#da02tb spoilers

[reliablejoukido]

daiken + touch

[sloanerisette]

here's my contribution to digimon adventure 02 the beginning memes

[hayannoran]

Ok so I just read the audio drama translations [so spoilers for it up ahead] and I have to say that while it was fun to read, the one thing i was slightly unhappy about was the confirmation that Ukkomon actually *killed* Rui's parents. Like, I know most people assumed that based on what I've seen people say on social media abt 02TB, but I personally had assumed from the beginning that Rui's parents' collapse when Ukkomon stopped puppeting them was a sign that they went unconscious, and that the reason Rui was sent to some relatives was because of family drama or something akin to that. This was mostly because I felt like the 02 group wouldn't've spoken about Rui's backstory in the almost somewhat callous way they did if Rui's parents literally died from the puppeting, so now that there's undeniable confirmation Rui's parents legit died, I'm a little bit more conflicted about the 02TB story as a whole. It doesn't ruin my enjoyment of the movie, I just wanted to get this off my chest since it does bother me a little, if I'm being honest.

[bg12sofia]

My wishes for this movie: restore everyone's Digimon and, please, don't touch the Adventure universe again!

We have a new trailer for Digimon The Beginning!

New poster art as well!

More info at Withthewill.net!

[seventeenlovesthree]

The three audio dramas for "Digimon Adventure 02 - The Beginning" have been posted to the forum of digisoul.net. An English translation of the dramas can be found on The DigiLab!

[izzyizumi]

Various people on (Not)-TwitTM: Oh, also, the background in that one part is a slowed down version of the "Happy birthday" song mE, Literally Has Bday Days before "The Beginning" releases and will be watching this thing in real-time even if actual in-series date is not October: .....

[citrus-cactus]

Thinking I should just stay off Tumblr until I see this movie. A lot of people are doing proper spoiler tagging/warnings (which I appreciate so much!), but details about Things That Happen keep slipping through and ending up on my dash.

I guess I should state 1) I plan on seeing it tonight, 2) I’ll put any spoilers under a Tumblr read-more, and 3) I plan on using the tags “da02 beginning” (my all-purpose tag for this movie) and “da02tb spoilers” (which, on my dash, seems like a pretty-widely-agreed-upon tag for movie spoilers).

Also turning off asks for a few hours.

[digimon02countdown]

Just a heads up, there are a few pieces of art featuring the new character from the 02 film that will be posted today. These are completely spoiler free, as this character has been known to people who know about the film for a very long time. But if you would rather not see this art, please filter the tags "Digimon adventure 02: the beginning", "da02tb", and/or "oowada rui". Thank you for understanding! I hope you all have a wonderful final day of the event!

[reliablejoukido]

painstakingly stitched this together because it's so cute

[reliablejoukido]

[reliablejoukido]

I love them, your honor. lens flare and all

[digidreamin]

Sharing so we all know, thanks!

For anyone who can see this post (meaning they don’t have this content filtered), I’m currently filtering

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[reliablejoukido]

my feelings on The Beginning. I welcome discourse and dissenting opinions, but I do NOT welcome hate. Also I'm going to bed literally right after publishing this, so I will talk to y'all tomorrow.

I loved Fullmetal Alchemist: Digimon The Beginning a lot. Seeing the English dub was a wonderful experience and it brought me back to the reason why 02 was my favorite season in the first place. I also appreciated seeing the subbed version tonight, as it helped solidify the plot in my head.

I adored Daisuke especially. I loved Daisuke's emotions and his dialogue and his ability to strike friendship into the heart of anyone. I loved his adorable interactions with Ken, his chaotic interactions with Miyako, and his extremely ship-worthy interactions with Lui. And that scene where Ken pointed out how calm he was? Extremely powerful. Also Daisuke's queer energy was off the charts in this film, just saying. That alone means so much to me.

Also Takeru was SO in character when he was like "I know there is the possibility of Digimon partner-induced nuclear war, but hello??? Patamon might die????" I realize that's an oversimplification of his point, but it felt so right for him.

So like... I don't want to get into arguments about this, because I always feel like I'm wrong about lore and people yell at me just for thinking things they think are "wrong". So these are just my personal opinions which are obviously in no way accurate.

