#its also only in like 1 episode if i remember correctly

[stellarwaffles]

Lloyd helping Jay fix the training bot

[ricksanchezbignaturals]

i rewatched s7e3 and the weird sort of straight washing that happened with unity was worse than i realized in my first 1 and a half viewings. so im here to be a little bit more of a hater lol.

okay so like fuck this bitch in particular

now, i understand that unity has appeared in the comics which i haven't read so it's possible there's some lore there that idk about, but here's the deal as i understand it and why this specific alien acting like the face of unity bugs me so much. this alien is part of a species that, as of the episode in season 2, was very recently assimilated by unity. so like im not sure why there's so much focus placed on her specifically. having her act as a representative of sorts made sense in the first episode, she was a president on the newly assimilated planet that rick and the kids were visiting. but like, that's it, right? it doesn't make sense to me why she would be any more important than any of the other, what? trillions of life forms unity has under its belt? like the only reason for her to be here at all is to be recognizable to the audience, which like, fine. i think it's a little dumb, but whatever. the problem isn't having her as a symbol (personally i think it'd be cooler to not have an entity like unity tied down to being primarily represented through one body but i digress), the problem is that she's treated like more than that in this episode.

this is a part i didn't notice until my rewatch that really irked me.

these are concurrent shots from the scene when rick shows up and starts spraying unity. we see it in virginia telling rick to take it easy through the body of this human, then we see it continuing the conversation from its spaceship in the body of the alien. i am like super not a fan of the implications of that. this alien is not supposed to be unity any more than any one of my cells is me, but here it's depicted as though whenever unity does something in any of its bodies, it's coming from this lady. and like, that'd be super lame even if it wasn't an obvious womanification of a nongendered entity.

now im no english major so i don't have an elegant transition to put here, but yes, it is time to talk about pronouns. yeah yeah, ik, trans person gets hung up on pronouns, bite me okay, it's relevant. i went back and watched the first unity episode to be sure id remembered correctly, and yes, in that episode nobody uses gendered pronouns for unity. morty says "they" which seems more to be referring to a number of bodies, and other than that, people mostly say "unity" or "it". as for the new episode i noticed rick using nongendered pronouns twice

but after that he goes with she/her for the rest of the episode

and yeah, i think that is pretty disappointing. i didn't catch that "it" until my rewatch, but the use of "them" did make me really happy but then everybody started she/hering it. the combination of all that emphasis being put on a female body and people calling unity she so much makes for an episode that manages to be significantly less queer than the one that came out in 2015. it feels weirdly cowardly after that "we're all a little gay" bit in the last episode and doesn't inspire much confidence in me regarding rick's relationships with nonwomen. like stuff can be gay if it's for a joke, but there's more money on the line now than back in season 2, so rick's ex lover needed straightening up.

idk. i still like the episode because im easy and focusing on rick's mental health and relationships always makes me happy, but man, i am certainly not happy with how they handled unity. they really did it dirty, watered it down to being pretty much just another alien lady.

(also to be clear, i am not trying to shit on the writers here. obviously idk exactly what went on, but im pretty comfortable placing the blame squarely on execs)

[flower-boi16]

Helluva Boss doesn’t feel what it’s supposed to be anymore like how the hell do we go from imps going to earth to kill people to shitty forbidden fan fic love story!? and I feel so bad for brandon if I remember correctly viv came to him with the premise of a animated dark comedy adult cartoon and wanted him to voice blitzo so of course he said yes do you think he hates how the show is going now? I’m surprised he hasn’t left the show yet maybe after season 3 brandon will leave because he can’t take it anymore and Helluva Boss will get canceled

Ya, like I said in my previous post, HB has no idea what it's supposed to be. It abandoned its premise to go for a love story featuring a toxic relationship and it also tries to be about Blitz's trauma. None of these three ideas for a show mix, and I have no idea what this show is even supposed to be about.

Even in season 1 only two out of the eight episodes actually revolved around the premise.

As for the Brandon thing...we'll have to wait and see his opinion, though considering how badly written HB has become I will not blame him if he ever decides to leave the show. But again, we'll have to see what he thinks about what HB has become first. We won't see that for a long time though.

[rayofmisfortune]

Do you ever think about how when Ruin was still under the virus's control, Moon was the first person they saw in who knows how long, the person who he reached out to and begged for help, the person who reassured them that he was planning on saving them, the person who explained practically everything to them when they got cured, one of the people who they owe their LIFE to, and now Moon is the one interrogating them, accusing them of rebuilding eclipse, installing a tracker on them (1/2)

YES

YES I DO AND IT HURTS SO GOSH DARN BAD

New Moon... he just- I used to like him, yes he had his faults even in the past but it was easy to see those as him struggling with coming to terms with being someone who was SOMEONE ELSE before and needing to fit that holr the person left behind. He was relearning everything from scratch. It was understandablw that he would hiccup at some points.

My main appeal of old Moon was mainly that... he could SEE when someone was trying to change, when someone had a chance to turn over a new leaf. Because he HIMSELF had tried and done that. He knew what it was like to be someone viewed in a negative light, but he also knew what it was like to want to BE better and he was lucky enough to get the chance for that. Yes all the celestial family's problems stem from old Moon leaving Eclipse behind in Sun but.. to a level he can't really be blamed for that? He didn't know the killcode would grow sentient, he didn't know it would become its own person. He couldn't have predicted that as it's not something that happened to them before. He wanted to not be a danger to his brother now that they both had their own frames and could exist side to side.

