#what a jack vessalius mood

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For the ask thing, Pandora Hearts and Vanitas no carte!!

Ah, thanks so much for the ask!!! This one was really really fun to do, as well as very challenging! And it fit right in with my current mood lol so that was fun. xD

Which has the better protagonist: Agh. I love Oz like, a lot, but right now Noe is really speaking to me so I’ll choose VnC for this one (tho if it was Oz vs Vanitas, that might be harder, because Oz is a Much Better Person than Vanitas but I really, really like trying to analyze Vanitas’s character. But Oz might win that round because he is awesome and he had really good development.)

Which has the better villain: Oh. Hm, while my opinion could change as VnC goes on, I might have to give this round to PH because Jack Vessalius was an awesome and incerdibly interesting villain??? And the other antagonistic characters were all really cool and well-developed as well, like the Baskervilles and Vincent.

Which has the better plot: I DON’T KNOW YET XD. So far VnC seems more tightly plotted than PH, but I have no idea where it is going, and PH had a really great plot. For now I might give this round to PH, but this is a comparison I’ll really have to do again once VnC is finished. (Tho VnC def has better worldbuilding, and if that is being considered as part of the plot it might win on that front alone???)

Which has better cinematography: AGH GEEZE. Pandora Hearts had some really nice shots. Like…some REALLY NICE shots, especially later on in the series. But VnC has been consistently really good with that and I think I find the fight scenes easier to follow in this series? Or at least I think so; I know early on in PH at least I had a bit of trouble following the action scenes, but that got better over time too. I think I might hesitantly give VnC this round, though mostly out of a need to be decisive lol because in reality I spend a good deal of time dreamily gaping at both series’ artwork and paneling skills.

Which is more fun: Oh this is hard…both series have made me laugh pretty hard at different times. PH had a higher number of characters that made me laugh possibly, but again that has more to do with its greater length. I might give this one to VnC though simply because Noe and Vanitas as a duo have brought me a lot of laughs and I live for their weird philosophical conversations and arguments, plus Vanitas’s flaily reactions to a lot of things is pretty great.

Which one makes me think the most: Ok this one is the real struggle. For both series I spent so much time analyzing the cover volumes for symbolism and trying to come up with theories, they both make me think so much. Right now I’m putting a lot more thought into VnC because its unfinished and I have like 500 questions, but PH also gave me a lot of philosophical stuff to think about over the course of the series, so if I’m answering for which one is making me think more Right Now then VnC wins, but if its which has had a more lasting impact on my thoughts and given me a lot to mull over, than PH wins.

Which do I read when I want to relax: Really neither series is very relaxing, but PH has a sense of Familiarity since its finished and I can spend more time looking for Nuances and Extra Details and Admiring the Art because I know what is going to happen, so PH wins this round.

Which do I read when I want it to consume me: I HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME PRETTY HIGH LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION WITH BOTH SERIES I WONT LIE. Right now I’m being consumed by VnC because the suspense is KILLING ME, but I was absolutely absorbed when I was reading Pandora Hearts. I hesitantly give this round to PH on the basis that there is more of it to consume me with, but VnC is my current obsession so it kind of like…wins on a spiritual level? xD

Which is my favorite: Okay I am the actual worst at picking favorites. xD I love them both equally. They’re very different in certain ways, and similar in others, but I adore both. If pressured I might choose PH out of nostalgia and because I know the whole series is good while VnC technically still could go downhill (even tho I’m not expecting it to).