Cross Channel, Communication, and Humanity (Patreon Cut)
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"Life is full of loneliness... and things that can mask that loneliness are precious. I think it's for that reason, that other people exist."
Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/117auJeyIkiBMKxQ0Pw8CY-3CEyE2JdxSi5HQmDKhWgY/edit?usp=sharing
Shoutouts:
https://nadianova.itch.io/
https://eonsawake.bandcamp.com/music
Timecodes:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:36 Synopsis
00:04:37 The Structure
00:07:21 The Characters
00:10:28 The Writing
00:20:02 The Aesthetics
00:24:16 Patreon Break
00:29:25 Communication [SPOILERS]
00:34:52 Receiver [SPOILERS]
00:55:37 Message [SPOILERS]
01:02:21 Overall
Music list:
Tenshi no Inai 12-gatsu - Footprints of Winter
Cross Channel - Criss Cross
Cross Channel - Fated
Cross Channel - Message
Cross Channel - Way to Home
EVE Burst Error - Speculation 1
Grounseed - Village (YM2608)
Xenon - Ranphar 1
Shirotsume Souwa - Track 3 (Dreamcast)
Fate/Grand Order - Corridor of Memories
Cross Channel - Signal
7th Dragon - A Beginning Adventurer (Super Arrange)
Final Fantasy X - Isn't It Wonderful? (Solo Guitar Collection)
Final Fantasy IV - Theme of Love (Solo Guitar Collection)
Higurashi - Futari. Hitori. (String Quarter & Piano)
Shizuku - MOON PHASE (2003)
Kizuato - A Sigh (Leaf Piano Collection Vol.1)
YU-NO - Memories
Little Busters! - Untitled 'A Capriccio Played by an Awakening Love'
7th Dragon - Labyrinth, Jungle Navigation (Super Arrange)
Gun-Katana - Nemuri no Mayu
Symphonic Rain - Rain of the Heart (A Duet for Piano & Cello)
Cross Channel - Crystal Clear
Umineko - hope (Higurashi x Umineko Piano Collections)
Higurashi - You (Quintet from Higurashi x Umineko Piano Collections)
Final Fantasy III - Elia, the Maiden of Water (Solo Guitar Collection)
Cross Channel - CROSSING (Rita's Respect II)
Comments
This felt like tracing old scars and finding that the tissue underneath is still softer than you thought. gutwrenching in the best possible ways
Vaalan Hei
2023-10-31 19:40:49 +0000 UTCBeautiful video :-)
Kittykatt_Luna
2023-10-18 19:55:32 +0000 UTCJust to clarify: this was a third-person you near the end, not an accusatory one. I'm not about leaving hate comments.
fohfuu
2023-10-17 14:41:07 +0000 UTCI feel like I understood you. A lot. I'm only commenting in regards to one section here but I feel like you'll maybe understand. Having not played the game, I find some frustration with it coming close to empathising with ASPD, whilst displaying that Miki doesn't have ASPD. She certainly is neurodivergent, but she does not lack emotional empathy or a social conscience. There is nothing incorrect or problematic about showing someone reconnect with their emotional empathy. In fact, I love those stories. But you can hopefully understand why I'm disappointed by that character arc if you read this. Cw escaping war, racism, abuse. To put my own cards on the table, I'm extremely emotionally empathetic. So much so that I have had to learn to compartmentalise or I'd be completely distraught at all times. The typical person has limits to their emotional empathy; I've had to compartmentalise to function. But that's only a fact I was made aware of by the fact most people aren't universally empathetic. Look, for example, to how the Europe reacted to the 2014 Syrian asylum crisis; a large portion of the EU public felt apathy (some even joy) at innocent people fleeing a war and dying at sea. It wasn't until a particular photograph of a very young child - Alan Kurdi - was pushed onto the headlines in 2015 that the tide changed, almost overnight, in favour of refugees... And NGOs say the shift lasted about three months before things "went back to normal". That's what happens when we make decisions based on our emotional empathy, our "human nature". Appealing to our humanity about lasts three months. I am a huge proponent of intellectual empathy, but emotional empathy doesn't mean crud to me. You don't help anyone by feeling some kind of way - aka giving "thoughts and prayers". You have to materially *be* humane by acting and speaking morally. If the only reason you'd prevent suffering or increase joy is for your own heart, that isn't a moral act; it's a masturbatory one. The kicker: abuse runs in my family *because* of empathy. When we hurt others, we'd feel the pain we'd caused, and - as a gut reaction - reversed that anger onto the victim. The subconscious thought process was, "this person is hurting me by making me feel their pain". That's how I learned to distance my emotions - so I would stop showing them. That "victim/monster" binary mindset encourages doublethink.
fohfuu
2023-10-14 18:41:27 +0000 UTC"love that doesnt wish for reciprocity" -- and to see the story end with him sending out signals to never hear an answer.... its beautiful, my eyes got hot. lovely work.
kalechips
2023-10-09 10:51:26 +0000 UTCThe ending of this video was so insanely beautiful, I'm so glad I took the time to sit down for this today
eve brown
2023-10-09 07:52:30 +0000 UTCis there anyone alive out there?
intvl
2023-10-08 19:52:37 +0000 UTCI'm an autistic trans woman with CPTSD and the end of this video hit me like an isekai truck. It was exactly what I needed to hear right now. Communication is impossibly hard. I'm terrified of everyone, especially those I love. I'm just as terrified of myself. That doesn't mean I can afford to stop trying.
Just here for Doree
2023-10-03 19:35:44 +0000 UTCIt's interesting that with all of the in depth essays you have made that honestly this is the one where on reaching the thesis I had identified with the most, pieces and parts hitting realistic taken from each character that I could relate to my own life. I do wish that there was a good English version, as I would love to experience this story myself. It makes me feel seen, in a way that many things don't, I believe.
Maeve Hext
2023-10-03 15:22:47 +0000 UTCIts funny that the "patron section" has slowly become one of my favorite segments of the videos. Seeing all the names & hearing all the cool new projects, hearing a bit about who helped with research. its all really comforting & communal ^^
Fangsoft
2023-10-02 19:54:50 +0000 UTCIt sucks that there isn't a decent EN version of this, I've managed to track down a JP release to work into my JP immersion time but EOPs deserve better (I don't know how viable ANOTHER fan translation would be, to try and do a more worthy job, but it seems like this title deserves the attempt)
Nah
2023-10-02 09:09:15 +0000 UTCThis got HEAVY. I love it.
Vimbert
2023-10-01 23:03:11 +0000 UTCi really love this video and now im adding cross channel to my ever increasing to-read list! also to comment on the end of the video: struggling with communication is something i relate to strongly so hearing you relate to it but also put into words so nicely really makes me feel i have to say you did a great job with this explanation. and thank you a ton for the shoutout, i truly appreciate the kind words
Nadia Nova
2023-09-30 15:46:44 +0000 UTCFantastic work as usual! And as someone autistic who's struggled with communication my entire life, this really resonated with me. Thanks for continuing to share interesting, impactful stories with us!
Spikerzky
2023-09-30 14:53:19 +0000 UTCSo excited to watch this!!
N K
2023-09-30 03:27:25 +0000 UTCNot kidding when I say I was refreshing Patreon all day after you announced it would be released today on twitter
Victoria Vela
2023-09-30 01:28:57 +0000 UTCOooo!!! Can’t wait to dive into this later!!
MSuspiriorum
2023-09-30 01:27:46 +0000 UTC
