Reason 1: He staged Mari's suicide This is the most obvious reason people hate Basil but here's the thing, he was around 13 years old and he just saw his best friend kill his older sister, who by the way, was also a close friend of Basil's. Mari's body fell right in front of him. The only thing Basil could think about at the moment was the fact Sunny would be taken away from him as well, so he did the first thing that came to his mind to protect, of course this thing wasn't really a good idea but

it would keep Sunny from going to jail according to him. A question I have is, how the HELL did he think of this? I mean, this is a 13 year old, how could he think this up? (in the sense, what on earth did bro go through?)

Reason 2: The Shears Incident Soooo, he nearly kills himself here. If you choose not to check on Basil, Basil kills himself here, which should already tell us what state of mind he was in here. The reason he kills himself, i THINK btw, is because Sunny is leaving him, he's moving out of town and also because of how alone he is. Kel tried to reach out, but Basil needed Sunny to be there for him because of the shared trauma/secret the two of them had. The guilt over Mari's death manifests as "Something", a monster only Sunny and

Basil see. Even then, they see different somethings. Basil stabs Sunny because he believes he is saving Sunny from Something behind him, the same way he saw Something push Mari. He's only 16 when this happens, and I don't hate him because all of this is just a really unfortunate accident that was preceded by wrong actions.

Reason 3: The 4 years after Okay so this isn't really a reason people hate him, I feel the need to give a bit of context here. After Sunny ruins the photo album, it's Basil who ultimately takes the fall for it, being severely bullied by Aubrey, one of his close friends. He kept the secret for 4 years, to protect Sunny despite being ghosted by him. Right after the stairs incident, Sunny and Basil promise to always be there for each other, only for Sunny to ghost him for 4 years. Not that I'm blaming Sunny here, like I

said, they're only tragic victims of circumstance.

Reason 4: Destroying the friend group Mari's "suicide" splits the group terribly, but despite the initial lie, the actual split itself is not entirely Basil's fault. I mean he was the trigger though, Sunny locks himself and disassociates for 4 years, Aubrey takes her grief out in the form of anger on Basil, Hero becomes unresponsive for months before being confronted by Kel and channeling his toxic perfectionism, and I think poor Kel got the shortest end of the stick. In order to be the peacemaker and bring everyone together, he keeps on a happy facade to hide his sadness,

by doing this, he accidentally neglects the feelings of his friends. Destroying the group happened because of Sunny and Basil, but it was a group effort that it happened.

Its sad how Basil takes the blame for Sunny's actions in both the game and the fandom. I really hope this could help some people understand the complexity of his character. If you still hate him, well that's fine, I appreciate it if you could acknowledge the things he's gone through though. I'm going to add a bit more so just bear with me a little while more:

Earlier I mentioned how did Basil think of... well, that? Basil was an abandoned kid. His parents left him to live with his grandmother and nanny. His grandmother actually dies in the game, which is one of the things leading up to his suicide. His only real family was his friend group, that was being held together by Mari, and then Mari died. All he could think at the moment was likely that they might hate Sunny or Sunny might go to jail. Even if the truth came out, I think the group would have still separated because they would

not know how to handle the truth, in fact I think, Sunny would've had to deal with much more than he did if Basil didn't "help" him. The reason Basil insists that Something behind Sunny pushed Mari is because he couldn't stomach the fact it was Sunny, he'd rather believe something else, like Something or even suicide.

At the end of the day Basil's character is very complex and difficult to understand at first. He did a very wrong thing but I personally can't hate him for it after seeing what he went through because I'm maybe a bit biased and see myself in him. (dependency on friends instead of family, i mean) but i also understand that to some people nothing could excuse Basil's behavior, this post is just meant to help people understand his character more ^-^.Please don't take any offense by this

out laughing randomly, only laughing harder when Alex flops down the bed beside him.

Haru and Alex. Two peas in a pod ever since Alex ran after Haru with a bug on a stick in kindergarten. The two of them were joined at the hip, walking together, talking together, practically living together even! “Hey Alex, do you think when we’re older we can live together?”, “The minute we turn 18, now PLEASE let’s go dude. Summer vacation started and we’re doing NOTHING”. The summer vacations were uneventful, filled with spontaneous visits to the beach Haru liked, the new amusement park that opened up, and the yearly camping trip. Alex loved it, he felt like

he was floating. Every single moment with his best friend filled him with such pure, unfiltered joy, he felt like his heart would burst with happiness, the way it was beating.

Then all of a sudden, it stopped. His heart stopped beating, because Haru was gone. An accident, is what they said, a drunk driver running a red light, a broken bicycle, and loud ambulance sirens. “It’s not fair”, is what Alex thinks, “it’s not fair that this guy runs over my best friend and walks away with a slap on the wrist”, Alex has taken to thinking now, simply refusing to talk as much as he used to. Alex could never imagine Haru as a rock, but that’s what he is now. A rock with a name etched onto it,

a name that meant the world to Alex.

He remembers how the news was delivered, a broken aunt had called his mother sobbing and wailing while telling her the news. His mother was shaking when she told him the news, Alex? Alex had simply disassociated, he does that a lot now. Sometimes for hours at a time, he never touched alcohol ever again in his life. Haru was his partner in crime, his other half, without him Alex felt incomplete like somebody had ripped away his right side of the body and told him to continue living, he simply couldn’t.

