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Damian dealing with one-sided situationship stress at the ripe old age of 6

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My favourite animal is me after re-reading the blue lock manga for the nth time

Like, it’s SO good?!

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Spy x Family Ch. 106: Violence

One of the things about having grown up in a less-than-ideal family is that, in the future, when you have your own family, you can build it differently.

We still don't know how Yor grew up but we do know that [Redacted] was in an abusive situation. It's easy to learn after seeing violence happen once and again, to do the same and say "that's what my dad used to do and I don't know better." However, there's also a different path...

Since there was very little dialogue, it may seem like not much happened but we learned a lot about the Desmonds in this chapter. Here are few observations about the Desmond:

It's very noticeable Donovan Desmond has absolute control over his family. Melinda clearly doesn't want to be there but she is there because she has no choice.

Violence is not always physical; he doesn't have to slap his kids into submission. Emotional and psychological violence do as much damage. Did you notice that "twitch" and those eyes?

That's fear. That's control. That's violence.

And you know what happens when there's fear? Well, the result is distance. There's so much space between them and they're supposed to be a "real" family:

I don't think Donovan Desmond wanted to have dinner with his family. He wanted to remind them who is the boss.

We still know very little about Donovan Desmond. Everything points out at him being the "big bad guy", however, Endo is a master of developing morally-gray characters. So my theory is that Donovan Desmond may turn out to be a good leader for his people and Ostania, maybe someone who tried to stop the way. However, he's also going to turn out to be a horrible father and husband. The opposite of our Loid Forger, who is a devoted father and loving husband (yes, even if he doesn't want to admit it).

I wonder if at some point we'll see Desmond lose control with one of the members of his family. Right now, no one even dares to talk to him, but maybe one day Damian (with Anya and his friend's influence) will be brave enough to attempt to talk to him. Believe it or not, he's a good candidate to step out of line and anger his father.

There are also some theories that say Donovan Desmond can read minds and I think it's a possibility. If that's the case, that means he already knows Twilight is a spy and is just letting WISE play a little before taking action. It's a scary possibility.

A final note: Those kids are better off living in the dormitory. Yeah, Damian may feel abandoned by his parents but look at this face!

At least in the dorms he's not being terrorized by his own dad and also, by seeing other kids and other families, he's also learning this isn't the standard. Hopefully in the future, when he has his own family, he'll choose to do things differently.

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Today's chapter was well.......awkward. but I think it perfectly captures the contrast between the Desmond and Forger family dinners.

But anyways.....

THEORY: DESMOND CAN DEFINITELY READ MINDS

Demetrius did not even have to ask his father and Donovan said exactly what Demetrius wanted him to say.

Moreover

THIS is the face of a man who has just now received some new information. And bro did not have ANY type of conversation at the dinner table

I think it's not even a theory anymore at this point. It's so obvious.

But this also means that he knows about twilight when he met him in Eden. Omg the stakes are HIGH

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Jeeves and damian looks suspiciously similar lmaoo

(Is that maybe why Donovan didn't spend a lot of time with damian? )

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Why is Jeeves kinda.....

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Spy x family new chapter is gonna be out soon let's goooooo

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Y'all ever see anime couples THAT good that reading fanfiction about any one of them where the other isn't the main love interest seems like like...illegal?

It's like, for me, I'd look at both of them and feel "yeah, these two belong together no questions asked"

I'll give some examples

Geto and gojo (jujutsu kaisen)

Twilight and Yor Briar (Spy x family)

Kazuki and Rei Suwa (buddy daddies)

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Henry and his wife: He did love her

This is kinda stating the obvious but yeah....

This arc RUINED me, it hurt to read it but moreover it ruined them as well. Henry and Martha I mean.

Henry did love Martha but realised his feelings late. He didn't want to get married, but he did and was a good husband. Even Martha says this.

I feel that Henry never told her his wife about Martha because she might feel guilty of ruining their story. We can see this here

Henry is crying. He is devastated. But he pulls himself away and fixes his face at the sight of his wife because he cannot let her know. Even Martha hadn't stopped her tears but there Henry was, all calm and composed at the sight of his wife.

I think even though he did NOT want to get married, he was a very good husband to Lucia.

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Someone has GOT TO mention how fucking romantic and vanilla Aren Kuboyasu and Shun Kaido from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K are

Like y'all remember that episode when Aren got a love letter which was actually from a rival gang?? OMFG Aren was so happy about it and how he explained to Saiki that he would have ONLY one woman in his life and would marry her and all that!? Dude was planning a wedding and the kids' names c'mon. Like that is a romantic mind istg (fellow romantics assemble)

And how in this one episode(i forgot which one) Kaido is explaining what dating is to Nendo and the group is watching....like, seeing him blush over THE THOUGHT of holding hands omg. And he had totally lost it when he was JUST talking about kissing. Like yes we need men like you Kaido

Idrk but these two scenes made me realise how romantic these two characters are and how big of a simp I am for them :')

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I CRAVE love so much and so badly but I always end up disappointed which makes me put up my walls and that ironically takes me further away from love.

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Spy x family manga spoilers

I would have LOVED getting Henry and Martha backstory if we weren't at such a crucial part in the manga's storyline. The last two chapters have been short stories which completely ignorewhat happened in the previous chapter. They're supposed to follow up a very important chapter where Anya tells Damian her secret. But no.

Not to mention that in this chapter we don't even see our Forger family for even a single panel.

It's just frustrating that after that critical chapter we've gotten ABSOLUTELY NOTHING which relates to it or moves the plot forward.

Whatever Endo's cooking I trust....but that doesn't mean I'm not disappointed by today's chapter.

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Anya using brute force to get through the obstacle course is a choice...... it was like she was trying to copy how Twilight and Thorn Princess deal with their problems, using their strength!

Also her ruining her dress reminded me of Yor ruining her dress when she fought those animals during the eden interview way back in the beginning. (!?)

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Manga spoilers

I THINK LOID IS GOING TO FIGURE OUT ANYA'S SECRET SOON AS WELL

Even thought anya whispered her secret to Damian......what if loid understood it too? He can read lips very well after all

(Also its not like he'd have his attention/ eyes elsewhere when his cute baby is dancing with someone for which they both had to win a competition)

Her answers to the quiz were sometimes soooooo in-detail and something only someone who can read minds *wink wink* would know

Also

This is the highest it's ever been, right? Omg omg omg

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OH YOU CUTIES

I am so invested in them and their history. Todays chapter was such a treat!

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i feel like spy x family is growing into a "it takes a village to raise a kid" kind of story, and i think that's beautiful.

both loid and anya started out alone, but especially loid, was accustomed to having to do everything himself. only being able to rely on himself. both from the agency being understaffed, so he has to take on disproportionate responsibility.

and then he meets yor who reminds him that anya is a child and she should be allowed to play and have fun as well as work hard. and then yuri's help with trying to teach anya, franky's with being a playmate for anya. and more importantly, the austens being added and sigmund being an actually helpful teacher for anya.

it highlights how loid does struggle and he isn't good at everything, especially when it comes to his daughter, and for the first time that's okay. like yor said, loid doesn't need to be perfect all the time.

he's trying to work towards world peace, but really, that's happening already with anya as the centre. loid isn't alone in operation strix anymore, people are helping anya to achieve academically, helping her to becoming an imperial scholar. operation strix is no longer only on loid's shoulders, and i think he's slowly going to start realising that.

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Can you guys see what I'm seeing?? Or maybe I've just officially lost my mind istg