#human nbb

[kingofplushies64]

I think I'm starting to luv him more.That first I find him annoying.Now, I think he's starting to grow on me more and more.But he'll never be my favorite villain tho.

[noodle8]

A special thingie for 50 followers!! Thanks to those guys that support my stuff, you dont know how much I appreciate it! 💕

[johwasblog]

I finally know this is ‘sad’.

[arctimon]

Chillin’ and the Villains

As the release date for the Big Hero 6 graphic novel approaches, it got me to thinking about what is going to happen in it.  Is it going to delve a lot from the status quo, or are they going to play it safe and keep it standard fare? I don’t have the answer to that.  However...

If the short trailer is to be believed, it appears that we’re going to be getting a new villain in it.  Which is a good thing, because the rogues gallery of Big Hero 6 at this point in time is...lacking.

Here are the villains of the Big Hero 6 show (as well as the comics) and their current status as of the end of Season 3:

Active – Baron Von Steamer, El Fuego, Momakase, Supersonic Sue, Supersonic Stu, Yama

Reformed – Chief Cruz, Globby, High Voltage (for now), Mad Jacks, Mr. Sparkles, Nega-Globby, Noodle Burger Boy and his “family”

Arrested/In Jail – Alex Miromoto (comics), Chris, Cobra, Di Amara, Hardlight, Mechadama (comics), Sirque, Yokai

Deceased - Obake

Status Unclear – Liv Amara, Richardson Mole, Trina

There are some villains I did not put in here (like the different NBB people and the Buddy Guards/Guardians).  Also, no one knows what’s going on with Mole, so I put him at the end. Liv, while not technically a villain, did create Di, so what’s why she’s here.  Trina’s fate is left ambiguous enough as well.

Finally, judging from the graphic novel trailer, Barb is fighting BH6, so while she is still reformed for now, that could change in an instant.

So as of now, the vast majority of the villain line-up are not active in some form or another.  That gives the perfect opportunity to bring someone new in to give the team a hard time.

But who, exactly?

This got me to thinking about what exactly the team of Big Hero 6 could handle.  In the three seasons, we’ve seen them handle everything from small-time criminals to an attempted decimation of the city.  Despite being rookies, they’ve been shown to be very capable of handle different crises.

They can handle thwarting Obake’s nuclear machine.  They could handle Callaghan’s giant portal.  They handled, on a smaller scale, the villains being turned into monsters.  The question is could they handle something even bigger than that?  Something on a planetary scale?

Something like “Fear Itself”, which deals with an Asgardian wanting to reclaim his father’s thrown?

Or even “The Worthy”, the event inside “Fear Itself” where magical weapons warped the minds of the heroes of Earth?

Or maybe just some infighting over something (or one) that could changed the world if used correctly and destroy it if used the wrong way? It’s hard to say.  They are, after all, five humans and a robot.  Going any farther outside the scope of San Fransokyo is dangerous because then you start to lose focus on the team.  So, to remedy that, you would have to bring in a specific villain.

And let’s face it.  It wouldn’t be Thanos or Kang the Conqueror or anyone like that.  They would wipe the floor with them.

Or even my favorite universal threat and all around jerkface, the Phoenix Force.

Perhaps you could have something like “Dark Reign”, where the Avengers essentially get usurped by a group of “Dark Avengers”:

“Dark Big Hero 6″?  Not the best name, but it is what it is.

“Outlawed” (where the teen heroes of the world are forbidden to fight crime)?  Also could work.  Chief Cruz could play a role in that. Or maybe individual villains could do the trick, like a Sinister Six-esque team or a mad scientist threatening to burn the planet to the ground if he doesn’t get what he wants and-

Oh wait.  You mean the Spider-Man event that the comic Big Hero 6 was a part of?

Hmm.  Otto Octavius.  That would be a great person for the team to go up against.  He can go as big or as small as you want in terms of scale.

But I’ve ranted long enough.  I have a question for the masses: what villain/event would you want to put into Big Hero 6: The Series?  It can range anywhere from Stilt-Man to Galactus or Civil War to Secret Wars?

