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deepbluefeeling rated Stars In Your Eyes

A browser game made in HTML5.

I think in the way the reality is right now, it's extremely brave and necessary to give us a world where disabled queer people can be happy and find comfort with each other, to strive for. And I like that it's not a utopia, it's still very much a pain in the ass, and it's still got an awful lot of groveling for your humanity, extremely mediocre public transport, and worst of all, people thinking it's acceptable to ruin delicious baked goods by putting dried grapes in them. But despite that, it's still possible for life and love and culture to flourish.

This vn is written on a gimmick, which I think is always hit or miss. Luckily we don't have to talk about consequences of missing because it's a home run out of the park. The sound design and visual design are both excellent, in the kinda grungy kinda dirty pink narcissus signature that really gives the world a lived in feel, despite having sci-fi elements, like brain transmitters and bisexuals. The fact that these two key parts, visuals and acoustics, are kept separate to balance the main characters' respective disabilities, before coming together towards the very end of the game, is such a satisfying resolution, especially since the music is introduced with Luna's song, probably one of the last things that our pathetic milk soaked otter ever heard, and still remembers painfully well. 

Cosmic Karma is this kind of superstition that I see a lot in my field, though for us it often manifests as "why am I allowed to be happy, while my client is suffering," as if somehow our own misery would somehow balance out theirs, or that by being content we don't fully appreciate or understand what they're going through or are hampered in some way. So I'm glad to see it addressed here as well. With disability, especially for people who are still relatively new to it, it's really easy to fall into the trap of trying to find a justification for it, even though it ultimately doesn't do any good. To keep bringing up psychology, I also think it's interesting to see where and how people find meaning in suffering, the caveats where we can. Being the one who lives on instead is one of the most trying things there is, but if that means sparing those dear to you, then it's bearable, isn't it? Love ends in death or heartbreak, but it's part of what makes life worth living.