#Crest of Reliability

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Gomamon as an Animal Crossing Villager!

Just keep swimming swimming swimming

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Ikkakumon (Champion)

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Kido Jo. Crest of reliability, Partner of Gomamon

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The best meal to end Odaiba Memorial Day? Omurice, of course ❤️

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Okay this might be a hot take but, I don't think the Crest of Sincerity shouldn't exist. I like the dub crest of reliability for Joe and the sub crest of purity for Mimi. At least to me they seem to fit the characters better. Like compare the meanings and-

Joe/Jyou

Let's use the whole situation with Takeru and his Mom. With the Crest of Sincerity the meaning of that scene is that he keeps his promise to protect Takeru to Ms. Takashi, therfore showing he is sincere in his promise. (Which is great, it does read) Yet when you watch it in the context of the Crest of Reliability then the scene isn't just a promise being fulfilled (simplifying ofc). Joe's character gimic is literally being a constantly anxious person (again simplifying) so the scene has more impact (imo) to Joe as a character due to it showing that nature of "this person that I care for is in trouble, I have to help him" and therefore showing that someone who has a lot of anxiety/fears is still a reliable person. Someone who despite of himself will still do everything he can when it comes down to it, to me that has a bigger impact. Feel free to give your own opinions I'm also open to different interpretations.

There is a counter arguement to be made with the example of Joe and Yamato fighting together at the restaurant and that episode showing how "sincere" Jyou is by telling Yamato the whole truth of him not messing up on purpose, but 1 that episode is supposed to showcase Yamato's trait of friendship more so than Jyou's trait of sincerity (don't get me wrong it does do both but still), and 2 that episode read with the Crest of Reliability still reads really well, especially as a set up for who Jyou is. The episode shows things going wrong time and time again, Joe messing up (even tho it's not his fault) it shows that side of him that counter acts his giving trait of reliability but still shows the effort he puts into be reliable and once again shows his resolve to do everything he can for those he cares for via being squished by veggiemon for Yamato. The episode shows peaks of him being reliable while still keeping the trait buried in other things as it's not his and Gomamon's time.

Mimi

For our pink loving queen let's use the episode of her princess Era (ya know the one where she needs to sing but Taichi has to slap some sense into her before she does). It makes sense that this scene reads better, or more deep, with the perspective of Purity rather than Sincerity (the og is showcasing Purity afterall) In the Dub the Crest of Sincerity is used as Mimi (just as in the Joe sub) keeping true to her promise, and it admittedly (again imo) works much better than Joe keeping his promise. It works better only due to the build up of Mimi not aligning with her trait, but the Purity (imo) is still better. The Purity crest in this scene is used to represent that Mimi is a caring person that wishes the best for others but also incredibly (albeit unintentionally) selfish. Mimi is a character who wants to be treated like royalty and she can be very unaware of what her actions bring to others or that they are morally wrong in any slight way, but it makes sense for her character as she is like 10 and when she does realize the harmfulnes of her own actions she stops and tries to be better. Purity in this sense is a trait of betterment, Purity is NOT supposed to represent Mimi as a character with an unwavering moral compass that's perfectly aligned to good, instead it's meant to showcase her trait of Purity is the sense that she has a heavily wavering moral compass, one that leads her to make bad decisions at times but she then improves herself from her mistakes. Purity is (self)betterment rather than perfectly clear/good.

Counter argument: Mimi saving the people when she first get palesmon to digivolve into lillymon. It's easy to say this doesn't showcase either, or that it showcases her sincere want save people, or that it shows how pure she is by wanting to save everyone (especially her parents). So let me just justify my interpretation of the Crest of Purity representing betterment rather than being pure of heart (aka my explanation that's not the 3rd option I just gave). To keep this short, this scene is pay off of past (self)betterment and the gateway to more (self)betterment. The payoff comes from Mimi holding her ground rather than just encouraging everyone to run and get out, it's her acting (something that she's grown to do). The gateway of this scene is the fact that she is still doing this still protecting these people because of her family, she still hesitates to fight (until the very end of the series she hesitates to fight) but everytime she gets better she reacts faster she gains more confidence to do what she has come to believe is right, protecting others.

Iori/Cody

Okay I won't go into as much detail with Yolei/Miyako and Iori/Cody. But Cody is a bit difficult to really define but I still wanna say the Crest of Reliability fits him best. When Cody has to lie when he gets his digitama and is choosen to be Joe susesor it's easy to see how it's supposed to represent the in-between of the Crest of Sincerity, how it's okay to lie if necessary and that you can still be an honest (sincere) person. But read it withthe Crest of Reliability and that message is still there but another layer get added to it, Iori at that moment is doing what he can to save his friends and he pulls through despite his own hesitations it shows that responsibility within in that also helps his character as someone who always does what their told by their elders, he was taught to be honest and goes against those teachings for those he cares for. To me that developed who Iori is as a character a lot more.

