Witch Chat - .hack//Gay Undertones

Haseo: SO LONG LADIES (edited)

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Shaiapouf

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Shino: I think I'm into this, actually

she would, tbh

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Shino: I told you to be honest with yourself and while I can't say I expected this, I respect it

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man they should have commited to it more on Haseo's end imo

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but at least Endrance is happy

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next up is the "twins", starting with Saku (edited)

she has a point

Re: Personal Motto "Money makes the world go round!"

Lmao

(also: i'm very happy Endrance got a dress)

anyways most of Saku's emails are just her hurling abuse at Haseo

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>Just watching?... What do you watch? Master En blinking, Master En's hair, Master En walking Master En running, Master En fighting... I've got so many I can't remember them all.

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man it's just a chain of gay pining and stalking huh

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a lot going on here

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>Do you do any fan club stuff? Of course! I'm entrusted to sell Master En pictures and novels at Fujo Con, and I'm currently putting together a Master En secret screen shot collection online too! Here, I'll explain it so even your stupid Haseo self can understand. Fujo Con is short for Fujoshi Convention. It's held every spring and fall, so check it out if you're interested. Naturally, that's assuming you have the guts to hit on all the pretty young girls like me there. >:D

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fujocon

>Do you like school? I just make Bo do all my schoolwork for me!

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hah.

good work bo

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do that schoolwork

whenever you ask her about any physical details, she always responds "the same as bo"

lol

oh, this is gonna get sad real quick

she is such a brat :3

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oh no

>What do you want to be when you grow up? ...... There's nothing interesting to do in the real world...

know what just hit me

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Saku....... kind of has a lot in common with Mia

hmm

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I do wonder, psychologically speaking, what Bo's alternative persona being so in love with En says about him.

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I mean there are obvious conclusion's to draw

in the whole "can only really exist within The World" sense, at the least

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yeah

but it reminds me of Tales of Xilla's Elise

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the 14 year old girl who had her doll basically translate for her gay libido

I mean that's gotta be part of the stress that keeps him relying on Saku imo

There are a lot of gesturing at queer themes at this anime game written in 2007

yeeeah

even though I don't think it's good at it at all in a lot of ways

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It is weird how it keeps coming up

it's wrestling with the themes

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this has been a pattern since SIGN

Shaiapouf

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...hey wait a second.

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that's funny

CatHerder

this has been a pattern since SIGN

well in sign that was just a straight up lesbian romance

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which tbh I had forgotten about

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So there clearly is like

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a There There

lmao

Shaiapouf

It is weird how it keeps coming up

I feel like media in general likes throwing that in for flavor and only recently has it consistently started delivering

mmm

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okay now the Umineko reference are getting a little on the nose

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Haseo: I Regret This

a truce is still a big deal coming from Saku, tbf

yeah for real

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headpats :3

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oh my god that's great

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also imagining Bo being so excited about his sister's "wedding"

just be one of those rich couples where they show up together to parties but otherwise never speak or interact

With Saku done, I think it's obvious who is up next

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oh shit that's cute @ Bo being excited for Saku (edited)

i am being overloaded with cute

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Dear Haseo, I like you too

he's such a marshmallow, he doesn't deserve... gestures wildly

on the topic of Bo's Origami hobby

>So you worked really hard on it, huh. >I can't wait to try it. Thanks, Haseo! I'm so glad to hear you say that. I wonder why. ...I should let you know that Saku helped me make it. But she only helped a really little bit. (She's much better at crafting than I am!)

CatHerder

oh shit that's cute @ Bo being excited for Saku (edited)

Bo: i wish I could be there, it's gonna be great, you're gonna have so much fun Saku: sh-shut up!!

a good brother!!

okay here is where we start to find out why bo is like this

Re: How are you? Not too good. I've been weak and sickly ever since I was born. >Bo... are you sick? Just last week, I was in bed all day with a fever... Haseo, do you have someone who takes care of you when you're sick? >I can take care of a cold on my own. I don't want to >inconvenience anyone more than I have to, after all. That's just like me. I do wish my mom would take care of me though. >Doesn't she take care of you? She works, so she's almost never at home. >Don't make trouble for your mom. >She's got her own problems to worry about. Yeah... My mom says the same thing. She's always saying that I'm a real nuisance to look after.

...yeah that tracks. ;___;

Saku/Bo are 11 years old (again, Saku only says "Same as bo!" when you ask)

please give Bo more headpats

Haseo, would you be my real brother? >Of course. >I'd be happy to be your brother. Yay, I'm so happy! I think Saku will like it too! >I don't know about being Saku's brother. >She hates me. Do you think so...? I think Saku likes you too... >Saku likes me? I can't believe it. You know how Saku says a lot of bad things to you? But she actually likes you. I know it.

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Man what a good kid

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go arcade hopping together sometime!!

bo in a "get smoked" hat

lmao

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he got a plushie....

Haseo: I'm gonna Big Brother the hell out of this kid

he sure is

okay, we are winding down but we are not done yet

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but this is gonna be a weird one

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I almost didn't include this one, but I decided to at the last minute

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so, my friends

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Let's discuss Bordeaux

.......you - you can send her a - okay!

SHE'S A PLAYABLE CHARACTER

oh boy mutual murder

You know, Bordeaux is a weird character. I feel like there is an earlier draft of Vol 3 where she became a playable character during the story

that's sorta romantic?

it's very romantic if set up properly

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which this uh

because like, there is a plotline running between her and Haseo and then it just never really gets resolved?