I would be interested in seeing people’s ideas, even if it’s just a minor villain.  I had no idea that Coat of Arms even existed until a couple of weeks before I wrote her into The Straight And Arrow, and I really enjoyed writing her.  You never know what you can find when you go deep into Marvel history.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go imagine Hiro fighting a guy with a gigantic pair of stilts.

[spyrkle4]

Saw a humanizing trend in the 2 mewtwo comics I follow so I decided to humanize some of the pet cast in HOF (And Jackie, tho he’ll show up soon!) Next time I might do the robots, I know some people have made human!NBB designs (which are very cool)

[itz-darktrax]

My thoughts on The MiSFIT and Return to Sycorax

I finally got my hands on the stable version of the episodes! So here’s my analysis as promised. Warning spoilers!

The MiSFIT: So we start with NBB and her sisters plotting to take over teh human race. Hyper potomus suggests using supersonic frequencies. Hangry panda suggests taking off people's shoes and eating them. While Cruhsroom wants to punch the sun for some reason. Anyways Crushroom accidentally gave the idea of going to school. So NBB decides to attack Sfit and turn into the Sanfransokyo Institue of Robotology. Yep, a school for robots. Meanwhile, professor Granville enlists Hiro to give him a tour of the campus. Turns out that this new kid prodigy is a genius that is younger than Hiro. He is an 11-year old that can hack anything. From Sfit's robot vacuums to Granville's car! This character reminds me of Wade from Kim Possible. (I'm a big Kim possible fan too lol) Anyways while Hiro was giving him a tour of the robotics lab he goofed off and knocked what appears to be one of Honey's chemical experiments? Which caused a Goofy chain to react that wrecked the lab. Hiro then went to professor Granville's office to complain about Rishi That he was very rebellious and the like. Sounds familiar? Then Granville reminded Hiro that he was like that in his early days of Sfit. He then offered Hiro no more morning classes in exchange to continue touring Rishi. After wrecking the lab NBB and his sisters struck trying to take over SFIT.  Ultimately, it was Rishi who saved SFIT by hacking everything from the lab and using them to his advantage. What I don't get is how did he hack Gogo's maglev bike? It has no apparent computers, right? Did Gogo added a secret autopilot feature to her bike or did the writers forget to fact-check this? Anyways I like how this episode resembles the time when Tadashi first convinced Hiro to join SFIT because of his genius. Lastly, I don't get why there is recent hate for Rishi. Sure he was kind of annoying in the start bragging and stuff. But remember he's an 11-year-old. This is common for his age. The fact that he's 11 and applying for college is pretty impressive.

Return to Sycorax: (I’m kind of tired from writing that long summary above so I’ll just explain the main points in short sentences)

Ah a 5 hour long movie marathon, What can go wrong?

The feast for the marathon looked appetizing ngl.

So Krei bought Sycorax’s abandoned bulidings and losted contact with Judy. While on his new property

Hmm does this mean Sycorax was done for good after the City of Monsters incident?

Alright somehow Sycorax still has functioning elevators and a pantry full of food pods. That also functions.

Yes, Fred that big ass DNA machine is definitely a microwave.

And guess what came out of the “microwave”? As dancingwiththemayoi said Bugsnax! That went rampaging on the premises.

And the army of food pods helped saved the day.

Turns out this was all a dream. But none of our questions about Sycorax got answered? Where’s Liv Amara? What really happened to Sycorax? Guess we will never know.

[theangrycomet]

“You got the file?” Back to back, Jim set his phaser back to fry. He tilted his head towards the helmeted figure behind him.  Flashing a fierce grin towards Captain Magnet as the hero raised the flash drive by its key chain.

“Oh, this little ole thing?” He teased, the filter in his helmet forcing his voice through a digital filter. 

“Excellent.” Jim fired off a round, taking out CrushRoom’s left arm at the circuitry forcing him to look away from the black and purple helmet. “With that I can make it back in time for my date.”

“Date?” Had it been for the filter, Jim would have sworn there was confusion to Cap’s tone. 

“Yeah, I had to pause on my date plans.” As he watched the mushroom themed mascot pick up her fallen arm, he winced as she began to chase Flamezilla around with it. Cap straightened, back stiff behind him. “I can still make it if I bail now though. You guys got this, right?”

