#and also if he knows theres the Get out im gonna fuck ur clone part

[lokh]

are shippers at least making a distinction between asuka and asuka r#

[tfw-no-tennis]

hxh movie....2!

ruth and i watched the second hxh movie and that certainly was a movie

the title is already cracking me up lmao ‘the last mission’ THATS SO DRAMATIC. 

the first like 3 scenes feel totally disconnected like theyre from different movies vnjskdfnsdkflk

‘many decades ago’ vbhjdsfbajsdf that phrasing is hilarious somehow 

damn young netero just killed jeb bush 

ah look its our movie villains, starting their villain stuff

so i guess this is set around where we are in the series now - like, somewhere in this beginning part of the chimera ant arc where gon and killua are hanging w/kite. which is kinda funny bc they dont explain AT ALL how and why gon and killua are in this city suddenly hvbajdsfjskdjan

killua skateboarding makes me smile :’) love it 

IS THAT ZUSHI??????? AHHHHHHH MY BOY!!!!!!!!!! BABY BOY!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK AT HIMMMM HES A LIL BUFF 7 YR OLD NOW OUGHHHH HES GROWN SO MUCH...POWERFUL BABY....IM SO PROUD 

omg wing and bisky are here too!!! nen fam 

im so proud of zushi being a floor master omg....i love how the side characters progress and grow offscreen, separate of the protags, kinda like seeing pokkle again (rip tho, i think) 

LEORIOOOOO MY MAN!!!!!!! he really showed up for like 3 seconds then gets KOd and dumped in a sewer....STOP DOING MY MAN SO DIRTY GIVE HIM SCREENTIME..

ohhh so we’re doing anime die hard. kinda like the first macadamia movie 

that lady rlly just stabbed herself huh.

these antags look like theyre from naruto. main antag dude looks like about 7 different anime guys fused 

oh man netero got dunked on immediately Ls. gotta take him out so the protags can do the fighting 

gon and killua are so good. and also in love. epic 12 yr old romance 

KURAPIKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lookin sharp in a suit. also just looking depressed as hell in general. KURAPIKA ARE YOU...GOOD....ARE YOU STAYING HYDRATED??? TAKING UR VITAMINS?? I DONT THINK YOU ARE. 

also i still cant believe kp is working for neon still...it rlly feels like they just gave up on life and just figured that staying there was fine or w/e

now the 3 protags are goin full die hard thru the tower...WHERE is leorio i cant believe they rlly threw my mans in a sewer like that smh 

these guys r rlly called ‘the shadow’ thats so edgy 

also i watched this like a few hours ago but im a dumb bitch so im reading thru the wiki article for the movie to remind me what happened, and apparently The Shadow(tm) was the black ops division of the hunter association, and they were later rekkt once they started w/the On...i so didnt get that while actually watching the movie vhdakjfhbskdfn thanks hunterpedia for explaining that one to me 

wooowww so the HA rlly just committed massive, morally reprehensible war crimes and then just sealed it all in a book or st and moved on. yikes id be mad too, generic anime dude villain 

so these three rlly just resurrected a dude by going into the desert and saying ‘hey we r emo can you give us some power and maybe anime jeb bush’ and that Worked 

now kurapika is fighting the dude in the control room and gon&killua are fighting Big Dude WHO BEAT UP ZUSHI!!!!!!!!! get his ass boys 

LEORIOOOOOO MMY MAN IS BACK FROM HIS SEWER ADVENTURE!!!!!!!!! ILY SIRRRRR 

and then he immediately gets yoinked by hisoka, who is for some reason in this movie. i feel like they were like oh yeah hisoka is like, the 5th main character/antagonistic force of the story so i guess he should be here. its hilarious tho bc he spends 90% of his already limited screentime in this movie just playing w/his playing cards and smirking. bastard man you just gooo awayyyyy

seeing beans again omggggg green dude u r great

also who the FUCK is that smarmy looking blonde at the HA HQ...i hate him already based on 1) his atrocious pattern-clashing fashion sense, and 2) his smarmy aura. he looks like hes never thought a thought in his life. ruth says he might be buddies w/ging which makes me hate him even more 

gon and killua....r dating. ty 

when gon and the bad guy start fighting in the elevator shaft and killua just kinda watches hvbajddfhbsjf hes like ‘oh the narrative demands that gon fights solo for a bit so i guess ill stay here’ lmao 

but then he saves gon with his physics-heavy electromagnet elevator clamp plan....smart baby 

then after they defeat the guy they just start chatting lol i love them 

ohhh shit the guy exploded, thats fucked up 

poor gon :( more trauma for the poor kid 

meanwhile kurapika fights an evil clone of themself. wow 

tbh kurapika could totally one-up these guys by being like ‘well ok at least you have each other, im the VERY LAST kurta’ 

its strange to see kurapika fighting w/the sticks instead of the chains tbh

WHO THREW THAT KNIFE AT THE GUY IT HAS TO BE LEORIO HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

LEORIO AND KURAPIKA REUNION HHHHH THEYYYYY

they are married tyvm 

kurapika is soooo not doin well like...please get some rest

kurapika referring to their ‘new friends’ hmmmm thats probably an actual canon reference since this doesnt get brought up again in the movie. probs referring to w/e kp is doing in canon at this point 

