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im still on bird theory bs by the way

imagine the red string on the conspiracy board here, from previously:

Nice -> X parallels (birds involved)

Lin Ling -> X parallels (birds involved)

X -> Zero parallels (no birds--wait a minute--)

so now a new thing: Zero is associated with wings too.

-> X -> Zero parallels (YES, BIRDS INVOLVED.)

also in EVERY SINGLE ARC at some point you can either see literal birds on screen at some point or hear them in the background (maybe not in yang cheng arc actually? the birds are seabirds at some point idk ill have to rewatch... but x very obviously is interfering with his arc)

the hands reaching for X just like there are hands reaching for Zero...

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i feel like i havent posted art here in a while so

crumb

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episode 20 thoughts (finally)

this episode was just. so much. I had to give it a bit to breath before rewatching. Also currently working on very big project which is taking up a lot of capital in my brain rn. as much as I would like to analyze some things seperately in a different post I know I do not have the motivation for that right now. So, hopefully I will keep in just key points and some other fun stray bits.

there he is! Nice finally makes his long-awaited reappearance in the show. Instead of the Hero Smile incident, the teaser images LH0 released months ago were actually of the "Ruins Incident".

This episode, fittingly labeled as ??? on the schedule, is where every single hero's stories finally intersect. In some ways (cough cough X and Ahu) it's still a bit confusing exactly how.

seeing the preview for episode 21, I really can't help but compare Nice to Shang Chao. It's a pretty popular theory that Shand/Shang gave his perfect hero Shang Chao's face and I'm really, really inclined to agree especially with how Nice is always blowing it back in position.

The building likely was never finished up because of the Hero Smile Incident.

I will say that I honestly didn't care too much for OG Nice before this - we didn't have much information on him. After this episode I like him a lot, genuinely. He's a terrible victim of the industry, personally tailored by Shang... and ALSO an asshole. it's so much FUN seeing him win even as you're worried for his targets, and so much fun seeing him lose pathetically too.

In this world, the tech can sense hostility?? that's so interesting

I LOVE this scene so much. the way you can see how Luo li is making split-second choices, the way there's all these moving parts from her suit doing different things... it's beautifully animated and it shows how their fighting styles differ.

Nice is SO scary as an opponent here. imagine a guy with literal perfect flight and combat strength whose entire thing is that his powers come from the idea of perfection (or maybe, Fear of not being perfect) is coming to kill your very squishy regular human girlfriend and dad. and you, but you can't think about that.

somehow I forgot how terribly UNSAFE every single character is in this show. if Nuonuo dies we riot

appearance of the "black-clad" organization, I believe. They're some kind of fear-powered person/clone? that Shang cooked up in his basement. The ones that X kills in the concept trailer!

I think this is how Ahu ties in, since it's implied that the Black-Clad org is tied to how he became a popular hero.

so here is why DOS gets involved - they want to sabotage the mission too, to make Ghostblade look bad.

it seems like Shang was either not intending Nice to do this.... or they know each other well enough that those words at the start of the ep were enough to set Nice off on the expedition.

Shang is sooo not over shang chao oahjghghfh and he HATES Rock. remember that he used to run MG, I believe, and then Rock took over.

Maybe this is another layer to why E-soul is trying to kill GB: Ghostblade signed under Shang's management.

TF YOU MEAN HIDE?? DO SOMETHING?? GHOSTBLADE IS GETTING LITERALLY FRIED

okay. I don't really think all that much about yang cheng/e-soul arc these days. HOWEVER. I really, realllly want to know how the merge of trust value affected Yang Cheng. also I want to know WHAT is going on inside your head yang cheng??

I love the e-soul design so much, the way you can see how the old design blended into the new one. he's very much a weapon through and through.

it has been 2 days and my tiktok fyp is full of "fraudblade". get me out

I ADORE ghostblade. I could watch an episode of nothing but ghostblade fight scenes because the way his face is animated with his movements is so fun to watch. (I actually really really like all of the main characters, I'm just extra fixated on a couple.)

his costume has so much metal in it 😭😭

so for those people asking where E-soul's fake arm went, there it is

it's ok ghostblade... if that were his real hand I'm sure it would have gone better...u were trying your best..

this is indeed a terrible matchup for ghostblade. He has "super speed" technically but E-Soul's entire thing is going very fast.

