#but he cannot act on his superiority complex about them bc Its Not The Right Thing To Do

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Domesticated Post-Tekken 2 Era Kazuya is my favorite to think about because this would be so good for him and everyone else but he would have an absolutely miserable time during it

[olusegundare]

INVESTMENT AS RELATED TO RELATIONSHIP Relationship either love or not is a form of investment which also involves risks, gains etc. I howeva want to equate my write-up with love (family) relationship. (I) RISKS The risks being taking in relationship are: a) Opportunity cost risks: This happens when one leaves what one is doing to attend to one's partner, this happens when one creates time out of ostentatiously obvious paucity of time to attend to one's partner. Love relationship thrives, grows thru communication, but when the communication is down, things began to happen like a flood, just as the Yoruba adage, which says, "bi ogiri ko lanu alangba ko le ri aye wọle" (meaning if there is no crack in a wall, lizards cannot enter/penetrate into the wall). When communication gap brews, it is clear that d relationship will have some hiccups, difficulties & sometimes its ship may hit the rocks and become scattered. To avoid this, spouses must ensure that they create time for their spouses, particularly those whose jobs do not give them time, those who are not living at the same Island, because Academics, Technology etc has so make such high today. The onus is on such people to create time and times to answer their spouses calls. Interestingly many of the nation's network have provisions for that, special provisions whereby spouses can call each other at lower tarrifs for a whole month, I think such should be subscribed to and used adequately. (b) RISK OF LOSS If someone is just entering into a relationship with a relatively unknown person, these are part of the loss envisaged: 1) The person has to close his/her eyes to others outside irrespective of how appealing, how beautiful, how handsome, how educated etc the person is after agreeing/solidifying the proposal. This means the person will lose those people so as to be focused to apply his/her totallity to the person, 2) Lossing one's denomination, particularly ladies if her partner is not attending the same fellowship as she does, 3) Lossing one's Religion: In some instances when an idol worshiper repents and marries a believer, she has to lose that religion for the new one eg. Ruth (see book of Ruth), 4) Lose one's ego: Both persons cannot be leaders in the house, one, and according to bible the lady, must give the leadership to the male(man)...because the bible says, "for the husband is the head of the wife" (Eph 5:23a). In the head (cranium) lies the cerebral cortexes and cerebellum according to biologists and scientists. For simplicity sake, it is in the head that one thinks, it is by thinking that one makes advancements in life...,it is thinking that differentiates humans from animals..., it is thinking that makes humans superior and animals inferior.... This therefore suggests that, a man that a lady during dating (courtship) cannot willingly relinquish the headship position to, a man that a lady cannot listen to...the lady should reconsider her stance in such relationship because when they begin to live together and the distance is bridged, there will be serial corrections from each other...Now a person whom you dont yield to his correction while dating, how would you yield to him when living together? Oh! You wanna say, God will do it. Let God do the changes, let God make the corrections now that you lived apart. However, this does not connote that men are usually 100% right in all decisions, Nope ma, not at all. But this means that the head will also fine tune the ladies or women's suggestions...In other words, men's ego will also go here, when the man sees that his partner's counsel betters his' he will support it, but not suppress it. (Consider Prophet Moses' suggestion to God when God wanted to wipe out Israelites for their error in the wilderness (Ex 32)) 5) Even though richer, wealthier than your husband or fiancé, despite the fact that you are more educated than he does, irrepective of the fact that you are older than him (bc in some instances such happen), you as a lady or wife must not use that to oppress and or suppress him. I have once wrote a story on this channel about a woman who was wealthier and more connected by all standards than her hubby sometimes back. But, despite that, she became submissive to him.... She told my father's friend one day that irrespective of the fact that she was the one practically providing for the houses's daily needs then, she will still ask from him what he has to support he with. She said, even if he gave her ₦10:00 (ten naira) then, she will joyously receive it, and