#the cactus rambles about puppets

[citrus-cactus]

Tri Super Stage Evolution Liveblog!

On to Act 2!

Oh nooooo is this a fake digital-world test that Jyou just took? Is he going to be heartbroken at the end of the show?? ;_;

Ohhhh this is great it’s Togemon in Toy Town all over agin X3

Digidestined trapped in hell, older Taichi trying to return to who he was at age 11, Sora calling him out on his BS… minus Etemon, Hikari, and the digimon, I’ve written this exact scene in a fanfic before! ^^;

Koushiro problem-solving with Takeru and Yamato? YEEEEEE!

Bringing back the Y2K bug?? WHEEEEEEEE!

JYOU WILL SAVE EVERYONE??? SWEEEEEEEEE(T)!

The DigiDestined are prisoners in a cell made from their own inability to change? Dude, I DID write this fanfic!!!! :O

Jyou’s an adult and can pass through the barrier not because he knows what he’s doing with his life but because he got laid oh no I didn’t

OHHHHHHHHH TAISHIRO MOMENT! IMPORTANT!!!!!

*Wendingomon voice* Go back….. to…. the…… BEGINNING!!!!

Aaaand requisite Takari moment XD

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SORA BEING VULNERABLE! T^T

Mimi Tachikawa, Renaissance woman?? (also, new information that her dad’s in the music business!)

Jyou: “Yamato, you want to stay with everyone forever, right?”

Yamato: SCREW YOU GUYS GABUMON AND I ARE GOING TO MARS (is what I was hoping he would say… but he didn’t!)

OHHHH BEAUTIFUL SPEECH ABOUT EVOLUTION COMING FROM AGUMON! Thank you Agumon!!! See, digimon can mature!

OOOOOH EVOLUTION YESSSSSSSSS LOOKIT PUPPET!METALGREYMON I LOVE HIM

Giant Turtle Thing is an apt way to describe Zudomon lol XD

And…. now we’re doing a Final Fantasy boss fight with the scenery. Against THAT villain. Where did he even come from? Le sigh =_=

Goggle-head Koushiro???? :O

Why did the kids have a costume change?

Wait, Meicoomon?? Ohhhhhh, so this some sort of fever-dream that takes place... er... during Soshitsu? THAT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.

I was right about Jyou though. Poor Jyou ;_;

The curtain call is cool! I love that we get credits from the actors themselves!

FINAL THOUGHTS: AWWWWW well, (mostly) I liked it! Personally, I didn’t think the puppeteers were too distracting, and I REALLY enjoyed the level of performance they added through their movements (gee Citrus, I don’t think the people could tell you felt that way from all your previous comments, why don’t you tell them again?? XD). All of the other actors were GREAT, and the story was pretty decent-- kind of a “how would Hurricane Touchdown go if the 8 original kids had to dig themselves out of a weird digital limbo controlled by a sad digimon” situation (which was fun since we didn’t get even a hint about how they escaped in that movie!). Even though the run-time felt a little long, I thought it delivered a few interesting character tidbits and semi-meaningful interactions between characters we don’t get to see paired up too often, and the first three-quarters of it was a fairly interesting (if slightly disturbing) direction to take Etemon’s character and wrap-up his story (such as it is ^^;). 

Overall, the play added a lot of things that I kind of wish the Tri movies were doing more directly AND didn’t fixate too much on things that the pre-Kyousei movies were doing to death (coughcoughTAICHIANDYAMATOANGST). I’m glad it exists to do a little fleshing out of some of Tri’s weaker spots (though it’s unfortunate it’s being done in the format of a limited-run, Japan-only event slash media release). But THANK YOU SO MUCH L-SUBS. This was an AMAZING thing to see and be able to understand, and you guys are AWESOME for bringing this story to the English-speaking fandom!

