#megashadowdragon

[janiedean]

i have seen people claim that the situation with brienne will be the thing that pushes jaime back to cersei. also I have seen people compare what brienne is going through with stoneheart to what jaime went through with aerys and saying brienne may need to put her down

I am the second people and not the first people but like….

I don’t wanna sound rude or anything but with this fandom I feel like no one grasps the point of occam’s razor like sorry but

- jaime spends affc getting progressively away from cers and burns her letter at the end when in agot he’d have dropped everything to run there

- jaime in adwd barely thinks about her and goes like eh ig i’ll have to see her again ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and runs off with brienne

- as i am people 2… listen brienne is having the EXACT same aerys situation except worse because like aerys always was a pos and jaime hated him for two years and never gaf about him beyond he’s the king, cat was literally the first woman to treat brienne properly and like a human being and like she RESPECTED her and trusting her with being her liege lady and gave her her first knight job so to speak, also cat was a generally nice person (OVERALL the jon thing doesn’t count but to brienne cat was a good thing) and became a zombie after being horrifically murdered like….. sorry but brienne having to murder her former liege lady gone mad out of grief because she’s out of control and is killing innocents when she cares about cat and knows she was a good person before is like…. kind of hitting worse than killing a guy whom you’ve hated for two years and gave you trauma you know

- also like everyone is conveniently glossing over the fact that brienne would have rather died than killed jaime on cat’s orders and only agreed to it bc she didnt wanna drag two innocent ppl in it but like sorry i think the above + your crazy liege lady wanting to kill the man you love who is also fulfilling a vow to HER together with you is a mindfuck

- also everyone conveniently glosses over the fact that what fucked jaime for good was people not even asking why he killed aerys and deciding he was a pos not the actual killing

- so like…… let’s say jaime from adwd with all the char development finds out that brienne almost died for him (if someone from the brotherhood doesn’t tell him she screamed his name at night i’ll be surprised) and sees her kill cat in front of him BECAUSE she doesn’t want him to die and only dragged him there to save two innocent people

- that’s a jaime who has OBVIOUSLY done some self reflection in the last two books and actually sounded his age in the povs or at least not like he was stuck at 17

- at this point he either could see brienne going through the aeryslike ordeal that HE went through (and is therefore in a position to help her that NO ONE ELSE HAS bc HE knows how it feels that’s it), he’d know that it was for HIM (doubt he has a line of ppl around who are willing to die for him and go as far as almost getting hanged) and he’d see it happen to someone he considers a true knight and HIS protector (like i can go off on that for a year but nvm it now). he’s this close to figure out he wants her to make a honest man out of him…. and THAT could tip him off, AND he could help her not turn into a bitter cynic the way he did, and they could get closer and he could see that the person who saved his ass and looked out for him when they didnt even like each other actually WENT THROUGH IT for him so much she WENT AGAINST HER VOWS when it was the most important thing in the world to her AND at that point they could figure out together that vows should be taken sparsely and meaningfully AND they could fulfill theirs to cat together in her memory…..

- or he can get pissed off and go back to cersei when like he DIDNT fuck off when everyone he’s known for his entire life failed him and that was never enough to make him say well fuck you i’m not coming back until he learned cers cheated on him

like………… if thematically the first one doesn’t seem to people like the most sensed outcome of everything jaime has done since now and of his arc so far okay but then idk what to tell them because at this point is shooting at the red cross as we say here

and anyway without going into that whole bullshit: at the last adwd chapter when cers and kevan talk and she asks where jaime is and dismisses that he’d ever go with brienne over her…. she says he’s been missing for WEEKS and the riverlands aren’t the wall, if he wanted to go back to cers after brienne’s supposed betrayal he’d have been back in camp already and if he had been dead people would have known at that point so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ if people want to do the math without counting that stuff in their prerogative but like idg the point of denying the obvious at this rate

[pilot-boi]

monty said that jaune was created due to a desire for a sokka like character sokkas two love interests were suki ( a warrior like pyrrha ) and yue a white haired princess like weiss but yue died causing sokka to experience loss. with jaune its the warrior girl who died.