The new Moon... he doesn't KNOW that. He doesn't know why the old Moon did the stuff he did. He doesn't know what it's like to be shaped into a monster by design yet wish for something better, something more. He DOESN'T. He'd never had the chance to learn or experience what that's like. The old Moon had. He doesn't know what to look for in a person to see that they wish to be different but are struggling to do so, or refuse to acknowladge it til the last possible moment. That's why he blasted backup Eclipse, he didn't register the desperation in his voice as genuine ladt ditch attempt to be given a moment to explain. No, he saw it as manipulation. The old Moon, by all means, would hsve most likely picked up on that as... NOT something Eclipse had ever done before. So backup Eclipse was blasted

I think the only reason he picked up on Ruin Eclipse not being the one in control there was solely because he sent Sun into the Ruin dimension and had the proof of that handed to him on a silver platter. Robots there have been infected by a virus that makes them go crazy and kill organic life. So.. he had proof of a person existing under the virus' control. And he did what he could to get that person out of the deep virus riddled sea they were trapped in. Because. He. Had. Proof.

After they managed to cure Ruin Eclipse? He. Had. No. Proof. Of. The. Virus. Being. Gone. He explained everything to them after they woke up, because they needed to know that no, you can't go home. Yes, you're stuck with us now. You were a bad guy. If I remember correctly, Ruin Eclipse was last aware of themself in the year of 2015 or 2017 (< in the episode they woke up, they weren't sure themselves) and the virus had been in their system for... 50ish years? Unsure.

Now we're here. Where they're getting shoved off to the side. Which has been mainly started by the same person that gave them their mind back. Why? Because Moon has no proof of them being cured. He has nothing. So, he's wary, distrustful. Shoving Ruin Eclipse to the side to make them not be a problem. While.. being SURPRISED when they want to help and be included. They didn't ask for this. For all we know they could be locked up in the arcade, reminiscing on how it all probably would be better if they haven't been cured. Haven't been aware. Haven't ever left their dimension. Ect. Ect.

They are lonely and desperate. Confused. Kept out of the loop. They don't know anything unless they ASK. They are thought of as stupid, when.. Ruin, while infected, was miles above Moon and Eclipse combined. To this day, they don't know how he could read what was in the static screens, or even how he did it. No one knows how he did it. And then we have our cured Ruin Eclipse who, may not be as much of a smartsy as Ruin was, but they ARE Sun and Moon combined. They aren't as smart as Moon, sure. But they know how to follow blueprints. If they have a blueprint for something, they can follow it to a T. It's downright insulting to think of them as stupid (same with Sun, he isn't stupid either). Moon thought it necessary to explain how the tracker works at which- Ruin Clipsy was probably thinking something along the lines of "I know how a tracker works."

They just- gosh, they need someone to talk to. To be there with them. Just someone who they can ramble off to, info dump, whatever else they need. Physical touch's important and they've.. I feel like they've been kept away from that a lot

[witchofthesouls]

do you realize how awesome that would be between a cybertronian and an atlanian having a few similarities ?

also I had a lot of thoughts that had me sort of stuck.

Like the beginning part of how the atlanians were trying so very hard to out run an explosion. Perhaps a little tie to Quintess? something must of had their attention that they thus gave knowledge to them but later something that caused their downfall, just like Quintess and his creations. perhaps that was price?

would the Cybertronians know at some point, be it accident or intentionally, they seek them out? Even if they had no tie to the primes, it would still be one within of Primal. though the same could be said in reverse. either way, who knows what they may have inhereted by the line. Scratch that, the Guardian would more than likely prevent them from going further but say they do get past the Guardian and they do come across an Atlanian and thus their broken home beneath the surface.

I had forgetton that the stone(?) defense does react to danger and does choose someone of royalty. I did forget about the part where Kida was chosen and thus looked... crystalized? like energon. but also could not be touched cuz you'd wind up being like them too.

I unfortunately do not remember the all parts, only bits and pieces of the movie so feel free to ignore this.

There had been some talk that other ancient civilizations had their own massive technological marvel wonders in that movie verse, so perhaps there's something in the legends and myths…

I can't help but to think of it in a universe where Earth-is-Unicron or Unicron-yielded-Gaea because 1) we all need to utilize that way more, 2) makes sense with all the chaotic fuckery on the planet, and 3) would make a lot of sense on how it managed to store/grow Energon without tipping off a nearest spacefaring civilization, seems to be a reverse Cybertron in its makeup (dirt, metal, and water), yet able to support Primus’ own creations if utilized correctly, and build on the connection between Earth and Cybertron.

We're cousins. We have to fuck around with it. Especially with the same idea that Cybertronians and humans are cousins to the Quintessons since those multi-faced, space squids are Quintus’ descendants.

So that would make so much sense why Atlantis’ mobile weaponry was modeled after sea creatures. The Atlantians are taking advantage of the squids’ natural predators for extra psychological damage.

Imagine if the Leviathan ship came after the Quintesson invasion after a lot of tinkering between mechanical and organic components? The Atlantic answer to Quintessons’ space whale transport.