[sleepysnk]

Just some basic Sasori headcanons? Maybe his forms of affection, both giving and receiving. SFW/NSFW, either way is fine.

a/n: i love how sasori is like the underrated character of my blog. he’s such a cutie, so i loved writing these! ❤️ i hope you enjoy!

characters: sasori

warnings: canonverse, fluff, sasori isn’t a puppet here, established relationship, brief naruto shippuden spoilers, nsfw, smut, oral sex f!receiving, fingering, overstimulation, light bdsm, choking, after care.

Sasori:

- sasori is extremely underrated, you cannot change my mind.

- now, sasori isn’t the most romantic guy in the akatsuki. most of the members were surprised when they found out you two were together. he seems like such a grumpy guy. what did you see in a guy like him?

- he may seem grumpy, but behind closed doors, he is the only person you want.

- like i said, sasori isn’t a romantic, but he’s trying.

- i see him being an acts of service kind of guy. he loves to bring you little gifts that remind him of you. occasionally, he’ll come back from a mission and give you something he got along the way. the gifts usually consist of something small like a cute little plant, or a mini cactus.

- sasori is definitely protective over you. he always thinks about you whenever he leaves the hideout, and you’re always on his mind whenever you leave. his worst fear is losing you, so make sure to be careful with this guy.

- he’s the type of boyfriend to ramble on and on, and if you fall asleep, he’ll grumble and place a blanket over you. he wouldn’t want to risk you catching a cold <3.

- sasori likes to lay his head on your lap and talk about his day or his puppets. nothing is more comforting than you running your fingers through his hair while he speaks.

- i don’t really see sasori as a jealous or possessive type. he knows at the end of the day, you’re his, and he never worries about anyone trying to come between that. he keeps his eye out on deidara, but it’s nothing too excessive. plus, he has a lot of trust in you, so he rarely gets jealous.

- kisses are a must with this guy. he loves when you peck his lips randomly.

- he’s not really into pda. he feels really awkward if you try and hold his hand in front of everyone, so his affection is more for behind closed doors.

- this guy has lost a lot. his parents died, and he feels extremely lonely because of that. this guy needs lots of loving, so please give it to him.

- now.. let’s get a bit spicy, shall we?

- sasori doesn’t have an insanely high sex drive unlike some of the akatsuki members. he can be pretty content without sex, and it isn’t something he needs all the time. though, there are times where he’s very needy for you, so the sex you have is very random and never really planned if that makes sense.

- his favorite thing to do is to eat you out 😩.

- sasori loves seeing the look of pleasure on your face while his tongue buries itself into your pussy. he loves the way you taste too, so expect this man to know what he’s doing. he always watches you, and the eye contact makes him very hard.

- he is also really good at fingering. i’m talking like god level.

- he knows exactly where to twist and turn his fingers to make you feel like you’re on cloud 9. he is a puppet master after all, so all those years of training his fingers really pay off in the bedroom. he’s probably the type to make you squirt from how good he is.

- speaking of chakra strings, sasori is into light bdsm.

- nothing turns him on more than seeing your wrists tied against the bed frame. he likes to tie you up and fuck you into oblivion. don’t even think about reaching for him, because if you do, the pleasure you feel will only burn brighter.

- he’s also very much into overstimulation ;).

- sasori loves to see how good he can make you feel, and he likes it whenever it feels too good for you. he often makes you cum two or three times during sex, and he doesn’t stop until he’s satisfied.

- “s-sasori! it’s t-too much!”

- “aww.. can’t handle it, hm? be a good girl and take it for me..”

- sasori likes to choke you too. he doesn’t do it aggressively, but sometimes he’ll put his hand around your throat to have more control. he also likes when your pussy quivers around his cock whenever he chokes you.

- he is a dominant, but i also see him being slightly a switch?

- sasori is really good with after care. he’s never the type to leave you alone after sex, so he’d definitely cuddle you and make you feel good about yourself.

- such a sweetheart, he deserved much more love <3.