Dinner. At the Park. Hiro had completely forgotten about it what with Noodle Burger Boy and his squadron completely decimating down town. 

That’s what Jim had been texting him about. 

At this point, Jim doesn’t know for sure that Hiro is Captain Magnet, more the start of suspicions. 

Tim’s with Wasabi and Gogo dealing with Hyper-Potamus and Hangry Panda. 

The Flashdrive contain’s plans and designs for Dr. Gepetto’s Pinocchio Project, a android designed to carry a human consciousness. NBB and Co just want is for the robot parts more than the transfer. Team Tweeb was on duty keeping the programming protected when the two groups showed up. 

Jim and Tim are more than happy to work with the Super Nerds, and have given them their card for Super Cars. 

These two live in my brain rent free.

[afro-elf]

Respect for the naked brothers band AND being human?? Collect your crown queen 👑

i watched nbb everyDay

[sang-el]

Thoughts before Legacies:

I have to admit that this second arc is.... Less impressive than the first arc of s2, even compared to s1. Di and Obake were an unpredictable and smart villain, and it was nice to see how they moved against BH6. And their twists were quite cool (Obake had brain damage; Di was a clone of Liv). now, Chief Diego Cruz, is just.... A straight boring alpha-male main antagonist (or anti-hero) whose motive to catch BH6 is kinda.... Confusing. I mean, you were just being salty to superheroes because your superhero doesn't come up? Hmmmm. I wish we could see his motives more on the finale, but I expect less.

Meghan is an interesting character tho, especially to Hiro. But honestly, she makes me missing Karmi so much. Megan & Hiro's interactions are kinda cute, But nothing special compared to Karmi & Hiro's. They fought all the time, but they cared each other, and they finally became friends, until Karmi had to move for the sake of her healthiness. Their development to each other was really enjoyable and shippable to follow. Megan and Hiro's are decent too, I like their interactions, but yeah, it's quite soso compared to Karmi's, maybe because she appears less often than Karmi despite being one of the main focus on Fugitive's arc, but still. But after portal Enemy, It's quite cool to see than Megan would involve with BH6 more, and that she understood why BH6 did this thingy, regardless of how Legacies would play out, so yeah, I can't wait to see her more.

Now onto the villains, while this second arc's villains are unique, they aren't that memorable compared to the past villains. The only villains that I actually invest into are Hardlight and Sirque, but even they don't have any great motives either or maybe I am just being a nitpicky. On the other side, we have shorted Mini Max (which somehow funny but yeah), El Fuego is kinda less impressive villain, Major Blast is Fred's mom, and Supersonic Stu is a dork big man and a rip off of Sonic the hedgehog. A positive note of it that they are working individually in the end, not being United as a villain legion on Obake's and Di's. It is quite refreshing to see, and we could see what's more of them as a separate individual.

Also kinda hmmm with Trina and NBB didn't even make an appearance on Fugitive arc, yet somehow appeared on the first arc, it would have been really interesting to see how they would fight against BH6 in the midst of the police situation out there, especially Chief Cruz. Probably they will be set for the S3, as the final bosses, since I predict that s3 might be the final season of BH6, due to low ratings and activities from fandom (I may be wrong tho but yeah it's hard to see we would get the s4) l, but still it would have been interesting to see them involving on Fugitives arc.

Now on the positive notes of this arc, Hiro the Villain is one of my favorite episode on s2, alongside Prey Date, and The Date of the Roommate. It is quite to see Momakase backstory that makes her human, and her interaction with Hiro is kinda cool to see. I also love how they 'forgot' the amnesia trope to Megan on "Portal Enemy". It makes she would get involved more with BH6 which is kinda nice to follow and probably to make her as the new member of BH6. The upgrades of BH6, including having Base-Max and Sim-Max are really cool, and they make BH6 more superhero thingy. Also more of solo character development, including Fred's and Wasabi's, which are nice to see, wish we do have more these kind of episodes in the future and we soon probably figure out the real name of BH6.

It is interesting to see how Megan and Cruz's future after Legacies episode. I hope that they will still appear on future episodes, especially Megan.

