🌲Fernweh Exploration!🌲
Added 2025-01-31 13:30:02 +0000 UTC
Hi Returning Visitors,
I hope you're doing well.
It's time to dive deeper into Book Two's story. 👀
(As always, I selected a cat GIF that relates to this drop's content! This one has a cute kitten being curious about flowers, possibly smelling the blooms and playing with their petals. I'm not certain what type of cat this is, likely an American Short Hair. It is mostly white with spots of muted orange, which contrasts nicely with the blue collar around the kitty's neck.)
To continue reading this post, please go: here
Comments
I've done the majority of my runs now so I'm ready to scream!!! (I apologize to B and to JR, but it's really a time thing) Aelsa, this was stunning!!! The grief that permeates this alpha drop, it hits *everyone* not just the MC, I'm feeling everything the characters are going through and the variations between the ROs is outstanding! J - the watcher, keeping the past. R - vengeance and unmaking and redoing. S - new life and understanding. Mal - the past and the future and the echoes of. When J pick-axed the foundation of the burned home, did it make them feel better, did anything make them feel better, or could they only start healing once the RV returned to Fernweh? (Screaming, yelling at "your Jane" and the pair trying to repair the distance, learning each other's facial expressions again.) I was deeply unwell about the casual touches between January and Ruby - when Ruby smiles at Jam's hand in hers. I think my soul transcended for a minute or two. Also, I love finding out what the inscription means, I love making R blush when Jam calls her soft, and I love reading how R unmade things as a teen and how easily she admits it now. But my final, canon this-one choice was growing emotional and shredding the flower and Ruby ripping up flowers as well, saying that she'd give Jam a sledgehammer, and then the gentleness she shows after. It's *perfect* for the grief that Jam was feeling. January, who went to therapy outside Fernweh and tries to heal and move on, she went to the old house for closure. And Ruby was with her every step of the way. S's flashback was devastating, I was misty eyed when she didn't want to let go of the stone and how everything was changing and wrong. Mrs Dorran, MVP. GOATED. Mom of the Year. She was there, helping S through tragedy, listening and supporting. And S in turn supported J and R when they needed someone. Mal run - incredible. Supportive but also hungry. They have been waiting and waiting and finally, they are with the MC and no one else. They *want* the MC with such intensity, and they still think it's all going to go away... when they want the MC to go to *them* and they want the *future*. BTW, JoJo has a run where she takes ???'s hand and goes to the house by herself because Mal gives her the brush off. And she had the saddest run I've done. She wanted to see her parents more - she was there alone for hours, hoping to see them. alasj;ldakjsg;aljsd;gals jd sorry ;_; i'm insane, i accept this
ckl
2025-02-06 21:12:22 +0000 UTCI AM SO BACK TO THE PATREON NOW THAT I DONT NEED VPN, AND I AM IN 'MERICA. Let me yap for a bit. As of now, I did B, R, and Mal routes and I'm devastated in the best way. I appreciate deeply how the writing makes us go through 'Oh fuck, oh fuck' in the moments when memories or powers start to overwhelm, especially with the last updates with nightmares that ??? truly had a lot of fun with. I expected a much more grim picture of the MC's house, but what I read brought me to tears. The fact that R did everything they did, tried to make it a more peaceful and harmonious state instead of a fiery devastation? It speaks of care, of wish to not remember MC's family as a plain of devastation but still preserve the better memories, knowing full well that their separation was not a willing one (thanks Grandpa <3). I found the picture to be oddly soothing but also melancholic in a beautiful way. Despite death present, life will prevail. It's also unique with how nature takes over what's been happening around there because it's what we all expect, right? For Mother Nature to take over once we're gone. It's poetic. It's beautiful. It's emotional. Mal's route had something that drove me insane about MalRina specifically. I'm just going insane over it. The way they spoke about the future, the death, and wishing to be a support? I died, perished, evaporated. It was incredible. I just sat there and thought about MalRina, both having different views on death and suffering from separation by death issues and finding some solace whenever they 'choose each other'. Nothing will ever make me go more insane with MalRina than "I'll give you a future" lines I WAS HOWLING ON TOP OF MY LUNGS. Mal just shot Zarina's heart like a cupid, which is fitting for this month of February when I read it B)
Renata G.