[xviicprc]

10 Favorite Characters

Tagged by @pinkafropuffs​ (girl this are so fun to do, thank you!) about my 10 favorite characters so here we go-!

(y’all are ready to see how basic i am?)

1- N (Pokemon)

When will he return from the war-

Ferriswheel shipping flashbacks because honestly? When will Pokemon give us a character as good as N again

2- Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Ah, Fullmetal is basically responsible for me being a weeb lol

While everyone else can do an analysis of his complexity, I simply will say Edward is the sort of character I love as protagonists of anime-

Love how he isn’t either too serious or too goofy. Hmm it’s hard to me to say what I like specifically about him lol. 

Maybe it’s just nostalgia

3- Edmond Dantes (Fate Grand Order)

Ah yes, the current husband of mine- discount Komaeda. 

By seeing my art you should realize how much i love him lol

4- Nanami Kiryuu (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

YOu see, normally I DESPISE characters like Nanami, even after they develop as characters since most of the time they end up being “mean because inferiority complex” HOWEVER Nanami doesn’t have that, she is great and she know’s it!

(Also most of the time, these types of characters aren’t really used comically- and I don’t mean in the sense of “Haha the bully girl got what she deserved!” but instead of this character getting themselves in comical situations)

But it’s the way she matures across the show what made her my favorite among the cast. I love the cast and the show as a whole- but if I had to pick one character among them, it’s Nanami.

5- Akihiko Sanada (Persona 3)

I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS-

But jokes aside Akihiko is my favorite character in Persona 3 (well....close tie with Shinjiro BUT).

He is just (lies on the floor) THE character I always romance because his route is just so cute and makes me feel warm and fuzzy having FEELINGS-

And I remember distincly rejecting his advances on accident and then realizing what I did and going “D:!!!!”

THis man right here was my REAL introduction to HAVING FEELINGS for anime men and I’ll never forgive HI-

6- Xion (Kingdom Hearts)

Shoutout to the firsts characters who I made deeper that the author intended.

If you ever have to fight agains me set it to Vector to the Heavens- if you have to avenge me set it to Another Side while you fight. 

Do you fucking know how I was at 12 years old?? No friends, no homework playing KH 358/2 days??? How much I got attached to Roxas and Xion as a lonely girl who was just discovering things about friendship?

so I’ll ramble on about my interpretations on them because i’ll make it as deep as i want-

The way in which they form a friendship related on both knowing about the keyblade and having no memories from their previous life and the way in which it all comes tumbling down thanks to things outside of their control and how much they try to stop it- 

The way Xion is willing to sacrifice herself for a greater good fully knowing that what the Organization is doing is bad and would endanger the worlds at large and how she, on her own accord, chooses to return her memories to sora even if it means dissapearing from the memories from everyone and truly dying in every sense of the world- all while having to run away from the organization because she would drain all the life from roxas because that was how she was created as a puppet-!

And the final clash! the way in which xion uses all of her power left to fight against the control of the organization because she wants roxas to slay her because she would rather die and lend her power to roxas instead of killing him and being used by the organization!

The way that final fight got integrated into the story! how she warns roxas when she will attack, or how she screams at him “STOP HOLDING BACK!” as her last efforts as an individual hanging to the remnants of their bond-!

As an extra note I’m so glad they didnt “end up together”- it was a good showcase of two teens who had a solid friendship that didn’t need to be turned into a romance because they already love eachother as friends!!!

So as you can see i have a lot of feelings for Xion-

7- Kishinami Hakuno (Fate/Extra)

SHOUTOUT to my favorite protagonist in the Fate Franchise she is so good and I just,,,,,,,,,love her?????

(if you pick Male Hakuno you are absolutely invalid)

So I completly love how she ends up inderectly being a subversion of the “amnesiac character self insert” because she NEEDS to start in a black slate for her to grow.

Love how sassy she can be in the dialouge options and SHE ALLOWED SABER ARCHER AND CASTER TO GROW AS PEOPLE and-

Play Fate/Extra

8-Kcalb (The Gray Garden)

He is so good :c when will he return from the hiatus.

