Your favorite part of decay?

[Gaz]

What was your favorite part of decay? What hit the hardest or spoke to you in that weird and hard to explain way?

I'll go first of course. For me, wedding cake room. That had so damn much emotion in such (imo) subtle ways. Fight me on this. Or you know, just share what you like the most. Lol

Stay hopeful and hydrated!

[Just a premium Noob [TCPub]]

Hard to really nail down a single scene, since so much of Decay really is just excellent. I guess I'd pick the sequence where you're first introduced to the pink and yellow flowers.

Andrew has such a positive view of the sunflowers/julia, and such a negative one of pink/ashley. He wants to water/nurture the Sunflowers yet it's the pink that grows and takes over his mind. It's a good visual metaphor for obsession.

Personally though, I prefer shots/splat but the reason I'm not citing an example from it is because everything from the apartment onwards is peak! I can't single out a single scene when it's all so good. From the couch conversations, to the phone call with Julia, to the IRL encounters with Julia and Friend B. In shots/splat, you see the siblings be a lot more emotionally vulnerable each other than you do in Cliffhanger. Which makes the tragic fact of it not working out more poignant.

[Andrew]

I liked the whole chapter a lot, but my favourite parts are the visions in Andrews mind(in cliffhanger ending), all of them tell us so much about his character. And my second favourite is the shots and such ending when they jump out of the window. Oh and the scene in the gas station with officer is hilarious.

[SolidPayne]

I like the part where Andrew reads Julia's letter. No visions, no demonic dreams, he has to take a cold hard look at what he truly is

[Grantango]

I laughed out loud when they found out that Ashley was pregnant in the Shots and Stuff ending .

[Tofu Survivor]

Andrew and Ashley fighting as teens about Andrew seeing Julia.


I don't know why. I think that it's because Leyley's heart breaking reminds me of someone I used to know.


"It's you and me, no one else."


"I-it's Andy and Leyley forever and ever."

[Danat_dark]

Originally posted by Just a premium Noob TCPub:

Hard to really nail down a single scene, since so much of Decay really is just excellent. I guess I'd pick the sequence where you're first introduced to the pink and yellow flowers.

Andrew has such a positive view of the sunflowers/julia, and such a negative one of pink/ashley. He wants to water/nurture the Sunflowers yet it's the pink that grows and takes over his mind. It's a good visual metaphor for obsession.

Personally though, I prefer shots/splat but the reason I'm not citing an example from it is because everything from the apartment onwards is peak! I can't single out a single scene when it's all so good. From the couch conversations, to the phone call with Julia, to the IRL encounters with Julia and Friend B. In shots/splat, you see the siblings be a lot more emotionally vulnerable each other than you do in Cliffhanger. Which makes the tragic fact of it not working out more poignant.

How do I like this comment? I can totally agree with every word in it!

[jaysonreyn]

My favorite was the decay out of shots and stuff ending. Not because of yay incest ending. But because in all this choas You get to see Andrew go through it all And get broken down To the core, not a single Stone unturned. In the depraved cluster ♥♥♥♥ that is his life Even in the end ashley forcibly robs him Of the one shred of decency that he had(not preying on his little sister)

After all this.
Instead of wanting to outright kill her He's ready to end himself. Only choosing to live because Ashley.
Says that she couldn't live without him In despite the abusive terrible thing he has become. In the absolute threat he is to her life She'd rather not live in the world without him

Considering the game isn't done, it's so far the closest thing to a "happy ending."

[Gaz]

The love for shots and such is pretty deserved. I found that one deeply tragic. I can't imagine how soul crushing it would be to have your first time with someone you love being them forcing it.

Splat is fun in a morbid way but I just can't get behind them dying. :( It hurts... lol

Dang a lot of good mentions here. Hell I'll throw out another while it's on my mind.

Andrews stabbing the ground with the garden spade was another pretty good oomph moment for me. Suppose I agree that Decay overall was pretty great and hard to nail down a "best" moment.

[Corvo007]

The part where they Ashley knew he was dating Julia and came home to fight him, only because in my head I kept replaying the "for 100 years" bit from every first episode of rick and morty

[Kara]

The splat ending is my favorite ending so far. When Ashley says "Wanna jump off the balcony with me? I'll race you" the way the background music changes when she says that line and the fact that Andrew previously said that was the last time he felt truly happy back at their apartment made me feel emotional.

It feels like a perfect ending despite not being the canon one.

[Sovereign Dark]

Originally posted by War Crimes Enjoyer:

I liked the whole chapter a lot, but my favourite parts are the visions in Andrews mind(in cliffhanger ending), all of them tell us so much about his character. And my second favourite is the shots and such ending when they jump out of the window.

All of it. Also seems I'm not the only a-hole who'd enjoyed Splat.

[Gaz]

Originally posted by Kara:

The splat ending is my favorite ending so far. When Ashley says "Wanna jump off the balcony with me? I'll race you" the way the background music changes when she says that line and the fact that Andrew previously said that was the last time he felt truly happy back at their apartment made me feel emotional.

It feels like a perfect ending despite not being the canon one.

The call back to racing to the bottom was cute in such a morbid way. lmoa

[dr.clesh]

I really liked the visualization of Andrew's attempt to love Julia through flowers. I had a similar experience and this allegory perfectly shows how it works. I also really liked the moment in the demonic tower, it was cozy. Well, and the memories from school are interesting, Ashley with her hair down is a beauty

[Dark Star]

Three-way tie for me.
1) The phone call in the parking lot is *jaw-dropping*; seeing the true depths of Andrew's inner sadist for the first time is equal parts terrifying and awe-inspiring. He was capable of this the entire time????
2) The scene in the star room at the top of the observatory. I screamed out loud and I don't think I need to tell you why.
3) The final scene of the cliffhanger??? Oh my god??? The TV inspect text in particular is a hell of a demonstration of just how completely unhinged our boy is...

Honorable mentions to S&S ending for sheer "Oh my god this is actually happening" points, and well, *EVERYTHING ELSE* what the hell this update is peak cinema, peak literature, peak horror, peak peak, I could go on for years about how well-written and engaging this all is AAAAAAAA I need more of my cannibal incest soap opera NOWWWWW

[Belino]

The Andrew's journey across his memories was a punch in the guts... I've almost cried i swear, author cooked with that