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Red Lights : Vatican
France-based photographer Aishy shares shots of The Basilica di San Pietro, in the heart of the Vatican, under a new glance, a new light.

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Anonymous whispered: (1/3) Do you think Yasu received some sort of visceral, if sad, catharsis & closure in EP5's Trial sequence, even though Beatrice, a large part of Yasu, is defiled along with Natsuhi and Kinzo? I read the scene with Virgilia right before the Court Scene, she said that whatever result Bern and Lambda (she said that Beato herself called them) made from EP5, "that result has already been filled with compassion", which I'm unsure: What's kind? Beato's final death? Battler reaches the truth?

yasuda-yoshiya:

(2/3) Also, it’s interesting that Virgilia said that Beato “called the two of them here”. While in Lambda’s case it’s obvious (from the Diary TIP and Confession), it’s surprising that Beato is the one who called Bern, given what we’ve seen of her beforehand is that she comes in seemingly out of nowhere and placed bets against Beato cruelly. Does Bern and Lambda’s influence and cruelty reflect Yasu’s reality that the environment around her is brutal, might as well get revenge?

(3/3) I’m thinking this because mostly Bern’s the one who cornered and brutalized Natsuhi with cruel red truths, while Beato in that court tries to “protect” her. Meanwhile Yasu as the Man from 19 Years Ago’s revenge was threatening and framing Natsuhi, but the direct attacks against Natsuhi stems from Eva’s sheer anger and jabs, Erika’s finger-pointing and other people providing “evidences” to prove that finger-pointing. Considering Erika is Bern’s piece and chances are isn’t bribed…

Hmm, I know akatokuro already answered part of this here, and I generally agree with her answer! “The result already being filled with compassion” is an odd way to phrase it - I wouldn’t be surprised if that was some kind of localisation issue - but basically, I think the main idea is that being faced with Bern and Lambda’s cruelty was necessary for Battler to really start to question himself and to commit to fighting for Beatrice’s sake.

Although I also wouldn’t say that Lambda’s game itself was entirely without compassion, either - her portrayals of Natsuhi’s Beatrice and the Man from 19 Years Ago are reflections of genuine parts of Yasu too, and things like her hilarious BatoBeato shipping scene obviously have some genuine warmth behind them - but Lambda being Lambda, she’s also perfectly happy to carelessly screw around with those genuine elements in a way Beato definitely wouldn’t have wanted and repurpose them as a playground to have fun with Bern. (I also wouldn’t be surprised if a part of Lambda was actually hoping that Battler would rebel against the cruelty of the game and that it would push him into fighting harder - I remember her having a sort of disappointed “Oh, was that really all you could do?” reaction to Battler’s corpse in the aftermath of the trial - but, again, Lambda being Lambda, I think she was also perfectly prepared to just shrug that hope off without much more than vague disappointment if Battler didn’t end up living up to it.)

As for Beato being responsible for Bern’s presence, I had the impression that  she was called there to prevent the game from just going on forever with no conclusion. Without Bern forcing things to come to a head, there was a danger that Beato would be tempted to just keep having fun playing with Battler and for her “means to become her ends” - but that isn’t what Yasu really wants, as she pointed out at the end of EP4. So some part of her needed Bern to be there to do things like call Ange in to break the stalemate, forcing the game to an endpoint where Battler would have to genuinely commit to either seriously try to understand Beatrice’s message or to reject her entirely - rather than him just continuing to keep non-committally playing around and vaguely posturing about “beating the witch” without really facing up to what that would actually mean, the way he was doing up to that point. So it pretty much comes down to what Virgilia was saying previously in that scene:

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And yeah, I can imagine there was probably a part of Yasu that got some satisfaction out of seeing Natsuhi being torn apart like that! The Man from 19 Years Ago is also a part of Yasu, after all, even though he’s obviously a very skewed picture. I remember Beatrice in the EP8 manga mentioning that she got a kick out of making those phone calls and generally tormenting Natsuhi in that episode, so I don’t think that whole plot was entirely on Lambda or anything; there was some desire of Yasu’s represented there too. I’d imagine that Bern and Erika going so over the top at the end with the whole Court of Illusions segment might have taken it a bit too far for her, though.

Behold the sweetfish river running through my beloved hometown.

You who seek the Golden Land, follow its path downstream in search of the key

As you travel down it, you will see a village.

In that village, look for the shore the two will tell you of.

There sleeps the key to the Golden Land.

The one who obtains the key must then travel to the Golden Land in accordance with these rules.

On the first twilight, offer the six chosen by the key as sacrifices. 

On the second twilight, those who remain shall tear apart the two who are close.

On the third twilight, those who remain shall praise my noble name.

On the fourth twilight, gouge the head and kill.

On the fifth twilight, gouge the chest and kill.

On the sixth twilight, gouge the stomach and kill.

On the seventh twilight, gouge the knee and kill.

On the eighth twilight, gouge the leg and kill.

On the ninth twilight, the witch shall revive, and none shall be left alive.

On the tenth twilight, the journey shall end, and you shall reach the capital where the gold dwells

The witch will praise the wise, and should bestow four treasures.

One shall be, all the gold from the Golden Land.

One shall be, the resurrection of the souls of all the dead.

One shall be, even the resurrection of the lost love.

One shall be, to put the witch to sleep for all time.

Sleep peacefully, my most beloved witch, Beatrice.

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god I hate george, but ep1 does a really good job at making it seem like him and shannon are like, really in love

hey battler, maybe groping girls isn’t the best way to “break the ice”

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umineko culture is wanting to try absinthe 

me, watching kinzo and nanjo talk to each other, knowing that kinzo is actually dead rn: 

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BeaBato render for all your needs, if you use please credit me and tell me~ I took a lot of pain on my hand coloring it so please(?)

Happy European Birthday, also, magicisfantastic!!!!

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