King Kashekim's dying words gave us so many details of the Heart itself and how it's able to make choices. Look, if that doesn't feel like a divine instrument or a Primal Artifact, then I don't know what does!

As a timeline, we could put the Downfall after repelling the Quintessons. King Kashekim would have had access to greater tech compared to other ally civilizations at that point, who's to say he wasn't looking to expand Atlantis’ dominion, especially after a massive undertaking and decisive win?

As for being searched by Cybertronians, it would depend on the universe. It would totally revamp the G1 episode with Atlantis and TFP would have really fantastic world-building on sentient Artifacts, Optimus not being the last of the Primes, and delve into the impact of cultural/religious instruments and “who” could claim them. Could the Autobots take the Heart and doom the inhabitants to ensure Decepticons don't raid it? What happens if the Heart refuses to cooperate? It may be a Primal Artifact/Titan, but who holds its loyalty? The descendants of its creator, especially with an unbroken lineage, or a pure Cybertronian Prime?

Could they even get past the Leviathan in the first place? This isn't a submarine where a standard mech could punch through its hull. A Leviathan is a proper war machine on a galactic standard and capable of transporting the Cybertronians themselves. Would it obey Optimus or not?

There are so many directions this could go. It's fascinating!

[ask-the-no-killing-game-au]

Okay I've had enough, I wanted to see what happened but I can't stand it anymore.

AREI, XANDER ANYONE PLEASSEEE GO CHECK/SAVE/HELP VERONIKA PLEASEE EVEN YOU DAVID (please wake up from your slumber!...but if u really don't want to...its ok...)

also, dear ultimate chemist! You don't have to go check on veronika... i'm not too sure if i remembered correctly or if it's been asked if you have a fear of something or not...! Whit, please keep your partner accompanied!

PLEASE ANYONE I BEG OF YOUUU

(To arturo only: >:,( , I hope you don't regret this cuz I don't know how to ask to comfort...nor can the others... I think.)

ooc - I'm starting to have less asks to answer, please send in any questions you have !! :3

"I'm not sure what you think of me, but I don't like it. I'm not so weak and little that I can't manage seeing something everyone else can."

"That's not the biggest concern here.. if it's something she- I mean, he's not able to see.. that means it's-*"

"I just want people to stop treating me like a child, is that too much to ask?.... And Whit, I heard that. You can't be so careless about.. it, I've not told anyone except you."

*Chapter 1, Episode 9. 15:07

[waitmyturtles]

This is VERY UNLIKE ME, but here's some incredibly fast, EXTREMELY late-night meta on two dramas (Dangerous Romance and I Feel You Linger in the Air) from this TIRED mama, all before Only Friends later today!

(Y'all. I've missed being around this week! Moving and unpacking... I'll tell ya. It gets harder as I get older. Mostly because I/we have more stuff, and the BRAINS I need to figure out where this stuff should go is like, as mentally draining as it is physically draining to open boxes, unpack 'em, go up and down stairs -- damn. I have been COLLAPSING at night. Friends have been sending me meta to read -- @ranchthoughts, I see you, boo! <3 <3 The little peeks and breaks I've been getting have been giving me energy. I'm a little back on my bullshit now, and I can't wait to give Only Friends the full treatment tomorrow. But for now, quick notes!)

1) Dangerous Romance, episode 4: Listen, the friends covered a lot (here, here, and here -- @neuroticbookworm, @lurkingshan, @wen-kexing-apologist, all clowning correctly). WKA also notes that this show was written by Pratchaya Thavornthummarut and Bee Pongsate, two of the three writers of some of the best BLs ever -- Bad Buddy, My School President, Dark Blue Kiss, etc. When Bee and Pratchaya write WITHOUT Au Kornprom, as they did in BBS, MSP, and DBK -- things go a touch awry (cc @chickenstrangers, as we've talked about this before). Bee and Pratchaya, for instance, wrote Vice Versa, which I haven't watched, but I know the fam is mid on. (Remember when Aof Noppharnach had to come in to save 2gether by making Still 2gether? 2gether was written by Bee and Pratchaya -- Aof and Au joined in on the Still 2gether correction.)

ANYWAY, ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY that I should have been smarter about this show when I started in on it. It's directed in part by Lit Phadung, formerly of SOTUS, which is a fine show by nostalgia's standards! But like, not the height of drahmah.

So there's a lot of mid kinda swirling around here, and god, honestly, I'm kicking myself, because I should have been more sus. I should have been more sus!

Perth and Chimon are too good for this show. Not that I hate it! I don't hate the show, per se. It's just -- the first episode was so intense, so very issues-based, as all the dear friends noted, that to swerve towards a SUCH a gloopy romance plot was just... man, even SOTUS was WAY more clear in its plot than DR. (Dudes, I was chatting with @neuroticbookworm while I was watching this, and I was like, LOVE SICK HAD A MORE CONVINCING ROMANCE PACE THAN THIS. LOVE SICK!!!) DR is moving WAY too quickly towards the cheesiest of tropes, without the beef to back it up.

Anyway, from the energy vibes that Perth and Chimon are giving off, they should either 1) be making out by now, and/or 2) doing it by now, because like, WHOA, lots of staring, boys! LOTS of staring. And lemme tell ya, someone's staring at me like that, like in the clurb or something, and I'm like, yep, make-out time, right?! RIGHT?!

I am now officially watching this show, as I noted to @neuroticbookworm, literally to watch all the dear GMMTV celebs in here try to avoid a dumpster fire. (Where the hell is June?!) (At least Marc and Pawin are funny for like, the 10 seconds we see them.)

OH, ALSO?! What's the difference in Sailom becoming a sex worker vs. being bought out as a live-in tutor? Were we supposed to judge Sailom becoming an escort? Are we intentionally ignoring bias in socioeconomic gaps, writers? TOO MUCH TO ASK, TEAM! Too. much. to. ask.

I luv you, Perth and Chimon, I LUV YOU, BUT WHY. ANYWAY. MOVING ON.

2) I haven't written anything about I Feel You Linger in the Air yet because of LIFE (see above), and I was very wibbly about it when I started it, because you, your mother, MY mother, and MY MOTHER'S MOTHER all know about how sus I am on Tee Bundit (but I finally watched Lovely Writer and LOVED IT, so I am a touch less sus).

ANYWAY, thanks to the convincing of @lurkingshan and @neuroticbookworm to look past the slow pace of the first episode as accurate for a historical drama, I kept at it with IFYLITA. And I'm glad I did.

Now this? THIS IS A BL, BABY!

We got sexy typewriter scenes! Drawings of cutie widdle pigwets! Drunk falls! Red cheeks! Reading out loud! POETRY! FLOWERS! ENEMIES AND INTRIGUE! (I'm not happy about the marital rape, but unfortunately, I am thinking that is accurate for the time being portrayed.)

Admittedly -- god, Tee, the episodes are still a little long, my homey. A little long. BUT.

This show, as so many have noted, is just beyond gorgeous. The plumerias. I LOVE Ming and Maey. I LOVE THAT WE MAY HAVE A SAPPHIC SUB-PLOT.

But I also appreciate that only four episodes in, we haven't forgotten that this is a time travel show, in the midst of the budding romance. My thinking on that out-of-body experience on Jom's part was Jom flirting with consciousness after the present-day car crash. But who knows.

I like that Jom is making the connections with those drawings he found in that chest -- and that, lol, he was asking Prik questions about the architecture. Even though Yai's dad seems like a bad dude, I have faith that Tee Bundit is going to keep Nu Surasak going as a good BL dad/dude -- fingers crossed.

I am just -- I am loving where this show is going to go. The house is worried about Yai. I like the way the scent about Yai's preferences is a lot more muted in 1920s Thailand than it would be as set in the present-day. I just think that's totally accurate for what I would call an "old-fashioned" Asian perspective now. I'm very intrigued to see how a historical drama like this will wrestle with homophobia, as this is my first period BL, and -- I'm just excited to see where it'll go.

The acting is GREAT, the pace of the romance is GREAT, the pace of the filming is still slow, but I can't believe I'm saying this -- I'll continue to forgive it for now. Tee, please, PLEASE don't fail us, because you have something GREAT going on here. Yai, head over HEEEELLLLSSS for Jom, is just -- it's a wonder to see, and I am fully on this roller coaster palanquin ride.

(Also, hey, TWO DRAMAS where dudes were PAID to live with their crushes. K!)

(Oh, also, definitely, next time I'm at a clurb, in like, 20 years, I am definitely ordering an URN of liquor with a ladle. Like a baijiu urn. Fuck yeah. What a LOOK.)

(Okay, that's it, good night, see you for Only Friends!)

[420technoblazeit]

hello! i'd love to hear your thoughts on hazbin hotel's writing :] i really like the show, but i'm not really sure if i think it's...good? if that makes sense. so i'd love a second opinion :O

oh my god thank you so much for sending this ask bc ive been thinking about this for sooooo long ive got a lot to say about this show. picture that scene in the first episode where charlie whips out her longass pile of drawings to explain the hotel. that's me rn i have many things good and bad to say about this show. first off im gonna keep it a buck fifty with you anyone genuinely saying this show is really bad needs to watch more shows. watch supernatural season 13 or something. this was not by any stretch of the imagination a bad show for me writing-wise and even the criticisms i have here are mostly nitpicks

i actually think they did a pretty good job given the constraints they had. 8 episodes with 25 minutes each is a ridiculously small amount of time. that's less than 4 hours total to tell this whole story and develop, what, 6 main characters? and introduce major antagonists and the minor antagonists for the next season. i don't know how much they had to cut but i'm willing to bet it was a substantial amount since the show in-universe takes place over the span of 6 months. like i know everyone says this about the show but i really do feel bad that they were given such a short amount of time because it's pretty clear to me that there's a lot of passion put behind this project

i've heard a lot of people say that they have issues with the pacing of the show and i kind of agree. i think the timeline of the plot is kind of weird with episode 1 taking place 6 months from the extermination and episode 2 taking place very soon after. if i remember correctly we don't know when episodes 3 and 4 take place but episodes 5, 6, and 7 all take place back to back probably because they didn't want to shove angel, husk, and sir pentious' major character development right at the end of the series as the plot came to its climax. i think i can understand that reasoning but it does make for a very odd structure and leave the story feeling rushed near the end. i don't know what could have fixed this because having vaggie and charlie visit heaven earlier would have meant that a lot of the show had a higher sense of tension and i think that would've been worse. idk. i understand the criticism and i agree with it i just don't know what could have fixed it

the songs are banger. obviously. that's what happens when you hire half of the living tombstone to write your songs theyre just going to be sick as hell. loser, baby was my favorite and the one from dad beat dad was a close second i liked it a lot. i also think they did a great job developing all of the characters and giving them really solid character arcs with a couple exceptions, mostly alastor, niffty, and vaggie. i'll touch on that in a second. to me angel dust is the emotional core of the show and i really like him and husk. theyre my favorites ill b so sad if they get wrenched apart next season

i have some thoughts on vaggie and this comes from a place of love because i think she's an example of a really great character concept with a not-so-great execution. here's what i think. the writers seem to have a tendency of only giving vaggie big character moments that are tied to her relationship with charlie. and it bugs me a little bit. im not saying that vaggie being charlie's girlfriend has to be a smaller part of her character but every time we get a moment with her like her song in episode 3 it's about how she wants to protect charlie. as much as i love 'out for love' in episode 7 it was kind of unnecessary because we already know how devoted vaggie is to charlie. that was never called into question. for her to go to heaven, knowing that they would recognize her there as a fallen angel, just because charlie wanted her to be there really shows how much she loves her. and i think that part of episode 7 could have been better devoted to exploring the reason why she put her faith in the hotel and what charlie was doing in the first place, because she wants to believe that she can find redemption for the crimes she committed as an exorcist. i don't think they talked enough about the idea that vaggie was cast out of heaven for showing mercy to a sinner. and how this shows the very black-and-white view of morality that heaven has. i think i would like vaggie as a character more if the show stopped trying to frame her belief in the hotel as loyalty to her girlfriend and instead talked about how she's trying to find redemption herself, not in trying to get into heaven but in atoning for the many sinners she killed during the exterminations. that's a really big part of her character that i think should be touched on more often

if you follow me you already know my nitpicks about alastor. theyre problems that will almost certainly be fixed in the next season and theyre incredibly minor, i just dont like characters who seem to always inexplicably one step ahead of everyone else and above all sense of consequence. and to me this is made worse by the fact that alastor appears so often in season 1 without having any character development right next to characters like husk and angel who are going through such horrible, horrible things in their lives. and i think the longer we get alastor as a mysterious 5d chessmaster type of character without knowing his true motivations the more annoying it gets. again, nitpicks that almost certainly won't be a problem next season given the way they're setting up his character. you might not have even considered this to be a problem and think that i'm just being a fucked up little whiny bitch. lmao. it's just a personal thing. niffty i think doesn't have to have character development, as it stands she's entertaining enough by herself and i'm fine with having her run around the hotel with no discernible motivations. she's just havin fun

i think the vees are some really strong love to hate them villains. val obviously is a despicable piece of shit and im looking forward to seeing him get what's coming to him. i have no complaints in regards to them i think their moments were tied into the series very well and theyre interesting antagonists already. it's gonna be great seeing them come more into the spotlight in season 2. i will say that i think some of the time dedicated to exploring their characters could have been put towards the actual main villains of this season, heaven and the rest of the angels, but whatever. as i said before i think a lot of the major plot exposition could have been spread out. but in general i think the vees are really interesting

[texasbama]

Hiya I know you're a safe space and I need to get this out, so sorry in advance 🙃.

I see how amazing canon bi buck is for the queer community and I don't mind how it happened in canon. But while I should be happy, I actually kind of feel like I'm mourning? I'm so attached to eddie, maybe unhealthily so, and the ensemble found family dynamic is what first brought me to the show. For a while it's been a struggle having the fandom basically shove buck into every spec or storyline and act like he is a perfect angel and the centre of the universe. But there was always the eddiezers and it was more balanced. But now literally EVERYBODY is all about buck and tommy. It feels like the rest of the show doesn't even exist. I know its only been a couple of days but going on social media now just makes me anxious and idk why really. I'm worried about future eddie storylines, I'm desperate for marisol to disappear, but the vibe is that now buck is bi nothing else matters, we've won apparently, who even cares about eddie or the other characters because buck kissed a man.

Also I'm sex-repulsed ace and people saying how if you don't like it you're a purist and an evangelical and homophobic and biphobic actually makes me feel like shit. I never really understood wanting two characters to have sex 'because why not', because I don't understand why anyone wants to ever lol. I can only read buddie smut in very specific scenarios and most of the time i skip even that. And the rhetoric in a lot of tumblr space recently makes me feel like a bad person for not being all for it 100%. I don't think I've explained myself well here but I tried. You don't have to reply or post this either, I just wanted to reach out to someone in fandom who won't jump down my throat for it 😅. 911 is kind of a hyperfixation of mine so even though I'm trying to stay away as much as possible so as to not make myself more upset but I have no idea what to do with myself otherwise 🫠. Thanks for reading and sorry for unloading on you

Please don’t apologize, im happy you felt like I was a safe space. Im gonna break this into two parts and I hope I can articulate myself correctly lol

1) the first few days after an episode, any episode but especially one like this, isn’t indicative of fandom as a whole. Emotions are heightened due to what happened in the episode. Everyone is screaming about something and it’s in your face ya know? This week something HUGE happened, so yes people are talking about it. It was to be expected. We must make space for people to be happy about it. It’s a beautiful thing and queer joy MUST be celebrated.