LEORIO USING NEN LMAOOO hes like pshhhh that was easy but internally hes like owww....sir ily sm 

damn kurapika rlly stabbed that guy w/a stick huh. rip dude 

ohhh shit its those drug capsule things 

KURAPIKA RLLY TOOK A BULLET FOR LEORIO HUH. I HATE IT HEREEEEEE

leorio best dude

wow so kp has to make an On covenant OR DIE...yeah i think theyll choose the die option 

squad reunion :’) even tho kp is like, dying 

gon is such a good boy :( ily baby 

leorio and kurapika are str8 up married ty 

final battle timeee

love how at this point in the story gon only has one attack so he has no choice but to keep doing that same attack (well, the 3 variations) over and over til st happens lmao 

lmao gon and kurapika are rlly on the opposite ends of the ‘On’ scale here w/kp willing to die rather than accept using On, and gon seeking out On for POWER and also VENGEANCE 

the themes of gon’s righteous anger on behalf of others continues...

the boys are rlly getting tossed around a lot this movie geez 

hh boy gon is now...PURPLE-BLUE 

oooh killua convincing the lady to chill out was cool - tho ngl i didnt realize she was still alive 

now netero can go ham. i wonder if he’ll finish the fight or if gon will 

uh oh gon is Extra Feral now 

gon: IM EVIL NOW

killua: NOT ON MY FUCKING WATCH 

oughhh they love each other so much bro. fuck this 

gon banging his head on the ground and then killua jumping in between him and the ground....true love bro 

gon snapped out of it WITH THE POWER OF LOVE!!!!!!!!!! im emo and gay. thanks 

love how even when netero was younger he was still like, an old guy lmao 

and then the next day theyre all just back in heavans arena hbvhdahdfbjsakf who cares that the building just got hijacked? whatevs 

kurapika smiling a little and melody then smiling knowingly....melody is like Bitch I Know Youre In Love 

still kurapika seems like. not Right. pls get some therepy 

im glad zushi got to fight that guy like he was supposed to....and w/the nen fam cheering him on :’) 

THOUGHTS

its wild how they didnt really delve into the whole ‘war crimes’ thing w/the hunter association lmao. idk if this movie is canon so that might be why....they just brushed over the fact that the HA was like, running concentration camps and murdering entire groups of people. wild 

this movie was fun!! it felt more like hxh than the last movie, which v much felt like a generic anime movie. this one felt more in character. it did fall into typical anime movie tropes sometimes but the characters felt more like themselves here, espec w/the point of the story this seems to be set at 

like gons anger and all that - while it obvs comes from a place of love and kindness, he can get carried away sometimes...i feel like we’re gonna rlly delve into the negative impact of this in the CA arc and i am both so ready and not ready at all 

this movie was hella gay which i appreciate. love the gays 

all in all this was fun!! i wish there were more hxh movies lmao i love anime movies. well at least theres the musical LMAOOO im gonna watch that soon 

[kentaurex]

so. yesterday i was thinking.

[this entire post brought to you by what if the clone theory is true]

eventually, MD adam is going to have to find out he is a clone. and i feel like its not even a mild stretch to say adam has a lot of issue with self and agency. anyway i was thinking, that finding that out about himself was gonna fuck him up royally, and i was thinking that i really hope someone is there for him when he finds out, and i was thinking, who do i want to be there for him when that happens? who do i want to be there for adam when his world gets completely wrecked?

or honestly to be very honest i was thinking oh boy if adam breaks down crying imma lose it that being said, hi brain quick question, who do i think ought to be there with him when he does

which my thought was immediately well whoever will be able to handle it best. whoever would be able to be there for him properly

but then i was thinking about that too. because thats a two part problem, i realized. its not just who CAN help adam, its who will adam let help him. cause, he doesnt really let people in. theres a lot of different versions of him, depending, but i feel like he rarely, rarely, rarely just lets himself be around other people. be scared, and angry1 and all that good stuff.

but then i was like. its not just ‘he keeps people at arms length’

and more like. more like a challenge. no, not a challenge. thats not quite right. it seems less like who will adam let help him and more like: ‘who is capable of seeing the ways that adam asks for help, and then further, who is capable of acting upon those ways’.

because. hes not completely someone who stops other people from helping him, imo. you can get through to him. i dont know if he can really be the kind of trope…inversion? whatever the word is we use to describe his character in relation to usual grimdark shooty mcfighters, i forget. ive forgotten what im saying. the point is i feel like he keeps people away, but also asks for help in ways that are not recognized by many of the characters. in ways he might not even, from an in-universe point of view, recognize himself.2

so, i set about finding someone who fit three things

who is emotionally capable of handling the situation. which i figured meant they had to be

and or 3. who will adam let help him and/or who is stronger than adam’s attempts to make people not care about him in a way that will help him

so thats part 1

so heres what i figure.

my first thought was francis, because jensard was my first ship and it just be like that sometimes. but i had to stop and think. i debated with myself on point number 2/3. because there is black light. aaaand then there is MD. i feel like francis can get through to adam on a certain level. but not enough - yet - to be there at the worst possible moment in adam’s life. and then i went back and forth on this but it occurred to me that, 2/3 aside, i dont think he would do so well at number 1. because francis strikes me as a very not emotionally…i dont know the word im looking for. the reasons i like him as a character are i think the fact that he has some deep (probably painful) emotional problems that manifest in game as snarky, bitter, defensive and so on and so forth. i dont think he’s anywhere near getting over the hurt he has experienced in life and god do i love me some ‘im hurt ur hurt lets help each other’ stories but i think when it comes to the re-clone-en-ning (im gonna call it that from now on wait at see) its just too much of an emotional problem. idk. not to get real with yall but i feel like IRL my emotional problems help me help friends with similar emotional problems, but sometimes, the problem is too big and i get overwhelmed, and them for me.

overload. thats a good word. i think the situation would be an emotional overload for francis. which made me think as well, that there are a lot of characters for whom i think this situation would be too emotionally overwhelming/overloading, or taxing, or just out of what they are capable of handling. many of the DX characters came to mind for this3. megan4 and eliza being the main ones. eliza especially, which did surprise me, because, and ive mentioned this before but, what i love about her character is how absolute much they could do in terms of her own transhumanism arc. macready has a whole set of emotional issues i think that are lying beneath the surface, and even if these are less severe, he’s got a bundle of established issues with people and their ability to be people. ivan landed here too, though he’s. his canonicity is what is it.

i didnt know what i felt about vaclav on the issue, and i did feel like faridah is doing okay enough to be a good answer to number 1.

2/3 knocked out half the other people. whether or not vaclav can emotionally handle the situation, i feel like adam is going to be way too protective of him to allow him anywhere in the remotest emotional vicinity of an emotional breakdown. i could see it happening, and i can imagine it could be written, really effectively too, but i didnt find it to be a choice i synced with very much. vaclav is a beloved disaster. sarif i did not want to think about but i did and hes the entire reason for the ‘in a way that will help adam’ addendum rider because. i havent. forgiven him. for two legs and an arm yet. not least of all because i dont feel hes really apologized. anyway im not about to start sarif drama today so moving on. miller is another person who i match with vaclav on a ‘people adam would work really hard to keep out of his personal business, but i could see it happening if the story was being particularly clever’ level. but i felt like he was shaky enough on both this and 15 that he wasnt anywhere near the top of my list for 2/3

anyway, this went on for quite some time. i’ll spare you cause i would say we’ve hit the main people jensen interacts with in canon on a significant basis list. there’s some other people i’d love to go on about (aria, delarra6 , his parents) but it would be shaky.

so the main person i had been settling on was faridah. who, is the most emotionally capable of the bunch in terms of the clone-en-ning, and was, i felt like, really able to get adam to open up about Real Stuffs. and of course this would necessitate they put her back in the game but this was my first choice.

so thats where i landed. for like. days.

and then i had one of my dumb thoughts. which, i am now thinking, was possibly not a dumb thought. which ill get too in a second because i never wrote that part of the post and its a very tricky idea ive got to intertwine with everything ive just said but because i have a headache today im going to not be clever about at all and just tell you flat out and figure it out how to make it sound less of the rails later

OO GOODY FOOTNOTES

[I dont remember where this went]blind spot i know nothing about elias chikane  i dont remember him very well and i couldnt figure him into this

1(boy do i have a whole nother post about A Criminal Past that i keep trying to make coherent but)

2((im thinking of a lot of things but the first thing that comes to mind is “even self-destructions no fun anymore“ which i found out recently was from the comics i sure do have to see that line a lot for something that original came from the only piece of dx media more forcefully ignored than IW anyway i think its relevant as a summary))

3as an aside i realized that this shouldnt surprise me, because a lot of DX seems to be people who are hurt and hurting doing their best to bring the pain anyway

4 yes, i know

5(he’s got some emotional issues re: his family that i feel like he’s gonna have to deal with at some point and thats gonna hurt)

6actually delarra would be a great addition because she’s trained to be able to do all that, but i think her ability to do that would vary wildly depending on whether her cover gets destroyed or somehow, strengthened, after the clone-en-ning.