#dammit nomura

[altocat]

dammit Nomura, you drew young Seph too cute and round and slightly chubby with overly-serious eyes like that and you want me to NOT adopt?!

It's like they went out of their way to turn this genocidal madman into the cutest little bean we could have possibly gotten.

I HATE them for it!

(I love them for it.)

[ywpd-translations]

Ride 722: Honda, howl!!

Pag 1

1: Honda from Kamo High jumped ahead!!

2: And the two guys from Sohoku, last year's national champion, aren't moving!!

3: No!!

You're not composed anymore, Sohoku!!

4: Honda is so fast!!

He's accelerating so quickly!!

Don't tell me....

Pag 2

1: That the one who will run in the Inter High as Chiba prefecture's representative, will be Kamo High.....

Pag 3

1: Will it be Kamogawa High!?

2: He caught up to Naruko, who had ran ahead on his own!!

Pag 4

1: He'll pass him!!

Naruko has been running in the lead by himself, so of course he'll be at the limit of his stamina

2: Dammit, I'm reaching my limit!!

Ugh-

3: My brothers' dream

The dream of going to participating in the Inter High, I'll make it come true!!

4: You'll see.....!!

You'll see!!

5: I'll win this race

6: and with everyone's blessings

Pag 5

1: I'll magnificently face the Inter High – that's my vision of my future!!

3: He passed Naruko of the champion, Sohoku!!

Honda from the local Kamo High is jumping to the top!!

Pag 6

1: Dammit, I'm goping to be left behind!!

2: Maybe, if you had enough water in your bottle.... huh?

5: Today was hotter than expected

I can see you're exhausted, you can't pull out as much power as before

6: But this is our hometown, so we are prepared for the weather to become so hot

8: I'm the third and smartest of the Honda siblings, Honda Ryouzou- remember it!!

Kamo High is accelerating!! He's leaving Naruko behind!!

Pag 7

1: That's right....

I'm sure

2: Since the ranking in the Inter High is by right of the prefecture, we'll have the one-digit numbers

And I

3: will have the number 1 bib!!

5: Sohoku!!

Sohoku!! One streng cyclist jumped ahead!!

Pag 8

1: Move!!

Sohoku!!

What are you doing!!

4: I came here to see Sohoku's overwhelming victory!!

6: What the hell!!

Pag 9

1: Why aren't you moving

Aren't you going to move, Sohoku's Imaizumi!?

2: Kashiwahigashi's.... Nomura?

3: I'm not saying this because we're opponents, but you're acting weird today!!

4: Yeah, the heat is affecting our bodies, so we're waiting for our supplies

5: Waiting!?

The heat really made you weird- the supply place is ahead

7: So, go ahead!!

8: Don't worry, our supplies

Pag 10

1: Are behind us

3: Behind? You mean someone is carrying them?

No way they can do that

4: Yeah, our unreliable first years

Pag 11

1: First years!? You gave such an important role to first years!?

2: Is there a problem?

Obviously!!

3: They're not used to high school's races, they're inexperienced, and they're behind carrying weights- how can they get here without troubles!?

4: It's not....

Uh-uhm

5: Maybe

I think maybe they're having a hard time, but

6: I think they'll come

7: I'm sure they understand how important this role is, so.....

After all, the two people who are coming now, even in the race in the club the other day....

Pag 12

1: They worked really hard!!

Pag 13

5: Two people are coming from behind

Those jerseys.... they're Sohoku's first years!!

6: I.....

Pag 14

1: I see them, Rokudai!!

Gau!!

2: This time Imaizumi-san and Onoda-san are really here!!

3: They're.... they're here, really....!!

Did you anticipate all this....

…. no

4: This heat was completely unexpected

And also....

Pag 15

1: the fact that they look like the “helping hands*” (LOL)

You- you look cool, Rokudai-kun

*(NdT.: a comedy performance in which one person wears an haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their hands through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front)

2: But

3: It weirdly suits you

We caught up, senpai!!

4: You made it, Kinaka

Good job

Waaa- yessir!!