This show (for the most part) has done a beautiful job of giving each character their time to shine(some more so than others but thats a conversation for a different day). Coming off 7x04, yes the headline is Bi Buck. And it will continue to be for a while, but it’s important to remember that YOU curate your fandom experience. I don’t blame you at all for what you’re feeling, ESPECIALLY as an Eddie girlie(gn), like I get it! Trust me! I’ve had to carefully maneuver through some emotions this week myself. I’m human! But filtering and being able to step away is everything.

Being excited about the storyline and also hoping and wanting more from other storylines are two things that can be true at the same time. It’s not one or the other. Remember that.

2) im going to say this and just know the caps is because I am just passionate. I promise you, its yelling at you with love okay?

I know it is easier said than done, but don’t you EVER allow ANYONE on this fucking hellsite make you feel less than or that your asexuality is anything but 100% valid. YOU are valid, you hear me?

Okay. I had to make sure to say that first. Whew. Now. As for the fandom piece of it all, we have to remember that there levels to it. You are allowed to feel the way you feel about sex, BUT it’s also important to remember that sex positivity (and those who express it) is also a good and valid. If you feel like there are blogs that talk down to you, imply that YOU are homophobic or biphobic simply because YOU are not doing cartwheels about different sex acts, then block. Unfollow. Do whatever you need to. Those people are scum.

Listen to me *pulls you close*, this is always a safe space. You are a valid, your existence and experiences are valid. And anyone who makes you question that can fuck right off. And lastly, HAPPY ASEXUALITY DAY TO YOU SPECIFICALLY! MUAH! 💜🤍🩶🖤

[darkietrashcan]

BAKUGO KATSUKI RISING

Many are saying that the animation looks wacky compared to the beautiful manga panels. Like, this:

Do I have to remind you that ANIMATION ISN'T ILLUSTRATION???

Animation is a media in which drawings are moving: that's its core. Therefore, shapes are simplified to achieve that goal. The better the drawings the higher the budget/farther away the deadline. The drawing in the anime doesn't look that appealing because Shiggy is supposed to move mid air, how do you expect all those lines/injuries being shown in the anime? To do that, an animator must draw many drawings of shiggy with all those scars, which would take a lot of time to do. And sometimes, with the budget given, those things can't be possible.

How do you expect the anime having the same quality as the manga? The manga has illustrations that imitate movement and only one drawing is needed to make the audience understand what is happening. but in animation we have that ACTUAL MOVEMENT (animation needs many frames-drawings to achieve a movement) therefore shapes must be simplified or it'd be too difficult to animate. Animators invest much time on drawing many drawings for a certain action.

Remember that 1 action panel in a manga=many drawings in the anime for that same action.

Animation quality gets better with a higher budget. We could blame it on the movie, as if it drained a lot of the budget for this season but idk. It could be also a low production budget overall. Another possibility could be the decision making of the director: if he wants certain scenes to look better than others, those scenes will be animated better because animators will invest more of their time in them. Example: (this scene was insane!)

Therefore, other scenes like the Shigaraki one, won't look as great because the animators had to focus on other scenes which are more important for the episode/series.

Which doesn't make much sense too, because the impalement scene looked like a still frame. It could've shown Shiggy's blades cutting through Bakugo's body (or would that have been too gory to show?) Or another creative idea.

I would blame this on the decision making of the director, he may have wanted the Endeavor scene (in which he burns Shigaraki to death) looking better because it was like a hope symbol for the Heroes, and therefore for the audience... Shiggy looks defeated, until he comes back to life thanks to AFO and impales Endeavor and the hope gets lost once again. But why hasn't the director put the emphasis on Katsuki's impalement? This scene returns a sour hope back because Deku gets saved but Bakugo gets seriously impaled AND showcases his character development. And I repeat: IN MY OPINIOM, this was a "bad decision making". They could've put more time into animating the impalement. it happened too fast (although in the manga, it's literally like that!), yet I couldn't savour it enough, it wasn't as impactful as when I read the manga, or when I wasn't a manga reader and got to watch Kacchan vs Deku 2, or Shoto vs Deku in the Sports festival. I believe that a lot of the budget for this season was cut down, which is sad, and delivered this result.

Either way, LOOKING AT THE WHOLE EPISODE, it was GREAT. SHIGGY VS DEKU. THE PUNCHES. BAKUGOS PAST. GEEZ. SO ANOTHER REMINDER: LOOK AT THE WHOLE EPISODE AND don't say the episode was shit because of one frame or one action. Bakugo's impalement was my only complaint for the ep, the rest, was an absolute banger

And we got beautiful still panels for the ending. 😭😁

To conclude, I still wanted to remind you that animation isn't illustration, and many of you had elevated expectations because you saw redrawn manga panels that looked way more appealing... When in reality, animation. Is not. Illustration. Animators can't make such beauties unless they get correctly paid for doing that.

Anyway that's all. I want to listen to your opinions though. Please be respectful.

