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aornff · 6 years ago

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All or Nothing Chapter Twenty Seven

All or Nothing

Chapter Twenty-Seven

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Anna was going on five months pregnant by the time another letter reached Elsa from Agrabah. It confirmed one of her most fervent fears. There were three hairs attached, as always, but she couldn't bear to put them in the book.

Somehow, Merida had known she wouldn't use the book, because she was much more descriptive in her letter than she usually was.

Mirrikh, Sultana Jasmine's grandson, had ridden out ahead of his own forces to meet with her at the palace. Merida said nothing of his looks, only that he seemed like a serious young man. He listened carefully as she explained her situation, and when she was finished he told her of the prophecy that he had been burdened with when he was a child. He was convinced that the two of them were meant to form an alliance, and both had something the other wanted.

Mirrikh had never been to that part of the world before, and he needed to complete his journey. He had amassed an army by defeating and then befriending the captain of every pirate ship in the south seas, as well as endearing himself to the foothill tribes enough for them to send their sons off to journey with him. Between his forces and Merida's loyal men back in Dunbroch, they would have more than enough to retake the country.

She was quick to explain that he had no desire to rule Dunbroch, and that he would sign himself over as the queen's consort once the crown was on her head. He would father her children to ensure her legacy as well as his own, but he would leave often to continue his journey, following the sun to where it set in the evening.

I agreed, Elsa. What else could I do?

As crushed as she was, Elsa supposed she couldn't blame her. If Arendelle had been overtaken in such a way and Anna driven out of her home the way Merida's brothers had been, Elsa thought she might have done the same.

It didn't hurt any less to admit it, though.

…..

When Anna was in her eighth month, Elsa received word that Merida was offshore, on one of Mirrikh's ships. Elsa went to meet her; it would not be anything like as romantic a union as she wanted, as she was accompanied by armed guard and the ship was populated by men.

Still, her heart did a giddy little jump when she saw her again.

She was as lovely as when she'd left Elsa, still pale as the moon despite being so close to the sun for so long, and the smile on her face when she saw Elsa was genuinely thrilled.

“You still have all your arms and legs, I see,” Elsa quipped. “I'm relieved.”

“I might have half a stomach left though,” Merida joked back. “They fed me some awfully strange things in Agrabah.”

Indeed, if she had changed at all she looked a little thinner. Or perhaps it was just the clothes she was wearing; Agrabah's clothing, even draped in many layers, were thin as paper.

They talked for a while, and they were given space to do so. Elsa described Anna's wedding and whispered about her illegitimate pregnancy (to hearty laughter from Merida) and they were just about getting to the part where Mirrikh made his first appearance when the man himself knocked and entered.

Elsa couldn't help it; she stared.

She had expected a large hulking warrior, something like the MacGuffin man had been, or at least a man who had his fair share of battle scars on his face. Instead she saw a long-faced man with hair that reached his waist, a tidy beard and black eyes that glimmered with intelligence. His skin was dark and unlined by age or scars. She could not figure out how old he was, he could have been anywhere from his twenties to a well-preserved fifty.

This is the man she's trusting her fate to.

“I will speak with this queen, yes?” he asked Merida.

“Yes, I suppose,” she shrugged, and rose to her feet. “I'll be back in a little bit.”

He sat at the table across from her, as she tried to keep the ice rising in her blood under control.

“I should give my thanks to you,” he began. His voice lacked the heavy accent of Agrabah, it was instead tinged with something smoother, earthier. “For saving her, and for keeping her from harm. She has said much of you to me.”

“I think anyone in the same position would have done what I did,” Elsa responded.

“Maybe,” he agreed. “Maybe not. If you had known then that you would lose your heart to her, would you have done it?”

Elsa froze. A thin sheet of ice crackled along the bench she was sitting on. Surely Merida wouldn't have told him...?

He smiled wryly at the look on her face.

“She has not said anything,” he assured her. “She did not need to. I knew her heart belonged to someone else from the moment I first spoke with her. It is in the prophecy. I could never possess her heart for myself. And I knew the moment I saw you that you love her as much as she loves you.”

She loves me.

Tears stung at the corner of Elsa's eyes. Of all the ways to find out how Merida truly felt about her, learning that she loved her from the man she was going to marry was possibly the cruelest.

“And you don't seem to mind giving up your armies for the sake of a woman that will never love you?” she asked, a touch of bitterness tinging the words.

“I have had a long time to make my peace with it,” he shrugged. “It is prophecized. My true love is the sun, I must follow in its path, always.”

With that, he was gone. If nothing else, he left Elsa with the promise that someday, Merida might be hers and only hers once again.