Micky is a manipulator through and through. by the end of the episode you can see DOS still comes out with the most benefit.

in fact... he DIDN'T send any heroes to kill the expedition team at all, did he? He didn't tell Queen what to do, and he didn't even know Cyan was coming. But since they showed up, Shang will think that he held up his end of the deal.

lore drop! "Yan Feng" is the "creator" of Zero. is that baby Rock in the picture? the word godhood has also officially been dropped in the show - Zero is the first ever hero and the first ever god.

okay. So, "Zero" was a trust-created hero who became immensely powerful. he was worshipped and believed to be omnipotent. He's NOT a god at this point! instead, the power boost of his Trust powers converting to Fear powers made him a fear-powered god... and what the people feared was that he would kill more people.

I can feel X breathing down my neck at this scene 😭this is sooo implication heavy for X because it's all but confirmed that X does NOT get his powers from Trust, and therefore the same kind of 'flip' is impossible with him. he's on the track to godhood without any of that, somehow. Whatever X's goal is, there's not much the world can do to stop it.

famous last words... and also literally famous words! he said the thing!

hm does Nice know the Black-Clad org is here since it's Shang's doing? Shang didn't actually trust him to handle things alone.

this is written after a rewatch. so I sound really calm. but I was NOT calm seeing this for the first time. ARE THEY BOTH DEAD? oooohhh poor luo li.

soo many intense emotions this episode. Luo Li's pure absolute rage is done so well here. the suit staying in place and exploding around Nice's neck is so so cool.

pure utility, everything to hit Nice as soon as possible.

nice's reaction to this situation lmfao.. what is this monster? why is e-soul here? oh shit right I gotta kill this child rq

despite my gripes with how human-like Big Johnny's design is I do love how they basically use him as the setting. Like he shows up, there's dust and green light everywhere, and now it doesn't matter where they are because the setting is now Big Johnny's Area.

QUEEN WAS INCREDIBLE this episode. THIS WAS SO HYPE. I wonder why her rules can affect Big Johnny? She's almost definitely stronger than before she was injured.

noticed Nice's expression change from angry to "well shit" lmao

The Frame of the episode. no other words

having the credits integrated with this sequence hit me so hard. Despite Luo Tong's flaws he was a good person when it mattered. he shielded Nuonuo with his body for one. Luo Li lost her dad right when he started to trust in her ability, right when he trusted her to protect them.

Luo Li signs with FOMO, and in the future LJ probably leaves FOMO for DOS.

Ghostblade leaves MG!! this is huge. and also soo interesting because we know how this ends- he actually will become rank 4, and Little Johnny will become rank 5. I wonder how that's gonna happen.

I maintain that E-soul trying to kill Ghostblade totally saved LJ's life. I think Ghostblade WOULD have killed Little Johnny -- not because he doesn't care whatsoever, but because I think ultimately he would stick to what's familiar to him.

SO.... yeah he wasn't gonna rebel against MG until this lmao. involuntary character development

Ghostblade leaves MG!! this is huge. and also soo interesting because we know how this ends- he actually will become rank 4, and Little Johnny will become rank 5. I wonder how that's gonna happen.

I maintain that E-soul trying to kill Ghostblade totally saved LJ's life. I think Ghostblade WOULD have killed Little Johnny -- not because he doesn't care whatsoever, but because I think ultimately he would stick to what's familiar to him.

SO.... yeah he wasn't gonna rebel against MG until this lmao. involuntary character development

YOUUU. WHAT IS YOUR DEAL? is this guy's taste in men really just so bad it threatens the structure of society??

who is this silhouette? nobody's worn a crown.

we get to see how the hero agencies spin even something like this into positives for their heroes. E-Soul and Big Johnny. Treeman makes it out like nice defeated the clone dudes even though they're both treeman-manufactured!