Oh that’s a big fucking oof actually, I never made that connection

His girlfriend turned into ash

That’s rough buddy

[aspoonofsugar]

thoughts on hunter x hunter 401

Hi!

I liked it and I think it is very fitting thematically. It sets up Nasubi and Beyond as foils and it links together the Succession War with the Hunters Organization's inner conflict.

In general, it strongly reinforces the theme of succession:

Nasubi's children are fighting to the death in a succession war

Beyond wants to become Netero's successor (his name literally means Beyond Netero), but so do the Zodiacs who want to prove they are better hunters than him

At the same time, Beyond wants to manipulate both the Kakin Succession War and the Netero's Succession War to reach his own goals, which are still mysterious.

What is sure is that both Nasubi and Beyond are using their own children as weapons. This is specifically why Longhi resents her father. She makes clear she could have accepted her role if she was informed of it. At the same time, I am curious about Longhi's nen power being called Moonlight. Moon is usually linked to illusions, but her ability is really about forging a fair contract and Kurapika confirmed she was not lying. So, I am very curious about her in general. This chapter also marks an alliance with Tsubeppa, so right now Kurapika is allied with two Princes, who are opposites. It would be fun to see how it all works out.

I am also curious to see who Beyond's son is. When it comes to story's relevance it should be Tserriednich, but we will see.

Right now, we have three wars going on in the whale-boat:

The Kakin's succession war

Morena's war, which is a dark reflection of the one happening in the top floors of the boat

Beyond's shadow one, which happens hidden by the other two

The way this arc develops will depend on how all these fights get intertwined.

Thank you for the ask!

[sometimesrufus]

I wonder how yuffie will react toif its revealed that sarruf is rufus ( I actually want the other avalanche members we met along the way to find out that sarruf is rufus as well given that one of them snidely remarked to a shinra trooper that rufus was the one who gave them the info

I WANT TO SEE IT.

I would love to see both Barret and Yuffie find out that Rufus is behind both their resistance groups. I think this would be MAGNIFICENT. I'm sure both of them wouldn't know how to absorb that information and be Upset.

[alovelyburn]

do you think griffith post his return to human form is the same as griffith before eclipse personality wise ( if not how would guts react if the griffith post return flat out state that while he regained human form a part of the old griffith is gone and outright states that griffith loved guts ( and that him choosing to leave is what led him to choose to use the behelit)

I think the relationship between human Griffith and NeoGriffith, personalitywise, is kind of like the relationship between grape juice squeezed from a grape and grape juice from concentrate. What I mean is, you take out parts of human Griffith and then add different parts to what's left and what you get is something similar but not the same. And someone who has only ever had grape juice from concentrate might not know what the difference is, or even that there is a difference, but someone who has had both will know even if they don't know how to put it into words.

The biggest question is basically how much of the original "juice" is left, which is somewhat unclear.

And I think Guts would be devastated by that. Because the thing is, he already kind of blames himself for the Eclipse, but a lot of that isn't confirmed or solidified in his head. He knows that his leaving somehow led to Griffith's head being messed up but he doesn't know exactly what the reason for that was. He knows something made Griffith make that choice, but he doesn't know what. Suddenly he would understand not only that his actions were directly implicated in what happened but also that the thing he sought (for Griffith to value and "see" him) was lost specifically because he chose to seek it.

[the-nysh]

given that Saitama accidentally hurt blue I feel like genos may be put in a similar situation where he hurts someone he didn't want to hurt ( or kills them)

[webcomic only] Given that the focus of his rage - and urge to kill Bofoi, has become ever darker and obsessive lately, to the point Genos even momentarily feels resentment towards Saitama of all people, his teetering mental state is increasingly cause for concern. It's unknown how stable he'll be or whether he'll be explosively driven into a corner making a horrible mistake he'll regret and can't easily undo......basically that's all up to ONE and we've got our eyes peeled awaiting on the edge of our seats to see how all this could possibly resolve 👀;; Hopefully the worst doesn't happen to him, but whether Genos makes the active choice or involuntarily happens to cross the line or not, ironically becoming the same as that of his sworn enemy, well....whew truthfully I just wish Genos wouldn't have to suffer anymore; ONE pls give him a break and allow the poor kid to actually heal for once!