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Anna gave birth to the crown princes in the early hours of an autumn morning. Magnus, the older, was born five minutes before his brother Lennart, making him the official heir to the throne. They were large healthy boys that filled the palace with their bellowing cries from their first moments out of the womb.

Anna took to motherhood surprisingly well. It aged her, in a good way. She was diligent about their feeding and their cleanliness, about the backgrounds and habits of their nursemaids. She even went to their nursery to soothe them when they woke, despite how tired it made her and despite the fact that the palace had hired night nurses for this task.

Kristoff was a happy father, though he seemed nervous around the babies. He seemed to believe he would break them somehow if he held them for too long, though he was always eager to sing to them or coo at them if someone else was holding them.

Elsa, however, was relatively hands off. With small children in the palace she was now ever more aware of how dangerous her powers could be, and babies were unpredictable. She held them little, and left them to the care of her more capable sister and the palace staff. There was little need for her to be very involved in their lives, at least until they were older anyway.

News reached her that the initial force had descended on Dunbroch, after two solid months of laying down plans. Warrick's remaining forces hadn't stood a chance; combined with the home troops that knew the land and Mirrikh's bands of talented pirates, the Angolsi brigade fell like sheaved wheat.

Warrick holed up in the castle, sending out missives begging help from Angols. This was a complication; Angols decided to get involved, for some reason, and sent troops marching into Dunbroch. These were seasoned soldiers, and Angols had always been one of the greater forces to be reckoned with in the world.

However, Dunbroch was unreachable unless you went by sea, and for all the talent the Angolsi troops had on land they were mostly useless in the water. Mirrikh's pirates, with their superior firepower weapons from the far east, destroyed their fleets before they could set foot on Dunbroch. Any soldiers that managed to make it to land were quickly dispatched by the men lying in wait in the forests by the shores.

Warrick was captured, and Merida performed the execution herself. She purposefully wore a white gown to take his head off with her father's broadsword, and managed to do it in one clean stroke. His blood spattered over the white gown, and this was how she took the throne, drenched in the blood of her greatest enemy.

She is Queen Merida of Dunbroch now. We are equals.

Her brothers, halfway towards being men by now, were retrieved from their island hideout and reunited with their sister, to much weeping from everyone involved. With her family returned, she wasted no time in drawing up the contract that stated Mirrikh had no claim on the throne, and they were promptly married. In the letter she sent Elsa, she did not state whether she had worn the bloodied gown when she married Mirrikh, but she liked to think that she had. It served as a handy warning to anyone thinking about crossing her.

Warrick's surviving men were packed off back to Angols, thankful to escape with their lives. It was discovered that he had gotten a young serving girl, a native of Angols, pregnant with a bastard child and when she was called to the throne she begged for her child's life to be spared. Merida gifted her a homestead and enough money to raise her child well, recognizing her as being as much a victim of Warrick as Merida had been.

Rumours flooded the nations, reaching even Arendelle's remote ears. Angols' king was angry, it was said, for Dunbroch's liberation had cast a shadow over the Angols empire. The previous king, the man who had been on the throne when Merida was forcibly married to Warrick, had been known as a patient, prudent man. His son was anything but; he had already absorbed two small nations into his empire in the first year of his reign, and was making noises to the effect that he intended Dunbroch to be next.

This made Elsa nervous. Defeating Warrick was one thing; defeating a nation renowned for its warlike tendencies was quite another. It helped to remind herself that a wisp had brought Merida to Mirrikh, and a dream had brought Mirrikh to Merida. They were together by some sort of external force, something more powerful than a mere nation. If anyone stood a chance of standing against Angols, it was them.

…..

“Mama...” Anna repeated. “You can do it....Mama!”

“Six months is too early, I told you,” Elsa said from behind her stack of paperwork.

“And I told you, he's smart enough to get it,” Anna huffed.

She had brought Lennart into Elsa's office to 'spend some quality auntie time' but so far was just trying to get a baby who wasn't even capable of sitting up straight to form words. Elsa wasn't one to think Anna or Kristoff played favourites with their children, but if they did it was clear that Anna was Lennart's champion. He had a little tuft of white-blonde hair clinging to his otherwise bald head, and Kristoff's eyes. Magnus resembled Anna more, and because he seemed to be a hardier child Kristoff tended to pick him up more than his more delicate brother.

A sharp cry sounded from the window, along with a tapping noise, and Lennart giggled and clapped at the sight of the bird perched on the windowledge.

Lua.

Elsa expected bad news as she opened the window and let the falcon in. Angols had taken them prisoner, or they had lost an important naval battle. When she unfurled the note, she was relieved, though unhappy in another, more private way.

“What does it say?” Anna asked, jostling the baby.

“Merida's pregnant,” Elsa responded, letting the note fall onto her desk.