Honestly he is the best character in the game and I love his interactions with Etihw and honestly he defined what 14 year old me loves in character design. AESTHETICS

9-Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Of Course I had to add the one who started this mess.

Sonic the Hedgehog deserves a better writting team than the one he has! SONIC’S CHARACTER PEAKED IN THE FICKUGGN SIDE GAME SONIC AND THE BLACK KNIGHT BUT EVERYONE IS LIKE “HAHA WHAT A BAD RETELLING OF ARTHURIANA”-

So anyways- Sonic the Hedgehog in the GOOD games with story is someone who never gives up no matter how hard or grim everything may seem, and how he shows kindness to those who needs it, who does what HE feels is the right thing, no matter what everyone else may say and maybe I’m reading too deep but this lil fucker whas the first videogame I ever *emulated* owned and had been a part of my childhood since I learned what the Internet was- I pirated the entire anime and took a REAL liking to drawing thanks to him.

Everyone out there in early 2010 tracing anime while I traced Sonic X screenshots lol

10-Steven Quartz Universe (Steven Universe)

I have a lot of feelings for Steven Universe as a show- and especially his protagonist.

When the show started everyone complained how annoying Steven was- but I never found him annoying? I really like how he has “traditionally femenine” traits and powers (healing, shielding, crying a lot) and isn’t shamed for it? The show has MANY problems but it I LOVE it.

And, since the start of the series I liked Steven, I love how he develops in the show, and honestly so many moments I saw myself in him- and then came Steven Universe Future which he explores his trauma after the events of the series- just everything about him just hit’s home- even more than I expected (the cactus Steven-)

How Steven goes from viewing the Gems as these all knowing powerful mother figures- and how he feels as if he has to live up to their expectations, and the impossible barrier set up by his mother at the start of the series-

(How later he view’s himself as a fraud- and how he doesn’t “pay the consequenses” and he is just “as bad as his mother”- the internalized self hatred, his drifting friends and represed trauma- I’m glad the show does this- I don’t think I would have self reflected as much as I did without this show)

Steven Universe is a show I hold close to my heart, so do I with it’s protagonist.

 Haha I don’t feel like tagging people after that lol

[bungostraydoggos]

Farewell to Arms: Chapter One

This is my short story of an imaginative extension of Bungou Stray Dogs. Meaning, I added an original character that I think may feel canonic when in actuality, it’s not. I wrote this for my pure amusement but of course, I shared this short story on here in hopes of other people enjoying this as well. I may do more of these collective short stories of Bungou Stray Dogs revolving various characters and original characters if it turns out well. Anyways, enough of my rambling. Here is chapter one starring Francis, Louisa, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and my original character Ernest Hemingway. The setting takes place when Nathaniel infiltrates the New Guild’s base and attempts to kill Francis under Fyodor’s order. 

Panic--- that was the word befitting of Louisa’s mind right now. Her injured arm bled like spilt milk as her hand tries to stop any more blood loss by desperately holding pressure against the deep slash. How could this have happened? Although her special ability provided numerous and various battle strategies, this surprise attack from Nathaniel Hawthorne wasn’t included. He was supposed to be gone missing after his deathly incident against his fight with the Port Mafia’s Diablo. He shouldn’t be here but moreover, what happened to him? Everything seemed wrong starting from the moment Louisa was caught defenseless. Nathaniel’s actions felt nothing but the intent to kill, and that wasn’t the familiar impression that she first thought of him before the fall of Moby Dick. Something is wrong and if anything, Louisa immediately suspects that there is someone controlling the old priest’s mind. If it’s anyone who is capable of mind controlling or corrupting a man’s humanity and good will, it would be Fyodor, no doubt. But how and when? Too many questions bullet through Louisa’s mind. She has no time but to hurry over to Fitzgerald’s side. Even though she knows Fitzgerald is more than capable of protecting himself, she has a bad premonition that Nathaniel has terrible up in his sleeves. She needs to hurry, but each step to the staircase was awfully painful. Louisa catches her breath but slips forward. To her surprise, a pair of assuring arms caught hold of her injured body.  “Ernest...” In the midst of all the direness, Ernest Hemingway gently places Louisa beside the stairwell while quickly bandaging her bleeding wound. Thanks to his brief experience as an ambulance man, his skill in first aid helped Louisa relax just a little bit albeit in extreme pain. She takes a deep breath before speaking. “Fitzgerald... upstairs... Nathaniel... have to save him.” The amount of blood loss caused Louisa’s throat significantly dry, and to speak normally felt like needles poking inside her esophagus, but Hemingway understood. He grasped the situation already and created a one-shot plan to somehow defeat Nathaniel Hawthorne. He gives Louisa reassurance. “I know.” As Hemingway stood up and head to the upper office where Fitzgerald and Nathaniel are supposedly brawling, he whispered an important information to Louisa--- leaving her in a blank, torrent state of emotions. 

The moment Nathaniel reached into Francis’ office, it was already too late for the New Guild Boss to be at an advantage. Admittedly, he was caught off guard to see Nathaniel of all people to try and kill his former employer. What was even more appalling was the fact that Nathaniel was once a priest man.  “Since when did a priest like you end up as an assassin tainted in blood?” The cloaked man stares at Fitzgerald with expressionless eyes, doing nothing but taking his stance to launch his next preemptive attack. Although Francis can easily defeat Nathaniel, it was a little difficult to fight without trying to shed any of his own blood since his enemy can control Francis’ at his will too. Not only that, Fitzgerald held himself back from using too much money as power boost. After his failure with the Moby Dick incident, he can’t afford to lose all his fortune again. Francis took a defensive stance but failed when Nathaniel’s outstanding speed gave him a blunt kick to the stomach. He crashes into the white walls from the recoil.  “Gotta say, old sport. You’ve got quite a kick there.” Despite all of the unfortunate despair steaming around, Fitzgerald smiles on top of it all. For a man filled with pride and dignity, there was no way he will die. At the very least, not yet--- not yet until he gets his daughter back for Zelda. The thought of his wife gave him a surge of strength while regrettably using one-fourth of the stock money. Francis returns a series of punches and stomping kicks to Nathaniel at a speed twice as fast than the ability assassin. At one point, it looked like Fitzgerald held victory but for some odd reasons, no matter how much damage Nathaniel receives, his tattered body just keeps moving and fighting as if he were a mindless puppet. “This doesn’t look too good...”  Francis was right. Although it seemed like he had the upper advantage this time, Nathaniel wouldn’t give up. It was as if there was something that was driving him to achieve it even if it means to be at death’s door. The frightening motivation of the bloody priest gave Francis a moment to gulp the lump in his throat. As it is, he cannot prolong this fight any longer since he used more than enough money of the company’s stock. There must be a plan to help him shake Nathaniel off his tail but nothing came to the great Fitzgerald. As Nathaniel launched another deadly attack, Francis Fitzgerald suddenly thought that this was it for him. His arms relax, and he smirks at his incoming enemy without a drop of shame. The Great Francis Fitzgerald was going to die.

“For Whom the Bell Tolls”

At that moment, a glow of yellow and orange hue encircled the room between Francis and Nathaniel. Because of the sudden turn of events, Nathaniel quickly retreated back at a distance away from Francis and luckily for him, Fitzgerald escaped his dead end. Although he has never seen anything like this before, this warm and irksome feeling was all too familiar and within seconds, Francis knew that this is probably from him.  “About damn time, Ernest.” The tall gentleman gives his old acquaintance a spiteful remark as he comes in between Francis and Nathaniel, “yet I see you couldn’t handle this yourself.” His sharp tongue was critical as ever yet it was a part of Ernest in which Francis somewhat appreciated. The yellowish and orange light was still glowing but now, it’s encircled solely around Nathaniel. The ability assassin tries to shake of the light enveloping him but to no avail. Ernest points his dual guns and shoot rapid artillery rounds into Nathaniel’s body. Each bullet was precisely and purposefully stuck inside Nathaniel like parasites and for Hemingway, this is all going well according to his plan. The ex-priest falls to his knees with countless bullet wounds stuck to him like a cactus. The yellow glowing light burns brighter by the minute and there’s not much time left.  “Go escape. You can’t die yet.” Unbeknownst to Francis, he doesn’t know the exact powers of his old friend’s ability despite all the years of knowing him and in fact, this was actually his first time seeing Hemingway’s special ability right before his eyes but for some reason, Francis Fitzgerald couldn’t shake off the bad feeling scratching at the back of his guts.  “And what about you?” Now for Ernest Hemingway, this was his first time seeing someone haughty and arrogant like Fitzgerald gazing at him with serious eyes that showed genuine concern for a simple ‘acquaintance’ like him. Even though they are supposedly good friends, it was strange that they never accepted each other like that. The glowing hue of sunset-like colors surrounding Nathaniel grew brighter by the second like a flaming star and Ernest had no time left now. With a strong blow, Hemingway kicked Francis down to the staircase nearby, leaving the New Guild leader falling back into the never-ending stairwell. The abrupt moment took Francis’ aback and the last thing he saw was Ernest giving him a reluctant, rare smile. “Farewell, old friend.” It was unsure what exactly happened at that moment, but a giant explosion erupted like a meteor shower. The bright yellow and orange glare was blinding and the piles of rubbish and gust of hot wind threw Francis down to the lower levels of the tower company. Just at the right time albeit being late, Atsushi and Kunikida came to save the New Guild and in one smooth catch, Atsushi caught Francis, softening his landing from the explosion as Kunikida covers Louisa from any remaining shrapnels and metallic rubbish gusting their way. All of the events felt like an instant rush and because of these turn of events, everything was too fast and difficult to process. Once the bombarding blast died down and everything fell quiet, Francis shoves Atsushi away and runs upstairs to the main office on the top floor where Ernest and Nathaniel are supposed to be. When Fitzgerald arrived, there was completely nothing but destroyed walls and floors, shattered windows, and pile of dark blood that is from Nathaniel lying cold and immobile. Francis scans the room one more time trying to find Hemingway but fails. The great Fitzgerald panics as his messy blonde locks cover his view. Despite being injured himself, he searches for his comrade amongst the pile of rubbles mounted here and there. Literally half of the company tower was blown away and as Francis desperately searches his missing friend, Atsushi, Kunikida and Louisa enters the devastating scene.  “He’s here. He’s alive. I know he is, we just gotta find him under these damn pile of rocks.” The way he tries to encourage himself while coating proactive words of hopelessness left Atsushi great sadness. As for Louisa, her heart clenched with an indescribable pain as her tears overflowed like a water fountain. She touches her bandaged arm where Ernest tended--- it was as if his warm touch never left. Poor Louisa tries to recollect her wavering strength and speaks out to her boss. “Ernest is... Ernest is no longer here anymore... So please...” It was unbearable. There were no words that helped ease the grim feeling and for that, Louisa felt terribly guilty. But Francis didn’t listen. Even though he did, and he knows, he continued to dig out the rocks with his bleeding fingers. The sight was pitiful for Kunikida. He would’ve never imagined a high-classed and selfish man like Francis Ftizgerald could look like this. Even a prideful man can shake like a poor man when it comes to death. The sounds of rocks rolling and clacking as Fitzgerald digs, Atsushi began to help. Like Louisa, Atsushi was feeling unbearable too and if anything, he felt sorry for him. Kunikida holds Francis as Atsushi searches for Ernest.  “Enough. You’re way too injured to be moving like this. We’ll help search---” “---I’m fine.” Francis slaps Kunikida’s hand away. “No, you’re not.” The two men were about to argue and stir a pointless fight until Atsushi gasps at his discovery. The body was black and charred yet his flesh was still in fresh color that glowed faintly like the yellow and orange hue of Ernest’s special ability. Francis’ expression twists into remorse as he takes in the moment of his dead pal before him. Louisa looks away from the sad scene and begins to talk, slowly unraveling the truth of what happened. “Just before, Ernest told me that his ability allowed him to envelop his enemy and practically turn them into a living bomb--- and only his touch can be the trigger,” she takes a deep breath before continuing, “in other words, For Whom the Bell Tolls was a sacrificial ability. It was no wonder he never used it nor mentioned to us before.” Francis’ body stiffened at the last comment. A sacrificial ability? Bullshit. That didn’t give Ernest any right to do it anyways if it was going to kill him in exchange. Francis curses under his breath, how could Ernest sacrifice for someone like himself? Francis curses under his breath once again, “bullshit.” “ ‘I’ll protect Fitzgerald,’ those were the last words he spoke to me as he went up to save you.” At this point, he wasn’t sure if any tears were coming out but that didn’t really matter. Francis kneels closer to the deceased Ernest and smiles weakly. It took him a good minute before saying anything. “He was my good friend yet he said those words first before I could even manage to say them.”  The scene replayed back fresh in his mind. That was the first time Hemingway called him a friend, and he always knew that despite their clashing personalities, conflicting beliefs, and contrasting ideals, the two hated each other yet they were each other’s closest friend. How laughable, how tragically laughable--- Francis thought. After a moment of complete silence, Francis stands up and fixes his sullied tie. He wears his usual happy, confident expression and smirks like the richest man in the world he is as if nothing that happened here fazed him at all. But clearly, to Louisa, she knew he was putting up a facade.  “Well now, I leave the dead priest over to your care detectives. Louisa and I will clean up our mess here since it is our headquarter base. Oh and of course, I give you my thanks for your help even though my people ultimately saved the day, haha.” Francis laughs heartily to himself as he shoos the detectives away along with Nathaniel’s corpse. After Atsushi and Kunikida reluctantly left, the suffocating silence returned and Francis picks up the burned Hemingway into his arms.  “Fitzgerald...” “Louisa, I must apologize to you for all of this. I’m glad you weren’t too hurt. It’s all thanks to Ernest, isn’t it?” Louisa looks downcast, “yes.” “Don’t look so glum. We barely made it by the skin of our teeth, and we must thank our dear friend, Ernest, for saving the day like some hero.” The two fell silent again as the open breeze filled in through the torn tower, blowing its condolences like a farewell to arms.