Why does nobody snitch? Ghostblade I can kind of get but Little Johnny? LC or Queen? Luo li? "hey nice tried to kill me and my dad and my girlfriend"

and do remember... Shang and Micky are gonna blame everything on Rock

OOO I know a lot of people are happy to see Lin Ling again. but yeah everyone really is connected this episode

why does lin ling's boss wear a belt with the word BOSS on it??

X!!!! MY WIFE!!! and he gets to change the artstyle too!!! the clip from the first trailer features in the show this episode!!

HOW does he connect into this. im so so soso so excited. hes in next episode as we see from the preview...

DRAGON BOY! I know a lot of people are excited for him as well.

He's ranked #3 so I honestly have no clue what to expect.

If I had to guess, I'd say he might be a more morally good character than you might expect. this is coming from the punk elements and the fact he likes to do community service on his promo card.

this episode made me like nearly every main character more than I did previously.

The Ruins Incident fills in an important timeline gap as a key event that was entirely unmentioned before. it also reveals that the 20th Tournament was canceled! this might be why the date of the 21st is so confusing.

there's def more stuff I thought about but this is rlly long and I want to sleep. Also expect timeline updates to take a little while sorry

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what i imagine he was thinking the entire time

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sorry no episode thoughts today

it's rlly late and i wanna rewatch the episode and do a proper post on it tomorrow/sometime later! toooo much stuff happened and i did other things today too.

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Perfect hero vs a girl with a catgirl mecha suit who wins?

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HOLY FUCKING SHIT

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I absolutely hate having to do this again, but the dorm manager just gave me the new bill for this month even though I just paid for the last two months last week, and on top of recent medical expenses for an infection, having no luck at job applications, and having to buy yet another required book for class and a pair of “appropriate pants” for my PE class (coz I got called out for wearing jeans), I’m seriously at my wit’s end—

If you have any change to spare, please help me out by donating on my Ko-fi. I need about $40-50 to cover everything

I’ve been strapped for cash for the past months because of the continued delay of my scholarship stipend from last year (the government fucking owes me P15,000/$270 😩). I’m in the process of making my financial situation better by signing up at a church’s subsidized meals program and applying for a different scholarship while also sending out my resume to more companies… but these things take time. until then, i’m gonna need some help 🙏

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What would the FOMO video feed in this world look like?

made by me :)

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congrats on the new in-law ghostblade

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reminder that even if you live somewhere where these don't show in WeChat search results, you can still get them!!

To be hero x wechat stickers~

They're so cuteee 😆😆💖💖💖💖

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more magical girl au

aufhhfhh I wanna read a comic about my ocs so bad but I don't wanna DRAW one yk... Also then I'd have to commit to a plot and write stuff

bit of a breather before I do my next (tbhx related) project. Which I think is a very big one and it will make me cry but I rlly wanna do it

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episode 19 thoughts

this might be it. this might be THE episode (so far). i have been sooo happy for the past few hours omg theres so much going on. almost everyone is here!

this post is long fair warning

now, whatever Micky is cooking it just might involve dunking Queen in fear..

the use of "inversion" is really standout

this is also finally concrete information on the Spotlight Organization! As far as people who aren't in DOS but still connected to the HAC know. "Spotlight researches how to turn Fear into a weapon stronger than Trust" or something like that.

we stay hating on Professor Luo Tong over here LMAO.

oh man I can't believe we didn't see Nuonuo and Ghostblade have like a full on interaction about last episode. all we have are these crumbs 😭😭 this is so adorable. the way as soon as GB learns how Nuonuo WANTS him to do it he just locks in lmfao. he knows how he just doesn't gaf until now

NO YOU WERE NOT OVERTHINKING. GET HIS ASS ABOUT THIS LITTLE JOHNNY

obligatory birds timestamp right here. birds noises here write that down

"the ship cannot withstand TNT-type explosions". HMMMM I WONDER WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN INSIDE THIS SHIP.