#disney femmeslash #elsa/merida #merida x elsa

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analysis-by-vaylon · 8 years ago

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So far, Ludo is the only character to undergo a full-fledged hero’s journey.

This revised analysis owes a nod to /u/Malthus1, a redditor who commented on the original post, for pointing out that some episodes of Star vs. the Forces of Evil feature self-contained, miniature versions of the hero’s journey. Nevertheless, Ludo is the only character who has the opportunity to undergo his hero’s journey over the course of several episodes.

Before I begin the analysis, I should introduce Joseph Campbell's theories and their relevance to the show. Campbell's monomyth, or hero's journey, is well-known in literary circles and in popular fiction: George Lucas famously borrowed Campbell's ideas in order to provide a mythological framework for the Star Wars films. The influence that Campbell has had over storytelling -- especially with screenwriters -- for the past several decades has been considerable, to say the least.

I did a little digging and discovered that a writer named Christopher Vogler, working for Disney, wrote a now-famous seven-page memo summarizing Campbell's theories; he later turned this memo into a textbook for screenwriters and taught at various California universities in the Los Angeles area. I have a hunch that the Star vs. the Forces of Evil staff are familiar with Vogel’s work, if not the memo itself, and may have used it while writing the series; therefore, my analysis will use Vogler's original seven-page memo as the particular guide for dissecting Ludo's heroic journey. It's a short read, so I would encourage you to read the entire thing for yourself.

With that out of the way, let's take a step-by-step look at Ludo's development. Remember, I'll be using the memo's outline as a guide for this analysis.

1. The Ordinary World. At the beginning of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, we are treated to the status quo: Ludo tries to steal the wand, Star beats him, of course, and Ludo retreats only to try the same ineffectual thing over again. This pattern is not only how cartoons classically play out (the villains are always beaten but never learn their lesson), but also taken directly from Vogler's memo: unless the hero learns from his mistakes,

he’s doomed to repeat the adventure until he does. Many comedies use this ending, as a foolish character refuses to learn his lesson and embarks on the same folly that got him in trouble in the first place.

That certainly sounds like season one Ludo to me. It isn't until Ludo undergoes a life-or-death struggle that he begins to learn from his mistakes.

2. The Call to Adventure. After having finally reached the limits of his patience, Ludo decides to hire someone new to manage his team in "Fortune Cookies." Toffee proves to Ludo that, with a good enough plan, obtaining the wand is possible, and that potential renews Ludo's interest in stealing it. (As an aside, I wonder if the fortune cookies themselves are a kind of meta-joke poking fun at rigid social structures -- or screenwriting techniques.)

4. Meeting with the Mentor. This one occurs slightly out of order, but I believe that, over the course of season one, Toffee acts -- unintentionally -- as a mentor to Ludo, teaching him a different way to do things: how to become a true remorseless villain. Indeed, in "Storm the Castle," Ludo begins to imitate Toffee, discarding Buff Frog as soon as he no longer has a use for him:

But then Star showed up, and I don't need you anymore, you big old meatball!

If the popular theory that Toffee inhabits Ludo's wand is correct, then Toffee also acts as Ludo's mentor in season two as well. I don't know whether or not this is truly the case, however; the presence in the wand might be someone new altogether. We shall see.

3. Refusal of the Call. Unfortunately, despite his desire to obtain the wand, Ludo hesitates in taking it in "Marco Grows a Beard," and it's this failure which proves to be the start of his downfall, getting him ejected from his castle by Toffee.

It's important to note that Ludo is shown to have a tremendous fear of hair; he overcomes this fear later on, growing out his own beard in a symbolic display of growth and wisdom.

5. Crossing the Threshold. This takes place in "Ludo in the Wild." As Vogler's memo puts it:

The hero fully enters the special world of the story for the first time. This is the moment at which the story takes off and the adventure gets going. . . . The hero is now committed to his/her journey and there’s no turning back.

Instead of showing mercy to him after he's left with nothing, Star carelessly throws Ludo into a portal leading nowhere. I say "carelessly" because Star is the one who unwittingly enables Ludo's character development: due directly to her actions, Ludo is thrown across the threshold and into his adventure, where he learns from his mistakes and comes back stronger, eventually besting her. This isn't the first time (nor will it be the last) that Star's rash behavior has unforeseen consequences -- and that itself is a running theme of the show.

Some versions of the hero's journey call this stage of development the “descent to the underworld” or the “abyss.” Abyss -- now where have we heard that before? Oh, yes -- here:

Star: Ludo! You're back?! Marco: (gasping) Ludo's back! Ludo: Yes, I am! Star: I tossed you into the abyss! Marco: She tossed you into the abyss! Ludo: (menacingly) Yes, you did.