[citrus-cactus]

Tri Super Stage Evolution Liveblog!

Broken into two parts since this ended up being pretty long ^^; So heeeeere’s Act 1!

And we open... with abstract performance art featuring digimon puppets XD Is Agumon’s “I feel funny” a little fourth-wall wink-and-nudge to the audience?

PATAMON IS STILL THE CUTEST AND BESTEST DIGI-PUPPET EVERRRRR I love him and I want one

Having to make some mental adjustments for the actors’ voices... Koushiro’s voice is so DEEP! :O

Mimi’s desire to forgo bungalows to “rough it” while camping was a surprise! (Have I ever mentioned how much I adore Mimi?)

I figured the digimon would already be aware of the significance of August 1 but then I had to remind myself that Odaiba Memorial Day is actually August 3, sooo... I guess that gets a pass!

A FINE DISPLAY OF SWEET SOCCER KICKS aaah good job live-action Taichi!!

ASGHGFSGHG THIS PHONE CONVERSATION is making my little Taijyou-loving heart flutter!

HE GOT A B! GOOD JOB JYOU I’M SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!

No seriously, this is the best phone conversation ever. Jyou reaching through time and space to needle Taichi about grades, plus playing the sempai card, PLUS getting all maniacal...(!) And Taichi’s “if you’re coming, it’ll be even more fun” and “don’t bring your books, hahaha... wait, he hung up?” I just.... AAAAAH TRI WHY ARE YOU PUSHING THIS SHIP SO HARD???? DON’T STOP NEVER STOP X3333333

Ooooh, dat bass... *swoon*

OMG the band has speaking roles??? We never get to see Yamato interact with any of his bands. This is a treat! “Oui!”

YESSSS AS SOON AS IT WAS MENTIONED I KNEW TAKERU WAS GOING TO TROLL YAMATO VIA A SLEEPING BAG PURCHASE. Also Patamon, you little punk: “Pink won’t look good on him, this will be fun!” XD

Also, the production quality of this is video is really good, just thought that deserved a mention ^_^

I really enjoy watching the puppeteers’ expressions and body language too. Their faces mirror their digimon’s dialogue and sometimes they even mouth along with the words!

Cut to shadowy Etemon, smash cut to THE NEXT DAY!

MIMI YESSSSSS. Like, I know she gives a serious reason for her decision, but I also like picturing her doing aaaall that sweet-talking to convince the other DigiDestined that she should be put charge of managing supplies, knowing full well she’s not going to bring anything because equipment is for weenies and SUFFERING BUILDS CHARACTER. This is my girl, ladies and gentlemen. My girl! <3

New hat for Takeru to mark the occasion... checkity-check check!

THEY RECREATED A BUNCH OF THE ANIME CLOTHES IN REAL LIFE! Sora’s “California” sweater and Taichi’s “17″ button-down in particular. Squee!!

OH MY GOD ETEMON. WHAT. WHAAAAAT. This is hilarious.

And now... a camping montage!

KOUSHIRO WHAT WAS WITH THAT BURN AGAINST TAICHI. Rude! >:(

OHHHH EVERYONE’S BURN AGAINST MIMI THO. That I’ll allow.

Ooh, some Koushiro career introspection! GOOD. 

Oooh, LOTS of career/future introspection! Good good GOOD!

HOOOOLY HECK Hikari’s “something I admire vs. something I really want to do” (in regards to becoming a kindergarten teacher)! That creates such an interesting parallel with her admiration of Taichi (editorial aside: I wish the first four Tri movies had explored the idea of Hikari distancing herself from her brother, it would have made the end of Kyousei that much more interesting!)

SORA PLEASE STOP AVOIDING TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF (but also Big Mood-- I get it girl, you do you!)

Tentomon: “I don’t think [digimon] grow up.” WOW, that’s surprisingly candid (and maybe goes some way to explain why the digimon have been written the way they are in Tri?) Interesing, interesting...

The kids keep saying the battles are over... it really makes me wonder when is this supposed to take place relative to the rest of Tri!

Mimi in a sleeping bag is my new favorite thing.

MIMI AND HIKARI TALKING TO EACH OTHER IN THEIR SLEEPING BAGS IS MY NEW FAVORITE THING.

OOOOOH SORA THANK YOU FOR OPENING UP A LITTLE <3

Yamato’s actor is amazing and awesome for his bass AND harmonica playing just... wow, dedication T^T

THE NEXT DAY...

Ooooh, Koushiro! Figuring out important things! Confiding those important things to Taichi! That’s more like it <3

Based on Takeru and Patamon’s comments about infection, I would guess this takes place after Kokuhaku... and therefore, after all of Tri? I’m so confused!

OH GOD ETEMON IS STRIPPING AND PROVIDING HIS OWN MUSIC AND HAS FOURTH-WALL BREAKING POWERS WHYYYY

ETEMON FIVE. WHAT. THE. FFFFFFF. 

I’m not sure the world needed anyone to explore the possibilities of an Etemon/Taichi ship, much less semi-seriously/canonically. I am disturbed.

Phew... and that’s only Act 1????? 0_0

TO BE CONTINUED!