But in my opinion, Lui wasn't the first person to partner with a Digimon. I felt that Ukkomon was unreliable and untrustworthy and unstable, so I don't trust anything he claimed was true. I don't trust Ukkomon's concept of being the reason for Digimon and human partnerships to be accurate. I mean, I could bring Hiroki Hida and Oikawa into the mix. Or Maki and Daigo (if you try to tell me tri isn't canon just because of some interview, I'm going to block you just fyi).

I also don't entirely buy Ukkomon to be the reason the Chosen Children were even Chosen. Wouldn't Lui have been part of their adventure if that was the case? There are so many reasons the Digital World needed the Chosen Children that had absolutely nothing to do with Lui and Ukkomon. The whole Digital World's existence wasn't even mentioned regarding Ukkomon.

I really just don't trust anything Ukkomon did or said. He litterally brainwashed, manipulated, and eventually killed Lui's parents, so forgive me if I find what he says hard to believe. But I seriously loved that Ukkomon was chaotic and untrustworthy. It made for a fascinating "villain". I loved that we were lead to believe some new lore that may or may not be true, depending on how much you believe Ukkomon and Lui.

I also want to believe that now that the digivices are gone (which already happened to Sora, Taichi, Yamato, and implied Mimi, Jou, and Koushiro), that they will receive Digi-eggs soon, perhaps after they go through more important situations in their adult lives. If you know me, then you know I'm not the biggest fan of the ending of Kizuna, because I felt like it was a personal attack on my adulthood. I want more than anything for there to be a reason for Taichi and the others to see their Digimon again. I believe the ending of The Beginning gave us hope that Taichi's bond with Agumon transcends his own broken digivice.

So that's it, mostly. You can all stay tuned for when the movie is available on streaming/blu-ray, because you KNOW I'll be photoshopping ponytails onto Ken again. Also I'm planning a Daisuke/Lui fic at some point.

[reliablejoukido]

"(Don't) stop flirting" - a Daiken oneshot by zuzsenpai

Summary: Ken couldn’t get those words out of his head. He didn’t want to do anything about it… but Daisuke had other plans.

Rating: Mature; Tags: romance, brief sexual content, friends to lovers

MAJOR spoilers for "Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning"

I caught a Daiken bug after seeing “The Beginning” as I’m sure many of us did. Here’s a little treat. 

[reliablejoukido]

On Lui's parents, I have a theory. Since his dad was only alive with the help of medical machines and assistance, does that mean because of Ukkomon's interference he died instantly? I'm pretty sure in the climax scene his parents were definitely dead when Ukkomon didn't control them. It would mean both of his parents would have been dead for 4 years at that point.

that's definitely an interesting theory, and one I wouldn't have thought to delve into. I think you might be right. The "puppetry" scene where the parents fell over and Ukkomon had to reanimate them... it made it clear to me that they were already dead. which is honestly horrifying. I'll say it again, this entire film was Fullmetal Alchemist but with Daisuke in it

[reliablejoukido]

As far as the new movie goes, I know Lui and Ukkomon are very important for the movie. But I feel like the 02 Digidestined hardly talked at all. Any of them. Made me so sad.

So I absolutely 100% understand this opinion and it is very very valid.

I think I enjoyed the film differently than everyone else, to be honest. I agree that there needed to be more interactions between the 02 gang, but I was very pleased with what we did get to see of them. I realize everyone wanted a fun 02 romp, and we didn't get that. But I thought Daisuke was done really well in this film and I thought Miyako's thoughts and interjections and interactions were on point.

I think my enjoyment of the film stemmed from this: I am a Jou Kido fan. I love him more than anything. Jou Kido was not in Kizuna for more than 5 seconds. Jou Kido talked to virtually no one in Kizuna. I hated that more than anything. They shaft him in every movie and it sucks big time. So when THIS film ended up having my other favorite character, Daisuke, in it for longer than 5 seconds, my heart was filled with joy at these morsels. Yes, we could have had better and SHOULD have had better, but I'm still riding high on what we got.

Also I like Lui. I'm a Lui positivity blog right now, and generally a "The Beginning" positivity blog. Because I liked the film and I'm not afraid to say it.