#shadowseraphimon

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ShadowSeraphimon Ace BT18-071 Alternative Art by Hisashi Fujiwara from BT-18 Booster Elemental Successor (BT18-19: Special Booster Ver.2.0)

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Guess who just made a Digimon Frontier fanfic?

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For the FrontierFest: A Digimon Frontier 20th Anniversary Celebration

Had some stuff going on yesterday so this one’s a twofer

Prompt for April 12: Favorite Villain

THIS MOTHERFUCKER. This conniving, egotistical, power-hungry bastard. Other than Lucemon and maybe Crusadermon, there’s no other multi-episode villain that takes nearly as much sick joy in being the absolute worst. What puts Mercurymon ahead of Lucemon for me, and the rest of the crowd the gang faces really, is that even though he has an enormous amount of pride, it never stops him from considering the very real possibility that he could fail - it’s why he’s so desperate for power in the first place. He acknowledges the growing strength of the kids outright and tries to deal with it accordingly, which WORKS for a while. He has absolutely zero qualms about betraying ANYBODY, even those who could squash him with no trouble at all. Duskmon was scary in his relentlessness, but Mercurymon has that AND the creativity to match. Also?

This was terrifying. Duskmon always had an air of “This could have been avoided” even if it wasn’t necessarily true, but what the fuck do you do about this? Turns out the answer is cheat ‘cuz that’s the only reason Takuya’s still here and not in the LITERAL FUCKING COFFIN BACK THERE. That thing bumping down the stairs fuck anyone else up ‘cuz it sure did me!

The fact that this guy has a Shakespearean accent in the dub is both hilarious and extremely fitting.

Prompt for April 13:  Favorite Minor Character (Human) [sibling, parent, other kid in the Digital World, etc.]

Yuriko Kanbara, for a line that lives in my head rent-free: “Getting an ugly tie is NOT the Cuban Missile Crisis!��

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Frontier Fest Day 13

APRIL 19: Favorite episode/moment

Episode 22 - As previously stated [Here] The episode where Takuya returns home as Flamon is my all time favorite. I actually just re-watched it the other night (Japanese Version) and my gods Junko Takeuchi sell it. Not to discredit Michael Reisz he does a fabulous job here too, but her panicked cries and terrorized voice overs sound so genuine. 

To recap, I love this entire episode front to back and it narratively accomplishes a Time travel/loop/dilation Very well and they can be super tricky to write- I know I’ve tried.

Random side note- BOTH of the VA’s for Takuya in English and Japanese nearly blew out their voices with all the yelling/screaming/growly voice work. So much so that Dave Wittenberg took over the voice for EmperorGreymon because Michael refused (also did the movie) and Junko begged to have Kouji’s VA voice Susanoomon. Voice Actors deserve better.

Bonus side note- Miss Junko also provides the voice for Naruto.

Episode 28 - Also as previously stated, ShadowSeraphimon is hands down amazing and criminal that we only get him for part of one episode. The way he goes after Takuya, he comes within mere inches of killing the boy. It’s brutal, it's dark and once again Junko is on absolutely point and Mercurymon’s VA,   Masutani Yasunori, is so damned diabolical. Even the Dub does a great job here, even with Mercuruymon’s ridiculous Shakespearian thing.

[earlgreymon]

火の十闘士 (you fought well, warrior of fire。)

[swiftly-sweetheart]

Pegasusmon, because he's the Digimon of the week!

One; I'm just gonna assume that they saw Takeru and Patamon getting chased by a Fangmon and Sora didn't just like being hidden in Komondomon's fur for whatever reason

Two; lol Patamon is dead

Three; and how is Joe not dead, I mean he is being swung around by a Blossomon upside down, why does he have the worse luck?