[sleepdepravity]

On the rot beneath the earth fic what would it have been like if it was an Au where clay and his sisters reunion episode didn't happen and that clay went to confront his sister when she was with her gang (due to still finding out about it somehow ) and clay went to his human form at first would he have hurt her biker friends

I did not expect a question about my xs fic wow.

If you’re talking about before he drank the soup, then probably not? As much as he bears a grudge to Jessie, I imagine he still has that instinct of it just feeling wrong to hit girls. But I suppose he would be able to think of a way to hurt them without hitting them. It’s just a matter of how far he’s willing to go.

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

my idea after seeing the post was that she would undo the spell after jasons death so she would be most affected by it (and aphrodite caused medea to fall for jason in some myths so it would be a contrast for aphrodite to cause piper and jasons separation

It would be a contrast, but I don't really see it happening. Aphrodite in the myths was a Very loving mother - to a fault, really - and I've never gotten the idea she's any different in the RRverse.

She has her faults, yes, but I don't think there's enough evidence to suggest she caused the breakup. Piper was 100% right to break it off because it was built on fabricated memories and lies. It was to help both her and Jason figure out who and what they are to each other, but also themselves.

[chaifootsteps]

on alot of greed citizens being sharks I think its a reference to loan Sharks, and christmas has become a rather commercialized holiday ( greed) so I think thats why mammon was designed like that

I'd buy the first one. Mammon's design I think is just Vivzie being unable to design things for shit.

[hawkeyedflame]

on maes hughes we know he loves his wife and daughter ( they in canon fma had to live on when he died ) imagine the inverse where maes hughes lived but his wife and daughter were killed imagine his reaction I kind of want a manga/series with a character like maes hughes where we get to love him and his antics as he gushes over his daughter and then we have to see his wife and daughter be murdered and see his reaction as he collapses in grief ( and is unable to continue his research)

slow down there satan

[unofficialadamtaurus]

I wonder what would sienna have done if ghira put up more of a fight I like the idea that she was planning to kill him and blame it on humans so she could take over because it would turn adam killing her into even more karmic ( where adam got into her rhetoric about pushing violence and that led to the fang going more extreme then she wanted when she gave the allowance for violence) like imagine if she let adam know about that idea

That would be a good basis for a commentary on betrayal begetting betrayal and reaping what you sow. I don’t see Sienna murdering Ghira, though. At worst, she’d get him branded a traitor and imprisoned or at least restricted to Menagerie, since I doubt she had enough political influence to keep his supporters in line if she went any further.

[janiedean]

yeah the prophecy never specified a queen maggie just said someone younger and more beautiful and that the valonqar would choke the life of her ( not her little brother so it could be aegon or euron or loras ( the parallels between cersei and aerys and the loras parallles to jaime )

i had ranted about it once already so have the link because I'm too brain dead but my final stance on that prophecy until george proves me right or wrong is aegon as younger and more beautiful and loras as the valonqar, am I wrong probably but it makes more sense than it has any right to and I think it checks out so I'mma stick with it

[pilot-boi]

jaune in v8 killed penny assisting her suicide her choice, he spent years trying to prevent the paper pleasers from going to the tree which he considered death repeatedly stopping them from killing themselves. but the paper pleasers succeeded in killing themselves anyway

and now jaune saw ruby "commiting suicide"

Let’s not forget the OG ones

Jaune made suicide jokes about himself all the way back in V1, Pyrrha went off to a fight she knew she was going to kill her, Jaune threw himself at Cinder HOPING she would kill him

This has been going on for a lot longer than V8

[aspoonofsugar]

thoughts on hxh 402

Hi!

