#sxf 93

[1alchemistart]

been having a great time drawing the sleep deprived legend

[micia-posts-stuff]

Not only we got Demetrius we also got SMALL DEMETRIUS

I'm so happyyyyy

The Desmond lore is thickening!!!

[ackergarden]

demetrius and damian taking after melinda’s looks, bless mama desmond’s genes 🤧

[littleholmes]

I don’t understand Father. I don’t understand people. Enough of this. Who cares? Pondering it is a waste of time.

[Demetrius Desmond, Damian’s older brother has entered the chat]

When we saw his face, I actually yelled “oh shit! he looks like his mama!”

[misslydian]

no caption needed look at them XD

[leggo-my-aego]

SxF Theory based on ch. 93!!

This is purely based off the small interactions we have with this little old man right here and the relation he may or may not have with anya's past

i think that not only was he a part of the project that Anya was a part of, i think he CREATED the foundation of the technology used to create the chimera experiments with Bond and with Anya's ability to read minds.

It would make a lot of sense as he states that one of the subjects he specializes in is Neurology, the study of the brain.

Also, his character design is very obviously supposed to look like Albert Einstein. Which is super important because Einstein developed the atomic theory that led to the development of the nuclear bomb. Ltrly the most devastating technology created in mankind. And Einstein was recorded to say that he deeply regretted even developing that theory.

So what does that have to do with this guy?

I think that Sigmund Authen theorized and developed the concept of a way to gain a higher neurological prowess. He said that he "dabbled in cultural anthropology," and a specialty in neurology, he was probably touring the world to understand the concept of the brain in different environments and the developmental aspects.

It's shown in a lot of sci-fi media about "unlocking 100% of the brain" and I think Sigmund found a way to do that. He probably showed this research to higher ups with good intentions to develop the human body but of course, the people in power wanted to use this for damaging purposes. And the fact he was pretty much MIA during the war that his wife didnt even know wtf he was doing just supports the timeline. Also, him being at the *start* of the project would make it plausible on why Sigmund and Anya wouldnt recognize each other.

I think Sigmund saw or found out about the inhumane experiments done in order to fulfill his theory and wanted to put a stop to it.

BUT

the head of the project (or whatever) stopped him and used his own research against him by wiping his memory of the events. Im guessing a very sketchy lobotomy that left him in the state he is in now where he forgets a LOT of what is happening most of the time. Which kinda shows how Anya can only get fragmented thoughts and very old memories when she reads his mind.

I had this in the back burner but this ^^^ panel from the latest chapter pretty much solidified it for me. Especially with the parallels of regret with Einstein's atomic theory. Also him saying that makes me think he prbly remembers fragments of the project or the feeling of regret was too strong for him to regret from that moment.

Either way, I cant wait to see more chapters! It definitely looks like we're continuing this Anya-centered arc with the way things are developing!

[genia-caliber]

Ol' crazy eyes

[youuuimeanmee]

SxF Chapter 93 Thoughts

I usually don't comment on each release but today's chapter caught my attention

I'm really happy for Damian! The growthh, from second place to first place!! Let's gooo 🔥 🔥

Heh. Considering the growth rate of Anya's grade in the span of weeks, I already expected her to place second, so I'm not surprised. I feel smug. Heh.

But, to think someone could score higher than 89 points, when Classical language is barely taught anymore! Who is this person, will we meet him soon?

Woww Becky, 5th in Language Studies? Not bad at all!

Huh, I didn't think Ewen would place that low in science (I expected him to place top 5). I guess it'll take awhile for him to catch up with Damian to become imperial scholars.

Aww no comment about Ewen? :(

Wow dang, not a muscle-head, huh? Congrats Bill, that's impressive!

(he has potentials to be a great sniper with those math skills and analyzing skills if he were in military, lolol)

Oh fuck a Tonitrus

NOOOO

So Anya got 3 Stella and 3 Tonitrus? The theory that Anya will be the first Imperial Scholar to have 8 Stella and 7 Tonitrus is not that far off 🤣

(anya got 3 tonitrus instead of 2 is only because she helped damian. augh, im still salty about it)

But 24 in Math is not a bad grade at all, considering her quizz's result. Just a few more points until she pass the passing grade! It's okay Anya, you did your best!

Dafuq do you mean, Sigmund Grandpa. Why such depressing talk for a 4-yo kid. It's almost like he gives her a warning about the price of becoming a spy 👀 Especially since Anya declared she wished for world peace. As if he already knows her telepathic ability 👀 👀

AWW YESS ASK HER TWILLIGHT. Freaking finally.

