lovely !!!!! incredibly rich story, characters, art, and music. these were my personal thoughts as i played the game:
the colors are incredibly pleasant. oranges and a vignette are usual for horror but the sights have a different charm to them. im live commenting and i wonder if she was a former doctor made scientist. i always find it a cool twist to make figures associated with magic into more rogue scientists instead. magnolia seems a little uncomfortable acting as a parent figure but i find mint cute regardless. the music and its dissonance is great ambiance. as time goes on though she seems to care deeply about him like in the comment about her saving his drawings and her thoughts about surpressing her smile. mint is incredibly knowledgeable and im glad he knows she loves him. i have a kid i sort of take care of and she tends to ask me about butterflies so mint's comments resonate a lot. i love when games show a fairytale to parallel the story. comes up heavily in silver thread deux too. the storybook illustrations are a nice touch. ahhhhh theyre such an endearing classic parent child dynamic i loved the little thought magnolia thought about considering opening mint's diary. it makes sense that mint would have an equal amount of academic texts and children's storybooks, its something id do myself for a kid especially when out of range from modern society. the jack-o-lanterns and common halloween items in the storage make me laugh especially with the random spelbook decor. love her. i wonder what happened to her wife. i wouldnt mind if its left unanswered as the story is made intriguing as is. nevermind. dove and magnolia's dynamic in the flashbacks seem sweet. but the story is so rich i dont mind the path they went. ahhh the journal and fertilizer comment really pieces everything together even outside of the flashbacks. i had to try everything myself for the lock including mint's birthday from the journal but it made my heart clench to test it and see it be his mother's birthdate :( the plant saying 'your son's sibling' when you interact with it made me emotional as well. mint's little sprout head is killing me the plant sibling makes sense now. such a good narrative. the little moments of humor like the procreation comment were great. magnolia's rare crazed face is breathtaking to me. i love love love magnolia's only sentimental aspect being mint and her idea of motherhood regardless of the means. mint being a carbon copy of his mother is both endearing and tragic. my bias for them from playing from magnolia's perspective makes me favor ending a. i love the story either way. the constant dialogue about candies makes sense for the diet reveal. i so love the way magnolia has her moments of humanity in her pride in achievement and her appreciation for dove. it tracks that the most its shown is in her final project and son. its so meaningful to me to have the one person who sacrifices everything for science and her pride, ending in her finding love and a sense of humanity in the science she originally sacrificed everything human for in turn - if that makes sense. its poetic i think. mint looks so much like his mother :( ending b is equally tragic but im glad mint at least has his own values and principles. mint getting presumably teary eyed or dilated seeing his mother's notes on him :( in the end i think ending b is favorable out of grace for dove and mint. i love the open endedness very dearly. im not sure if magnolia simply removed all decor and care for herself or let strangers ransack it all but its tragic regardless. i suppose she might be creating another homunculus ? its sweet to me that she left his drawing even so. im starting to miss them. lovely lovely story and characters. thank you!