Miyako/Yolei

I feel as if the execution of both crest was well down with her, to the point that if it weren't for her being the successor of Mimi I would probably be more on the Sincerity Crest side. The episode that stands out to me is surprisingly not when she gets her digitama of Sincerity/Purity it's when she gets dragged with Ken and Hikari to the dark ocean. Specifically when she slaps Hikari, that slap and the speech she gives to Hikari read so well with the Crest of Sincerity in mind, Yolei is being honest with Hikari, she's talking about her feelings she's unbashfully being herself and admitting what she wishes for, admits her jealous of Hikari. She's sincere and in ture she brings out Hikari's genuine emotions. I think this is the best use of the Crest of Sincerity and that the scene doesn't read as good when read with the trait of Purity in mind. It still reads well which is why I still think Yolei should have the Crest of Purity because it reads well with either and therefore dependent on what work for Mimi (as again she's suppose to be Mimi's successor) But just bc I like Sincerity better in this case doesn't mean I won't give my arguement for Purity.

The Crest of Purity in this same scene is weaker (imo) but it does still work, my point with Mimi is that Purity is suppose to represent (self)betterment and this scene can be argued to show that. The first step at fixing a problem is acknowledging it, this scene is Miyako out right admitting to everything that she sees wrong with herself and wants to change, it's her not necessarily asking for help from Hikari but telling Hikari "Hey I wish I wasn't as stubborn as I am and knew how to listen to others like you do" and in response Hikari points out that their is a good side to Yolei not being able to do that. This scene in this context is about (self)betterment but specifically the steps to it such as accepting the problem and understanding the positives that should stay but the negatives that do need work.

Now some of the scenes I talked about weren't scenes the characters crest were a big deal in. So ...

Why Think about the Crest in a situation that the character isn't actively using it?

The Crest that the digidestined have are meant to represent a trait they have (an arguable exception is made with Hikari's Crest of Light and Daisuke's Crest of Miracles but I have theories on that for another time) meaning in every scene you should be able to see the trait in each character or the character struggling with their trait. It shouldn't matter when if it's a trait that their suppose to represent at all times,

Taichi being scared because Courage is overcoming fear

Yamato pushing people away because he struggles with receiving the friendship of others (but giving it as much)

Mimi being selfish because it's something she needs to better

Takeru putting on a brave face because even if he doesn't have hope he refuses to let those around him lose hope

Sora holding someone back because she loves the so much and doesn't want them to be hurt

The whole point of the digidestined's crest is that they have these traits so deeply ingrained in their actions, yes their human and don't always adbid by them but even that is still present in their actions.

Lol sorry for the rant, feel free to drop your own opinions, at the end of the day it's just personal preference and interpretation, pls reblog so others can vote!

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Jou: Sincerity!

Dub

Joe: Reliability!

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Can't wait for my birthday. Im going home to see my momma and getting one of my digimon tattoos

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God only knows what TCG these are from, but they're in my card album lol

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Armadillomon as an Animal Crossing Villager!

Smart and relliable!

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This might just be me being petty

I saw a take about how Ingrid's racism should've been handled better so that Ingrid's character could be done justice and I'm like, you want to talk racism because the white girl deserves better???

Maybe I'm just splitting hairs here, but like....

Something feels off here

LMAOOOO yeah that's kind of crazy lol

Edit: This turned into a rant I wasn't expecting I'm really sorry

And, here's the thing, I like Ingrid--just for everything that's not involving Duscur.

I think what gets me about that case, and every case of the racism and xenophobia in 3H's narrative, is that it's treated as so utterly secondary in both the macro and micro sense.

Ingrid's hatred towards the Duscur people is in one support chain, in her dislikes, and one monastery line that's not even available if you pick the Eagles or Deer.

The hatred and ignorance towards the people of Brigid is only really displayed in subtext besides Petra's support with Hubert iirc. Dagda? Can't recall any meaningful discussion on that part that isn't just the Imperial war with them and Shamir being Shamir. Sreng? Barely a footnote in 3H, and I remember Hopes handling them badly too.

And Almyra? Biggest waste of time in the grand scheme, with its story relevant conflict settled off screen and the grander friction settled in an epilogue. And the only representation of that nation is a prince who has to hide his ancestry, and a former slave who had to be rescued that everyone in the fandom hates basically (if you think about it long enough) because he's a child.

The cherry on top is how pretty much any valuable social commentary is undercut by the game putting so much value on Crests in its story, to the point that it reads as lacking in self awareness.

Racism and xenophobia? Secondary, compared to the "obviously" more important topic of how Crests have affected rich kids.