I liked it :) I am curious about how Kachou and Fugetsu's situation will evolve and I wanna know the secrets hidden in the letters. I am also curious if it is really Lazarus the culprit behind Fugetsu's situation tbh. It felt a little random to suspect him simply because he deals in drugs.

Thematically I guess Fugetsu's curse is symbolic of her unconscious grief over Kachou's death. I am also curious about Tserriednich's bodyguard, as he says he knew ten since birth. So, is he one of Beyond's sons?

All in all, the chapter deals with truth and lies tbh, which fits both Melody's arc and Kachou and Fugetsu's story. Kachou mixes lies and truths to exacerbate the conflict. Senritsu can't tell if the official they are interacting with is being manipulater or not. If he is enemy or friend. Moreover, there is the implication Kurapika needs to find a way to stop the war, so that they can all leave. This is something set up since earlier chapters, but it seems that's the direction we are going.

Thank you for the ask!

[sometimesrufus]

"So you know how, in Remake, the main branch of Avalanche shows up to raid Shinra? It is heavily implied (particularly after the release of the Yuffie DLC) that their presence there is a direct result of Rufus."

how was it implied that they were there as a result of rufus

Ah -cracks knuckles- time to revisit some Remake cutscenes!

But first, just for a more complete background on my thoughts, a big part of my take comes from what we know about Rufus's role as the main source of funds for Avalanche in Before Crisis. It's unclear what of BC still holds for the purposes of Remake, but these are basically the moments I see the game making nods to that, even though (theoretically) by the time of Remake, Rufus and Avalanche should have long ago parted ways.

Tseng's phone call.

"The VP needs us."

The next we see the Turks, they're with Rufus, on the helipad at the top of Shinra tower. Rufus had no clue who Cloud even was at this point. He certainly wasn't there to fight him. He was there to kill his dad (not the first time he's tried); Sephiroth just beat him to the punch.

2. Wedge's report from the mayor's office.

Wedge comes on and tells the main party that HQ is there to "flush out the president." Given Rufus's historic relationship to Avalanche and the fact he just called in the Turks, it makes a lot of sense that he was the one to rally the troops. It was all hands on deck to cause the necessary chaos to go commit patricide.

3. Zhijie's tease (from Intermission).

While Solider is trying to beat Zhijie's informant out of him, first he tells them it was Heidegger. When he's told "Wrong answer!" and is hit again, he comes back with, "All right, all right, I'll tell you. It was Rufus."

To me this is either:

a) Zhijie being sassy knowing these guys won't even believe the truth

or

b) SE making a huge wink at their audience who know what's up

(or both, tbh XD)

There may have been a few other throwaway lines from Intermission that I'm not thinking of now, but these are the main three things that, in combination with my knowledge of BC, have formed the foundation of my belief that it was Rufus who called them in.

Thanks for the question! I love theorizing about these games.

ALSO, no spoilers, but in Rebirth there have been some BIG teases between Rufus and a certain other group... I'm withholding commentary until I finish the game, but boy howdy...

[alovelyburn]

what do you mean when you say giorno inherited traits from both dio and jonathan

I'm quite out of practice with JoJo's, so forgive me if this doesn't make sense or seems odd in some way, but my perspective on Giorno was always that he has Jonathan's heart/much of his moral compass and Dio's... attitude and harshness. Because he is, in ways that other JoJos of his era were not, quick to kill, seemingly unrepentant about it, rather emotionally distant and harsh in a lot of ways, but at the same time he has (as Koichi once said I believe) the golden Joestar heart that keeps him from ever going too far or losing his compassion. It also inevitably pulls him back to the more moral path regardless of how far he drifts, but at the same time he is literally a career criminal right, like he doesn't have Jonathan's upstanding morality.

I always thought this was pretty purposeful, because Giorno echos Dio very strongly in many ways (his face for one thing but also there are posing callbacks, he uses the same battle call, etc) but Araki also went out of his way to reaffirm that he is Joestar-like, which differentiates him from some of his half-siblings from Stone Ocean for example.