[ SECRET POST #2422 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2422 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[The Mortal Instruments]


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03.
[Harry Potter]


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04.
[Journey]


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05.
[Claire Danes/Homeland]


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06.
[Mortal Kombat]


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07.
[Pacific Rim]


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08.
[Pacific Rim]


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09.
[Reign]


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10.
[Arrested Development]


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11.
[Supernatural, Scottie Thompson]


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12.
[Man From U.N.C.L.E]












Notes:

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Fun story, OP: Without focusing too much on my weird disorders, I'd completely lost the ability to cry sometime last year. Not sure why, exactly, my emotions just sort of...shut down on me, and I couldn't really feel much of anything.

Fast-forward to about a month ago, when my brother gave this game (and his PS3) to me as a gift.

Around the point where the robed figure is struggling up the mountain against impossibly strong winds, I started crying. By the time I was flying above the mountains with the blue skies and bright light and that swelling orchestra I almost had to stop because I was crying so hard. Even now I'm not sure why, I wasn't sad, maybe it's that it just felt so beautiful and hopeful-- and I was feeling.

Since then I've worn a little necklace I made for myself out of a red scrap of fabric and some gold paint. It makes me feel better about everything. I have a white one too, but I haven't worn it yet, I feel like it's not the right time...but maybe it will be soon.

In other words, you keep that plushie, and don't ever let anyone get you down about it. ♥

[(Anonymous)]

Forgot to mention, I'll be 29 next month.

OP

[(Anonymous)]

That's a beautiful story, thank you for sharing <3

[darkmanifest]

Lovely story, anon. I was crying at the end, too, and I never cry from happiness. It's just that kind of game.

[(Anonymous)]

Your story is very beautiful.

Playing it for the very first time (in a darkened room on a fairly big screen) was a very special experience. It was all so beautiful and calm. Then you get to the sunken city and damn, I nearly had a heart attack because I didn't expect that snake-creature... But it was perfect. At the end, when you fly up to the light, I completely lost myself in the game. It just all clicked and I moved flawlessly along, up to the top - it was so wonderful. It made me forget a lot of the trouble I have in my daily life. I would even call it cathartic.
I haven't managed to get up the mountain quite as perfectly and instinctively as on the first playthrough, but it's still a nice memory. I think I need to play it again today. (That's the great thing about the game - you can actually say "I'll play it again" when you're feeling down because it doesn't take so long.)

And while I think it may be fun to travel through all the glitches in the game with another player, it's still the actual game that's the best.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my gosh, your story brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for sharing it. I have read hundreds and hundreds of stories about players' experiences with Journey, and I never fail to be amazed by how powerful, even genuinely life-changing, the game can be. I'm so happy to hear that Journey brought you the emotional catharsis you needed. It deeply affected me, too.

Hugs and chirps for you, fellow Journeyer. Take care. <3