by that she was sure that she has received his blessings in whatever she wanted to do.... I heard that the man is now very rich perhaps richer than his wife... Thus, assuming you as a woman, are the one providing for all of house's needs today, you must still put that under your love, spouse and hubby, 6) Lossing one's friends: Some friends you will let go for the sake of your relationship and home, 7) Some ambitions may be shelved to ensure that your relationship/hom grows....Many people aspire to be governors, Senators, Minister of the Republic etc, infact many of our parents prayers, Pastors prayers etc are orchestrated toward this. But, when you as a person sees that such ambition may not assist your relationship/home, you have to forgo it...This is because before God home is superior to external or outside praises. Take as instance, Abraham sent away Ishmael bc of Sarah his half sister and sweet heart. Thus, all aspirations, plans he had for Ishmael was truncated for the sake of sustaining his home. 8) etc. Therefore, b4 you go to the altar with that man, can you flaunt him before your friends, relatives etc as your head and love? If you cannot, you may put on hold going to the altar with him until u sure can. Again, as a man, aint you pessimist about that sister bc she is a doctorate degree holder while you are a JSS 3 holder? She is a lecturer in a University earning 100,000 multiplied by your monthly income...but, because a prophet or whatever has said you are meant for each other, you are struggling to continue the relationship...Until you totally deliver yourself from that pessimism and inferiority complexes, things may not augur well for you. Or as a man, maybe you are a graduate and into a courtship with Primary Six certicate holder, can you expressly and joyously show her as your wife to be (fianceé) to friends/relatives? Were you to become a Permanent Secretary or Vice-Chancellor or whatever, will you not take another wife? If you are sure to dump her when tides of things positively change for you, and you become someone important in life, it is better you part ways with her now so that she finds someone of her "cadre". Elders sometimes make us to believe that love, yea, marriage transcends certificate, but it must come from individual's mind, it is your decision to decide whether or nay to love him or her till death separated you the duo... So, you have to think about this, ii) GAINS There are gains in investments, ditto for love relationships, some of which are: 1) Sexual satisfaction (I Cor. 7). It is essentially essential that couples, partners do not deny themselves when they have been coupled together...particularly after the payment of the bride price...and in some instances as the bride's family approves... This is because, some Parents having discovered that their daughter has come of age and the person she is dating is yet to be financially bouyant to meet with the obligations of the payment of the bride price, they gave them their blessings hopefully praying that they be blessed to fulfill such rites later in life... After these, it is quintessential that such do not deny, deprive themselves of such private communion any longer. The man can be moved, the lady can be moved, both can be moved together, but it is pivotal that they do not run away from this act. My mentor, late Pastor E. S. Adegunle, once told me a story of an incident that happened when he pastors a church in Ilorin. He said the woman was denying the man the access to her, putting up so many filmsy excuses. Both of them were suppossedly saved. After serial complains with the wife unyielding, the man had to find alternative route to satisfying this desire.... After he had satisfied himself, the woman now accepts him to enter her quandrangle. After the entrance, the wife discovered that she has contacted sexually transmitted diseases (STD). How could this be, because I know no man apart from my love? The woman asked. So the case was brought to their pastor (my mentor). And on interogation, the man confessed to Pastor that when his wife repeatedly denied him access, he had to access the assessible else where and it was from there he contacted the infirmity which was transfered to his wife... When you are married, this is one of the thing you must ensure that you do not deny your partner, it is his (or her) right. It is one It is one of the gains of the mutual agreement of yesteryears...sexual satisfaction. 2) COMPANIONSHIP: Anyone who has not expereinced being single one, should travel alone to some region where his/her language is neither heard nor understand. Thank gracious, this republic is full of such localities, as such you do not need to think of travelling out/getting visa/getting international Passports. Or you may relocate to a region that you have no person there and have a bite of what and how it feels to be without a companion. Love relationship provides a sure companionship for those who do not have one. Yoruba people used to say "ko si meji ẹnikan" (meaning a person cannot be two) in other words, a person cannot perform the role of two persons irrespective of how powerful the person is spiritually and or physically. 3) CONTINUATION OF GENE OR SEED: This happens when the person gives birth to babies, the gene continues, 4) GROWTH: It could be academic, financial, sports, business etc. All these will happen when the person marries the right person, the growth will occur in an astrological manner, like cellular division that occurs every hour, (this is what makes some viral infections dangerous because the rate of their multiplicity is extremely high). Such is what happens to such relationship. It isnt as if they wouldnt encounter some problems, but they sure will overcome those problems with ease when they are in accord, in synchronicity....The bible says one will chase a thousand and two chase hundreds of thousands, 5) RESPECT AND HONOUR: The erstwhile nay respected nor honoured person but who was being disdained, ridiculed and mocked will be respected and honoured by people when she or he gets a known love bird. (See my short story on FRIENDS AND CLOSER FRIEND). The abinitio brother who was not well addressed by a lady was being addressed well when his fianceé told everyone who cares to know that she was for him and he was for her. Ditto for the lady too, no-one no one could just address her anyhow again, because now people know there is tail/chain attached to her body... 6) SAFETY: i) In much counselling there is safety (Pro 11:14; 24:6). When a lady marries someone she can see as her head indeed, and with good counsellings after deliberations, there will be safety, what may bring problem will be averted by good counselling. This is also applicable to husbdands. Counsellings will solve some things that some prophecies may not solve. Some prophecies will not work when someone lacks a good counsellor and counselling, ii) Prayers also bring safety, iii) Money also brings safety...but Prayer is superior to money because where monies cannot penetrate, prayers would penetrate, on some matters or cases, money will not work, but prayers will... Prayer lives forever. iv) Academic Certificates also brings safety, particularly in our Present day Republic and perhaps globally. My father's friend, Alhaji Sheu said, certificates were not as important as this during their days, else they would have also struggled to possess one at all cost. Our Republic changed suddenly and everybody now values certificates, that is why there are so many false certificates, that is why our Republic is on the downward trend bc people ensure that either genuinely or by counterfeit they possess a certificate. And everyone can see how so many certificate holders have ship-wrecked the econemy of some states and the country in general. Certificates bring safety because the Salaries earn by them, the opportunities that Present itself to them, hardly could someone who have been trading for thirty or forty years equal such feat a certificate holder would possess a singular year after securing a government job. This is why people do not wish to think about self establishment. All these entreprenuership of a thing by many Universities would be tantamount to nothing later because when such people see that their peers are exceeding them in wealth, they will als They will also prefer to wait at home until such good tidings come along their paths. No one wants to suffer, greater percentage of women do not like a struggling person... And even if some women will want to endure, when they started to give birth to children, and financial challenges surfaced, another song will be sang by those people, v) Children also bring safety (Ps. 127: 4-5) vi) etc. 7) Propagating the Gospel becomes easy, particularly at this end of the globe where marriage is highly valued, 8) Attaining and or ascending to the throne (physical or spiritual) becomes easier... as it is said, "apọnle kò si fun ọba ti kò ni olori" (there is no respect for a king who has no wife (queen)", 9) Becoming a good judge or a good decision maker. This happens because it is by judgment (decision) that one's home becomes established, therefore applying that to the outside world wouldnt be much difficult 10) Etc. Lakotan ara, Apostle Paul talks about being single (I Cor 7:7)...so if you feel you want to remain single, you can continue. Continuing as thus, you must be ready to weather so many torrents of questionings in this Region of the Republic. However, in case you cannot remain single, prayerfully look for a partner, and I know God will give you one...and when you get one, please be ready to pay those prices, be ready for the risks. Thank you. God bless. Alafia! Shalom! Peace!

