#1.0 spoilers

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general jiyan

[oc4everything]

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

[ladytp]

How it started

How it's going

[luochas]

HONKAI: STAR RAIL • KAFKA

[imeaniguessthatsfine]

This is the first relationship that Buck is in where they want him for more than just his body.

Look…I keep seeing shit about like…wanting sex scenes and them to fuck nasty…which like there’s a whole rant there alone about fetishizing lgbt/gay men right there. Also I’m fairly certain Lou has certain boundaries about sex scenes, which good for him. And whatever that’s what fanfiction is for, you don’t need sex scenes in shows for it to be good.

But can we also look at it in a different perspective? Yes, Buck is a very sex positive person, however we obviously can’t deny that Buck has a complicated relationship when it comes to sex, and his body.

Is it possible that Buck being in an actual relatively healthy relationship, he can realize and learn the connections he was chasing through sex he can get other ways? That he’s worth more than what he can give with his body?

Yes, we saw a little bit of this concept and conversation with Abby, and like…I know the sperm donor arc felt odd and out of place but when you look at Buck as a whole character and all of his shit? It fits right in. A savior sibling?? Like come on, there’s this very specific underlying theme with Buck and his relationship with his body that doesn’t get talked about enough. Or easily brushed over.

This last episode was a very cute, silly episode. We get to see Tommy attending to him and dotting on him. Yes he’s teasing him and joking around but he’s also listening to him still. He’s letting him go on the research tangents and supporting him and his wild ideas. He’s showing up when so many haven’t shown up for him before.

Also…it’s an early relationship, yes we’re so used to the relationships in this show being such a quick burn, instantaneous thing. But like bro let them build their relationship. They’re cute and Buck is happy.

[swordofmoonl1ght]

Dr. Noda's Speech, aka the scene that made me tear up in the theater of a Godzilla movie

ゴジラ-1.0 / GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023) dir. Takashi Yamazaki / Dr. Noda played by Hidetaka Yoshioka

[fiona-fififi]

If I'm being honest, I actually think I would prefer to see Tommy NOT become the boyfriend. I really like the idea of the two of them dating a bit, and Tommy helping Buck to explore a little, but I think it would be much more interesting if Buck doesn't immediately jump into a more serious relationship with him. Allowing Buck to explore more casually as he starts to figure himself out just feels a little more meaningful here. He's always so quick to jump into relationships. I'd rather see him really take his time and let himself have some fun. And absolutely, Tommy can be a major part of that. But so much of the speculation around them feels like it frames him as the boyfriend, but I don't know that that's what Buck needs from him, to be honest.

[dantemegau]

I know we are all rooting for Couch Theory but may I present to you: Chevelle Theory

What if when Eddie leaves for Texas he leaves Buck “the Chevelle” to take care of.

What if Buck reverts to Buck 1.0 (Bisexual Edition) and drives around in Eddie’s classic car, picking up dates.

What if Buck has a car accident with Eddie’s car while Eddie is in Texas.

What if Buck calls Eddie from the side of the road, severley injured, apologizing for totalling Eddie’s car. And Eddie panicks because he’s so many miles away and he can’t get to him.

What if that’s the Buck NDE that gets Eddie rushing back from Texas (Chris in tow).

What if that is the sign from the universe he finally believes in?

In this essay I will-

[mirokuna-hime]

I honestly think people are jumping the gun with their disappointment over the new story quest in 1.2

The whole purpose of Xianzhou Luofu arc is to set up future events.

The writers tell us this by having Kafka admit to the MC that the whole point of this operation for the stellaron hunters is to have the Xianzhou indepted to the Astral Express crew so that they will aid them in their fight against Nanook the destruction.

Herta Space Station and Jarilo-IV were used to introduce us to the game mechanics and to establish the trio of Dan Heng, March 7th and the Trailblazer with the Space Station also serving as a prologue.

Jarilo-IV however did nothing to develop the overarching main plot of the game. Belobog was it's own self contained arc to ease the player into the game and they are now using the Xianzhou Luofu arc to plant the seeds for future chapters.