Star and Marco aren't aware of the true, full meaning of the word "abyss," of the physical and spiritual hell that Ludo goes through, but Ludo is, and so are we -- and that's irony.

It's also worth noting that at the end of "Storm the Castle," Ludo hatches from an egg after having been swallowed by one of this own minions. If this weren't enough symbolism of rebirth, consider the on-screen text in "Ludo in the Wild": Day 1, which the episode does to reinforce this notion that Ludo is now living a new life in the mythical underworld.

6. Tests, Allies, Enemies. As shown in "Ludo in the Wild," Ludo suffers from exposure to the elements as well as intense starvation, and he tries to survive in any way he can, even going so far as to eat the dripping blood of a slain insect -- truly his lowest and most desperate moment. He meets two characters who at first are enemies, Spider and Bird, and tries to learn from them whatever he can.

7 and 8. Approach to the Innermost Cave and Ordeal. Ludo sees his prize -- the golden potato chips -- taken away from him by Spider, which finally compels him to viciously fight her for what he believes is rightfully his. From Vogel's memo:

The hero comes at last to a dangerous place, often deep underground, where the object of the quest is hidden. . . . This is a critical moment in any story, an ordeal in which the hero appears to die and be born again. It’s a major source of the magic of the hero myth. What happens is that the audience has been led to identify with the hero. We are encouraged to experience the brink-of-death feeling with the hero.

Ludo enters the literal cave where Spider lives and has a life-or-death fight with her over the chips. Through a combination of trickery, luck, and perseverance, Ludo is victorious over Spider, taking the chips for himself. Instead of killing off his foe or selfishly eating all the chips himself, however, Ludo shows mercy to Spider and shares his prize with her, transforming her from an enemy into an ally.

9. Reward. As a reward for his victory, Ludo is now able to feed himself; he also gains another ally by capturing and taming Bird. While reflecting on his new life, Ludo sees a vision of Star, which leads him to the real prize: the missing half of Star's broken wand. Ludo realizes he's on Mewni, and the day counter, which had been at 90, resets to Day 1: Ludo's life in the abyss is over, and now, transformed by hardship and wielding a powerful new weapon, he can begin his journey back to the world he left.

10. The Road Back. The road back shows Ludo's adventures on Mewni and involves his learning to master his new weapon as well as gather new allies and resources. It takes place over several episodes: "Wand to Wand," "On the Job," "By the Book," and "Is Mystery" -- all of which show Ludo as not only having clear, serious goals but also competency in implementing them. Ludo's willingness to learn from his mistakes continues from his defeat in "By the Book," where he learns that Star has a book, leading to his greatest victory yet.

11. Resurrection. "Bon Bon the Birthday Clown" is all about resurrection; ostensibly, it's about Bon Bon's promise to come back from death, but it's actually about a metaphorical resurrection for Ludo, who, armed with reconnaissance and further mastery over his wand, launches a surprise attack against Star when she's at her most vulnerable -- a subtle callback to "Matchmaker," by the way -- and once again triumphs through a combination of trickery, luck, and perseverance.

Interestingly, Vogel's memo mentions the repeat of an earlier stage:

There is often a replay here of the mock death-and-rebirth of Stage 8, as the hero once again faces death and survives.

We do, in fact, get a repeat of a near-death experience for Ludo: Star uses Mystic Room Suck Transform in an attempt to once again banish Ludo. But this time Ludo survives the mock death-and-rebirth and escapes with the book of spells.

In this episode, trick candles -- since you blow them out, and they come back -- symbolize resurrection, both for Bon Bon, who does actually return, and for Ludo, who has now gained enough power and wisdom to defeat Star. Funnily enough, it's Bon Bon who is banished in Ludo's place as an unintentional sacrifice. The entire setup is masterfully-executed irony on the writers' part, taking something so frivolous -- clowns and trick candles -- and suddenly making it mean so much more. It's truly a stroke of genius.

12. Return with the Elixir. This is last stage of the outline in Vogel's memo, and he has this to say:

The hero comes back to the ordinary world, but the adventure would be meaningless unless he/she brought back the elixir, treasure, or some lesson from the special world. Sometimes it’s just knowledge or experience.

We know from the end of "Bon Bon the Birthday Clown" that Ludo escapes with Star's book. We also know a little more about what happens in future episodes thanks to the episode synopses -- which I won't mention here due to spoilers -- but you can draw your own conclusions, I'm sure.

I hope I've convinced you that Ludo's progression is indeed based on the hero's journey; as for what the significance of that is, well -- I think it's meaningful that neither Star nor Marco (nor any other character, for that matter) has gone through such lengthy and starkly-defined development on-screen. That's why I say that, despite being a villain, Ludo is the only character so far depicted undergoing the hero’s journey.