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ep 68

there was just...so much i wanted to think about after the episode was done that i wound up noting down my reactions and thoughts as I watched to get them straight and wouldn't forget anything

now I’m just...overwhelmed and curious to see if anyone has any thoughts to add to anything - hence me making use of the copy and paste function

Wait, Ai has had dreams before?! Well…I guess that answers the question of ‘’do androids dream of electric sheep’’ even if a fully sentient AI sans the robotic body is a bit far from android…

…why does the Cyvberse look like a set piece? With splits in the panels showing flat scenery and no movement in the smoke of the volcanoes?? IM SUSPICIOUS

Are you flipping serious, Yusaku perfectly serious and straight faced determined that Ai was definitely not present by using soap operas as bait. What is this episode and where has it been all my life

GOOOD GOD ROBOPPI IS THE CUTEST THING EVER!!!!!!!!!

So it’s is now confirmed that none of the others have been to Yusakus house before….and still have yet to…still, I wonder if the whole helper robot situation is a part of the reason he’s allowed to live alone – he has a helper

Wtf what are the little noises she keeps making, her reactions to the butterfly were adorable but the one when she’s plugged in and has hearts in her eyes…Vrains is seriously pushing the robot sex agenda with her aren’t they?

Oh holy smokes they lured him in via his own vanity THEY DEFINITELY KNOW HIS PERSONALITY WELL

Yusaku is learning to be more cautious with his allies and im so proud! if...worried as hell that he’s going in alone

Oooh Flame’s kind of bitter about Windy being treated with suspicion…I can’t wait to see his reaction when he discovers how warranted that suspicion was…

Holy shit even for an insidious plot involving a fake Cyberse the Ignis are enough the comedy part of the show that they screw up faking Linkuriboh - and Ai still doesn't catch on!

Wait…wait the Cyberse was SPREADING before it was destroyed?? That…I worry that has some concerning implications that the Ignis COULDN’T have just…been left alone forever, that eventually their interests would clash with humanities bc they were taking over the network or something

Ahaha holy shit I totally forgot about the whole joke with Ai not understanding Linkuribohs language no matter how he behaves like he does, and now I cant stop remembering the joke at the starts of season 2, damn that was funny

Dear god they even programmed this fake Cyverse to look like corrugated cardboard around the hole rather than, you know, actually make it look more like a real imitation

Damn Ai is well animated this episide…

AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH IT’S THE RETURN OF THE LOST INCIDENT THEME!!!!!!!! that's NEVER a good sign

Dear god the Ignis have their own language and it sounds like speaking in electrofunk tongues straight from digital hell. Really puts that au i’ve been thinking about where the Ignis are demons into perspective…

Mmmmkay so literally every fiber of my being is screaming not to trust Windy at the sight of him. From how he appeared out of thin air (as awesome as that was) to the way he’s sitting to how casual he is about all this, all ‘yo!’ and everything…also, his questioning why Ai isn’t speaking Ignis anymore brings up a lot of questions…especially since the biggest difference between Ai and everyone else is that he’s had an extra 5 years wandering the network experiencing life outside of the isolated space the Ignis made for themselves – he’s seen more of humanity than any of the others by a long shot and he’s decided he prefers emulating them over following the lead of the rest of his own kind, and that’s why I think he’s gonna make a big difference to the war that's apparently inevitable. I even wonder if we’ll see a parallel to what he said to Yusaku about the Cyberse being his paradise at the end of season 1 – I wonder if we’ll see him talk about the good parts of the human world to the Ignis

Oooooh I am EXTREMELY uncomfortable at how the fake Cyberse is now clearly an enclosed box…its really such a small space compared to what it would be, and what ought to be big open spaces for everyone to roam about in have become walls of a container…

Kudos to Windy’s voice actor, he sounds like he has a constant smile on his face even without the character having a mouth…

Oh good, even Ai realises how creepy his associate is

THE SHADOWY MAN ISNT A PERSON AT ALL ITS ANOTHER HOLDING PROGRAM LIKE ECHO OR THE TREE MAN!!!! Fucking hell why did I not think of that before… Bohman and all were never talking to the figure itself, but the Ignis on its arm…

Also HIS EYES ARE DIAMONDS!!! We finally have the full appearances of all Ignis and…damn are they interesting – Lightening is so…sharp in every way!

