Fata Morgana: Requiem for Innocence Pt 3

Ngl, the festival (plus the aftermath) is my favorite part of Requiem, at least the main part. Also I love Ceren, she's annoying for sure, but that's part of her charm I think. She's just such a chaotic ball of fun. 11:49 not to be the "but akschually" kind of guy, but as a reminder, in terms of time travel, the time where Michel went to Morgana's past, that was all an illusion created by Morgana and the Mens' souls, though that only became apparent when the tragedy of her death happened regardless after Michel had brought her salvation in the past. Also, as a general note about the language, yes, there absolutely is a strong asynchronicity sometimes, and I think the reason it is so apparent is that the TL team for the most part (especially early on in the main game) succeeded in making the characters sound as if they are from the time period that they were from. However, I think they reached the conclusion that making sure that the language flows and that the characters sound distinct from one another (and matches their personality) had to take priority over making everyone sound old-timey. 38:30 Aye, I think this highlights one of Jacopos deeply sympathic traits. He always acts haughty and shit, but he's secretly keeping tabs on everyone and doesn't hesitate to help them out - and he'd probably even rather avoid getting thanked for it. Probably also one of the reasons he couldn't leave Morgana alone, at the lord's mansion or otherwise. 53:44 lmaooo Maria basically nailing exactly what makes Jacopo Jacopo. And the more you think about it, the more noticable it becomes :D 1:44:44 Man, this part and this music really has me tearing up AGAIN... You know, yeah, that age gap is so problematic it hurts, BUT I sincerely think that nobody can quite offer Morgana the kinds of things that she needs the same way that Jacopo does all naturally. He banters with her, but very obviously cares for her very much 1:47:04 two points of interest - notice this advice he gives her, and how the lord's sprites turned all blurry by the end of the video. The other, how Morgana still hasn't called Jacopo by his name (much to his complaint in the previous episode). It's not just Jacopo though, Morgana couldn't recall Gratien's name earlier either. 1:49:38 you will find out - the occasion was mentioned in the original game - in fact both the day of the raid as well as the day of Morgana's death were on specific days. 1:50:43 I interpret it as Morgana's internal conflict between her identity as a saint (to which she attributes pretty much all meaning of her life, and probably to even greater extend, the suffering she'd had to endure for it), and then her feelings of wanting to be a normal girl, life a normal life and have fun and feel things with the closest things she's ever had to what could be called friends. And on top of that, there are the marks on her face and body, which in her mind pretty much makes it impossible to lead a normal life, which complicates things for her even further - not that I can blame her. And finally hearing Jacopo's story, I wonder what Morgana felt about learning that not only Ceren, but also Jacopo got sold off as a kid, just like herself. Also I remember having a moment when I was first reading, when Morgana said the line "I simply can't turn off my anxiety about my appearance". For some reason my image of Morgana was that she was above such things, and then I felt like such an idiot. Of COURSE she'd feel like that, she's an 11-year old girl! Just like Jacopo said, sometimes you forget that because of how mature she acts, but that just makes it all the more important to keep it in mind.

Asbjørn Kennedy