Four; and while Joe is on that position, Mimi over here is having the time of her life with a bunch of Gotsumon watching a boxing match between Togemon and Golemon. And this isn't a "hey I want to eat you" battle this is solely just for fun

Five; at this point I'm not even listening to what ever Koushiro has to say about the real world, it's really always the same thing

Six; and Patamon is dreaming about angles, which means Lopmon. I'm happy to see Lopmon again and wondering can she sense Patamon's dismay? It does seem to be revealed that Lopmon isn't the Holy Digimon alongside Patamon and Tailmon

Seven; "who is it? No I know who it is, I just can't remember" You'll remember buddy! You both were a Celestial Angle! Also Lopmon patting Patamon is cute

Eight; Patamon voice is so cute ಥ‿ಥ

Nine; "the light of hope to brighten the world" I hope that sentence will be more relevant later on since you know, it's the little ones crest and their partnered to the holy digimon

Ten; while Takeru tells Patamon that flying is like swimming and he'll stay by his side (which is such a cute moment) the others just watches intensely

Eleven; oh, so now they get affected and hurt by explosions and they were able to stay on their Digimon while they were being thrown around by a bigger stronger digimon

Twelve; so Seraphimon got sunk into the maisma after the war and got corrupted into ShadowSeraphimon but then he remembered Takeru and got purified but devolved into Angemon. Now we really needs a couple of flashback episode during and after, maybe even before, the war

Thirteen; and Pegasusmon! Aesthetically, Pegasusmon does make more sense for Patamon to evolve to than Angemon, but I like Angemon better (as you can clearly tell) but this does make me worried that we wont see Angemon for a while, especially since we are already half way through the series and he still have his ultimate and mega form to evolve into

Fourteen; how did Takeru not throw up, or fall off? Pegasusmon literally went upside down dodging attacks and done a dozen front flips has a attack. And I am also disappointed that Garudamon and MetalGreymon helped him finish him off, like I know it's only one attack but I wanted to see his wing shooting star attack

Fifteen; haha Sora and Taichi looks like a married couple

Sixteen; the next episode is called "Hikari of Dawn" and I thought this was supposed to be called "Light for Dawn" which got me thinking, did they mistaken Light for Hikari? Since you know Hikari is Light in Japanese

I am hoping my SkullKnightmon is Tailmon theory is right, and I think the next episode will prove if it is or not (or if it's DarkMaildramon who is Tailmon). Hikari looks pretty creepy in the preview (rewatching the preview now and I'm exaggerating) and the full translated preview did say that Hikari gets absorbed into SkullKnightmon (yes, you heard me right, absorbed) and Taichi tries to grab her hand but she pulls away and willingly absorbs into SkullKnightmon, which makes my theory more plausible

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Digimon Frontier Lineart

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Here we go again! Yesterday's one hour produced this lovely darling  We don't have enough fanart with ShadowSearphimon! I just adore the design of this Digimon. Considering this was my first ever try to draw him, I'm pretty happy with the result ^-^ though there are certainly some things to be improved. Please enjoy anyway! - Crypto <3

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ShadowSeraphimon

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ShadowSeraphimon EX4-050 Alternative Art by toriyufu from EX-04 Theme Booster Alternative Being

This card of ShadowSeraphimon also features the dark versions of the other Three Great Angels in the background!

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So for that nickname thing, what would Neodevimon and Shadow Seraphimon nicknames be for their s/o? P.s. your awesome

NeoDevimon's nicknames for his S/O

Precious, Little One/Human (affectionate)

ShadowSeraphimon's nicknames for his S/O

My Wings, Gem, Princess/Prince, My Light

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FrontierFest, Day 6

Favorite Villain

Y’know how I said Frontier was a lot like Sailor Moon? Well, it’s more than the sentai team dynamics and transformation sequences. It’s about the villains, too! Particularly for the “original” four of Cheribumon’s generals, with all of their internal bickering, evil-henchman politics, one-upmanship, and backstabbing. It’s very much in the same vein as the Shitennou/Four Heavenly Kings or the Ayakashi/Spectre sisters from Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R, which was my first exposure to that sort of villain dynamic, and I loooove it. These people (or digimon, or what-have-you) have interests and goals and motivations and relationships outside of just doing whatever the big bad boss-guy says or being evil for evil’s sake. It makes their antagonism so much more dynamic and human and interesting to watch.