People are already calling Blade a wasted character, because his confrontation with Imbibitor Lunae didn't play out like people hoped it would, because they didn't drop his entire backstory in this quest even though it's pretty clear that Blade, Kafka and Silverwolf will be reoccuring antagonists over the course of the story.

The prologue already introduced us to Kafka and Silverwolf, heck Silverwolf even got her own event.

Introducing Blade and his connection to Dan Heng to the player is what I would argue the other focal point of this arc. Every theme this story introduced to us can be connected to Blade (immortality being a sin, what it means to be mara struck, manipulation, the weight of our past actions and how we deal with them etc.), it's so that we can understand his story and motive.

Not to mention that it opens the door for character development and development of Dan Hengs and his relationship. Right now Dan Heng doesn't make the connection that Blade is his previous incarnations "friend" (in quotation marks because hoyoverse is being sussy with them) and he's still running away from the past. Meanwhile Blade is consumed by his vengence, his desire to die and he is also getting manipulated by Kafka (admittedly she kinda has to because of the Mara but that barely changes anything other than making us see her in a bit more positive light).

All points that will need to be adressed in following installments and I have faith in the Honkai writers to do these plot points justice, but it won't be right now.

We are in 1.2 my friends, let the story take it's time.

[blood-starved-beast]

Not dissing on anyone in particular but it's interesting to see people trying to retroactively justify or otherwise "call out" on the fact that Melinoe has no connection to her birth family. It's the Point I'd say. And thematically, she's likely never coming "home" for real. Cause it was never home. Can no longer be home and all.

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Still sitting here all up in my feels over the fact we’re getting buddie divorce era 2.0

[ink-ghoul]

I need to talk about the last seconds of Doc's episode, because the moment he realized what he was looking at was so great

[apparently-i-am-an-adult]

So I can watched episode 7 of My Stand in yesterday and I’m having some feelings.

I know we’re all loving Ming’s realization and what that means for him and Joe, but I’ve been thinking about what it says about Tong.

Think about what the audience knows about him initially: he’s a huge action star with a big fan base. From behind, his stand-in is identical to him. His girlfriend is the daughter of a rich family and her brother is desperate for his attention.

The first time we see him, he’s late for the shooting. He walks in with food without a care and says he would have come in later if he’d known they were going to have to move locations. The next bit I remember is the pool rescue scene, and he ditches that and has Joe do it. He’s so uninterested in his job he doesn’t even want to go to a press conference for a movie he’s starring in.

This is the biggest action star in the film industry and we don’t see him act once.

For me, I’m getting the implication that after Tong became famous, he got bored with the actual process of acting, but still uses his notoriety to do basically whatever he wants. So what if he shows up late? What are they going to do, fire him?

Even when the director threatens to kick him out of the movie if he doesn’t go to the press conference, he doesn’t even flinch. To him, it’s an empty threat. It’d be like kicking Tom Cruise out of the Top Gun franchise or Mission: Impossible.

Another crewmember even says the movie will be a disaster if they replace Tong with someone else, let alone a stand-in.

We the audience know that Joe has been Tong’s stand in for a while. He’s clearly been picking up a lot of the slack that Tong has been dropping, and he’s good at what he does, and Tong knows it. He knows it better than anyone.

Episode 7 shows us the scene that made Tong famous, and then reveals that he didn’t even do it. Joe did. And nobody knows because Joe was new and didn’t get credited. All the fame, all the notoriety, it should be Joe’s. And I think Tong is aware of it. Not that he thinks Joe deserves it, not at all. But he is 100% aware of what Joe does for him. Joe does all the work, and he gets to slap his name on there and take the credit.

The episode 7 reveal is fantastic because it adds so much more depth to what we have in episode 4: Tong isn’t just enraged at the audacity his stand-in has to try and replace him, he’s terrified because he knows he could.

TL;DR: Tong is a hack and he sits on a throne of lies. I can’t wait for this bitch to get his comeuppance.

[sleepy-40400]

Kawoshin text message in a nutshell + more kaworu

I have a lot of evangelion dump shitposts and memes so I'm thinking of posting here

[dudesrysly]

Buck’s dates + the “he’s so cute when he rambles” look.

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Bonus

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ゴジラ-1.0 / GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023) dir. Takashi Yamazaki