5: Thank you to you, too, Rokudai-kun

Gau!!

Huh!?

Pag 16

1: Ah- this- don't worry about it

“Beast mode”

Gau

2: “Release”!!

Teh?

3: Ah-teh- uhm- ah, Back-gate slope-sa..... senpai!!

Incredible

Is this a stunt?

How are you next to me!? Teh!? Huh!?

4: Alright, we have no time to take it easy

5: He-here, senpai

Thank you

Waaa I'm being helpful! Teh!!

Pag 17

1: We have to catch them

2: At full throttle!!

4: Ahead!!

5: Let's go, Sakamichi!!

Yes!!

6: Do your best!!

-your best, teh!!

Pag 18

1: Sohoku is accelerating!!

Pag 19

1: Follow us, first years!!

….

… huh?

2: Uh... huh... what, we have to follow too!?

Teh!?

Ah?

No-yes!? Huh!?

They finally made a move!

Sohoku jumped ahead!

3: Of course

Who will bring the supplies to Naruko?

4: Ah.... but....

We've been chasing hard since earlier so.... we....

Just barely...

5: Keep up as uch as possible, please

Wa-

Ngh... ah.... but.... (quietly)

6: And also, please, look us from behind

Pag 20

1: Look Sohoku's overwhelming victory

[minijenn]

Firsthand Experience

Surprise bonus Keys cover! I wasn’t gonna do one of these for Disney Castle because it only shows up in one chapter, but I couldn’t resist the urge to draw the Disney Squad (also my KH design for Max because dammit I want Max to be in KH so bad and if nomura won’t do it then I will). Anyway next up I gotta takle Coco so that oughta be... interesting lol 

[ultraericthered]

WTC Higurashi Trivia

I actually originally designed Irie’s true identity as that of a ruthless, final boss-like demon of a man. I envisioned a scene where he pulls out Satoshi’s brain encased in formalin in front of Satoko and says “Look, you finally meet again...” However, the setting was changed and he became a missionary of maids. I was aiming for a disconnect where the maid man becomes the cruel final boss. When Irie was set up as the final boss, Takano was planned to be in what is now Nomura’s position. However, when Irie told Satoko about having Satoshi’s brain encased in formalin, BT-san got angry and said, “Irie’s such a kind person, but that’s too horrible!” So we made various changes, and Takano-san was promoted to the final boss. As a result, she gave such a wondrous performance.

--- Ryukishi07

I’m of two minds to this news...

1. We could’ve gotten evil mad scientist Dr. Irie!?! Dammit, I have always wanted to see that done somewhere, as Irie’s already one of the prime antagonistic forces in the story given all that the Irie Clinic is concealing (with he himself just an unwitting pawn in some bigger, behind-the-scenes government/military conspiracy games) and he’s got just as much potential for villainy as Takano, Okonogi, and even Ooishi. The idea that he was initially concieved as a Colonel Muska type character whose pleasant, patient and kindly persona would be a ruse for a vile, ruthless “demon of a man” only makes the concept sound cooler to me - like a literal case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, which would embody all the thematic ideas behind Hinamizawa Syndrome.

2. Based on BT’s objection, it sounds like it wasn’t thought through very well by Ryukishi07 and came off like cheap shock value horror for its own sake, with Irie’s true inner evil being so outlandish and cartoonishly over-the-top malicious and mean-spirited that it made Irie feel like a bad Surprise Villain and a lesser character for it. The whole idea of him having Satoshi’s brain encased in formalin...why? To what end? Plus, his pedo tendencies are offputting as is, and this would’ve taken them to the most generic and expected conclusion - he’s just a predator and does sick experiments on all the children he befriends, treats, and coaches. Ultimately, Takano makes a much better direct mastermind/Big Bad/final boss than Irie would’ve.

So with that said, there are three ways to make Evil Dr. Irie work:

- Switch Takano and Irie’s intended roles. Takano plays the role she ended up playing, but the vague and engimatic Nomura is replaced by Dr. Irie as the true mastermind who sponsors Takano’s atrocities.

- Have Dr. Irie as a willing co-conspirator with Takano, the brains to Okonogi’s brawn. He’s not keen on the idea of having to harm any of the kids, but he fiercely believes he’s doing what’s right for mankind. Unlike the above and below, this Irie would still be redeemable.

- Do one of many side-story loops that has Irie succumbing to Hinamizawa Syndrome and hijacking the conspiracy from Takano.

[thelreads]

I jus realize...what a missing opportunity to not show Pop with an eyepath nor the damage she has suffered. She appearing in her usual costume does lesssen what she had gone throught.

Another missing opportunity is that...this is a perfect situation where this is not killing someone, but putting them out of their misery. Eve after all of this is done, Nomura will be still a brain, there's nothing that can be done to save him except to finish him.

Dammit not even the only thing to happen to Pop's character managed to stick, goddammit Furuhashi.

Also, yeah, this should've been more like a mercy kill, but that would require, you know, establishing some semblance of likeability to McBee's character.

[thequietmanno1]

TheLreads, Vigilantes ch 106, Replies Part 1

1) “And the journey continues! Last time we had an All might scare- two of them in fact, also there was some less important stuff about koichi awakening his potential by realizing that he can and must win this fight.”- He’s awakening so much potential his power is practically evolving into a whole new ability before Nomura’s very frustrated eyes. 2) “…

Self-preservation is definitely not their strong suit I must say”- Look, when the kids want to play with the lit dynamite stick, you have to consider whether or not Darwin had a point, and it’s better for the species overall to let things play out. 3) “Ah dammit, and here comes the other one… Well, I suppose he do need to set up the previous mentioned nuclear bomb to get rid of McBee and all that…”- Soga really is fitting all the archtypes for “cool badass sidekick” even if it’s all undercut by the fact that’s he’s Soga, and thus can’t be that no matter how hard he tries. 4) “And I suppose this means that Soga is about to use the Bastardbike to chase after them and provide support.

Good fucking luck with catching up with the two hyper speedsters”- Seeing as Nomura needs to stay within the darkened blackout area to avoid easily drawing hero attention to his chase-fight with Koichi, there is only a limited area that can actually speed around, as opposed to the whole city being a battlefield. Therefore, it is possible for Soga to catch up, if only because the fight turns around and heads back towards him. 5) “No, let them keep throwing stones at the bipedal bombs, I want to see blood being splattered on those walls”- Your interior decorator is showing…in that you want to decorate with their interiors. 6) “Oh yeah, this is definitely gonna be a game of cat and mouse

Except that the mouse is chasing a cat he has no chance of beating”- Even more than he knew. He and we thought Nomura only needed one direct hit on Koichi to win, but it turns out even Koichi’s perceived “weakness” of projecting the repulsion from a limited area on his body doesn’t actually apply, meaning Nomura has no actual way of landing a hit, even if he succeeds in getting Koichi dead to rights, unlike himself. 7) “MY GOD MAN DID FIRES GEORG IMPRINTED YOU WITH A BIT OF HIS DNA, CAN YOU CALM DOWN WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY? WE’RE STILL TRYING TO REBUILD THAT STREET HE INCINERATED”- I have to wonder how much is Nomura intentionally missing and how much is Koichi using his finer control to bait him into making near-miss swings in the hope of his enemy exhausting himself. 8) “Oh boy… I feel that someone is gonna have to pay for this damage, and considering McBee is gonna bite the dust by the end of the story… I hope you’re ready to work for the rest of your life to pay for the repairs Koichi”-Pretty sure this is meant to be a visual shout-out to the posters for the first season of The Flash, highlighting just how fast our two bois are going at it.

9) “Thank you Captain Obvious, but I think I prefer when you were a tulpa more concerned with giving bad advice.

