Oh my god last night Yakuza.
So this moment in llast night's stream really stood out as a picture of who Dave really IS.
This is going to be marriage spergery,
The moments we spend with our partner is what we remember on our death bed. The glances, the shit talking back and forth, the feel of one another's in each other's arms it's all the one expierience. Dave was so uncomfortable during the date scene and during this which makes me think he barely TALKS to his wife, barely just even sits in silence, barely lays there just enjoying each other's company.
It is very visible in the beginning that he does not care about the final scene and understanding why the characters do what they do. If one is unable to connect with pixels on the screen, hell with fiction period, how can they connect to real life ideas of love, compassion and respect. Dave is just sprinting to the end. It's funny because this whole game was stretched out like a rubber band which makes me think the whale got bored of whaling for this.
Instead he talks about plums and cackles like a moron. What makes this funny too is that the girl he is supposed to be taking this final journey with is almost left behind. (Makes me think he left Khet behind in many many many ways).
Dave starts this scene out nicely, but spoils it. Instead of adjusting to the mood, again he starts cackling madly. Glimpse at his chat, even THEY know how to behave.
What's special about this relationship, from what I gathered through restreeams is that it blossoms slowly, There is even a cute scene where the main character wishes Oryo would cook for him again. I clipped that a few pages back.
Dave does not understand the special bond of partners cooking for each other either. It's all utilitatrian for him.
Music plays and it's a slow piana solo. A beautiful moment. Dave makes a very...... autistic like conclusion.
Let me explain. Often people with autism have to use other and contextual clues in the text to figure out feelings and deeper motifs in the story. So Dave's brain is recalling details about Oryo being "nice" and this is where it stops. Dave makes no connections to the story because I feel like he cannot. I think he thinks this would be "cheating".
Even then Dave has ZERO romantic bones in his body. A warning to Dave, you are lucky Khet is how she is. A normal woman get's really tired of taking care of a man child, unless they have a complex. (Makes me think if this is why she got with Dave, but it seems like she cannot even care for him that way or just gave up.)
Pop pointed out about how Dave's eyes twitch and dart during this scene too. This might be self stimming. Dave HAS to do something.
Then the tism. Instead of leaning into chat behaving appropriately- it's easy tell them to spam hearts. He points this out and cackles. Is the teacher angry? Should they stop doing this? Not only is HE not going to be attached to the story it seems like his chat cannot either.
Dave finds himself AGAIN to be unable to connect with the two humans on the screen. What is also telling that Oryo is having this explosion of desperation to the main character. She is begging the man to come back to her. So their life might be normal. Dave laughs and chooses the utilitarian response of- muh katana.
Watch closely at 4:47ish. There is body contact. This is how we know they barely hold each other. Body contact is so special and Dave cannot connect to this.
I have no idea about 5:06. This just baffled me. I think he is trying to make a joke here???
Anyway thank you for coming to my Ted Talk about marriage.
Welcome back noodnicks.
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Here is the song mention from last night's stream as well: