#and insisting *they're* a victim and that I didn't act very nice for a person chained to a wall in a dingy basement

[salty-an-disco]

do you ever think about Wraith a bit too much, and how tragic her character is and get incredibly fucking sad

[cringefaecompilation]

the last thing i want do to is bash c2. because then i'll end up sounding like those c1 purists that say "ugh c2 is all just pandering feel-good bullcrap for fandom-brained fic writers who hate conflict!"

but!

when faced with characters you can't put into nice little boxes of "good victim" and "bad victim", when faced with characters who are biased in ways that are objectively correct but not morally so, when faced with characters who have mental illnesses implied or all but outright stated that stretch beyond more easily digestible disorders such as depression or anxiety and high functioning autism (or as watered down, caricatured and made as non-offensive as possible to be palatable to fandom tropes as these disorders can be), when people have horrific coping mechanisms due to their trauma or act in selfish and downright mean ways because of it, people get nasty. the amount of backlash, the amount of vitriol, the amount of insisting that they're all "toxic, codependent and bound to kill each other" and "not a real family" bells hells is because they're grappling with things horribly out of their control and trying to stay true to themselves...

then yes, it's going to feel very uncomfortable when i see the millionth post on my dash talking about how horrible bell's hells are for not fitting into the cookie cutter "found family" (unlike the mighty nein) that the fandom's been shoving all of the campaigns into!

i see myself in characters that aren't perfect and cute and have fucking issues that aren't socially acceptable. they're not heartless or scary because they argue or have conflicting ideals. they're not bad people for falling back on what they know is wrong. the way people act about them you think they never communicate or apologize or have any positive interactions with each other! they're in the middle of an apocalypse! we don't need you to skim the wikipedia page for NPD so you can write up a hot take on these characters being pure evil because they're not acting logically when they could be permanently murdered!

and that's not to say that all of c2 was just a low-stakes infantile story that didn't mentally affect the characters. that's not to say there weren't people that insisted certain characters were horrible people for having trauma or read into all their actions with the worst possible faith (coughs. BEAU). that's not to say that the nein most likely than not also have personality disorders that get quashed into the background by the fandom. i dunno! maybe it's just intense fandom drift from canon source material that's making everyone act so cruel? probably!

but i am sick and tired of seeing people compare the two and say that the nein are perfect and bell's hells is moments from self destruction the second that one character so much as steps on the other's foot. especially as someone who sees myself in less conventional stories about coping with grief and trauma and the uncertainty it brings.

it makes me wonder, were there ever people hellbent insistent that the mighty nein were all horrible, irredeemable, shallow, stupid people and deserved to die?

[yumeka36]

I started watching Dandadan after hearing all the praise it was getting. Since I usually end up liking the very popular anime, I was eager to check it out. Now that I've watched all 12 episodes of season 1, unfortunately my overall rating of it is just...okay. It could just boil down to personal taste, but I'll try to clearly describe the issues I had with it here, as well as what I did enjoy about it. I also want to preface that I know the manga for Dandadan is still ongoing, and some of the issues I have with it could be resolved later.

I watched the first two episodes in one sitting, and to be honest, I was almost ready to drop the series after that. I'm just not a fan of anime that has tons of flashy, frenetic action scenes, plus the thing with the aliens and Okarun's balls was really bizarre to me. And while I liked some of the scenes between Momo and Okarun, and could see good potential in their relationship, their continued bickering with each other for seemingly no good reason was a bit grating. I can understand the first episode being action-packed, so I was hoping episode 2 would slow down a bit to get to know the characters better and see them come to grips with the extraordinary, life-changing events that just occurred. But instead it was another chaotic fight with the sumo wrestler monster. So at that point I was thinking, "maybe this show just isn't for me." The praise I saw online kept coming though, and I didn't want to think that the reason people like it is solely because it has high-budget animation and cool action scenes...there's gotta be more substance beyond that. So I decided to give it another try, especially when I saw that it would only be 12 episodes, which isn't a big commitment.

As the next few episodes went by, I did like it a bit better. But while Momo and Okarun grew on me, I can't say the same for the other characters. When I saw Turbo Granny (cat form) in the show's ending theme, I was excited for her appearance, since I tend to like the animal mascot characters in anime. But now that I have seen her, I...can't say I like her that much. All we've seen of her since joining the Ayase house is constantly insulting and beating up on Momo and Okarun, and being totally indifferent when Aira was dying. When Momo and Okarun defeated her, it's revealed that she was trying to help the spirits of girls who were assault victims, but nothing about her personality and actions reflect the kind of sympathy one would expect from someone who's behind such a noble cause. Again, she's either fighting with the other characters, or being apathetic, which are things I don't find appealing. I have similar feelings about Seiko, though thankfully for her there are at least examples her doing good things here and there. But like Turbo Granny, most of the time she's either being apathetic or belittling Momo. This is just my opinion of course, but if a character acts like a jerk to another character who isn't deserving of it, especially if they're a protagonist, someone we're supposed to like, there should be a good reason for it.

Then there's Aira, who I thought would be a nice girl when she first appeared, but obviously it was a facade. But even though she was mean to Okarun and violently assaulted Momo, I was hoping she would get better after they risked their lives to save her. But...she didn't. She continued to force her feelings on Okarun and insist Momo is a demon. Even after they risked their lives to save her again when they fought the Nessie monster, she still didn't change her tune. I guess the only good things I can say about her is that the tender moment she had with Acrobatic Silky was nice, and she didn't let her friends harass Momo (though that's the least she could do in my opinion).

Speaking of Acrobatic Silky, I do agree with people that episode 7, which showcased her backstory, was excellent. For once the series put aside the flashy action and hyperbolic antics in favor of a profound character study. If more episodes were like this, I probably would have enjoyed the series more.

The last main character introduced is Jiji, and while his quirky outbursts made me cringe a little (and I think it was a jerk move to humiliate Momo in front of the class), at least he seems like a nice guy and doesn't have any ill will towards Okarun.

But yeah, overall, I just don't find most of the characters in Dandadan that likable. One thing that makes anime appealing to me is when I enjoy the dynamic between the group of main characters - I feel their closeness and comradery even if they put up fronts. But while I feel this between Momo and Okarun, I don't feel it between them and the other characters like Seiko, Turbo Granny, and Aira. I honestly felt more of a better dynamic between Momo and her two friends - I liked how supportive and non-judgemental they were about her feelings for Okarun, despite him being an "otaku." I also liked the dynamic between Momo, Okarun, and Jiji, but we only saw that in the last episode.

Another thing about Dandadan that didn't jive with me is the overarching plot and world-building involving the spirits and aliens. To me it was just...weird and random. The Serpo aliens want to abduct Momo for their own experiments, and the spirits just...randomly pop in here and there to cause trouble? If the Serpos are the main villains, a few scenes focusing on them would have been nice, like seeing their home planet and more insight into why they're doing what they're doing. What also stuck out to me is that the main characters don't seem particularly bothered by all this. Like Aira for example - she died, was brought back to life, and is now possessed by a spirit, yet none of this seems to have mentally affected her. She's more concerned about fighting with Momo than this life-altering transformation inside of her. Even Momo and Okarun didn't seem all that freaked out about discovering aliens and spirits, even when the latter got possessed by one. A glimpse into Okarun's life outside of school and the Ayase house would have helped to see how being possessed by a spirit could affect his life (seriously, does he ever go home? Didn't his parents wonder where he was when he didn't come home the night after episode 1?) None of the characters seem concerned about planning for a possible large-scale invasion by the Serpos that could possibly destroy the world. I don't know, the whole underlying plot with the aliens and spirits just seemed disjointed and underdeveloped.

Not to end on a total sour note, like I said, the main thing about Dandadan that I did enjoy is the relationship between Momo and Okarun. Even if they act a little immature at times, there's enough scenes to show their developing relationship that kept me invested. As the episodes went on, I did notice that their squabbles lessened and we got to see not just how they care about each other, but how they want to help other characters too, even those they just met, like Taro and the mantis shrimp alien, and characters who are antagonistic to them, like Aira and Turbo Granny. I'll also say that while I didn't find much of the humor in Dandadan funny, there was an occasional scene that got a laugh from me. The end of episode 9 where Momo, Okarun, and Aira realize they're lying naked in the school hallway, and the scene in episode 12 where Jiji and Okarun are trying to outdo each other while Momo just wants to move the table, both gave me a chuckle.

But yeah, even after 12 episodes, while I can see why people would like Dandadan, but I just can't see why it's hyped as much as it is. I don't want to say it's a "style over substance" situation since that sounds insulting but...I don't know what else to say to justify the hype. As someone who's been an anime fan since the late 90s and has seen hundreds of series over the years, maybe I'm just getting more picky as I get older. And/or maybe the series just isn't to my taste. Like I said at the beginning of this post, maybe my issue with not finding the characters appealing and the world-building fleshed out enough, would be resolved if I was up to date with the manga. But I'm not motivated to read the manga at this point, so this is just how I feel about season 1. I can't say I'm motivated to watch season 2 either, but that could change. While I do like Okarun and Momo, I don't know if I like them enough to overlook everything else I didn't enjoy about the series. I'm honestly sad I didn't like the series more because it would have been fun to revel in the hype with my online acquaintances who do really like it. I hope I was able to properly express why I personally thought it was just "okay." If anyone wants to give me another interpretation of things that could make me like the series better, I'm all ears, lol.

[whimsically-ominously-auspice]

I'm so happy to hear the kids abducted to Hong Kong got to hear and see and talk to their hero that saved them today through Zoom in Brian's phone!!!

It was so lucky and such perfect timing that he called me today while the military crews were still resting in China and Wendy was able to pinpoint their locations directly!!

He truly is their Hero and we are so lucky!

I have dreamed about him for years and for years have been waking up from nightmares telling Brian McGruff is a bad dog... But always the dream would be gone when i woke up or it was before it started happening and no one knew

I even had a feeling when I ordered the kits... So I'm not sure how these kids feel through the cracks because they were on my soul to save.

I also didn't know know about human trafficking like I do now, so I think the whole "Sabrina you just have a bad feeling because it reminds you what could happen..." Is how

A few other companies, too... I had a whole list. So Thorn is gonna check that out.

It just takes one person to prove a mood. I had a list of 17 companies that day then 26 more over the next week that I had this nag on while I was "picking on" Crime the McGruff Dog

Since I kept saying it that way in 2016 and I never ever messed up his name before they took down a list of companies associated with him according to my feelings and it was an unusual list.

So this man has likely saved nearly 30 times as many children as he could have hoped.

We will soon find out. In return he's to receive a mansion an economically stable brand new automobile. Fully paid.

Because I've dreamed of him, his voice and everything. He truly is an Earth Angel.

For nearly half a decade he's been the solution to my night terrors. I know why ask those children cried. I want to cry, too, And my tears are warm.

The children were mutated and mutilated. Arms cut off and sewn onto their foreheads and given all sorts of horrible viruses and drugs.

Tree just gave them their own fresh bodies. Replicas. Some back to the age/look they were kidnapped at, some slightly grown, according to the agreement between child and parent whichever they liked the sound of best, the child's preference being the ultimate decision maker. Their DNA4U will state and show they are replicated due to the reasons of faster healing and less overall damage that would cause future problems plus they got upgrades like bullet proofing, extra speed, strength increases, stuff like that. And extra extra heavy COVID19 instead of 3 feet you'll get it at 10 feet bad enough to kill you nearly instantly.

But they were horribly mistreated, starving, mental and physical torture, so much.

So I know to talk to the one rare person in the World that could save them and did was certainly very good heart and soul medicine.

So I'm glad he called me again and I didn't answer and Brian called back from the plane.

Yes of course. He flew to Enid then China then Hong Kong... You can make a man retire but you can't ever make a man quit. And I'm glad. Just so those kids could talk to their hero.

So lucky. Of all the hundreds of people working there he's been there only 6 months. And he took that initiative to just check...

Today living kids was 443.

Dead was 198,675 which tree ghosted back to life. (Gave new bodies)

Nearly a quarter of a million children.

Times 3 is 600k then add a zero. Looking at maybe 6 million kids and young adults...

Tree estimates 400M

So a huge round of applause and a right tight hug.

And he deserves amazing amounts of pats on the back because that list would just sat around keeping dusty.

This is that old fashioned detective work like sitting at a gas meter while some one is down trying to find out how to save people (aliens included) from dying in a gas chamber and they're up there making sure that gas isn't turned on to kill the girl doing all the work -- he couldn't hear people downstairs through the street and i could get the truth out easier and faster before they even knew and I was always happy to get the news while he was just mad and angry. So i was the better to go. Cause everyone was always happy to see me. Cause I was always super nice and all interested in what they were doing.

Now unfortunately not so much.

But Charles was starting to get nightmares after my list and had came up with 14 more companies from coming from the same way i had came up with my list... So he talked to some the other people that felt creeped out about the assignment I insisted on doing and they also all added each two and then some kept a private list... Which they slowly added after verifying the company was then clean.. It started in 2013 these bad dreams.

So every time it happened or they started their nightmares they added to the list.

Overall 642 companies we dreamed of or felt or somehow had a psychic connection to. I dreamed of kids and old people and women. Some people only dreamed about men. Some just kids.

The companies we have left is 642 to check out as they hadn't had yet done any bad and no dreams or any thing has came up since...

Which isn't happy, we now know, but good news is whatever bad has happened we can fix is super special and magical ways.

So we have Thorn, CIA, Military, some FBI and some others to check what's been going on and see.

So that's about 8 Trillion that have been affected. But at least 6 Trillion have already been retrieved.

So this one single person has done the miraculous. The biggest miracle we have been waiting for on a personal level. For me its been 7 years but 6 since 9 other people started having their dreams affected and the lists began.

So 10 of us with nightmares. Night terrors. Waking up screaming or shaking or scared. And not knowing why but having a name, a company label. Sometimes or often a place on a map... As close to the actual GPS coordinates of longitude and latitude. Wake up listing numbers for no reason. Numbers that make no sense N 316941027865389421. Over and over.

Brian would look at me "what the fuck are you trying to do Morse code?"

"I'm trying to sleep thank you very much. Alan and Naomi. 38652361 I think you just messed me up"

One person. One person can make a difference. That's all it takes. One person.

One person to make sense of all these nightmares.

We don't need to be saved from them... They didn't bother so much... We could wake up. Be safe in our beds. Joke it out.

But there's people. Innocent children. Innocent adults that wake up into real living nightmares every single day.

And one person today made the phone call to make thst difference to about 200,000 kids and over 400,000 parents. And siblings and grandparents. Friends.

Just today he changed the world for at least a million whom now have a missing child come home.

Made one million hearts smile and backs release tension and sorrow.

And now we're looking at 2 trillion lost people. Who have kids. Who have parents. Grandparents. Friends.

Were gonna have at least 6 trillion hearts heal then there's soulmates so that's gonna be 12 trillion

Due to one phone call. That was all I needed.

I had heard him say he couldn't find his soulmate... And he didn't go trying to save her or find her today

He knew it was just kids.

But he knew it was missing kids because the people getting ID kits were told not to call the police only call the dog. He could see clearly kids were being abducted and they had a rating system on "easy to kidnap to hard" and the easy were always reported within weeks.

He knew it was his civil duty to call and report it somehow... But he didn't know to who or how.. Who would take it seriously.

This crazy lady might...

Im very sensitive to red flags. He didn't even have to explain. I was already on it in less than 2 minutes.

So the world is so lucky to have him and the kids today so lucky to be in Hong Kong when we just busted 600k China's citizens home.

I mean you can't get more miraculous than that!!

You would think...

But leave it to the true McGruff the Crime Dog to make sure it did.

Because it did.

Tree will update us later how extremely far this miracle went

From one person hoping and praying and taking that leap of faith.... After 10 following their true instincts and intuition.

Intuition is so important you guys. If you hadn't understood why i hope now you finally get it.

Last night I trusted mine and we pulled 13 million from slavery. That's 26 million directly affected with soulmate syndrome. Then parents that makes it times two. So 52 million then grandparents and kids...

Then one person trusted his. And kaboom an estimated 12 Trillion frowns are gonna turn upside down.

Then we are getting these bad guys off the streets, out of their homes, immediately. Hopefully they're checked thoroughly and then killed. I'm done with this baby sitting shit. Back to good ole South Texas and manual strangulation in vans after being kidnapped...but now technology has made it so much different. Much simpler to catch someone in the act. And fuck this court system, it's WWIII. Its military. We will find them guilty without a reasonable doubt and simply kill them.

There is no fucking reason over 18 million people were kidnapped in late 2019 (after October) or in any fucking time in 2020.

What is the point of a trial? Those people whom went to jail in 1990 for 20 years for kidnapping are doing it again. I sent 700 to jail. 36 are actively kidnapping. 642 are financially benefiting. The remaining are probably dead. 12 people.

Tree says i make him laugh. They are dead.

So out of 700 they're dead or kidnapping or in the human trafficking market.

So, there is No change and no Rehabilitation. There is PROOF.

So human trafficking ass holes y'all can thank those 688. Because now you're all just gonna fucking die.

What are you gonna do to me? Not a dam thing. That's what. So think about bull shit. Cry about your stupid life. I don't care.

But I'm taking all your money to pay the victims and im killing you, human traffickers.

And you ain't doing shit about it.

And those about to be trying to hurt someone to retaliate. I already put alerts on you.

So when you're pushed out a plane in the middle of no where so wild animals can eat you... Well don't complain to me. Animals need to eat, too

And surviving good humans. Don't worry... When the bodies hit the ground. They pretty much explode so they're just ground meat basically and bones crush and they wre just big piles of food. They don't look human

So some bear isnt going to come out the mountains and be all "man I just ate something that looked like you and was mighty tastey!" The bodies are unrecognizable.

If you're curious... Idk if you still can.. We used to can look up bodies that had been tossed or jumped out of Windows. Back in 2000 I found a website and I would go through and examine them and see which were pushed and which had jumped

I could tell the difference. Anyway if they're in Google you'll see they don't look human. They're pretty gross -- some do -- so ew be careful but from the plane height trust me they do not.

And its very careful with software to show no damage to trees or animals will occur.. And the software is very intelligent and cautious and only certain types of people can access it. Like a kidnapper can't turn on the computer and see where and how. But a Clark Kent or Louis Lane or someone can. But if an evil Donald Trump sits down next to, the software will shut down. Immediately. And lock out any user until hes removed.

I'm not fucking dumb. Sometimes I just don't know what to do and Need an Earth Angel to make one phone call

Or a guilty person to confess. Or a clue. A bad dream. A nightmare in my sleep. Or being in the right place at the right time. Like when the kidnappers gas up at night at the gas station.

Otherwise I'm fucking brilliant. Overprotective and caring.

So any one tries to dump innocent people out of planes, the door simply will not open. Magic it is called. Its already happened. And it will not happen again.

Anyway for all the 007 Peirces that can stab so hard it hurts and heals at the same time.

This one is for you.

Thank you!

Lets really bust a move on that intuition. Its a life saver.

Man we are so so so so so so lucky today!!!

I couldn't be more thank ful!!

All of our military and cops that are ready and qualified and remember how to rescue from bunkers.

We need y'all. Don't forget to stay safe and well.

And our essientals and just our stay homers.

And beach goers.

[birdmitosis]

#yeah. if a weird horse-bird thing just kept coming in to attack/leave me to rot #and insisting *they're* a victim and that I didn't act very nice for a person chained to a wall in a dingy basement #I'd be furious and want to sprain their ankle too

#I love Quiet. btw. but man. can they be daft #and I'm very glad the game doesn't shy away from their worst traits

do you ever think about Wraith a bit too much, and how tragic her character is and get incredibly fucking sad