Ooh wow Ai was so used to being in the real world or Vrains he didn’t consider that he wasn’t limited by physics here…

…Is Ai meant to have hands way bigger than the others?? Cause I just noticed his forearms expand way more than Windy and Lightening at least, I need to look at the others designs to check it i’m pretty sure Aqua and Earth have similarly human proportioned hands compared to the rest of their body

Of COURSE Ai is the one who named him – thinking about it, I wonder if it came from liking his own name and seeing Flame also take pride in his name that he wanted to make sure the Ignis all had names

Wait there was a SPY in the Cyberse that led to the attack?! That...changes a lot of things...there was issues WITHIN the Cyberse that led the danger there, not solely an outside force interrupting their paradise

Aaaw Ai cares about Aqua

Wait she went missing BEFORE the attack?! And Ai doesn’t believe she’s the spy damn I love his faith in her

Hahaha Ai is getting called out for his naming habits and acts like a petulant child defending himself saying it’s for convenience – if that’s not a metaphor for the writers answering questions they knew would come up, I don’t know what is

Uuuuuuhhhh I do NOT trust how much Windy is pushing for Aqua to be the spy…It feels like deflecting the attention from himself and Lightening…but Ai isn’t letting himself be lead about, and somehow the fact it’s out of faith in Aqua as opposed to realising they’re trying to manipulate him just makes me all the more proud of him!!

Ai is asking the real questions here…

FAKE LINKURIBOH IS A SPY FOR THEM BOTH!!??!?!

FUCKING LINK SENSE IN ACTION RIGHT THERE!!! Uuugh this raises so many more questions though….how does he know how to do that?! Has he had practice with it, or is it some sort of unexplained instinct? Why hasn’t he done it before?! Like, I dunno, to find Bohman!!

Mmmmmmmmm I don’t like the superiority complex coming from Lightening…it reminds me of Kogami tbh, both how highly they think of themselves and how they’re of the belief that Ignis are superior but vulnerable enough to be destroyed. Except Kogami thought humans needed to attack before the Ignis wiped them out, and Lightening thinks they need to escape humanity’s reach before humans wipe THEM out

Wtf wtf WTF WTAF nonononono you guys weren’t supposed to actually take Kogami’s crazy lessons on board, you were supposed to have left his control bc you DIDN’T want to do as he said!!

Fucking hell a flaming Kogami bc of how the Ignis were named and…GAH I CANNOT HANDLE THIS INSANITY

So…they’re so high and mighty above the humans, but are utterly dependant on them for survival, as their whole world exists on the manmade network…and they’re going to enslave mankind to ensure they don’t get cut off…writers what on earth...

Oh sweet Jesus humans won’t even have THAT reason to keep existing fairly soon...I am VERY afraid of these 2

Wait, does that imply they’re making robotic bodies or something in order to affect the real world and be able to keep making hardware?? Cause…that could mean IRL duels against robots…

…wha, Ai? Wise? And what the hell is this about evil wisdom?? If that’s a jab at the dark element of monsters leading to fiends and whatnot, I don’t get what evil wisdom actually…implies. You could potentially stick evil in front of anything to joke about the dark ignis if that were the only reason, so there’s something I’m missing…though it’s nice to see that Windy and Lightening aren’t…like, 2 sides of the same coin, they’ve got their individual personalities and quirks and aren’t constantly on the same page