I mean, if McBee doesn’t realized that you guys have crossed half the neighborhood then that’s on him, no need for you to point it out.”- At this point Nomura’s need for approval and self-validation through that has turned into recrimination and chastisement for allowing himself to be so baited by Koichi, which is honestly sad. The O’Clock Tulpa can’t outright disparage Nomura because he made it to give himself positive feedback, but even it has nothing really good to say about his choices here, which means that Nomura knows he’s made a joke of himself and is still continuing on with it out of stubborn pride and spite against Koichi. 10) “But why are you still thinking about All Might coming in? Koichi had the chance to leave to call for help, and he didn’t. You can believe that he came back to try to talk things over and since he couldn’t his plan changed to going after All Might, but again, HE CAN FUCKING FLY AND YOU KNOW THAT WHY WOULD HE NEED TO LURE YOU TO ALL MIGHT?”- They knew Koichi well enough (and have personally just witnessed him blow a perfect opportunity to end Nomura) that both of them are aware that Koichi running to somebody for aid is a far more likely scenario than him standing his ground at any point to take Nomura down himself, which to be fair does seem to be Koichi’s intent more or less. Avoiding actually striking back so long as he baits him into wasting precious seconds lashing out at him, even if it would be far simpler to just blast Nomura between the eyes and call it done. 11) “Yeah, but unfortunately for you, you’re not quick enough. You’ll never be quick enough.”- Can’t move faster than Koichi can sense you coming. Nomura’s bloodlust is both driving him to go faster and counter-intuitively letting Koichi know how to react to his attacks no matter how high he revs the engines. 12) “And another miss there. Yeah, see, you can’t catch him. Hell, the only reason you’re seeing him is because he wants you to, otherwise he’d zoom away so fast that your head would be left spinning”- In a straight road Nomura may have some advantages, but in these twisting streets and lots of grabble surfaces on the buildings, Koichi excels at outmanoeuvring any attack he throws his way.

13) “He doesn’t need to O'clock. McBee may be incredibly predictable, but Koichi doesn’t even care about that, he’s just moving out of the way as the punches come, no pattern recognition there, just sheer reaction.”- Izuku would analyse his tactics, but Koichi just reacts to the blows as they come using his honed senses, making him similar to Bakugou in a way. 14) “And at which point did he even looked back? He is not using visual cues to counteract you, he’s going far deeper than that. And by that I mean he feels your bloodlust and moves away from it.”- This would meant that ironically, the best means Nomura has of hitting Koichi is to not want to hit him, but that would mean having a presence of mind that wouldn’t be baited like this, meaning Nomura’s dammed if he does, dammed if he doesn’t. 15) “You know what else is an unconscious mental process that shonen mangas like to use? Detecting bloodlust.”-Koichi’s ability to react to intent to harm borders on having a muted Spider-sense, which is thematically appropriate given the Spiderman influences in Izuku’s powerset and Koichi’s wall-crawling ability. 16) “OH MY GOD IS HE GONNA START RUNNING ON ALL FOURS LIKE A CRAZY ANIMAL CHASING A PREY?!”- It both makes sense for increasing his running speed and showcases how nutty he’s getting in trying to catch up to the real fast boi on the track. 17) “Yes McBee, give in to the animal side, become a beast to be slain by the dashing hero, show us how far you’re willing to go, how much of this mask of humanity you’re wearing you you’re willing to discard to kill himI’ll be waiting… Watching…”- In trying to overcome Koichi, he’s pushing himself to become more monstrous and inhuman, which in fact showcases how  strong and powerful Koichi naturally is, that his foe has to discard parts of himself that mattered greatly to him – his pretention of being a humanistic hero – in order to match or exceed what Koichi can do…and even then, Koichi just whips out another new tactic to shut him down on instinct! @thelreads

[toomanyplotbunnies-sendhelp]

Hello and welcome to Day 7 of "Let's Explore My Plot Bunnies"

Sorry for posting this a bit late today, I was busy, and the idea was a bit complicated to put in words. (Don't you love when your brain gives you only vivid images but abandons you when you need to describe them? Yeah, me too)

The fic idea I wanna explore today is actually a collab fanfic between me and my friend @yokomisaki.

This is a Canon Divergence AU for Naruto that both of us came up with around *checks notes* July 13th, 2023. It actually started with me saying that "Shiranui Genma is definitely a motherhen to anybody that he deems in need of motherhening" and that evolved into "Shiranui Genma would make a great Jounin Sensei" before it settled into "Make Shiranui Genma a Jonin Sensei and then throw Naruto at him cause god, does the kid need someone like him in his life".