I can only guess at why the series writers chose to have Ludo of all characters go through such a development. Maybe they're making him more powerful so that defeating him will feel truly satisfying, or maybe there's something impressive -- something truly heroic -- in store for Ludo, or maybe they're trying to subvert the very idea of a heroic journey altogether. I can't say for sure. And it's still possible that any or all of these ideas will be subverted by the series writers -- but regardless of what they decide, regardless of whether they intentionally used the hero's journey or not, the cultural consciousness of mythopoeic structure has left an indelible stamp on Star vs. the Forces of Evil.

Thank you for reading this post; I hope you enjoyed it! Please feel free to send an ask to suggest something else in Star vs. the Forces of Evil that you'd like to see me write about!

#star vs the forces of evil #analysis #ludo #bon bon the birthday clown #ludo in the wild #hero's journey

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p96822 · 6 years ago

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Digimon Universe Appli Monsters episode 1/4 Haru Arc Review

Digimon Universe Appli Monsters is the seven season of the Digimon series, but it not really a Digimon series because it takes place in its own universe. Digimon Universe Appli Monsters is divisive season of Digimon. It’s ether love by fans doing something different in the Digimon series, likable characters and great storyline or hates it because of its poor pace, large use of filler episodes and their character being more one note then they want. So, I was a part of the fandom that hate this season, but I decided to give one last chance to convince me that it is a good season of Digimon. I will look at every single episode of Appmon until I completely understand why people love or hate this season.

Episode 1 The Search Result is Haru Shinkai! Gatchmon Appears!

A first episode needs to catch your attention, but Appmon didn’t catch my attention in its first episode. So, the episode begins with Gatchmon fighting a tentacle like creature. We don’t get any reason why Gatchmon is fighting this thing, but maybe there be an episode that explains it before he met his partner for this season. Oh, I mean buddies not partners. This season doesn’t take that concept of Digimon. After, using his search power he finds that said buddy Shinkai Haru.

Who is Haru and why was chosen to be Gatchmon Buddy? Well, here is a flashback to tell us who Haru is, Haru is a shy and reserved kid. He loves books so much that he wants to be a main character like those character in those books he reads. But because he so shy that it is hard for him to do that and thinks he is more of a side character. He does get encouragement from his best friend Yujjin that he is a main character, but Haru still think he nothing more then a side character. This is one of the thing I don’t like about this episode on how Haru views side character. Something a side character could be more likable then the main character or have an interesting backstory any character can be great if there written well enough. From a twenty first Pokemon movie that came after this series aired that everyone is the main character of there own story.

So Haru is lured to this vending machine that mysteriously know his name asking him if he is a main protagonist. Before he can press yes or no, it disappears and pops out a Digivice of this season know as the Appli Drive. The Appli Drive is a different type of Digivice as design wised. It has a more roundish shape than any other Digivice in the series and the only one that doesn’t have a screen on it. It has a square shape hole where the screen supposed to be with a cover on it’s a really different design from other Digivices. A stranger camera like creature who was watching over Haru tell his boss Leviathan that Haru has the Appli Drive. Haru went home to look up what this strange device he has and then we come to where this episode began.

Gatchmon said that because of Haru that he almost drowned and then he asks if Haru is the main character which Haru question that. Gatchmon continue to introduce himself while answer his question about be a main character and him just being a side character. Gatchmon get frustrated of his name being weird and answering his question of what he is. Basely he is a monster that is inside your app and Gatchmon being the Search Engine app. Gatchmon starts hyping himself up of being the greatest Appmon because he can have any sort of information at his claw tips. Haru who was moving hand around Gatchmon said that he transparent plus he was listening to Gatchmon and put two and two together about the Appli Drive. Gatchmon explain what the Appli Drive is and its power to AppRealize an Appmon into the real world. Which is a basically what Digimon have been doing for the last few season. The Digivice from Data Squad and the Xros Loader has this power as well. Plus Realize has been a term that was used in both Digimon Tamers when the Digimon appear in the real world and Digimon Data Squad as a coming out of there Digivices. Gatchmon tell Haru to AppliRealize him so they can defeat the enemy. Haru refuses his offer because it sounds scary and asking why it must be him. Really, I found this scene kind of annoying because Haru whole thing is that he wants to be a protagonist then opportunity knocks and Haru is not taking it. Maybe he could have said that this is going to fast and he has to thing about this. I know being shy is one of thing that is make Haru hesitate of doing what Gatchmon wants. Even though I can go into Haru side a bit because Gatchmon is kind of rushing into things. Gatchmon said that his search found Haru as a buddy, however Haru kind of insults Gatchmon by saying “But an internet search doesn’t mean anything.” So Gatchmon tries to show Haru not to underestimate his power. He looks up everything about Haru to his name, age, hobbies, why he admires the main character because he thinks he more of a side character and his crush on AI. It is kind of weird that Gatchmon have some of the information like his crush and him liking the main character because he like a side character. Then he gets information about him being a bed wetter until the fourth grade.

