i'm back! talking about Echo for the fourth time (see first, second, third). it's been a hell of a ride. spoilers here will be minor, but if you want to go in without any knowledge, now's your chance to go play it. otherwise, proceed below.
okay! jenna's route. first route to make me actually cry. had to stop and question if i'm bisexual. (i think the best descriptor for me right now is "pan-gay". that is, if you date me, it WILL be gay, regardless of either gender. though i do have a strong preference for guys.) that, or i'm just a sucker for hot fluffy fox ladies. potato tomato
i get the impression from elsewhere, and from just the metatextual chronology of the release of jenna's route, that this version of the story is the happiest one. this makes me in part happy, that hey, maybe things aren't perfect, but stuff is looking up. this also makes me kinda sad because the last route will be flynn's, and i don't think the poor fucker has caught a break literally this entire game.
per the last post, one thing i pointed out was how the game makes you question "it's fine" coming out of any character's maw. this route made me realize the same for any character trying to describe their motivations for their behavior with "i don't know", since we also watch Chase take mysterious external influence and then respond with that when asked why he's doing that.
this is a minor thing, but since it's so specific, i think it deserves its own spoiler warning
so when i was looking through Carl's texts, it automatically timed out to the next line where Flynn is calling you out for snooping. holy shit it got meanyway. very much looking forward to the fifth and final route.