He had given up on life entirely, relying on his parents to wash him, feed him, hydrate him, and help him stay alive. The truth was although Haru was the only one who got buried, Alex died with him that day. He was simply an empty shell, waiting for his time to come. Alex closed his eyes again, in his dreams he saw Haru, “Would I still be your best friend if I were a rock?”, yes. Yes Haru, you will be my best friend no matter what. The dream shifts, a gravestone with a familiar name etched into it

appears, and another one next to it reading “Alex Morak, a beloved son and friend.”

Alex sees Haru again, slowly grabbing for his hand grinning and guiding him somewhere, and although Alex never opened his eyes again, he was happy, content to be with Haru once more.

“Haru? Am I dead?”, “Don’t ask silly questions. It broke my heart to see you after I died, it hurts me even further to see how young you died.”, Haru pouts, turning his face away from Alex. Alex puts his arms around Haru, “I missed you”, he croaked, “I’m sorry. I wasn’t there, I never got to say I love you while we were alive”, Haru smiled sadly cradling Alex’s face, “We have an eternity together now anyways dude. I love you too”

The main reason I wrote this letter is to tell you, I remember. I remember everything, our first meet, our first “hangout”, our first fight, our first night out together, our first everything. I need to tell you the first time I saw you in the school dance was the first time I truly understood the meaning of “angelic”, the light didn’t just fall on you my dear, it helped you glow. The serenity and grace with which you danced in Kaguyahime, I never saw the moon the same way again.

I really admire you, I remember when we first talked after your performance, I was fumbling over my words like an *****, while you just laughed, shook your head, and gave your number. My dearest moon, I can’t be there for you in this lifetime. A sunflower spends its life looking at light, just as I looked at you, but sunflowers also have short lifespans, my love. I will always remember your lovely face and your kind words. What was it you said that fateful day I confessed, “I don’t care about your imperfections, your flaws. I want you to

stay with me forever.”, and I will. There will not be a single moment where you are alone.

I love you like I love the moon, in all phases and even in absence. I never loved you with my heart or mind, I loved you with my soul because I knew that although my heart will stop beating and my brain will stop functioning, my soul will never forget you. In every lifetime, I will fall in love with the moon again and again. Maybe in another lifetime, I won’t get sick again. Until next time, my dear.

Even in death, yours Alena

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My dear Alena, I got your letter after I received the one from the hospital offering their condolences for your “untimely demise”... I think you would have laughed at such words, I mean you always laughed at me attempting to use such language but I think you deserve pretty words. You deserved better Alena, it isn’t fair how the prettiest flowers have the shortest lifespans.

For the record I think you looked really stiff, it was your funeral the other day. They put you in a white dress and did your makeup terribly, you would have hated it. Everybody laid down white lilies and orchids. I didn’t, you loved colours, I placed sunflowers and hibiscus, both flowers as vibrant as you are.

I think I know why you never let me visit you much, I mean I still did but I understand. It was hard watching the sun, the center of my universe, fade. I never told you this but oh god, I wish I did, that day when you saw me perform that ****** ballet, I could only ever see what steps I did wrong, it’s like all good things came to me with you. I’m trying to be strong but I’m crying because of the life I have to live and the life you didn’t get a chance to live.

I mean it’s really cruel, I will now have to remember you for a longer time than I have known you. With you went so much of me. I will now have to look at memories of us in our scrapbooks and phones. I have already begun to forget what you sounded like and for that please forgive me. Your absence, by far, is the heaviest thing I have to carry. At the same time, I am relieved you don’t have to suffer, it was really difficult seeing my strong and fierce Alena become bound to a bed. I know

I have to move on because staying in my grief is like staying in a dark forest where butterflies stay with broken wings and you would never want that for me and I, the ***** I am, will never do something to disappoint you, even in death.

So each day, I will look for you, I will look for you in sunflowers, in cupcakes, in coffee shops, in polaroid cameras, in fields of flowers, in summers, in our apartment. I will reach out to your mother, so we can share stories of the ****** things you did that made us laugh, because you see, you were the sun that lit up our day and now our sun is gone. You were my sun, and I was your moon. What light you saw in me, is yours and yours only. I will continue reflecting your light for the

people who needed you like your mother, your friends, and myself. In the next lifetime, I will search for you. I can wait the same way Penelope waited 20 years for Odysseus, or multiple timelines the way Kaguya waited for Iroha.

Yours in death, life and everything in between, Satsuki

A bouquet was placed on a grave. Moonflowers, orchids, sunflowers, and hibiscus were the only colors in the dull graveyard. The girl who was once a gentle full moon now reduced to a dark new one. She sighed softly, hiding the paper in between the flowers, laying out down, pausing and staring for a moment before leaving.

(lemme know if u want a doomed bl asw)

we get to see their POVs and an alternate timeline. It's honestly very emotional and a little triggering as well I guess but majorly in episode 1. The main plot is that Takopi is an alien from some happy planet traversing the world and making people happy until he meets this girl, Shizuka. Shizuka doesn't smile and Takopi makes it his mission to make her. He doesn't know that Shizuka is severely bullied and beaten up each day at school but still he does his best. I dont want to say anymore purely because I feel I might give spoilers.

Oh by the way, the full anime is uploaded on YT for those who do want to watch it.

The builds and the music create a really ominous setting and the final scene where d3rlord3 runs away from something censored was AMAZING. But the 2nd part was even better. Ong it was THE BEST ARG I have ever watched. 10/10, pls do watch it.