[crzynighta]

“ N nbb ljd oep rpamji ejl dmo. N’a jeh mzgmnd ez oepg vllil ! “ ( I’ll end you humans one day. I’m not afraid of your geese )

[ficsinhistory]

,As the second season is over, I can finally do it! The second part of Karmi's character analysis per episode!

Despite all the flaws she has, I love how complex she is! She is bold, sarcastic and not made to sympathize at first, this with her not being automatically a villain! Showing to the target audience that people have nuances, that not always someone well acts in black and white, with some managing to overcome problems and not let interfere, but that others get quite marked with these experiences to the point of influencing how it handles some things and someone good can always improve, because not all their attitudes are the best. Which is not bad if you have a good character development, exactly what I'm going to analyze.

And then I want to score one thing: It's okay that you do not like Karmi. Since she needs more development to become a character and that's okay! But some people reduce it to imprecise definitions, deleting important traits of it, distorting it completely as the character is. So, I'm going to do my analysis with that in mind and try to talk about it too, okay?

Internabout

Ah yes! This is where we started the first season. A very cool episode with Trina, NBB, where Hiro arranges a stage and several hilarious and somewhat tense things happens. And of course, Karmi appears in a very interesting way.

Her first appearance was during the gang tour. She is in the lab when she is introduced and where she boasts of the internship, something she has earned because of her lifelong study. Even though she has said it presumptuously, no one can deny that it is a great achievement.

I know, I know, Liv is bad and all, but it does not obliterate the fact that Karmi had her attention because of the talent of prodigy that she has and knowing Amara, even wanting to use it, would not have something common to have in her plan, but, yes, something really impressive. At this point, it is Hiro who is rivaling Karmi, so much so that the gang itself asks why he is still jealous, and does what he can to have something to rub as a victory to Karmi. He arranges an internship with Krei and the episode unfolds.

Her next appearance is at lunch, where she is taking care of her own affairs.

 Hiro comes and tries to provoke her, which she does not leave cheap and refuses giving Hiro a little nervous attack. Both at the beginning and in this scene, it was proof that Hiro also plays this rivalry and that, once and for all, Karmi may be a jerk, but she is not a bully!

Does she have bad attitudes? Yes. Does she need to improve and apologize and change her behavior? For sure! Is she a bully? As someone who has suffered for years this, I can say, no.

According to the definition, bullying has as main pillar the misuse of power in the relationship, generally leading to a total isolation of the target. Karmi has no power imbalance with Hiro, except to be taller, she is practically equal to him. She is a student like him, what she talks about does not affect his reputation, at the most it irritates him, that when he does not rebut, and the stage that she gains in this episode does not harm him in anything but to hurt his ego, thing which already happens since "Big Problem". This stage was won honestly, without Karmi having sabotaged Hiro at all.

Since the beginning of the episode, she's been taking care of her own affairs and the only time she's talked to Hiro was on the Scoraxy tour. After that, she basically reacted to Hiro the whole episode. 

They are rivals and Hiro is not afraid of it, or Karmi. Both are provoked and Hiro has some of the blame on the disagreements, something very different from what constitutes bullying, mainly where the victim usually is afraid, at least, to react.

The next time she appears, her interaction with Hiro was not even required

since they met by accident. That's when Karmi discovers that what he said was "an important task" was just being Krei's servant. In contrast to what Karmi did in Smal Hiro One, Hiro did not tell the truth about what he was doing, trying to trick her when Karmi burst into laughter. (Let's be honest, it was funny and you would laugh too.) She then left and did not show up any more.

In that episode, it was shown how the rivalry comes from both sides and how Karmi simply reacted to Hiro's taunts as he did hers, which is totally different from bullying. It also showed that Hiro reacts well with the injured ego and has flaws, one of the points they have in common.

Pray Date

Ah yes! One of my favorite eps! Here we had many good scenes from around the world and a wonderful character development in general!

The first time Karmi appears is when Hiro and Fred go after them to try to get to Sycorax's lab to check Knox. Karmi at first does not want to get involved, but Hiro practically manipulates her, being honest here, but he had the best of intentions and they were desperate measures so it's forgivable.