This is a rumor spread around because his mom was making a blog about it and it was sent to messages. Why in the world would a mom do that! This is also a refence to the fourth Digimon movie, but in both the movie and the series I think it is wrong to post an embarrassing picture of your son wetting the bed. Even though that this is a refence to that movie, but Tai didn’t wet the bed Kari did. This is where the first monster of the week comes in. The Appmon who did this is Messemon. Also, the Appli Drive can let Haru see the Appmon when they are transparent.

This Appmon is causing people secret to get out from their phones and tablets. Which ask the question of why you would have an embarrassing picture of yourself and put on the internet unless they got it from somewhere else. AI has an embarrassing picture of herself when she cut her bangs too low. Which I find less embarrassing than Haru how thing of him being a bed wetter.

So, they chase the Appmon down to this strange place call an AR Flied by using the Appli Drive. Which is the Appmon version of the Digi quartz from Digimon Xros Wars Young Hunters. This also AppRealize the Appmon without the Appli Drive. As Gatchmon is getting hit by Messemon’s attack and trying to ask Haru to AppliRealize him, but Haru feels like it’s impossible. Gatchmon goes into a speech of that his search is the results as Haru as his buddy and that he is the main character. Haru feels like a nuisance. Which make no sense because we barely even though Haru as a character that much. If focus more on Haru as a character on why he thinks this ways, then I think this would have been a better way of showing Haru’s struggles much better. As Messemon starts to insult Haru, he finally had enough of his back talk and answer the question on the Appli Drive that the Vending machine asked him earlier. Are you the Protagonist?

This Actives the Appli Drive and here where I talk a little bit more about the Digivice of this season. Because of the Appli Drive doesn’t have a screen, so the square like hole by opening the lid than put the Appmon chip inside and close the lid part of it. This will AppliRealize the Appmon into battle. Also, Haru gets this strange watch on his arm. This part is more of selling more toys than any other Digivice. It’s going more of the Kamen Rider or super Senate route. Also, the Appmon has a power level or ranking. This is weird for Digimon to have power level?

So, Haru sudden now know how to use the Appli Drive and AppliRealize Gatchmon for the first time. Gatchmon start to block some of the attack from Messemon, however when he was trying to use his search ability he couldn’t do that because of the attack coming in too fast. So, Haru uses the Appli Drive to search the weakness for Gatchmon. This kind of comes out of nowhere and then Haru use this touch screen keypad to type in the weakness. This active Gatchmon’s special attack Data Dive where he enlarges the magnifying glass and launches his claw in other to find this information. When Gatchmon get the information it in this orb thing.

So, Gatchmon uses the information that he gets be saying that the mark the attack as read so the attack doesn’t do any damage. Gatchmon finish off with a Gatch Claw and after that Messemon throw up the virus that was inside than going into Haru’s Appli Drive. Gatchmon looks at the chip and said that this is not the chip that looking for. He is looking for certain chip that he needs for some reason. The camera creature was watching the battle.

Haru meets with Yujjin again. Yujjin noticed that Haru feel happier now. As responds that he was doing something like a main character would do. Yujjin knew that Haru is a main character because he is a nice guy. Which I kind of disagree with because any main character act like a jerk and still be likeable. As the episode end, Yujjin watches Haru with his eyes glowing red.

Final thoughts.

Digimon Universe Appli Monsters starts on a rocky start. I think that the character doesn’t really catch my attention. Even though Haru has an interesting goal, but I think it wasn’t explored enough to make Haru more interesting character. Maybe there will explore more of why Haru feel more like a side character later in the series. However, I do think he is a little bit better of a main character then the last one we had in Young Hunter so that an improvement. I really wished that Haru had more time to interact with Gatchmon. Maybe beside one or two good joke of Haru not cooperating, but I didn’t feel anything from Haru and Gatchmon interacting with each other. I did think that Gatchmon kind of force Haru to do what he wanted. I also felt that his mom putting an embarrassing picture of Haru was kind of force. I know that it’s a refence to the fourth Digimon Movie, but in both this episode and the movie I wonder why they would have picture of that then posted it on the Internet. I found this episode of the first episode slightly boring to me. With the main character having an interesting goal, but not an interesting character, too much exposition and not a really good way starting the season of new Digimon. So, I’ll give this episode a C+

The Eerie Guide! I’m Navimon!