Awwh. Oh well.

Anya and Damian will become Imperial Scholars together, just wait.

WOOHOO DEMETRIUS. I didn't expect it but it does make sense he'd appear now 🤣

Damn. 6 Stella in one sitting? He is a beast, alright.

Agh, he ugly. Ew.

Definitely emo, which is great 🤣

The old man's gene run strong. I am so glad Damian resembles his mother more

But stilll it feels great to see him in canon after only seeing him in fanarts for years! And to think it's pretty accurate too! 🤣

Whoah I didn't expect his mind to go silent like that. Is he simply an eccentric kid? Or does he have a telepathic ability like Anya that'd allow him to block certain frequencies?

"Maybe he really is just too busy nowadays?" No hon. As much as I want to agree with you, I don't think so. You're telling me that Donovan, a leader of a political party, is busier now than the time when he was leading a country? Nah. He just loves your brother more

(but if he's indeed busier nowadays, I wonder what he's up to 👀)

Aww Loid 😂 If only you know she's mimicking Demetrius, you'd be over the moon with this informations 🤣

Great chapter! 9/10 🏅🏅🏅

[professionalfangirllife]

Anya receiving a stella and a tonitrus at the same time is simply so in character and legendary.

Because, obviously, Anya is an absolute legend.

[naarinn]

That was so uncalled for kdsjfkejf 😭

Endo you can't just trick us, casually drop Demetrius reveal and disappear for 2 weeks WE NEED ANSWERS

He looks like more Melinda here ↓

Bro's already in his emo era and he's 13 💀 What did they do to you, boy

For a second I thought he was an esper as well. It looks like Anya was having a trouble with reading his mind. God knows what is going on in his head. Poor guy tho

And it seems he had a "normal" relationship with Donovan before too. Just what happened that everyone in this family went insane in someway. War? A tragedy? Damian 💀??? We will never know (at least now)

[stellas-and-tonitruses]

⚠ SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER 93 AHEAD! ⚠

now that we have finally met demetrius, it seems like a great time to dissect his first scene and proper conversation! :]

his wide, unfocused stare hides ✨unexpected complexity✨, as expected of a desmond

he's impatient (common desmond trait at this point)

he's nonchalantly exceptional, as we expected and have been repeatedly told thus far

...but most importantly, amidst a sea of accomplishments, he is burdened with a lack of people skills and visibly frustrated by it, as evidenced by his conversation with damian in this chapter.

the analysis and speculation continues under the cut!!

so, a breakdown of the main meat of his introduction

similarly to every single time there's an interaction between damian and another desmond, damian is the one who reaches out first by calling out to demetrius, who immediately asks him what he wants. damian tries to begin with small talk, congratulating him on his accomplishments of the day

demetrius is brief and to the point, but it doesn't feel to me like he is annoyed here. perhaps curious, perhaps indifferent, we don't know -- demetrius is a boy of few explanatory thoughts, after all

merely in the next page, demetrius is revealed to have a blank mind for most of this conversation.

i don't believe this is a sign that demetrius was experimented on or anything. obviously, this does not rule out that he has been experimented on, but i don't think his lack of thoughts are indicative of that, nor do i believe anya was too far away (in previous chapters, she has read the thoughts of people at greater distances than this with ease!). i think this has something to do with his upbringing, but also very importantly his state of mind at the moment

his eyes are wide open, but his stare is unfocused. i think this is an intentional choice to hammer in that he's not really here at this moment, listening to what is undoubtedly to him pointless praise. he has likely tuned all of it out completely.

(as a side note, if we wanna involve anya in this situation more, we could assume that he is intentionally cloaking his thoughts from anya or any other potential mind-readers, but while i do think donovan is very likely involved in project apple, i severely doubt the financial benefactors of project apple would spend likely a lot of money to figure out a way to shield the thoughts of a middle schooler, regardless of who his dad is, from potential telepaths. as far as we know, anya is the only one with this specific power and demetrius is unlikely to have any information that would incriminate the operation. if that was an issue, i don't see why they wouldn't spend their money to protect melinda's mind, since she likely has way more info than demetrius ever could.)