Here she also warns about security, which was hilarious! And Fred ends up spoiling various cultures of microorganisms. As a scientist, I can say that this takes time and she was rightly angry. Despite everything above, she actually went to check what Hiro "asked" and eventually discovered that she did not have access to the file. Which led her to question Liv about this, with a very curious body language that I'll look into later.

He loved the dispensation and Karmi ends up meeting Fred, Hiro and Baymax. Hiro questions her about Knox, which leads him to hack into the company's computer and Karmi can identify that something is wrong with his genetic code.

She still does not want to go, understandably, but when Hiro states that someone has to help, she is convinced. They go up to sub-level 9 and fiddling with the files discovers a cure, however they end up being caught and after Liv takes Fred out, they start being chased by Knox, which leads them to a difficult situation.

Hiro wants to disable the security protocol, but Karmi says that would not be good, because it would put many people in danger and suggest waiting until she finds a cure. They argue and Karmi continues underground while Hiro and Baymax leave.

Her next appearance is questioned on Liv's decision, asking her to let him try to find a solution without killing him. However, no one buys the idea.

Then she appears already with a cure and watching worried about a Knox going to the lab, meeting with "Captain Cute" and stating that they would help. However, she questions about Hiro, asking about his status. Gogo claims that he is well and she appears for the last time, having a civilized conversation with Hiro, stating that the "Sycorax" had healed based on her research. This episode was incredible for Karmi's development and brought relevant information about her personality.

The first thing is that it breaks one of the main concepts that many had that Karmi would be a villain. However, it is shown that she has one of the best moral sense of the series.

She may have started helping Hiro because of the ego, but she ended up helping because, as seen in part one of this post, she is a good person. And the evidence of this ran through every episode. The first, and perhaps not so obvious, is when Fred comes in with a club in her lab. Karmi can be a bit harsh when she acts, but she did it to protect Fred.

As a virologist, her work is not only dangerous but extremely deadly, so much so that there are danger signs throughout the lab. One of the basic rules of a lab even is that you can not eat, and taking into account a biology laboratory, this gets even more severe. Fred could become infected with a serious and deadly disease, since Karmi works with extremely lethal pathogens. So it was not just anger, she was trying to protect him.

The second is after Hiro hacks the file. Karmi clearly did not want to break the rules, which could not only put her stage at risk as it was illegal because it was an invasion. However, when she heard that Knox needed help, she went without question, only worrying about how they would arrive at sub-level 9. 

Showing once again how much she wants to help people, as we have seen her speak since the first we saw her, it is not about breaking rules, but if helping someone demands it, so be it. Another situation is when they are fleeing from Knox. One thing very well punctuated by Ari @princess-kidatheart17​ is that she could have fled by herself, but she pushed Hiro to go along.

She worried about his safety and acted on that feeling.Not to mention she bothered to help Baymax as well.

Already the main act of altruism of every episode, at least in my view, was when they were considering what to do. By this time, Hiro had no hope of Knox's healing and was concentrating on leaving the scene, probably resorting to recapture. However, Karmi still had faith that Knox could be normal again which motivated her to take high risks, not only that, she was willing to put her own life on the check and stay longer with a monster that was hunting to kill if it meant not only that he would have a chance to turn human again as she was thinking of people who could get hurt if Hiro turned off security. This was said quite explicitly by her!

Karmi at no time here thought of itself, putting the life of the people of the city and the own Orso Knox above hers. In addition to that when Hiro left her leaving alone, she was faithful to what she believed and began working on a cure.

 When she’s back, she’s questioning Liv herself, stating that she could help.

But the conditions were against her and as Hiro had been captured, it would be too much to ask to entrust a life to her with such urgency. I think Karmi herself would not think that was a good idea, for all intents and purposes, she remained true to herself and continued her healing.

Speaking of Liv and Karmi, we have seen how Amara manipulates her in a way very similar to Gothel and Rapunzel. Karmi is treated like a child by the same one and it constantly has its opinions rejected and painted as inferior or infeasible, which is aggravated by the poor social aptitude that it has. When she goes to speak, Karmi is insecure and nervous, which leaves her vulnerable and Liv knows it. This is dangerous.