Now with that said and done where this series is going to take me.

Several viewing later.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

In the words of Deadpool. It’s so boring!

This episode introduces a new character name Takeru. And this is not the Takeru from Adventure that we all know and love. It a different guy all together. He is going to the person that is going to be one or more people that are going to be effect by the Appmon of the week. Really it more of his fault than the Appmon. If he had the common sense of looking where he was going or ask why his phone is telling him to go every which way than he won’t have been attacked by a dog. I know that this is a theme of Appmon that is more of human using technology too much, but there should be some common sense, so it does make the person look stupid.

For the rest of the episode we get to see the shenanigans activities of the Appmon this week Navimon which is a Navigation ninja. Some of them are not that funny and some of them are relatable like this guy who using navigation app that telling him that his destination farther away. there was a person holding fans of our next main character, but we won’t see her for a while.

As for our new protagonist Haru, he barely doing anything in this episode. There is this moment where Gatchmon messes with Haru’s ring tone. Haru doesn’t really do anything about it. Really, I wish Haru scolded Gatchmon what he did, but they never talk about that ever again. Making the whole thing kind of pointless. We do see his small growth from episode one in which he goes out to help his friend/crush after she gets lost. Her dad couldn’t contact her, so that why they are searching for her. Maybe something could have happened to her or she was delay. It’s weird that her phone isn’t working when Navimon’s power are only for the navigation app.

Anyway, Yujjin finds her and Haru goes to the AR Field to face Navimon. Gatchmon was having some trouble with Navimon’s attack so he is using his Data Dive to give he how to defeat him. Also, Gatchmon tells Haru the final thing that the Applidrive can do. It can combine Appmon’s powers together. Its kind of like DigiXrosing in Digimon Xros Wars, but the only different is that they don’t turn into a new form. After Gatchmon was able to defeat Navimon Cameramon who was watching came and wanting fight Haru and Gatchmon. He blind Gatchmon with his flash and was about to finish them off, but Haru used the new Appmon chip to link with Gatchmon. However, this turn into an App-Gattai into DoGatchmon. And that how the episode ends. On a cliff hanger.

Final thoughts.

I think this episode didn’t get my attendant. It relies on so many jokes about Navimon screwing with people that Haru and Gatchmon barely get to interact with one another. Some of the joke were ether not that funny or got a chuckle out me like Haru messing out Cameramon’s name. I do feel like how they introduced App-Link was okay, but when they introduced App-Gattai making App-Link kind of pointless in a way, but we might see some of the negative point of these two combination. There not much else I can say about this episode, so I’ll give it a C-

The Creation Character is Naked?! Roleplaymon’s School Dungeon

With DoGatchmon’s power Cameramon retreats for now. The next day Gatchmon starts to explain to Haru in what the different between App-link and App-Gattai. Basely it all Appmon can App-Link with each other while some and App-link that turn them into a new Appmon. So, it’s like the xros up system from Digimon Xros Wars for App-link and App-Gattai is like fusion from Omegamon. So unlike Digimon, Appmon don’t have the ability to natural evolve into their stronger forms themselves. Gatchmon and Navimon does have a rival about who app is better. Gatchmon also explain that the chip of DoGatchmon a Super Appmon and it well take time for him to be AppRealized.

After coming to the library, another Appmon is screwing around people with a roleplaying theme. He turns some of the electronic into roleplay term like they must get a key to for the train or turning a man’s wife into a troll. So Haru and Gatchmon goes to Roleplaymon’s AR Field which a recreation of a game that came out three years ago. The game was a flop because of being too hard. They get attack by a Creeper from Minecraft? By using Gatchmon’s search for the guild to beat the game. However, Haru is more distracted by the thing he sees than warning Gatchmon about those things he must look out for. Kind of making Haru seem like a jerk to Gatchmon than helping get though the AR Flied safely.

When they meet RolePlaymon he is mad that they used a guide instead of finding it out for themselves. Then Gatchmon brings ups the review of his game that makes him more upset. We go into his backstory in which it tells us that he was really upset about his game being a big flop and other Appmon peers talking about how much his game was a flop. I do have to say something when we get to my final though about it. Then he got infected by the L Virus. Man, that must suck for Roleplaymon. So Haru tries to use Appli-Gattai again, but it turns Gatchmon into Sukashimon. They don’t really explain why the App-Gattai failed? The only thing they kind said is that its ether Gatchmon is unemotive or Gatchmon and Navimon always fighting.

Before Roleplaymon can finish them off, Haru said he like the Appmon dungeon. He said that he like the dungeon because he reads about this things in novels. Also, he said that people say anything on the internet. I do have somethings to say about it when we get to my final thoughts. This make Roleplaymon happy that he threw up the L Virus and he is one of the Appmon that Gatchmon was looking for.