Oh…oh fucking hell he has a good point. I hate to admit it, but he does. Even if Ai believes Playmaker wouldn’t delete him, Ai will outlive Yusaku and then…there’s billions of humans out there, but that’s no guarantee that there will always be at least one capable person willing to defend him from those who DO want him dead. Trying to count on humans when you’re immortal and inhuman is…so risky it basically comes down to blind faith. And, frankly, the acceptance that things will probably one day go wrong. Humans accept the inevitability of death, but damn that must be difficult to face for creatures who’d been promised immortality from the get-go. They’ve been making plans for the long-long term future, so the threat of destruction must be…infinitely more terrifying and unknown to the Ignis than to us…

PLAYMAKER!! Interesting that the other 2 knew he was coming and didn’t…hinder him in any way

Wait, they were waiting for him?! Ooooh that does not bode well…

I’m so fascinated in how they are, for the most part, repeating themselves to Playmaker yet are going about it so so differently from how they treated Ai…

Also, the way the flashback reminded me that Kogami thought of humans as vulnerable while trapped in the real worlds dangers is a parallel to how the Ignis are vulnerable while they don’t have control over the hardware that runs the network they exist on

…DAMN that’s an interesting response from Yusaku! He isn’t denying that the Ignis might well be the closest thing to humanity’s successor, and we know he’s going to be honest about that sort of thing. This is his actual opinion. But, furthering that opinion, that possible label doesn’t give them the right to hurt people as though they don’t matter in the grand scheme of things, like how Kogami treated the kids and their families. And…he’s right, or at least I believe so. The Ignis are functionally immortal and have such power in the way of the network, the thing that humanity is so dependent on nowadays, but that’s not…the most important part of the situation. Yusaku just…wants people to stop suffering, whether by the Incident or the network being destroyed or this whole debacle…god I love this character

Ooooh no Windy took that very wrong…it sucks, bc that’s such a…childish argument! its all ‘’If you agree with me great, if you don’t, then you’re lying about your motivations and you’re an enemy and we shouldn’t listen to you’’! Like…dammit you guys are based off of 6 year olds and despite the whole ‘our mission’ this and ‘enslave humanity until they have no further use’ coming across as big important serious decisions made by big important serious people, they’re not the most mature

…fuck that’s even MORE sinister than I expected! They just…don’t care about humans enough to give a shit whether they’re suffering or have lives of their own, they just see them as a resource that will eventually need to be annihilated before they become a threat to their own existence…dammit, it’s not far from how we treat animals!! In fact, that’s exactly what it is! They consider themselves above humans even though they only exist because of them and are still dependant on them, but don’t see them as worth the same consideration they’d give one of their own (though even amongst themselves they’re pretty harsh given how they’ve talked about Aqua) so they’re willing to use them then throw them away like they…have no inherent value, no right to their own lives! Dammit, this feels horrible being on the other end of that…I might need to go vegetarian after this…

Ooooh Ai you sly fox…as much as I love more validation that Ai is a manipulative ignis and they know it while humans and us watchers have been assuming nothing but idiocy is in that head of his, I wonder how much was…genuine. I mean, wanting to try to find a solution with Playmaker seems…in character for him, particularly after that montage of him remembering all they’ve been through together. Still, the way he said goodbye without looking at them makes me feel like he’s trying to hide how nervous he is…and with good reason since they know what he’s up to. I’m starting to get why they call him wise, which is something I never thought I’d think

Dammit these 2 are really scaring me with how they’re just..so causal about chatting as they let Ai drift farther and farther away, fully aware they can cut him off whenever they feel like it and without a doubt are going to do so…

AGH THESE GUYS ARE ON THEIR HOME TURF AND THEYRE FUCKING POWERFUL

HAHAHAhahahaaaaa*whimper*…at least Windy is aware how sinister they’re coming across, even if he doesn’t seem to care…these guys are reminding me of Revolver and Spectre WAY too much

t-t-take over his programming?? Wouldn’t that…be like an Ignis lobotomy?!

