmo. Like sure you need a justification for forcing the commander to park the Elmo at the Doll Community, but at this point just start in media res with the commander going "man the last battle really messed up the Elmo". I also got a laught at the whole "guided tour" of the Community randomly going "and here's our combat simulator, show what you can do" out of nowhere
A common element in this story is about the maturity of a doll's mind. Since dolls are born with their appearance it's easy to forget they might just be "younger" than their looks, like how Ullrid is most likely one of the "youngest" dolls considering she was likely born way after the entire GF1 cast, and her general lack of maturity is explored here in her role as the Community leader just like in the Glass Island event, and we can argue the same is true for Phaetussa and Sweeper, albeit in different ways. But this also brings a problem: the community made zero progress after the Glass Island event: they still know nothing about the thermal power plant, they made no effort in seriously harvesting the crops, they made no contact with anyone else and most of all they seem like they had no plan with ever changing this situation, until the doll saviour appeared at their doors and suddenly here we have a way to trade all those crops for all they ever need. It really seems like the vast majority of dolls simply can't be trusted with indipendence, I mean the whole "abstaining" things made it obvious, but seeing how the entire doll community storyline basically could only move forward if the commander is there it's a bit disappointing. Maybe Sweeper was right in being worried
The continuity with Part 1 is basically non existant if it wasn't for Helen's presence. No references to Mangi or what they were doing. No refernces to someone attacking the Community in the past. Dush is still in her chuuni phase even if she recovered her old memory backup. No references to how Helena is feeling. I guess they wanted to focus fully on Phaetusa but really, there was no reason to call this event a "part 2" at all
Speaking of voices, well I enjoyed it especially the changes after Sweeper takes control of everyone, but there are a few things I noticed: 1st with this major voiced event I'm positive Klukai has somehow appeared in all of them, even if only for a small part. I guess by this time her popularity was clear and so the writers are pushing her more, but she is basically taking Groza's place a the commander's adjustant, she is always in the OPs room and she is always doing something. I'm surprised they showed restraint and didn't have DEFY also appear in full but I guess Voy is just to strong to unleash in every event. But a 2nd, small thing I noticed is how at one point they must have ran out of budget or simply could no longer schedule Naomi Oozora (Colphne), because she just randomly disappears from the event. I guess Sweeper got her too but uhh... she still just disappears and at the same time Dush randomly reappears and I honestly wonder if originally Colphne had Dush's role in the second half of the story
I got a laugh at how the entire story stems from a 10 year old PTSD a Sangvis Ferri doll has about the commander. Phaetusa is the highlight of this event, much better compared to how boring and passive Helen came out in the first half, although I find the way she was always there in the power plant but only Ullrid and Littara ever interacted with her to be a bit of a cop out. Basically nothing was done to truly explain her origin, how she became what she is now, or how she got into her current body. Sweeper is a riot and the story really highlighted her. She truly felt like a kid wanting attention, or proving to herself, which is also shown by how despite everything the commander was never truly in danger. Yeah I'm thinking V6R6 with maxed attachments and flowers
All in all it was good, but still far away from the game's best. Another future set up which may eventually do something with Sangvis Ferri/Agent since she was hinted at eventually appearing, but in the end it's just a stepping stone for the next major event, judging from the last scene
It does have some issues, one is the fact the writers feel like they're forced to include 9 "battles" or something similar to justify having enough stages (past events also had this problem with the multiple random "let's hack this terminal" moments) but I felt this one was specially bad with the starting Bluesphere's body randomly exploding the Elmo. Like sure you need a justification for forcing the commander to park the Elmo at the Doll Community, but at this point just start in media res with the commander going "man the last battle really messed up the Elmo". I also got a laught at the whole "guided tour" of the Community randomly going "and here's our combat simulator, show what you can do" out of nowhere
A common element in this story is about the maturity of a doll's mind. Since dolls are born with their appearance it's easy to forget they might just be "younger" than their looks, like how Ullrid is most likely one of the "youngest" dolls considering she was likely born way after the entire GF1 cast, and her general lack of maturity is explored here in her role as the Community leader just like in the Glass Island event, and we can argue the same is true for Phaetussa and Sweeper, albeit in different ways. But this also brings a problem: the community made zero progress after the Glass Island event: they still know nothing about the thermal power plant, they made no effort in seriously harvesting the crops, they made no contact with anyone else and most of all they seem like they had no plan with ever changing this situation, until the doll saviour appeared at their doors and suddenly here we have a way to trade all those crops for all they ever need. It really seems like the vast majority of dolls simply can't be trusted with indipendence, I mean the whole "abstaining" things made it obvious, but seeing how the entire doll community storyline basically could only move forward if the commander is there it's a bit disappointing. Maybe Sweeper was right in being worried
The continuity with Part 1 is basically non existant if it wasn't for Helen's presence. No references to Mangi or what they were doing. No refernces to someone attacking the Community in the past. Dush is still in her chuuni phase even if she recovered her old memory backup. No references to how Helena is feeling. I guess they wanted to focus fully on Phaetusa but really, there was no reason to call this event a "part 2" at all
Speaking of voices, well I enjoyed it especially the changes after Sweeper takes control of everyone, but there are a few things I noticed: 1st with this major voiced event I'm positive Klukai has somehow appeared in all of them, even if only for a small part. I guess by this time her popularity was clear and so the writers are pushing her more, but she is basically taking Groza's place a the commander's adjustant, she is always in the OPs room and she is always doing something. I'm surprised they showed restraint and didn't have DEFY also appear in full but I guess Voy is just to strong to unleash in every event. But a 2nd, small thing I noticed is how at one point they must have ran out of budget or simply could no longer schedule Naomi Oozora (Colphne), because she just randomly disappears from the event. I guess Sweeper got her too but uhh... she still just disappears and at the same time Dush randomly reappears and I honestly wonder if originally Colphne had Dush's role in the second half of the story
I got a laugh at how the entire story stems from a 10 year old PTSD a Sangvis Ferri doll has about the commander. Phaetusa is the highlight of this event, much better compared to how boring and passive Helen came out in the first half, although I find the way she was always there in the power plant but only Ullrid and Littara ever interacted with her to be a bit of a cop out. Basically nothing was done to truly explain her origin, how she became what she is now, or how she got into her current body. Sweeper is a riot and the story really highlighted her. She truly felt like a kid wanting attention, or proving to herself, which is also shown by how despite everything the commander was never truly in danger. Yeah I'm thinking V6R6 with maxed attachments and flowers
All in all it was good, but still far away from the game's best. Another future set up which may eventually do something with Sangvis Ferri/Agent since she was hinted at eventually appearing, but in the end it's just a stepping stone for the next major event, judging from the last scene