Mostly, my love of this dysfunctional group of baddies is down to the choices made with Mercurymon and Ranamon in the American English dub. I LOVE Mercurymon’s pseudo-Shakespearean way of speaking, and how he can be poetic but surprisingly blunt. Everything he says is just so much fun (“Art thou blind? Thou art a TWIT!”), and you really get the sense that he is insufferably proud of being the smartest guy in the room, or at least he thinks he is. And I love Ranamon’s sugary-sweet Southern belle, who is incredibly vain and loses her composure at the drop of a hat (“How dare you insult me, Ah am a LADY!”). She’s such a brat! And then when you have Grumblemon being Angry(tm) and Arbormon only half paying attention, and Duskmon lurking in shadows being all aloof and competent, like… man, that is my jam. I LOVE that stuff and could have watched it play out for 20 more episodes!

Slight preference for Ranamon as #1 fave, because when Sakkukamon was inert, he was one heck of an Eldritch horror, but his plan took way too long to execute for what it really was and his downfall was swift and felt a bit anticlimactic once he was more active. Bonus points for ShadowSeraphimon though, that episode was *chef’s kiss*. Calmarimon is quite intimidating and has a fun design/attacks, and other characters being repulsed by her appearance and her issues with control always felt like they tied directly to her personality flaws (plus obviously we're rooting for the good guys here!), so it's satisfying to watch, rather than frustrating. Another plus is that even though Ranamon TRIES to drag Zoe into her jealous rivalry thing, Zoe is just too good for that and only responds to Ranamon in defense, which… if you’re going to do the token-girl-hero vs. token-girl-villain thing, that’s definitely not the worst way to approach it. Ranamon is just so petty, and that makes her a really fun and memorable villain. Plus without Ranamon, there is no Toucanmon fanclub. Love those little doofuses who barely have half a brain cell to rub between them!

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Digimon X Transformers!

So as I did with Prime, it’s time to see what options Megatron has for Digimon partners. Megatron was a bit harder for me because yes he’s evil but there’s obviously more to him. He is Ambitious, Extraverted, Observant, Organized, Structured, Methodical Pragmatic and Systematic. He would call a Digimon his partner but more his servant. Those traits are what led me to coming up with partner options for Megatron!

Option 1: Impmon

Option 2: Shadowseraphimon

Option 3: BlackGatomon

Option 4: Cherubimon (Evil)

I think it is pretty easy to see why I picked these for Megatron and of course there are more than just these four that could go well with Megatron!

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Frontier Fest Day 6

APRIL 12: Favorite Villain

I mentioned this on April 8th. Yet another one time character, ShadowSeraphimon. Mercurymon on his own is diabolical and downright lethal, but with the added power of Seraphimon. My gods. His whole reveal, the drama, the stakes. So good.

It’s not clear when Mercurymon decides Takuya is his arch nemesis or if he just enjoys playing with his prey in general. Like if it were any of the others would he have toyed with them in a similar manner? Or is it because Merucrymon recognizes Takuya as the leader and knows that his companions can see him from the outside and aren’t able to reach him to help?

Mercurymon likes to be over-the-top dramatic in all his exploits, so the evolution to ShadowSeraphimon is such a spectacle. Might explain the ridiculous Shakespearian accent they gave him in the dub now that I think about it. 

ShadowSeraphimon takes the already lethal mentality of Mercurymon and dials it to eleven. He is fierce and elegant, and my god does he show it. He absolutely brutalized the crap out of Takuya and is one of the few Digimon this season to really thrash the kids hard. It’s the “Oh Shit he’s gonna kill Takuya” moment that really cemented it for me. Especially the OG Japanese version, the sound effect choices really sell ShadowSeraphimon vice gripping Takuya’s skull.