#Seraph spoilers

[sovpologist]

opening mission dialogue

[sundayswiththeilluminati]

so uhh 👀 how're you feeling this week? (this is about destiny, pls ignore if you're behind on playing)

P.S. I realized I need to be clear: I am not saying this because I am "emotionally devastated." I am saying this because I am fucking furious. They just assassinated one of the greatest and oldest characters in the Destiny setting in the cheapest, most trite, most UTTERLY POINTLESS MANNER. "It's about being More Than A Weapon" SO WAS WARMIND. SO WAS SEASON OF THE WORTHY. If you want to have him be "more than a weapon" why not instead of a cheap sacrifice ploy - a violent self-destruct - you let him LIVE. Find a purpose other than destruction and violence. Be something other than a Warmind! But no. You take the easiest, most manipulative way out.

The Warmind Rasputin is a very, very complex character. He's old and has a lot of lore and sits in a weird power dynamic where he's tremendously well-armed but also underpowered. It's legit hard to write storylines for him. I get it! Trust me, I've tried. It's hard to write gameplay around him. But now instead of dealing with it the writers have taken the cheapest possible way out of a plotline they don't know what to do with and don't how how to tie up. This was COMPLETELY GODDAMN POINTLESS. It did NOTHING. We could have destroyed the warsats ourselves! The Traveler is still completely boned and continues to not contribute anything in any way! Rasputin doesn't even get to contribute in any way! He never gets to feel like he really did defend or even help humanity! His big final act is erasing himself, implying it was a mistake for him to ever be made and it would have been better if he never existed! IT MEANT NOTHING.

AND IT DOESN'T EVEN GET TO BE ABOUT RASPUTIN IN THE END. It has to be about Ana, and the Traveler, and Eramis, and a bunch of other random assholes. Half this season was Clovis, not Rasputin! And Osiris, in the dungeon! HE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO BE THE STAR OF HIS OWN FUCKING SEASON. As per goddamn usual Rasputin isn't the focus of his own story, not now and not in the DLC literally named after him. HE WASN'T EVEN THE MAIN CHARACTER IN HIS OWN DEATH. The fucking TRAVELER stole the spotlight YET AGAIN. But they pulled out all the sad dramatic music and voice-acting so everyone's going to gush about how wonderfully touching and ~emotional~ the finale was while ignoring the TRAINWRECK of writing that was this ENTIRE SEASON culminating in one of the dumbest narrative choices I've ever goddamn seen!

I quit. I'm done. I'm just fucking done.

[gildedstarbaker]

"He's just a Ghost. You raised an army! You can bring back one Ghost!"

[l1va22]

dare I say kagami

[haine-kleine]

Every ONS fan for the past 20 chapters:

[jcena18]

“Owari No Seraph Fascinated us Because we can't tell if the writing is Genius or Bullshit”

[nagunkgunk]

now this is what im talking about

[fukiana]

DESTINY 2: SEASON OF THE SERAPH (2023) 💫 dev. Bungie

[raw-lesbian-energy]

I drew some Sera-V art in honour of the most recent episode :3

MURDER DRONES EPISODE 8 SPOILERS UNDERNEATH!!

V introducing Seraph to the stray dog she found

Don't mind Seraph, hospitals are stressful

[erismourn]

idk if crimson days is technically canonically around/on feb 14, but can you imagine. being on a date with your lover and the traveler just fucking leaves. jesus christ.

[sovpologist]

why does it kinda look like they’re taking a selfie

[lostsoulaltair]

When you know you gonna get your IQ reduced.

Well anyways, at this point, time to take it with humor. Up to the end of the World.

[purpleshadow-star]

***Spoilers for Seraph of the End manga chapter 131***

I just wanna talk about Mika and Yuu's changes in demeanor in this chapter. This page, in particular, was actually really sad to me.

Mika, while going along with Yuu's plans and ideas, was never really enthusiastic or optimistic about their chances of turning him back into a human. He was never super invested in saving his own life, but now that it's Yuu's life, he's suddenly super motivated. It's sad to me because it really emphasizes Mika's disregard for his own life. He didn't care as much about saving himself, but it's clear that he's about to pour all of himself and then some into keeping Yuu safe. It makes a depressing kind of sense. He's always been like this. Even as a kid, he gave up his body and blood to a vampire in order to provide for his family. He gave his life to distract Ferid to ensure that at least Yuu made it out alive. He then spent the next four years starving himself in order to keep as much of his humanity as possible and searching for Yuu. Once he found him, it was his single-minded mission to take Yuu away from the people who might be hurting him and to keep him safe. Mika has always held other people's lives, especially Yuu's, far above his own, and this chapter made this even more apparent.

Honestly, Yuu is the same way. He is 100% willing to sacrifice himself for the people he loves. Mika knows this, which is why he wanted Yuu to promise not to do exactly that. But notice, Yuu managed to avoid actually making the promise. Mika kept asking, but Yuu kept changing the subject.

I hope that doesn't come back to bite us later...

As for Yuu's change in demeanor, it is also very telling. While Mika seems upbeat and motivated now that he can focus on keeping Yuu safe, Yuu seems more subdued and much less enthusiastic about it. Yuu was putting all of himself into trying to save Mika, but now that he's the one who needs to stay safe, he doesn't seem as driven. Yuu and Mika have literally swapped places. They are both ready to give their all to protect each other while at the same time being reluctant to give anywhere near that same amount of energy when it comes to helping themselves.

[clovis-bray-ate-my-son]

[rivensbane]

CROW in DESTINY 2: SEASON OF THE SERAPH.

[haine-kleine]

Ons plot from Yuu's Pov:

- I miss Mikaela :(

- MIKAELA!

- Where is Mikaela

- Together with Mikaela <3

- Mikaela is dead again 😿

- How do I get Mikaela back

- Who is Mikaela

- Mikaela is not Mikaela???

- I AM Mikaela?????