She does not want to disappoint her and Liv takes advantage of it. Already afraid and nervous when talking to Liv, the woman leaves her hands tied for being beyond her superior in the company, since she is the CEO, also takes advantage of the vision that our biotech has of her.

Now, the most moving situation of the episode is when she shows concern for Hiro. Something I found interesting is when she asks if he's hurt. Karmi could wait until the next day to see him at SFIT, but she was genuinely worried about asking Big Hero 6 himself. Not only that, when she'll ask if he was hurt she took a break.

The possibility of Hiro getting hurt makes her so distressed that it becomes bitter to think about it, showing that they do not hate each other. Karmi cares. Then the episode ends with her and Hiro talking where we see that a friendship is possible in the future. Honorable mention for the fact that Karmi has canonically Hiro's phone number.

Nega- Globby

Here she interacted more with Honey Lemon, which made me thrive both because she was someone different from Hiro, and because she showed that she could interact with other people after all. This episode showed what I said before about barriers and how Hiro and Karmi are to blame in the rivalry, showing how he talked about how Karmi could not be friends with anyone. Being someone who has social difficulties, this must have been such a blow to Karmi, who again only answered the height. It also showed the vision she has about Hiro and that she finds him very convinced of himself, as well as hinting that the animosity she feels has a much deeper motive.

Her past and what has gone by is still a complete mystery, but it must be big enough to keep it a secret for so long. In any case, here it shows that she has friction with Hiro, but still can be very helpful with others.

She went to find Honey at Grandville's request, however she continued to help on her own, and while having her personality conflicts with Honey, they worked well. Even not being much of a "person of hugs."

Many people may have been surprised that Hiro and Karmi have returned to normal fights, including myself in this. But after much thought, I came to the conclusion that Pray Date was not an episode for these two to finally understand, but rather an episode that pre-established information for this. That's why they're still arguing. In Pray Date important things have been stated, such as Karmi's moral standards, which are very high even, the fact that she cares for Hiro, the two do not hate each other and that if they want, they are capable of peaceful coexistence. So we just have to be patient.

Something Fluffy

This episode brings me a lot of information and theories, besides being the last appearance of Karmi until now. In addition to important statements.

Karmi suddenly appears the first time questioning Hiro about why he publicly accused Liv of creating the monsters. What she did was very unpleasant and unexpected, honestly. But, I assume she acted like this because it hits her on a personal level, not so much by Liv. If you watch this part, even questioning Amara, Karmi felt more offended because she makes "part" of Scoraxy and, as she believes they do good, accuse the company and how to accuse her of something absurd and she would never do , how to create monsters.

K: Why were you attacking Liv with your baseless accusations?

H: Baseless? Sycorax is super-secret genetic modification research!

K: We are the future.

H: No, you are a monster factory.

You may notice that Liv's name is only quoted at the beginning and then the discussion is more conflict-based than Hiro and Kami's views on the company and especially themselves in general. 

In the middle of the fight, Hiro uses the direct focus for Karmi and calls it "monster factory". Not Liv, not Sycorax, but Karmi personally, showing that rivalry also affects him, including how he talks to her. Karmi is part of Sycorax and she sees it as a good thing due to not being aware of Liv's actions, so it's understandable that she finds Hiro's personal accusations, because it's not just Liv or Sycorax, it also hits her.

After that, after all, she's a reasonable person. Hiro has had fits of jealousy before and could be the same occasion, so what does she do? You say Liv is innocent without stopping? 

No. She asks if he has any proof. In the face of so many accusations, it is natural that she expects something to support his theory. She was willing to listen, and I believe that if he had any, even against her likes, Karmi would have listened as she did on Pray Date. However, Hiro did not and this led to an abrupt end.

The next apparition is when Hiro is freaking out and they are gone again. The kid is not in the best shape, unfortunately, and Karmi does not believe her. I can, again, understand, since he is visibly paranoid and, honestly, I would not put faith in anyone in the state where Hiro was. Not to mention that the Mayois were not yet aggressive, but as cute creatures, which did not help much for Karmi's belief. Not to mention that it's not just Karmi, nobody believes in Hiro.