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They do a lot of harm to each other but are in fact very similar

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and they never really get resolution on that, even though I think the whole Sakaki arc would have been a good place for it

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anyways

yeah

I wanted to give some time to the lady that haseo put into the hospital, and who then put Alkaid into the hospital in return

you know fair

If you try to explain what was going on to her after the fact she just does this

>It's up to you to believe me or not believe me, >but the reason why I was PKKing >is because I wanted to save the Lost Ones. Hehe, a girl, right? A girl? You've become so stupid...hehehe. Stop being so dull, "Terror of Death". LOL Where's the excitement?! Invite me to your party sometime! Love me till I crumble, crush me. =)

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you can also ask her to dom you and she just gets disgusted lmao

oh boy

Okay this is really funny

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how to summarize this

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Haseo sends the What's your Motto Card Her answer: "50 Human years are merely a dream to some gods"

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Haseo: Who said that? Bordaeux: Sakamoto Ryoma, I admire him. Me: Wait, wasn't it Nobunaga who said that? It's a very famous line. Haseo: Wait, wasn't it Nobunaga?

Who cares if it's Ryoma or Nobunaga! Don't worry about the details unless you're a Japanese History teacher!

uhhhh

>You suck at Japanese History, don't you...? Shut up! Japanese History is as worthless as knowing how to divide fractions!

lmao worst subject confirmed

This perfectly tracks with what we learned about Bordaeux from Vol 1

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>There's no more reason to fight with you. I don't want to fight. >I believe we can come to an understanding soon enough. Stu...stupid Haseo! How dare you say that! You're only Haseo! Damn! Look down on me, like you always do! Don't mess with a girl's heart! You scum!!

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>You really like me, don't you. >You express your love in the weirdest ways. Grr... You should be awarded a prize for being so conceited. Why would I...for you...! Damn! I can't take it any longer! Don't mess with a girl's heart! You flirt!

Shaiapouf

Haseo: Who said that? Bordaeux: Sakamoto Ryoma, I admire him. Me: Wait, wasn't it Nobunaga who said that? It's a very famous line. Haseo: Wait, wasn't it Nobunaga?

Who cares if it's Ryoma or Nobunaga! Don't worry about the details unless you're a Japanese History teacher!

suddenly realizes the significance of a line from Sakura Wars V don't mind me

This is a level BEYOND Tsundere

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you can call it Tsundere 2

2ndere

LettuceKitteh

suddenly realizes the significance of a line from Sakura Wars V don't mind me

I wasn't expecting to turn this into History Lesson with Shaiapouf, as I do sometimes on other servers but, well, there you go...

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>For what do you PK? To relieve stress. LOL I spit out all the dirt I have inside me out into this game!

oh

that explains a lot

she's a high schooler, right?

> You want someone to understand you, right? > No one will understand you if you don't talk. > How can anyone understand you if you keep > rejecting those that come to you? > I won't run away. So talk to me. Shut up shut up shut up! Even if I talked to someone... they won’t take a look at me! They are the ones who rejected me!!

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Yeah she is 14 years old, her parents had a messy divorce (edited)

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>I live in Tokyo, but what about you? ...I envy you for living in a big city. You don't get bored just walking around town. In the boonies, there's nothing to kill time, or nowhere to hide. I have nothing that I want in this place...

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>Whatever you feel like talking about, >go ahead and say it. I'm 14. I was born in Germany in a place called Rudesheim. My father is German. My parents divorced when I was 10, and I moved to my mother's hometown in Toyama. ...Are you happy now?

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>Why are you trying to get me? You...the "Terror of Death", I felt I had something in common with you! But, you, who was all alone... you were able to make friends. You were able to change little by little, but I was still the damn PK Bordeaux... Yes...I do have Negimaru and Grein. But...it's different than what you have. They can only be my associates at best! ...Yes, it comes down to jealousy. I didn't want to accept you! That's why I wanted to get you and your friends!

man, her being self-aware about it just makes it worse. Ouch.

also she mentions that Grein never talks because he has social anxiety.

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>The beastman...Gabi, why do you like him so much? He's so grand, like a father, and he accepts me as I am... I feel relieved just being by his side.

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So that's Bordaeux's character

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a whole bundle of issues in herself but like

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Honestly very well drawn

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shame that like, no one would ever see this content in game

yeah, uh, hm

Like you would basically have to go way out of your way to see these email chains

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But they do collectively spell out a portrait of a troubled young kid

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who cares a lot about her friends in her own way

yeah, everything about her makes sense now.

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well, mostly

obviously, in Vol 2 the AIDA infection made it much worse

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WHY DOES SHE LOOK SO SAD

...she does....

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now i just feel kinda bad

anyways, that was Bordeux. I think that was absolutely worth the deep dive into a character really underserved by the main narrative

Huh! Yeah, it was interesting. I don't buy the promise event but she's interesting, herself.

anyways, it has been made clear by the course of the plot of the game that Haseo's relationship with Shino was not really healthy, and that it was in his best interest to move on and be honest with himself about feelings for an actual peer, rather than someone he just put on an unrealistic pedestal. What this ending presupposes is--what if it wasn't

Shino: seriously are you sure about this kid

lol, lmao

a lot of her emails are just talking about doctors and hospitals and stuff, as that really has been a lot of her life since waking up

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she talks about being sick of hospital food and IV drips

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and wants to go out to eat with haseo sometime

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Re: Motto "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope" They're the words of Helen Keller.