‘’his opinion is 1 in 8 billion – you think that will change everything?’’ uuugh I mean he has a point but also this is a card game anime so…hopefully the answer is yes? Hopefully…this IS a very unconventional YGO after all…

Goddammit they don’t have to be so snide about it! Ai was trying to pass on what he’s learnt in his time with humanity – not to underestimate them! Especially his partner!! God I can’t wait for Playmaker and Ai to defeat them and ruin their plans like they did Kogami’s, it will somehow be even more satisfying to see these 2 learn how wrong they are about humanity…

…HE’S ONLY JUST NOW REALISING HE SHOULDN’T BE OUT OF HIS DUEL DISK?!?! dammit, he really is still our lovable dumbass, isn’t he?

HOLY SHIT A MOTHERFUCKING JOJOS REFERENCE this show has no shame and I can’t get enough of it

‘’After I’ve broken down everything that makes you your own person and absorbed you into myself I’ll fix what I don’t like about you’’ FUCK OFF WINDY

So Lightening is too fast for anyone to follow, and Windy has the best control of the Data storms, Earth is the best duelist, Aqua can tell truth from lies…I wonder what Flame and Ai’s specialties are…Ai’s might be monster making since he gets on so well with Linkuriboh and created Storm Access

WHAT THE HECKITY HECK

OH

OOOOH ONLY ONE PERSON MAKES ENTRANCES THAT EXTRA

Revolver, welcome ba-HE HAS EYEBALLS?!?! And eyelashes even prettier than Playmakers…what

‘’were you able to predict that I’d show up?’’ FUCK YEAH, GIVE THEM A TASTE OF THEIR OWN SASS!!!

Ow…my hands hurt bc I couldn’t refrain from slapping the palms together like an excited seal’s flippers…dafuq is wrong with me, I don't even regret it I was too invested in the new developments!

AaaaaAAAAGGGGHHH THEYRE DESTROYING THE FEEBLE CYVERSE IMITATION like it’s a fake probably meant to lure Ai more than anything but the fact they’re going to all that trouble despite that…damn they look so sinister lit by the fires of their own attack on a defenceless…place. I dunno what to call this area tbh. But it’s such a good way of showing how dedicated they still are to the cause by replicating the destruction of the real Cyberse, and to remind us that, well, they’re not good guys by any stretch of the mind. Revolver might have swooped in and saved the lives of our protags, and may have even intended to interrupt the process, but it wasn’t out of the goodness of his heart, it was most certainly bc of the same reason he’s avoided targeting Playmaker himself – he wants to duel him again and cant if he’s dead. Jeez…here’s hoping at least SOME of him just plain wanted to, just simply didn’t want him to die (even though he still definitely wants the Ignis dead).

And on that note…he kind of has a point, much as I hate to say it. These 2 are literally aiming to enslave and wipe out mankind after all…but goddammit I want to be on Ai’s side and say that there’s hope for a peaceful resolution! I just…don’t know if it’s possible with both sides containing such stubborn, angry parties…is it even possible for beings so long living to change their mindsets from what has apparently been their thoughts since creation? I can’t imagine Ignis commonly being open to change…

Uuuugh my god that preview though…Ai and Playmaker are caught between a rock and a hard place, 2 sides riling for a genocide of the other while the ex-emissary of revenge tries to talk peace and acceptance, co existence and letting go of one’s rage in order to have hope for the future…and that…kind of feels like what this is really about? As in, the future. Both Hanoi and the Ignis (not just these 2 but all of them sans Ai) are concerned with the future, with making sure they survive to EXIST in that future no matter the cost. And then there’s our protagonist pair – one who fought so hard to be able to move on from his trauma, to have a future worth living at all, and the other who spent his time in the Cyverse idling and enjoying life one moment to the next with no real regard for his duty as a leader there…who has now learnt so much from these transient humans in regards to taking risks and working hard for what is worthwhile. They’ve certainly got the best chance of anyone in the 8 billion strong population of the world of getting through to these guys, of changing their minds about how to consider the future.