i was yesterday struck with the memory that in one of falcom’s ys computer games, the hero adol can transform into a dopey yella animal, willingly even. Already foolish enough, but I tried to find proof of what it looked like and had some difficulty

yes sure say all that and show a big stack of magic wands instead
eventually i did find a picture of one and made a worrisome discovery:

why is the blue one c-c-CURSED?

it makes me angry how cursed this thing is. no wonder the prisons are full of them

i presume adol was in prison for transforming into one, or possibly just for conspiring to meet with one that he might not have realized was in jail, but he ought to have assumed the creature was a criminal.

the adols on the same sprite sheet do NOT have a cursed variant; only the dumb animal gets cursed, as if just looking that way to begin with ISN’T the curse. And in such a case, why does it walk around normally like it ISN’T cursed? Does it think i don’t know? i am NOT fooled! That thing is NOT normal!

I am NOT putting up with cursed roos today, and neither is the king.

I tried to warn people about this problem on the bluesky website but unfortunately, perhaps on account of its sky being of such a hue as to indicate it may also be cursed, my message had difficulty getting through to those who may need it most. possibly part of the curse is not being able to notice the curse. It is a stupid curse.
and that is another issue; roo is an incredibly stupid name for a dopey animal, cursed or otherwise.

oh gree golly beets THANK YOU for explaining!

i have been wondering about this ever since i played final fantasy 9. which came out years after ys2 but ys2 generally came out on stupid game systems, as befits its curse.
stupidest of all, the folder i have been uploading pictures to since january is

rew

what how DARE you forbid me to browse a folder on my own website? Is that a crime? It isn’t like I transformed into a yellow dork and got cursed. I do NOT turn blue under stupid circumstances nor do i associate with any other blue, stupid individuals

just because they get in my business and smile at me does not mean i invited them