I was so glad I went in with a trust because I took a whole bunch of screenshots of the little clapping polar bear cubs. Yes, music off is for subsequent playthroughs of content. I always have the music on the first time. 1st boss headcannon some Sharlayan researcher who was a reincarnation of an Elpis researcher bred one of the walking sharks with a dino I had nostalgia on the final dungeon boss, but not for Hullbreaker, but I played the classic game that it was calling back to on the SNES.
I love how you related Zero’s disconnection to emotions to autism! I thought about that a lot. I don’t know if I even qualify to be on the spectrum, but there were a lot of times where I saw myself in Zero. Sometimes I look at people being people and just can’t comprehend why they do what they do and try to find a logic to it but always come up with “ahh. Humans are just weird. Got it.”
see all I could think about the lightning bear boss was that it made me flash back to attempting the Electrophobia achievement in gw2 for dodging all of kralky's floor-lightning cracks in that one instance (last time I tried I made it all the way to the end and then failed, and then gave up)
The 7.0 hints are so annoying. "We'll give you several really obvious hints that could mean almost anything at this point" I love the way everyone takes in Zero's weird questions and does their best to explain feelings to her.