moving on from that side note though,

we do not see demetrius' face as he says this! this is important to me

we are left unaware to whether or not he is disappointed or just trying to abscond to take a nap (he really needs one)

but then, he says this:

this, to me, is a direct attempt at connecting!! he's trying to reciprocate the small talk, the praise, trying to continue the conversation. his thought, "i don't understand him," may feel contradictory but to me, it only underlines his frustration about this, because he knows what damian is going to say next:

even though it was expected, this is not what demetrius was hoping to get out of this. his downturned eyebrows give a feeling of discontent. he is not blank, he is visibly frustrated, visibly annoyed.

and we are thus made aware of a boundary demetrius and melinda both share:

never mention donovan.

for one reason or another, this is the boundary damian has overstepped with both his mother AND his brother now, without ever being informed that it IS a boundary in the first place

so demetrius, upset, turns around to leave and throws this at damian:

this is important, because damian has shared a very similar sentiment to anya before, albeit in a mournful tone.

demetrius likely feels similarly neglected by his parents, but is long past feeling sad about it. he has moved straight to anger, understandably!

but the bigger reason for his frustration, imo, relates to a problem damian once again ALSO has: people treating them as a gateway to their father and nothing more.

demetrius has more than likely also been treated like this, and probably still is unless his peers have learned not to engage because of his brief, snippy responses, so he is familiar with the feeling of being used.

...and damian unknowingly treated him the exact same way, even though he's also grown to hate it.

of course, he's 6 years old and he meant no harm by this -- he's just a lonely boy trying to be noticed by his neglectful parents, after all, what else could he possibly do?

but for demetrius, this is the end of the conversation. he is not his father's manager, he's not even that close to him, so why does his brother only ever talk to him when it relates to their father?

as he said before: he doesn't understand him, and why he keeps doing this. does he not know there is little info to be gained?

he doesn't understand their father either, with his impossibly high expectations, never pleased, never happy, never available

and lastly, as ewen and emile try to introduce themselves

demetrius has one final thought.

and he casts aside this entire conversation, leaving the scene as empty as he entered it.

of course, the chapter doesn't end here, but this is where demetrius' involvement in it does, leaving us with a newfound understanding that while to damian, demetrius represents everything he can only strive to become... to demetrius? his accomplishments ring hollow in the face of everything he wishes he could understand.

we do get an extra flashback that hearkens back to a better yesterday, but while donovan is lacking some very important details (those scars, that dead disinterest that follows his every move -- he seems mirthful somehow here), we don't know if this scene represents a time when they were closer or if it's simply evidence that as far back as everyone can remember, demetrius has been doing nothing but studying all the time

could this be evidence of something nefarious relating to project apple? eh, not particularly, not to me. the boy's just studying hard, any relation to project apple would have to be more recent in the timeline imo

TL;DR:

demetrius has been built up throughout the past 92 chapters as a figure larger-than-life, and this has been thanks to most of our knowledge of him being directly affected by damian's perception of him, as the younger brother living under his shadow

however, he has now been humanized by his flaws: a short temper and a lack of social skills that comes paired with a clear want to connect, to understand, to converse. he seems to be a very lonely kid, everyone around him either jealous, putting him on a pedestal or actively seeking to use him under the false impression that he has important connections, and although he doesn't mean to, damian has unknowingly been treating demetrius in the same way, only seeking him out when he wants to know something about donovan.

interestingly, him and melinda share the same trigger, that being donovan himself, though we do not yet know if their reason for this is also shared.

CLOSING THOUGHTSSS

it has been so exciting finally meeting this little goober-- i thought i might never see the day 😭😭😭

thank you to whoever read this far, i literally made this blog just now so! HOPE I DID WELL!

💖

[1alchemistart]

>:D

[micia-posts-stuff]

What does this mean for his future arc?

He seems relieved that his father doesn't speak much with Demetrius either. Damian thought he himself was the problem, because he believed his brother had a close relationship with his father, but now that he knows he doesn't maybe he's glad it wasn't his fault.

But on the other hand at one point he will have to realize that if not even Demetrius, an imperial scholar, can get his father's attention, then getting stellas won't really help him. Will he feel defeated? Will he continue to try being an imperial scholar for his own sake? I'm very curious.

Btw can we talk about how all this time Damian knew his father spent a lot of time with Demetrius when he was younger, making him think his father just didn't like to spend time with him? POOR KID. Like it was already sad but I didn't expect Donovan to actually be present in Demetrius life, at least when he was younger, that must have hurt even more.

