#and we've not much of normal X yet (other than his sugar stealing. you go boy exploit the company back for sugar. I believe in you) but! | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

fallofthecelestial · 2 months ago

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Okay. Since we're going over all the takes on Mr. X at this point.. What if his powers really don't have a backside. What if (the state of) his normal life is the backside.

What if his normal life is akin to that of heroes where he has to pretend to be something he's not and follow rules that the people who control his life came up with to further their own goals. What if he can only be free of other people's beliefs and expectations when he's a hero.

What if in reality he truly is like everyone else. The other heroes. The ordinary people. All those who work themselves to the bone, who are tired and overworked and sick of all the exploitation...

What if when he's in the form of the number one hero.. when he becomes the most sought after product on the hero market..

Is when he gains the freedom to truly be himself

#to be hero x #tbhx #hero x #considering one of the first things they revealed to us in the trailers was that he's a white-collar worker...#we definitely need to think about that if we wanna try to predict / guess what he's actually like #this thing feels very lin ling coded but lin ling is tbhx coded (introduction to the main themes of the show)#so I feel like my best prediction rn is that he's actually the other side of the same damn coin #(cue the coin flip clip from the opening *coughs*)#I think from a writing perspective the whole downside thing is based on a characters perception #so if the writers make us think that X is an omnipresent all powerful god #then it just makes sense to reverse it by revealing that the opposite is equally as true #and then he'd have an even stronger incentive to want to break the system cuz both of his lives would've been defined by exploitation #maybe not the bright side of X (at least not after he became No. 1) but I don't think being the best product makes him no longer a product #ACTUALLY #“bright side” was supposed to refer to his hero identity bc of the black & white switch he has going on but #yeah calling his normal self the “dark side of X” would definitely reinforce the idea that it's the not so good parts he hides #and we've not much of normal X yet (other than his sugar stealing. you go boy exploit the company back for sugar. I believe in you) but!#we all know there's darker times coming. right.#I don't think they're gonna reveal his normal life to have a sad backstory or Idk (there's gonna be enough of that elsewhere anyways haha)#but we've definitely only seen the top of the iceberg for now #btw yes I do think capitalism & the CEOs are gonna be the real villains #and X is probably playing their game to win #yes all along you were reading my “X is actually anti-capitalist” propaganda #we're gonna go free heroes (at a cost) :))#ice demon talks #tbhx theories #tbhx analysis

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