I came up with a title for this fic, and we already started writing it. I have done a small part of the prologue so far, but we have chapters planned out (just not written out yet).

Title of the fic:

"The late dog always barks at the closed door"

(Yes, it is a jab at Kakashi's habit of being late. Is it mean of me to do this? Yes. Do I care? Not really. I feel he needs a bit of a reality check for that; like, you can be late for your own personal meetings but NOT FOR A FREAKING OFFICIAL MEETING)

Synopsis/Description:

Shiranui Genma is many things, but he is not a teacher. At least not until the Hokage decides that, in the wake of one Jounin Sensei's death, he is to take a team of 3 freshly graduated children under his wing. The good news is that he is not obligated to pass them. The bad news is that he actually likes the brats - despite the fact that he knows only headaches will follow him now.

In the one year he had the brats for a lot changed, including what one of his students wanted to do with her life as a shinobi. Now, Genma is required to get a new Gennin to make up for the student (and she is still his student dammit; no official paper will ever change that) that decided to pursue the career of "not-battle active medic-nin".

When it was time for him to choose, he recognized a certain hyperactive blonde as part of the rooster he could choose from - which is weird since Hatake seems to want him. So then why was not the kid already spoken for?

After some consideration, Genma came up with his answer.

"Hokage-sama, I want to take Uzumaki Naruto as the new member for Team 3."

Some details:

I know Team 3 is supposed to be Might Guy, Neji Hyuuga, Tenten, and Rock Lee; however, I have always believed them to be team 9, so it is really hard for me to correct that belief. Thus, just for the sake of my brain, Genma's team is Team 3, while Guy's team is team 9.

This fic will have (so far) 4 OCs: Kawamura Chizuru (Part of Team 3 - retires from active duty but is still considered part of the team by Genma); Nomura Akira (Part of Team 3); Higashi Kyoka (Part of Team 3); Sakaki Ichirou (the boy that takes Naruto's place in team 7)

Yes, at Naruto's graduation team, because he also got to graduate, there was one person that would have to be put in another team as the numbers wouldn't add up (think instead of 21 kids aka 7 teams of 3, there are 22 kids that graduated)

We have most of the plot for the OG series already thought out; the Shippuden part is more complicated (because of what we do with the pervious part)

Naruto is getting the darn support system that he is in need of in this AU

And I am not overlooking Sasuke either. Without Naruto around to push him, Sasuke will realize that he is pretty much isolated (thank you Konoha Elders and Teacher from the Akademy (Not Iruka), you did a fantastic job *note the sarcasm*). Cause really, the main reason why it didn't look like Sasuke was isolated by others (and instead it showed he chose isolation) is because Naruto is like 10 people in one presence-wise. And because I am taking Naruto away from the picture, I raise you this idea: Get Raidou (or any competent adult) to interact with Sasuke. Sasuke needs more competent adults in his life at this point

Everyone - and I mean EVERYONE - is getting character development. Even just some characters that appear for a few times. And I am dragging Kakashi from his brooding corner, kicking and screaming if I have to. (And yes, that includes villains, too. *looks at my brain planned storyline* And summons get the same treatment as well)

Another thing: Political Sub-plot. Ya think that with all the importance they put on, not only rank but missions that get you in different countries, this show would have more political talk; but no. So we are bringing Naruto into politics. Inter-village Politics, to be precise. Naruto, prepare your Talk no Jutsu.

Also, Fuuinjutsu Made-Up Theory Stuff. Just because I can and I will (I am in charge of Fuuinjitsu stuff). Genma is making Naruto learn them from scratch.

We are addressing the fact that the Shinobi Academy of Konoha was turned into a "civilian playground" because of the Konoha Elders. (It's way worse than you can think if Genma makes Naruto re-learn stuff from zero) - there is no way any fight will have some bullshit pop-quiz about History or Chakra Theory. How in the world are those kids alive?