[miko-honey]

WOOHOO ANOTHER CRYBABY RANT!!! This time about Miki cuz I really hate how Miki is written in Crybaby, she's literally written as this PURE GIRL WHO HAS A SENSE OF JUSTICE they erased all her spunk and sas to make her "the girl character." ERM BUT SHE ISNT PURE AT ALL SHE TAKES NAUGHTY PICTURES- because some literally who creep told her to. Also when they do show her more defensive side and how she can handle things on her own too without the help of Akira they only show it 2 times if I remember correctly (in episode 5 and 7 I think) the first time she was helping the rappers (unironically the best part about Crybaby even if they don't need to be there their presence just makes things funny) from police brutality and when she went outside by herself when people started freaking out about demons being real ONLY FOR THE RAP GANG TO SAVE HER AT THE LAST SECOND so it doesn't fully count as a independent Miki moment. They don't even show Miki protecting Akira in Crybaby lol I know that not every adaptation of a show has to be 1 to 1 with the source material but come on its one of the key points in Devilman to show how much Akira and the people around have changed ever since he became Devilman, all that happens is the rap gang throws some stuff at Akira and then suddenly THE MUSHROOM APPEARS AND HE SHOOTS AT THEM! While Miki is just like "who is that nooo don't go with him- anyways." Then Mushroom surprise adopts Akira and they go to the Sabbath.

All her spunk... and silliness...

GONE. OBLITERATED!

[skepticalsdude]

Epithet erased theory: Bliss Ocean's fourth Officer.

I remember watching the seventh episode one day and hearing Percy say that Zora was the 3rd highest ranking officer in its organization (and everyone else knows who the other two are so I won't talk about them) but she said 4 but I think I might have a clue on who the 4th one might be.

Who is it you might ask? Well, I think it's Howie.

Reason #1. His attitude towards epithets

The guys got what Bliss Ocean's recruitin'. Yeah, a strong dislike towards epithets (and sometimes, the owners), but his thoughts are about how the world isn't fair (quite literally) because companies/employers prefer Inscribed people over Mundies, even if said Inscribed weren't qualified for the job. A good example is Gorou. A man who isn't even fit for the position of sheriff because he's extremely naive but got it because he was the only Inscribed person in all of Redwood Run. Not to mention the fact that Zora mentioned how Mundies have to work TWICE as hard just to get something. So that might also explain why Howie is so tied to his work, he literally has to work extra hard just to receive some kind of recognition even if it's a very small amount. Not to mention that a majority of the world's population are Mundies and in every 5 people are Inscribed. ( Talk about tipping the scales of society in others favor)

Reason #2: His interactions with Zora

This was one of the first things that caught my eye. And it's his behavior around Zora. When the pair first meet, she's at the train station he's renovating, standing on top of his work. Howie is annoyed at this, not just because Redwood Run pisses him off with really dumb jobs that aren't even real, and the one person who does have a real one doesn't even fit the requirements for it, but also because a nuisance just showed up and ruined the last good moment of his day. Top it off with the 'Zora develops an onsight relationship with everything (and everyone) 8ft around her' thing. So Zora just pissed off Howie and made him lunge at her, jumping off the scaffolding he was sitting on. And keep in mind that a typical scaffolding tier is 5'7 and he was sitting on at least 3 tiers.

See now this is the part that caught my eye...With its dialogue. Howie falls and braces for impact but he's left floating in the air. And if I remember correctly he said that he should've seen this coming, leading to Zora saying yup. Just yup. I mean yes, Percy DID explain her epithet out loud but Howie probably (and I mean probably) didn't know that her epithet worked on people

Or did he?

Just think about it, IF he was part of Bliss Ocean then I have a feeling that as a coworker she's a menace, she'd probably put slippery shit on the floor, hide behind a corner, then catch anyone if they were to fall while saying something like 'Ya owe now bitch :]." And that would also be the reason why she caught him. If he gets injured in any way, Bliss Ocean won't have an operating top officer for weeks.

Now the next thing I'm about to say is what started this whole theory. And these are two lines of dialogue.

When Zora was on Howie's back, she shoots a clock, shattering the class and causing it to fall off the wall that was holding it. Then this exchange happens.

Howie, begrudgingly: I'm going to let this go. One. Time.

Zora, inconsiderately: Duly noted. Starts shooting more stuff.

These lines caught my attention, mainly because of Howie's line. Usually, most people who would say that to someone often know the other person for like months, sometimes years. Which just so happens to tie into another reason of mine that I will get to at some point.

His tone also plays a small part in this. The guy sounds like he's ready to commit third degree murder. Zora's line is also very interesting to me because of her tone and choice of words. Zora's tone is careless, she doesn't seem to mind Howie obviously minacious tone. Her words are dismissive but fully aware of what he might do, but she does it anyway. And with that, Zora leaving him spinning in the air just so that she can chase Ramsey and Percy.