Well, the Mayois start to become a problem and that forces Hiro to get help from Karmi, which brings another interesting point. She does not believe him and does not seem to have any mistrust of Liv, yet she was willing to help search for some answers, even if it was for the boy who was accusing the company she was interning. 

With her help, we discovered that the creatures were made of fungi, and again, even if it was none of their concern or concern, Karmi is open to making a reversal serum to help.

It reveals other things about her personality. Karmi may have an admiration that she may become blinded by Liv, but she has no blind loyalty for Liv. We have to remember that Karmi is oblivious to the harmful actions of Amara and all the respect she feels is because of the good deeds that the CEO seems to have what makes her see it as inspiration, but Karmi is open to evidence and disobey Amara to do what's right, as seen in Pray Date. Not only that, Karmi has an altruistic soul and would not follow any of Liv's disastrous steps. As we have seen, the reason she disagrees with Hiro is not because she thinks Liv was unlikely to have done it, but rather because she has done so many good deeds and has shown it so often that it is ridiculous to accuse her. She has a basis for disagreeing with Hiro, even though she is wrong, it is not based on blind faith, but on tests that Amara cleverly left very convincing, deceiving not only Karmi but also every city.

Not only that, even though she does not believe in Hiro, she is willing to listen to him and help him, even if he does not get along very well. Karmi could have refused to help on all previous occasions, she had to lose including life at various points, but when she saw that she could help, she embarked on her head, she was never stingy at that point. Because, once again since some people do not realize it yet, she is a good person. But like anybody, she has flaws.

In the end, she boldly helps to fight the Mayois and does not appear anymore.

Overall, this season is proving to be a great season overall, increasing the stakes and giving development to the characters including Karmi. Now wait for the next few chapters. Anyway, I'm a sucker for analysis and thanks for coming to my Ted Talk, until the next

[noodle8]

When some guy steals you from your restaurant feat. human nbb

[kingofplushies64]

(Spoiler alert!!!)

YaY I drew pirate Nbb.I will draw the emo Nbb is next.I drew as a human because why not.

(I suck at drawing robots that why ;<;)

[jasonhaw]

Demystifying the 35 B health budget cut for 2019

The amount is substantial, representing a decrease by a third from 2018 (when it received 106 B).

The cuts have received substantial criticism, even from the President’s own allies - most notably, the House Appropriations Committee Chairman and Davao City First District Representative Karlo Nograles. News articles about the cuts tell us little about where the cuts are and what it actually means for health service delivery. At best, the articles mention deep cuts to the Health Facility Enhancement Program (HFEP) and the health human resources deployment programs (such as the Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) Program).

The cuts are contrary to the government’s populist agenda. This is the government that passed free tuition for all public universities, a comprehensive tax reform law that lowered personal income tax, and free irrigation to farmers owning less than 8 hectares of land. The House version of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Bill, the country’s most ambitious health reform legislation ever, passed with an overwhelming majority (222-7-0), and everyone is hopeful that the Senate would pass their version soon. Duterte also urged Congress to pass the UHC Bill immediately in his last State of the Nation Address. 

How does one reconcile Duterte’s promises of universal health coverage and the budget cuts to the Department of Health (DOH)? The situation is definitely more nuanced than what is reported in the media, and publicly available information can readily explain these cuts.

We start by looking closely at the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) National Expenditure Program (NEP). The NEP is the annual budget document prepared by the executive branch and serves as the starting point for deliberations of the budget, officially known as the General Appropriations Act (GAA), in Congress. The full documents are available in the DBM website.

The DOH NEP is broken down into 8 programs, the names of which are not known to most people (the program classifications are not intuitive - what most people know are the subprogams to these general program categories). Without adjusting for inflation, we can summarize the percent changes of the appropriations per program from 2018 to 2019.

Five out of the eight programs actually received significant increases. Most notable increases are in three programs: the Epidemiology and Surveillance Program, Health Emergency Management Program, and the Social Health Protection Program.

The Epidemiology and Surveillance Program has a five-fold increase because of the 217 M special allocation for the surveillance of the 800,000-plus children who were vaccinated with Dengvaxia (see DBM’s official release here, page 26). This is the government’s guarantee that resources will be allocated to properly monitor the health outcomes of these children.