Gatchmon explains that if they find all seven Appmon called the seven code then they can defeat Leviathan. The episode end with a hooded figure gained one of the Seven Code Appmon.

Final thoughts.

I do think that this episode was better paced, but there are still problems with this episode like with Haru said to Roleplaymon. Haru said that people said anything on the internet and that true, but in some way it’s’ criticism about his game being terrible. It not really Roleplaymon’s fault that his game was a failure, it was the people who made the game who should be more at fault then Roleplaymon. But out of that the episode was okay for the most part. I’m interested in what the relationship with Navimon and Gatchmon is going to be like as fusion partners, but out of that there nothing else to be said about this episode. So I’ll give this episode a C-.

Take your Dressing! Cameramon’s Halloween Scandal!

In this episode, Cameramon was told by Leviathan to target Haru. Gatchmon wants to go out trick or tricking, but Haru is saying that they can leave when he is finish with the book. Haru was trying to research about artificial intelligent so he can find a way to beat Leviathan. I know it’s important for Haru to learn more about artificial intelligent, but really you can just take that book with you while your trick or treating. Killing two birds with one stone. Gatchmon is acting childish in these moments and it is annoying. Haru tells Gatchmon to go on his own and make sure he is not seen. Which is a dumb idea of not watching over your partner. You don’t what could happen to Gatchmon if someone see him.

While Gatchmon trick or treat by himself, he is picked up by two cute girl and taking somewhere. This is kind of weird and somewhat wrong because you’re not supposed to let stranger pick you up or take you somewhere else. It just seems so wrong. I know the girls aren’t doing anything wrong with Gatchmon, but you shouldn’t do this at all. Cameramon who is spying on Gatchmon thinks of a plan to get the Appli Drive and Haru.

So Haru is thinking he was too harsh on Gatchmon and thinks of apologize to him. I think that you should have went with Gatchmon and brought the book with you. Haru does get a message from Cameramon that he captured Gatchmon. Haru at first want to give the Appli Drive to him, but he figures out that he was lying because of how Gatchmon was acting. Showing that Haru is very observant over Gatchmon quirks. So Cameramon comes up with another plan by sending an email to all the mall people that who ever catches Haru that they will gain a prize. So they go after Haru then he get caught by the man that was with Cameramon. Gatchmon does save Haru from that situation. Haru Apologize to Gatchmon for being so rude, but Gatchmon doesn’t take it because they are buddies. Will none of this would have happen if Haru would have gotten off his lazy ass and bought the book with him.

Anyway, they go into the AR Flied and face off Cameramon. Someone then fuses Cameramon into his super form Scorpmon. Haru was worried that the App Gattai would fail, but Haru must trust Gatchmon. So, he become DoGatchmon and use his searching ability to find the weak spot which is places where Scorpmon doesn’t have camera to help hit them. Also, Haru came up with this plan when he went between the cameras. Dogatchmon got in close and quickly defeated Scopmon. However, they didn’t get his Appmon chip.

The episode end with a new villain Mienumon taking Scorpmon place of facing our hero

Final thoughts

This episode is so boring. I said thought out the review if Haru just brought the book with him then less of Cameramon plot wouldn’t have happen. There not much that happen in this episode until Haru got the call from Cameramon. So, the first half of the episode feels boring. Also, should people be more suspense about the text they got.

There not much to say about the plot, so on to the character and what I though of Cameramon as a Villain. For Haru, I didn’t really care about him. Even though he realized that he shouldn’t been to rude to Gatchmon, but I really wish they did more with him. He was obverse of Gatchmon behavior an knew it wasn’t him because Haru knows that Gatchmon would never say that even though there going be another episode that would conduct this. Also, Haru doesn’t know if Gatchmon searching abilities could be negated or something. So, Haru took a big risk and he was right. For Gatchmon he acted childish and somewhat greedy. Gatchmon could told Haru to bring the book with him, so both could have got what they want. Cameramon as a villain, he was okay, I guess. He uses the cameras to his advantage to find and attack Haru and Gatchmon at long rang.

So, this episode will get a D- for me. It’s first half is boring, and I don’t feel like the characters were used that well. So it time for the next arc Mienumon arc.

Conclusion

I think Digimon Universe Appli Monster start on a rocky foot. With the character not being that interesting or story being really lackluster I think Appmon doesn’t resonated with me like other seasons. If they made more effort of giving Gatchmon and Haru more time to interact with each other then I would have more positive thing to say about this season. I know that this season is more about how people use the internet, but I don’t feel it that away works. Out of that I felt bored and wished for more interaction with the characters.

So this arc gets a C-

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