Government and Religion being involved with one another? Questioned, but given less priority than lore dumps and sympathizing with imperialists.

Crest Breeding? It would be a fantasic read on societal misogyny and keeping women oppressed since they're basically sold by their families, but no, it's about Crests because the game said so and also men like Sylvain and Hanneman are miffed about it too (ignore how Sylvain is a "women are whores only after my money" type of douchebag and Hanneman's backstory makes no fucking logical sense because he could've easily just been the one to sleep with tons of women to make Crests instead of his sister fucking DYING FROM HEART FAILURE AFTER GIVING BIRTH TOO OFTEN).

Even the idea that should be aligned with the Crest narrative, that being the dynamic of societal hierarchy and power between classes, is superseded by Crests themselves.

It ignores Crestless nobles: Caspar's still a rich kid with an influential father, but he obviously has it rough cuz he's Crestless right?

It ignores poor nobles: let's not talk about how Ingrid's house and family are constantly starving and on the brink of collapse because her being married off for her Crest is the more pressing issue.

It ignores rich merchants: cuz I guess business acumen isn't an actual skill worth anything? And instead Ignatz is trying to be a knight and Raphael is gunning it as a merc, like uhhhh, no the mercantile class isn't as cut and dry as that.

It ignores successful commoners: two successful and famous songstresses and you have them whine about nobles keeping them down even though they literally made it? and both of them are desperately seeking marriage to the point of coming across pathetic? Fuck off, this is why Leonie is better commoner representation.

It ignores FOREIGN FUCKING ROYALTY and the dynamics of other countries: Petra is one of the most disrespected characters in the game, that's a forever truth IMO.

And see, I'd be fine with it if Crests were logically written to be the cause of this type of stuff. If Crests passed down more easily from mothers, it'd make more sense to have the blatant misogyny angle. If people in Fodlan more openly looked down on other countries for not having Crests, there you go, that's a connection. If there were more active barring of commoners and/or Crestless individuals rising up in the world, like a max quota of those people being allowed in the Academy by nobles who control the majority of funding for the place, that fixes it.

But all you have is missable or irrelevant. If your racism, misogyny and class warfare story elements are incomparable and incompatible to your made up magic blood? Maybe don't include it.

[futurefind]

//also s.o to the fact that one rumor/theory about fate/ rea circulating in clock tower (esp after they get their paws on her/SEE her as not just a hypothetical made up heir) is that, if she wasnt a kidnapped child/relative of the main rodas branch, is a straight up homonculus

(which like. probably for the better she'd get even MORE targets on her back if everyone internalized she has a fully* functional crest from a family/line she has no blood relation to but also. oh my god shes rattling in her cage))

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The idea of this is that "what if the energies of Digimon of original Tamers & the Crests became helpful guides to the second group?"

So this is the embodiment of Agumon,Tai, & the pure essence of what the crest of Courage means.

the embodiment of Gabumon, Matt & the pure essence of what the crest of Friendship means.

the embodiment of Biyomon, Sora & the pure essence of what the crest of Love means.

the embodiment of Tentomon, Izzy & & the pure essence of what the crest of Knowledge means.

the embodiment of Palmon, Mimi & the pure essence of what the crest of Sincerity means.

the embodiment of Gomamon, Joe & the pure essence of what the crest of Reliability means.

the embodiment of Patamon, TK & the pure essence of what the crest of Hope means.

the embodiment of Gatomon, Kairi & the pure essence of what the crest of Light means.

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Blossom Reverse (Yandere Batfam x Neglected! Poison Ivy‘s Daughter Reader!)

Chapter One

There was a moment, right after waking, when everything felt normal.

The sun crept in through gauzy curtains. Her sheets smelled like chamomile and old linen. The air carried that soft, dusty warmth of a mansion too large to ever truly feel full.

But then the moment passed.

And Y/N remembered everything.

The chains.

The underground cell.

The collar.

Her own scream as the collar crushed her throat—her vines too slow to answer.

She had died. She knew she had.

So why… was she here?

The room around her was achingly familiar—her old room. Not the larger suite she’d been moved to at sixteen. This one was smaller. Green wallpaper. A desk by the window. Her old stuffed elephant still sitting on the dresser, untouched by time.

Her chest tightened.

No.

This wasn’t right.

This was before.

A knock. Then the door creaked open.

“Miss YN,” came the voice that never stopped being gentle. “Time to wake, my dear.”

Alfred.

She turned slowly. There he stood—older, upright, the ever-reliable silhouette in his pressed suit and warm eyes. He stepped in, balancing a tray with tea, fruit, and a slice of toast—simple, perfect, the way he used to bring it when no one else remembered she was alive.

She sat up, heart thudding.

“Alfred…”

He raised a brow. “Yes, Miss?”

Her throat tightened. She wanted to cry. To throw herself at him. But she didn’t.