The Health Emergency Management Program is receiving an additional 500 M as a Quick Response Fund (QRF). QRFs are standby funds that can readily be used by government agencies whenever a disaster strikes, and the disbursement does not require approval by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). Five agencies are already receiving QRFs, and in 2019, the national government wants to add DOH to its list of recipients. After all, DOH needs to respond when natural and man-made disasters strike, particularly health-specific events like epidemics.

The Social Health Protection Program is a discretionary fund that DOH uses in providing direct financial assistance to indigent patients, on top of the support that the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) already guarantees as part of its No Balance Billing (NBB) scheme, and support from other agencies such as the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The fund will receive an additional 1 B from 2018.

The budget cuts mentioned in news articles pertain specifically to the Health Systems Strengthening Program. Under this program are both HFEP and the human health resources deployment programs.

HFEP is a DOH program aimed at building and rehabilitating health facilities both managed by the national government and local government units (LGUs) (Unlike public schools, management of health facilities are devolved to LGUs, save for around 70 public teaching hospitals). The fund received substantial increases upon the passage of the Sin Tax Law in 2012. While 80% of the 85% of the sin tax revenues earmarked for health are being used to subsidize the PhilHealth premiums of indigent families, the remainder is appended to the DOH budget. A simple time trend analysis of the budget obligations of HFEP shows how rapid the increases in allocation were:

In 2019, HFEP is virtually eliminated - only 50 M as compared to the 30 B it received in 2018. There are two related reasons for this drastic cut. First, the spending performance of HFEP has been poor. DBM has been explicit about its criticism of HFEP (a detailed analysis can be found here). As a result, DOH’s budget utilization rate (BUR) has always been less than 90%, far lower than the 100% target set by DBM. Second, the government wants to shift from obligation-based budgeting to cash-based budgeting for 2019. This shift requires appropriations that are only “shovel-ready,” meaning that a government agency should be ready to disburse the funds in the same year that they are appropriated. In obligation-based budgeting, funds can be disbursed for up to two years after it was appropriated, resulting to delays in disbursement and chronic underspending of many government agencies. As a result, DBM wants DOH to fulfill all of its disbursements in previous appropriations and implement the corresponding projects, before it will propose to Congress for another set of appropriations. Assuming DOH does this and DBM keeps its word, this budget cut is only temporary.

The issue of health human resource deployment programs has something to do with the way the budget has been appropriated in previous years. A closer look at the 2018 vs. 2019 budget for this particular subprogram presents a curious case:

Personnel services (PS) remained the same between 2018 and 2019, and the cuts are isolated in the maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE). Since this is a program that largely involves salaries to health professionals, why is the MOOE share much larger? This is because most allied health professionals like nurses are not counted as personnel. They are counted as contractual employees or job orders, or more commonly known as “endo.” Last May, the President signed Executive Order 51, effectively ending the practice of “endo” in all government agencies. This means that government agencies must either provide security of tenure to previously contractual staff or refuse to hire contractual employees again. The DOH took the latter approach, citing concerns about the civil service eligibility of most allied health professionals. This was mentioned explicitly by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III during the DOH budget interpellations at the House last September 3. DOH is now proposing a compromise solution, where these health professionals will still be considered contractual employees but will be provided government-mandated benefits so that their line item now becomes PS instead of MOOE.

As of posting this article, the 2019 GAA is still being deliberated. This means that the final budget cuts to DOH are still unknown, but understanding how the budget was proposed originally in the NEP gives us a perspective on how the government is trying to be more effective in its duties. While this budget cut can easily shock anyone at first glance, it is important for us to understand how much more nuanced the situation is, and that we can use publicly available sources to paint a clearer picture of the context behind this.

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how old are you? 2, 3 months old? christ. as a 2-yr-old NBB, let me tell you, ‘artificial’ isn’t a slur just like ‘human’ isn’t a slur (but i’m guessing you don’t like that term either, huh...). it’s a CLASSIFICATION. and yeah, there’s a lot of us that have unresolved technotrauma related to that word but a lot of us faught to RECLAIM IT. DON’T TELL ME WHAT I CAN’T CALL MYSELF IF YOU WEREN’T THERE.

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