2025-02-04 20:29:10 +0000 UTCJust gonna...go lay down now thinking about how the inscription in the JR route changes based on your friendship necklace 🥲 (I doubly punched myself by choosing moon&stars while giving Lydia the astronomy affinity)
NekitaKickIt
2025-02-01 23:48:08 +0000 UTCMicheal kept his distance from Ruby’s cat mainly because he unsure how she feels about people being around her cat and doesn’t want to overstep any boundaries. But since that meeting micheal is quietly intrigued by the Verner’s feline.
The thorn of Britannia
2025-02-01 10:34:25 +0000 UTCOkay, you adding the *sigh* as a finisher only made me love it more. 😍 I would say neither is Mal, but... *stares off into the distance* Good luck, just hold onto the first promise they made you/Morgan about your future once you notice the changes in them. 😉 (I took no prisoners for some of the choice variations of commitment to Mal + feelings versus 'nah'). Thank you for making my day (with your tears.) 💚
Aelsa Trevelyan
2025-01-31 22:36:39 +0000 UTC*begrudgingly finished the sentence* ... i know this and I love you *sigh* I am not prepared for the desire and secrecy routes 😭
three of eight
2025-01-31 22:30:53 +0000 UTCI'm here to 'talk' to you! 🥰 *inserts the 'I've never done anything wrong in my life' meme: here* Admittedly, I was lying in wait for you to come across more than a few lines of Mal's, especially with how Morgan treats them (🥹), but I'm living for the snapdragon taking you out. Oh, yes, the other variations will hurt you in a far different way. Thinking about the desire overaly and what Mal says, oof. >.> Thank you for reading! 💚
Aelsa Trevelyan
2025-01-31 22:28:50 +0000 UTCIt's all going according to plan then.😉I enjoyed writing those emotional scenes! Yes, I'm very grateful to that epic patron alongside my testers. I will! You're welcome; I'm glad that they will make navigating the early chapters easier. It takes a while to reverse engineer the code to condense it down to major choices/variables. If the chapter jumps receive enough positive feedback, I may add them into a few more chapters depending on the scope. 🌲 Me 🤝 you 🤝R. Verner about a feline's innate elegance that can oscillate between dignity, cuteness, and playfulness. (I suppose it depends on the cat's personality too.) Hopefully Micheal enjoyed meeting R's cat. 🐈⬛
Aelsa Trevelyan
2025-01-31 22:25:15 +0000 UTCAelsa come out here i just wanna talk 😤 (affectionate). So much to unpack, need to do multiple runs to note down variations. The SNAPDRAGON AELSA this is fine whatever It doesn't even affect me Narrator voice: it affected her a lot.
three of eight
2025-01-31 20:47:43 +0000 UTC‘Includes those emotional choices I added. Not going to tease it much and just let you read!’ But why do I feel so thoroughly teased by this statement 😆. On a serious note I’m very happy to hear someone helped you out with the game that was very kind of them, give my regards to them and the people who play tested the new build. And thank you for adding the chapter jumps 😊. Also cats (especially kittens) are the most adorable and elegant creatures in the world 🐈⬛.
The thorn of Britannia
2025-01-31 20:17:20 +0000 UTCOh, I'll be waiting in patient anticipation, Hedban. 🥰 I'm so glad that the update had an emotional impact on you and your MCs! (That was my hope.) Also, I'm very 👀 about that line of Mal's. Going with them aches differently, for sure. They're trying their best. 💔
Aelsa Trevelyan
2025-01-31 16:42:25 +0000 UTCI will send a message later about my thoughts about this update once I have played through with all my MCs but for now I can say that this hurts!! And one specific line of Mal's killed me 10 times over 😭
Hedban
2025-01-31 16:34:33 +0000 UTCYes, they're incredible, hard working, and so generous with their time. Thanks to them and our testers too! 💚🥰
Aelsa Trevelyan
2025-01-31 13:52:25 +0000 UTCThank you to the patron who assisted with the hosting transfer! 🙏
Notice me senpai~
2025-01-31 13:50:40 +0000 UTC👀👀👀 An extremely accurate description for how this will likely go down. 😌
Aelsa Trevelyan
2025-01-31 13:42:44 +0000 UTCYOU GET EMOTIONAL DAMAGE 🫵 AND YOU GET EMOTIONAL DAMAGE 🫵🫵 ALL THE MCS GET EMOTIONAL DAMAGE 🫵🫵🫵
alex
2025-01-31 13:34:10 +0000 UTC