We also have Orochimaru Plot™️. A whole ton of it too.

We also get into the "Preparation to Take a Life on the Battlefield" thing. Because people there seem to not do it anymore. Like, get the kids to kill animals in the wild after catching them. Is it hard? Yes. But THEY NEED THE DAMN EXPERIENCE SO THEY DON'T FREEZE UP AS BADLY IN COMBAT.

Get Naruto into the Tactical Thinking. Not because he is Shikamaru Level at it; but because he is good at surprising the enemy. So Naruto's shenanigans + some tactician lessons = Perfect Combo for Ambush.

Naruto and Kurama interact earlier. And, while it won't be that much better than the beginning of their friendship in the anime, we are getting the friendship a lot faster this time.

Finally, Team 3, being trained by Genma, starts to pick up having Senbons on them. It's like their "mark" as Genma's kids. (Genma is so proud)

This is all I have currently (mostly because it's late at night here, and I am losing my thought process). I will also post what I have written from the Prologue after this is posted, so look forward to that.

So, what do you think? Good? Bad?

I will see you guys later. Take care and have a great day/night!

- TooManyPlotBunnies-Send Help

[recusant-s-sigil]

Wait so khwiki tells me that the original CoM released on November 11th. …DAMMIT NOMURA

[atomic-taco-muffin]

I'm right there with you Meg

Like dammit Nomura BRING HIM BACK

[interwovenrhapsody-a]

@xbloodsoakedx replied: The she'd see that Urla is basically just Lulu but with less belts-

YUP.

Esther is practically taking the role of Auron here, which is what anyone else’s Scan/Libra would tell them. So she’d be internally like ‘huh, Lulu but without the plush toys and multitude of belts’.

[theworldforgot]

melody of memory is so much fun i’m so angry

[microversejimmy]

These adorable brats. Nomura, you better have the two of them meeting in dreams or some crap in KH4. Stop separating my OTP and just let them be together, dammit!

[vectortothehairgel]

Ok question

Does anyone live in the town in the World That Never Was? We can see there are shops and houses in TWTNW. Did Xemnas just assign a bunch of nobodies to run the Chinese food place down the street so he can order takeout in between brooding sessions? Or are the towns just there for dramatic effect in case he needs to turn into a boat and warp reality later? Does every Nobody in the organization control a specific restaurant with their favorite takeout staffed by their nobodies? Like does Demyx have his dancers bring him ramen? Does Axel get spicy wings delivered to his bedroom? I have QUESTIONS DAMMIT NOMURA 

[thelreads]

Was going to point out he said, "O'clock" instead of "My" when talking about striking style and see what you think he meant, but the reveal happened so can still point it out and ask instead, so which do you think it is? A quirk he's using or a vestige from passing quirks?

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

AND THE FACT HE'S NOT CALLING HIM NOMURA, BUT NUMBER 6

WHY WOULDN'T HIM CALL HIMSELF BY THE NAME HE PICKED?!

Also, I don't think this is a quirk, probably an electronic implant to communicate with him

[thequietmanno1]

Thelreads, Vigilantes 83, Replies Part 2

1) “Now okay, that one kinda works. It`s not as nonsense as the firenado, and it`s perfect to stop Koichi.

If he couldn`t, you know, jump over it, but you just need to make it long enough.”-Luckily, Koichi can jump far enough to make it out of the whole block, and Endeavour couldn’t set that on fire and still call himself a professional hero in the aftermath. 2) “Now Koichi I do hope you pick exactly where to land, because boy that floor is almost made of lava.”- The best way to win ‘The Floor is Lava’? Flying. 3) “Dammit McBee, just fuck off already. Also what piss-poor move was that, I thought that Endeavor made the whole road burst into flames (again, damaging public property, big oof) don`t tell me he just made a small hurdle that is easily jumpable.”- Destructive as the tactic is, it is quite effective at shutting down nimble speedsters like Nomura and Koichi by depriving them of the advantage of mobility against an incoming attack. Unfortunately for Nomura, Koichi don’t need no roads to flee the fight. 4) “DAMMIT ENDEAVOR, THE FUCKING ROAD

ALSO HOW`S KOICHI STILL NOT ON THE GROUND, IS HE FLYING? IT DOESN`T LOOK LIKE HE`S FLYING”- He’s hovering, ready for take-off once he’s got himself angled correctly. 5) “McBEE GOT CAUGHT IN THE FLAMES?