CANON!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE CANON! my jaw genuinely dropped seeing this i was so shocked a kiss happened on screen

glad to say this is just as gay in the english dub as the cn sub

don't neglect this scene right after though. they hold hands too and Luo Li gives Nuonuo a tracker to keep her safe and know where she is always :D

Little Johnny does not seem incredibly strong for a hero? it's really his control over Big Johnny. its literally coughing baby and hydrogen bomb but as a duo

In the grand scheme of things the Hero Commission and the structure of society is in its infancy in TBHX. it has been around for less than 40 years at this point in time which is not a long time at all!

Therefore quite a few people not only remember the time before HAC and Dawnfall, but also actively contributed to forming the new world order/adjusted to it. Society is still relatively unstable and the HAC wants to stabilize itself and set its systems in place. most importantly, the HAC is very explicitly controversial.

I am curious how big of a disaster Dawnfall was, and if there is history of more similar incidents from the phrasing of "again and again".

No matter what, in TBHX the main source of conflict for heroes is indeed now the constant struggle for control over them. Not just their powers, but in a bit of commentary the HAC and other orgs hope to control the belief of the world. If the people believe what you want them to, and fear what you want them to, and the conduits for that belief can be controlled with nifty alien tech... well.

a quick rant about Luo Tong:

This scene in TBHX is very overtly linking emotions and love and such to Trust and then provides Professor Luo as an example of how people might interact with this dichotomy. Prof. Luo wants to change the world by divorcing love and logic. He, as a character in-universe, likely carries these beliefs from a lifetime of experiences, including possibly those from BEFORE Dawnfall. He's self-assured and confident in his education and viewpoint and to some extent it has gotten him success.

However, throughout the arcs we can see the ways that he is flawed. He's really fucking weird about age gaps, he fails to trust in his daughter -- all emotional things. combined with the literal things he doesn't know (HAC corruption), we can be pretty confident that from the perspective of the narrative Luo Tong's answer to changing the world isn't the right one.

cough cough this isn't just about trust value... cough cough

ok rant over

more evidence to the "GB is unreliable narrator" pile. Rock here tells him this fake story that paints Sheng as unethical and dangerous and such.

I do love rock's characterization. he tries to look like a mastermind, calm and collected, but is in fact super super paranoid. he sends e-soul to kill him over essentially crumbs. He's convinced that Ghostblade knows something he doesn't and is keeping secrets against him despite years of just killing people with no complaint or mistakes.

However the power that he holds makes him a scary/dangerous antagonist anyways

he also lets it slip to GB over here that assassination during secret missions is pretty common 😭

if trust limitations ever go away... Rock is cooked bc GB knows all his dirt

I really do think GB would have done the job too lmfaoo?? it would be so funny if E-soul showing up somehow saved LJ's life in a backwards kind of way

the gasp I let out when E-soul appeared tho.. as always the fight scenes are eye candy

again I loveee how expressive Ghostblade is.

there probably is a hidden story but GB got nothing to do with it LOLL he just wants to see Nuonuo

Rock is now gonna be an enemy of the commission because of this misunderstanding??

DAMNIT THATS DEFINETELY YANG CHENG.

I was really really hoping he was dead

although I can definitely see why he'd kill moon now

HELP WHY IS HIS SLOGAN LIGHT ACTIVATED?

it's giving like. demonic furby that has to lock in when someone perceives it

I need to confess I didn't care so much about OG nice at first. but now in these 20 seconds of screen time I like him a LOT more

YEAHHH NICE BE AN EVIL RAT BASTARD YEAHHHH KILL PEOPLE YEAHHH

recontextualizing wreck and nice's relationship so hard now...

I can't believe the nice is evil theories based on the mistranslation ended up... right? wrong. and then right again.

LMFAO what if he was fr punching wreck but he just sucks at it

parallel that Lin Ling can punch real good... and nice objectively can't??

Luo Li get his ass

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AND ALSO IT'S CANONNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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IT WASN'T A MISTRANSLATION AFTER ALL??

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look at the CEOs of our hero agencies, we are screwed 😭

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Your goal should be to get weirder with age and im not kidding. Become that odd estranged extended family member that owns a whacky home wherein a powerful magical item is kept that is the catalyst for the story of a children's adventure novel protagonist