Also also why did Donovan spend so much time with Demetrius?????? And why is he not doing that now?????? Especially with the weird way Demetrius thinks, it's very suspicious.

I wrote this theory a while back and Demetrius is thinking a lot how I expected Donovan to think. Is it possible that everyone in the Desmond family except for Damian was experimented on? Even Melinda, I mean it's still possible that the way she thinks comes naturally from her complicated relationship with Donovan, but now seeing Demetrius and Donovan's scars I wonder if there's something more to it.

[shiro-s2e2-erukinzu]

Anime only watchers and people who aren't caught up with the Manga, BEWARE... Cuz I'm about to discuss Spy X Family Mission 93... You have been warned...! 👌

[SPOILERS AHEAD FROM THIS POINT ON]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

IT HAPPENED...! IT FINALLY HAPPENED!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!! 😵

Honestly, words cannot describe how crazy this chapter was, but we're gonna talk about it anyway...!! 👀 LET'S GO!!! 😆

The chapter begins with everyone checking how well they did on finals, and Anya did a whole lot better than last time...!! 😆

I AM SO PROUD OF HER!!! 👏😄

Anya went from 213th to 168th place!! 🎉 Let's hope that Anya continues to improve in the future...!! 😊👍

Then, we finally got to see how well she did in Classical Language and...:

She got second place...!

But, she will still receive a Stella for it!! 👏😆Then, we find out that she got 24 points in math, which is just below the cut off point... Which means...:

So, not only did Anya get a Stella, she ALSO received A TONITRUS BOLT!!? 😵😂🤣😌

GODDAMNIT ANYA!! 😂 That means the score is still tied, but now it's 5 and 5 until she either becomes an Imperial Scholar or gets expelled...!! 😌

Then, we got probably my new favorite Loid expression...:

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I'M SO SORRY LOID!!🤣

This poor man can't catch a break, but at he's quite proud of Anya for doing well on the test...!! 😊

After that, we cut to Authens praising Anya as well, but Sigmund says something that intrigues me...:

"...One day you'll experience the frustration of realizing that hard work is not always rewarded..."

Hmm... What could this mean...? Personally, if Sigmund does have something to do with the experiments that were conducted on Anya, then this could be his way of saying that not many know of his scientific experiments... But, that's just a guess at this point and I could very well just be reading too much into this single sentence... 🤔

Moving on, before Anya goes to bed that night Loid asks her a question...:

I was surprised that Twilight asked this!! 😲 But his question turned out to be for naught because Anya doesn't really remember... 😔 So, Twilight just tells her to forget about what he asked and now I'm wondering if this will lead Twilight finding out the truth about Anya's past and that she's a telepath... 🤔

Well anyway, we cut to Anya and Damian receiving Stellas for doing well on the test, and then it's the middle school students turn... AND GUESS WHO SHOWS UP...?! 👀

DEMETRIUS MOTHER F---ING DESMOND!!!😵

AFTER ALL THIS TIME, HE HAS FINALLY APPEARED...!! 👀

I can't believe that I was ACTUALLY RIGHT that he was gonna look more like his dad...! (Check out this post where I drew what I thought he might look like!! 👍)

But to continue, Demetrius is also as strange as his mother and father... ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THIS...!!:

After finally getting to meet him and seeing that Anya can't read his mind, my original theory that he might be working with his father, just got thrown out the window...!! Because now, I think that Demetrius has been experimented on... 😥 I hope that I'm wrong, but I just don't know this point...

AND THINK THAT'S ENOUGH ABOUT THIS CHAPTER FOR TODAY!

Today's chapter was excellent, but now that Demetrius has finally shown up, my mind is going crazy about what this ALL MEANS!😫

Anyway, I think I'll stop for today and possibly regroup with myself to figure out WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE DESMONDS!! (Except for Damain, who is the only normal one there..! 🥲) So until the next Mission or if I try attempt to figure out what is up with the Desmonds; take care, be safe out there and be kind to one another...!! Later!! 👍

[littleholmes]

“I don’t know. I don’t remember much from back then.”

Loid’s asking what I’ve wondered for a while, and even more so after that Ania/Anya nameplate chapter, cause there’s still a lot we don’t know about Anya’s history. I’m looking forward to learning more about her past whether Anya maybe remembers more about herself or Loid does some searching and finds out himself.

[such-a-downer]

Again with Anya's hard to read look

But she says she can't remember well. But for some reason i think it's something she doesn't want to disclose because it's related to her secret