HOW THE FUCK DIDN`T ENDEAVOR SAW HIM? HE WAS RIGHT THERE, RIGHT BEHIND KOICHI

ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT THE NUMBER-TWO HERO JUST GOT ANOTHER HERO CAUGHT IN THE CROSS-FIRE OF HIS ATTACK?”- Well, Nomura’s not really an actual hero, so….     (Vigilantes ch 80) 6) “Ohhh, alright, if they are setting this to be an eventual three-way clash between Koichi, Endeavor, and Number six, then things can get quite interesting to see…”- Not much of a ‘clash’ so much as Nomura not being nimble enough to avoid Endeavour’s massive fireballs and getting taken out almost entirely by accident. 7) “*At furuhashi`s window* you know that endeavor can fly, don`t you Furuhashi? Even if Koichi moves away, Endeavor is pretty fast- Furuhashi don`t you close the blinds when I`m talking toYOU TELL ME THAT YOU KNOW ENDEAVOR CAN FLY YOU BASTARD-“- He can fly, but not at the speeds Koichi can move at. Landing and everything will slow him down, but Koichi just went from the street to the skyline in under 10 seconds, and that’s the kind of Fast not even the Number 2 hero can reach easily.

8) “AND THERE GOES MY BOY-

NOW THE JOKE ACTUALLY FIT- HE REALLY IS GOING LIKE A ROCKET”- Koichi’s shooting for the stars. If he figures out his repulsion ability well enough to make a fore field for heat and air with it, he could even breach the stratosphere with his potential    (Vigilantes ch 81) 9) “Oh no, Koichi falling to his death, how horrible, if only he already showed that he can activate his quirk to float and kinda fly in critical moments

…

Again, why was that particular point of his quirk never been touched upon since? The last time I actually remember him using it was during the catbus arc.”- Had to save it for this big, dramatic true rescue moment, to make it all the more impactful. 10) “A pro-hero being murdered by the number-two pro hero that apparently didn`t even noticed you were present. sure.”- A fake hero getting murdered by the fake variant of the Number 2 hero because said variant’s not as competent as the ‘true’ Endeavour. Seems fitting. 11) “I SURE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE SOME BREATH LEFT TO BREAK YOUR FALL, OTHERWISE THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY TRAGIC SEND-OFF

DAMMIT KOICHI YOU CAN`T DIE, WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER THIRTY OR SO CHAPTERS TO GO DON`T DO THIS TO ME”-Koichi surviving the landing is a less pressing concern than Pop being able to survive it, let alone being in good enough shape for their emergency field surgery.

12) “I don`t know what to think. I think I prefer not to think.”-Doing a character analysis on Endeavour is only going to upset you. Best to focus on the better characters in this and let his inconsistent behaviour pass by. @thelreads

[ultraericthered]

Some Decembers later and aside from the spirit of OP still holding true despite the phrasing of that lead-in being so awful (it was cruel hyperbole when Vince Vaughn said it and it's cruel hyperbole here!), I looked back at my ideal fix for Xion and am now realizing WAIT....

What I described for Xion (alternate timeline/worldline where things in Roxas’ time as an Organization member happen a bit differently from how they were meant to, and Xion’s very existence is what made this odd reality split happen) is what fucking Arval actually got to be in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes! A big game franchise like Fire Emblem allowed for this, so there's now that much less of an excuse for Nomura to have not thought to do the same years ago for Kingdom Hearts! He can't let spinoffs just be spinoffs, dammit!

The Butterfly Effect of Xion

So the Vince Vaughn movie Fred Claus has been on TV, and I have to paraphrase:

“I don’t hate you, Xion. I just wish you were never born.”

(XION FANS, DO NOT ENGAGE)

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