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Abyss in Cahoots ([personal profile] abyssal_sylph) wrote2024-07-01 01:25 pm
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Minor Thoughts On "We Know the Devil"

Some thoughts I had on "We Know the Devil" [spoilers ahead];



  • Before I had finished the True Ending, I really liked how the Devil was in my head. The Devil wasn't a person / entity, not really. It was a disease, a plague, something you CATCH. It was a very interesting way to portray the Devil in a world. And it also makes a sad amount of sense, with how often sick or "sick" people are treated like it's their fault for being infected.

  • I love the transformations that the 3 undergo. It feels like something has gone wrong. I like that all of them have a different theme to their transformation to the Devil & they're beautifully rendered.

  • I also felt punched by the True Ending. How the Devil is reframed as something, if not good, then better. I like how all 3 have mixed feelings on the transformation, how they lean on each other to undergo it. I find it interesting that they're still at the camp, trying to help whoever seeming just goes there. "The three worst girls since Eve" hot DAMN.


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rionaleonhart: kingdom hearts: riku, blindfolded and smiling slightly. (we'll be the darkness)

[personal profile] rionaleonhart 2024-07-01 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
How the Devil is reframed as something, if not good, then better.

I love the way you've phrased this. It's such an interesting game: so short, but so atmospheric, and it really sticks in the mind.
abyssal_sylph: Venus has her hands in front of her mouth, she is looking straight ahead, at something utterly beautiful, she's in a forest. (venus (wktd))

[personal profile] abyssal_sylph 2024-07-01 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so happy that I bought this game, it feels as if you could interact with a poem. I might buy "Heaven Will Be Mine" because of it when I have more money.
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[personal profile] deadfinch 2024-07-01 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
wktd is probably my favorite VN i've ever played! i grew up in a very repressive, evangelical environment so it hit close to home for me. especially the way giving in to the devil is used as a metaphor for accepting your queerness, because that's definitely how i felt for a long time after i came out: like i'd given in to something "evil," like i was disgusting, etc. but paradoxically it was also the freest and happiest i'd ever felt in my life. the game captures that feeling in the most beautiful, poetic, affecting way.
abyssal_sylph: Venus has her hands in front of her mouth, she is looking straight ahead, at something utterly beautiful, she's in a forest. (venus (wktd))

[personal profile] abyssal_sylph 2024-07-01 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
My environment was diffrent, but I still feel like the ending punched me in the face in the best way possible. I am so happy I played this for myself.
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