#Episode 246

[wt-nv-quotes]

Worse than dad’s disappearance was mom’s disappearance. But hers was a metaphorical disappearance. Her body was around, but she was absent. Dad was there but not. Mom wasn’t there, but was.

[syvellsworld]

[itsawritblr]

Have some (mostly) naked Hades.

From Lore Olympus Episode 246.

I’m really irritated that Smythe didn’t draw his ass. I know kids read Lore, but Smythe drew Minthe’s bare butt, as well as Persephone’s, more than once.  I want to see Hades’ blue buttocks.

HIS EXPRESSION.

[gaslight-gatekeep-rocklee]

Are you kidding me?? I’m crying because of Naruto… AGAIN?

[vvanillavveins]

"I’ve tried spending more time with dad in my dreams and in my art. But he’s- god, he’s impossible. Just give me a straight answer, man. A word, a gesture, a look at your face even. I think he was like this in real life, Cecil. I think his ambiguity, his vagueness, is why mom hated talking about him. He's not enigmatic or magical. He is fucking frustrating. All these cryptic images, but I don’t think there’s much to understand about an absent father."

[imalleyes0]

Believe In a smiling god!

(Jk Kevin can go jump off of the brown stone spire or something)

[dilbobloggins]

you always know the wtnv episode is good when the title is “a story about…”

[agnes-come-back-challenge]

like okokokok there is SO MUCH to unpack here

ABBY????

CECIL GOT D E S C R I B E D ?

It Sticks With You

Cecil FINALLY getting called out for how he treated Steve?

"The faces of children are ghosts"??

AND THE ABBY/CECIL CHILDHOOD STORY????

[bardinthezone]

Guys..... Guys in "Fridge-worthy," what does Esteban call Cecil's dad?

Grandpa Gershwin.

Abby is only ever seen refered to (to my knowledge, correct me if I'm wrong) as Abby Palmer. But Cecil?

Cecil is Cecil Gershwin Palmer.

He is still inextricably linked with this man, in a way no one else in his family is.

And I don't think that's a good thing.

[boinin]

Last minute speculation about the next chapter, which will hopefully leak today. 247 will carry the title "Originality" according to PO2 Scans.

In this chapter, Noa rounds up the Japanese players for a strategy meeting. He finds Igaguri and Kiyora training (calling it now: they're rehearsing malicia foul 💀), while the other seven are in the monitor room checking out the new rankings.

...but there's ten players in BM.

...Kunigami, I'm trying to give your emo ass plot relevance, bear with me.

More likely than not, "Originality" will be Noa glazing Isagi and his MV powered plays, during the strategy meeting. Maybe it'll be the coach throwing Igaguri, Kiyora and Neru a bone at last, with an order to showcase their originality. Because they're unseen talents, that might give BM an edge over PXG.

Go figure. But what the title made my mind jump to was the inverse of originality: imitation.

Kunigami is Noel Noa's mimic, the Wild Card copycat. Although it's hard to get a read on the frigid bastard, it's unlikely he's pleased by this hulking teenager trying to ape his playstyle. He's an egoist himself, after all, if not one in Ego Jinpachi's mould. Besides, the experiment has arguably failed.

Being Noel Noa hasn't worked in Kunigami's favour.

Wild Card improved his physical stats, robbed him of his ability to co-operate on the pitch, and has rendered him next to invisible in Bastard Munchen. Yukimiya and Hiori had more impact in round 3 against Ubers, and the latter barely played five minutes of that match.

I could go on and on, but I already have: here I talk at length about Kunigami's character arc. But in short, in my view, this is the key thematic question of the Neo Egoist League, for both him and Isagi:

"Originality" is one of the qualities needed to adapt and survive. Isagi shows it in spades, and has all but conquered the team for himself. It's about time Kunigami took that advice on board and changed tactic.

But.... let's see. Watch the next chapter be an Isagi-glaze fest—I'll head to Tumblr Live on its deathbed to wipe the egg off my face.

[wt-nv-quotes]

Dress for the job you want (senior accountant), not the job you have (naked accountant).

[ezralva]

Oh...I just remember that Choso will get highlight scenes in this week's anime at the same week he jumps to fight Sukuna in the manga...

[diabeticgirl4]

The fact that cecil and abby's mom didn't actually physically leave when she left them........ ogh that somehow hurts even worse

[maxgicalgirl]

It was not a good idea to listen to today’s wtnv on my commute to work because as soon as Abby Fucking Palmer’s voice came out of my car radio I about choked and died. Which is NOT a good reaction when you are operating a vehicle.

[darkacademiaarchivist]

THE FUCKING. NEW NIGHT VALE EPISODE????!!!! HELLO I AM DEEPLY UNWELL????