He didn’t know.

None of them knew.

They didn’t remember what had happened. How it ended.

Only she did.

“Never mind,” she said softly, voice smooth and polite. She smiled gently—the smile she had trained to wear like a mask.

He looked at her a moment longer, his expression unreadable, before placing the tray on the bedside table.

“You’ll be late if you linger. Master Damian is already downstairs. I imagine he won’t wait.”

She flinched inwardly at the name.

Damian Wayne.

In her first life, he was her older brother by adoption and blood—Bruce’s biological son, trained since birth, brilliant and deadly. He used to ignore her. Mock her sometimes. In school, he barely acknowledged her existence.

And yet, she had idolized him.

Tried to win his favor. Smiled at him every morning, even when he didn’t look her way. Followed after him in school and sat beside him at lunch, even when he moved two seats down. Laughed at his jokes, even when they were at her expense.

She wouldn’t do that this time.

This time, she’d keep her distance.

This time, she wouldn’t beg to belong.

She dressed herself slowly in the Gotham Academy uniform—neatly ironed, green plaid skirt, soft cream blouse, and a jacket that bore the Wayne crest. It was strange, wearing it again. Strange being fourteen when she had last worn it at eighteen.

She tied her hair back, tucked a flower behind her ear—reflexively—and then yanked it out with shaking fingers.

Not this time.

No vines. No bloom. No signs.

No one could know what she truly was.

⸻

Breakfast was quiet chaos, just like it had always been. Dick laughing too loud. Jason making jokes between bites. Tim hunched over a tablet, barely touching his food. Bruce silent at the head of the table, sipping black coffee and pretending not to brood.

They looked the same.

But YN saw it differently now. She saw the spaces where affection should have been. She sat at the far end of the table, untouched by their noise.

No one spoke to her.

No one noticed her tea going cold.

Just like before.

But now she didn’t feel sad. She felt… numb. Distant. Watching it like a memory already repeating itself.

Then Damian walked in—clean uniform, sharp eyes, katana still strapped across his back like it belonged there. (Bruce would reprimand him, because the boy knew that he could not take weapons with him to school. Still, he tries to do it regularly.)

He looked at her.

She didn’t smile.

He frowned—briefly—like something felt off, but then sat beside Bruce, ignoring her as always.

It was easier this way.

She didn’t want his approval anymore.

The ride to school was silent.

They were in the same car, just the two of them. Alfred had driven them, like he always had. Damian was on his phone, scrolling through something on his WayneTech interface. YN sat beside the window, backpack in her lap.

In the past, she used to try talking to him. Making conversation. Telling him about her school projects, or showing him her drawings.

Now, she stared at the skyline, her mind somewhere far away—four years ahead and buried beneath stone.

The car pulled up in front of Gotham Academy’s front steps. A wave of uniforms and chatter greeted them.

Damian got out first.

He didn’t wait.

She didn’t follow.

⸻

Inside the school, YN moved like a shadow. Students waved at her. A few boys smiled—too long, too interested. A girl ran up to say hi, called her “sweetheart,” asked if she was coming to lunch later.

YN nodded gently.

In this world, she was known for being kind. Polite. Shy, but graceful. Sweet as sugar, soft-spoken, the Wayne girl who always brought flowers to teachers and remembered birthdays.

And every boy with a pulse had tried to flirt with her at least once.

She remembered how they looked at her. How some of them turned cruel when she said no. How the whispers followed her through the halls.

She remembered how Damian would roll his eyes when she told him.

“You’re too sensitive,” he once told her.

“You let people get close.”

He was right.

She wouldn’t make that mistake again.

This time, she wasn’t going to be loved. She wasn’t going to be adored.

She was going to vanish—quietly, carefully—before the world could bury her again.

She would use her second chance in life.

Authors note:

Here comes the first chapter. Its still unedited and pretty short, but I wanted to try and post something. Any suggestions? Any ideas? Also, this story will contain a bit fanon stuff, but I will try to be as canon as possible.

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Which digimon crests do you think the tadc characters would have?

Those that go Courage, Friendship, Love, Knowledge, Sincerity, Reliability, Hope, Light and Kindness

(I was a huge digimon fan growing up, I think it's so cool you worked in the re-release of the movie. That was my comfort movie for years!)

oughghughugh you have NO idea how much my mind has been racing to figure this out since you sent me this

okay okay okay

kinger - reliability

gangle - courage

ragatha - love

pomni - hope

zooble - kindness

jax - friendship (he hasn't gotten it to glow and is bitter about it...)

queenie - knowledge

kaufmo - sincerity

previous circus members - used to wield ones now owned by current circus members

caine - doesn't know it, but is using the crest of light to power the circus digimon emperor citadel-style

(also thank you!! it was my dream project!!!!)