Reason #3: The "opposite" diagram

So in EE, everyone's supposed to have an enemy. Molly has Lorelai. Giovanni has the Bliss Ocean leader. Percy has Ramsey. And Zora has Moot. This applies to all major characters. Why didn't I put Indus, Mera, and Sylvie? Because I don't know who their 'opposite' is. But for Howie I think I might have an idea. All the Bliss Ocean officers are paired with each other, with some traits that are similar and others that are different. Moot and Zora both have insanely strong epithets that affect them in a way. Most fans speculate that Zora is a cowboy from the past, so she has to use her epithet on herself to stay young and not crumble to dust. And Moot, from what @jelloapocalypse has said in a stream as a starter (since she's still in workshop), Moot can basically delete stuff with her hands. Which might mean she can't really do anything with them or else she'll delete something. Now who am I thinking for Howie? Yoomtah. Think about it, both are Mundies, have well paying jobs (Architecture rated 2 in the field for construction work and Chauffeurs receiving 5 figure payments a year), and could probably pummel everyone in the Bliss Ocean HQ, Zora and Moot included (without any use of epithets). Yet, with similarities comes the differences. And that's all in their personalities. Yoomtah is a energetic gremlin who's favorite past time is probably trolling people on the Internet for joke purposes and probably not care if you end up being a small bump in her road. However, Howie is a straight-laced, straight forward man who's about work and work only. If reading this and you don't get what I just said, no worries I'll explain.

Yoomtah is the energetic and carefree half to his straightforward and hardworking. Just like how Zora is the messy and lazy to Moot's uptight and neat (From what I can gather about Moot as a character).

Aight last part here we go.

Reason #4: Howie's place in the plot

This is mainly about Howie's place in the plot as a character. In Anime Campaign, (don't check out what that is, it's old and outdated) Howie was a background character, not that important. But when the poster for the series dropped, I saw that he was on it. You only see characters on promo posters if they're major to the plot. And since Jello did say that he plans on changing a lot of stuff in this series, this would include characters and their position in the plot, NOT TO MENTION how Jello said that Howie was a family friend to the Blyndeff's and would babysit the girls when they were little.

That's all I have for now but I know I'll add more later on. If you got anything, feel free to add on

[kfruityouth]

alright ive had it. who the hell is the conductor

or: i go insane trying to analyse file 28.

also, fair warning: this will be all over the place and probably very stream-of-consciousness.

we all know that one chart, right? the one that has the conductor very much within the 'sydney should die' zone? okay. brilliant.

in order to debunk this, late night history channel program style, lets look at the scene we're given (this is, of course, banking off and assuming that the conductor is the weirdo guy in the field from the clock of meantime) and also, this took place, if im remembering the timeline correctly, after sydney had been resurrected.

pretty normal, right? WRONG!

the inability to make a fist was mentioned earlier in the episode by sydney.

the inability to make a fist is usually in relation to the inability to defend oneself, seen repeatedly with elijah (freaky psychic fatigue-inducing style), jedidiah (toxic yaoi codependency style) and adam (i cant make this one funny. i cant.).

something something, the rabbit not being able to fight back. something something, sydney hopes never to experience that but he does!

"fist-forming hands" and "railroad-uprooting eyes" seem to be juxtapositions—the conductor is defenceless, and offensive.

i have ideas for this one, but they dont really fit in here so ill leave it for now.

jedidiah is defenceless now, too.

(the next little part just kind of seems to me like a bit of, er, verse, so i wont go over it except for this little bit...

...whiiiiich kind of reminds me of how sydney can only eat buttered bread. i wonder if theres something there?)

anyway!

yeah.

god, c'mon. the cardinal is tapping at the clock face. trying to break the glass. trying to just know, because only if he could.

a one-track mind is something jedidiah very obviously possesses; we see it most prominently in his incessant devotion to his project, whatever the hell that might be.

he's not going to lose track.

i'd also like to address "strong man"??? i don't think it's just a physical descriptor, i think it's in reference to mental strength. jedidiah, though fearful and apprehensive, seems to admire this guy, and follows his, er, "advice". his "help." sound familiar? ( yall i cannot get into this crack theory i have that the conductor is to jedidiah what adam is to sydney)

also, "the sky finally shatters, and I slip through the cracks"? dude i cant even begin to go into this one. all im gonna say is rowan sky apocalypse. for the sake of my own sanity.

yada yada its overtaking his thoughts. whatever. you know what i mean.

(also sydneys weird clock pacemaker shtick theory. right here. evidence.)

yall dont understand how many unhinged theories i have about this one. im going to leave it here for now, because its important, and maybe come back to it in another post.

aaaaand then jedidiah goes on to talk about his father, of which the conductor reminds him of (see: "my father's strong hands")

more stars in the sky. only two that matter. GODDDDDDDDajkdhsjghf.

and of course, the famous. the one that gives me chills on every relisten. on every re-read:

something is driving jedidiah's mind (literally, driving, if we use that motherfucking train as a metaphor), driving his 'project'. the same project thats literally causing the majority of the events of season 1.

all of this leads me to believe one thing about the conductor: he's not the conductor of the train—he's the conductor of the plot.

[taegularities]

Your voice is sweet like honey! I loved listening to your responses, and cmi will definitely be the #1 fic I’ll remember reading and if my brain doesn’t develop dementia, I’ll be telling my grandkids about this book😭😭😭

But I also had another thought/question/vent type of thing? So yeah

But I’ve been out of the loop but recently saw on this Instagram page l follow that el captxn? (I’m sorry I can’t spell his name correctly) is a new guest on suchwita and I’m so confused on why a lot of armys are happy and love him?

I remember in 2020 with the whole fiasco of yoongi’s d-2 he was the producer who did no research whatsoever and imported that audio of jim jones sermon onto “what do you think” which was already very disgusting and ignorant behavior, but then he also never took accountability and only yoongi/bighit apologized? As they should though. But I remember all the outrage on that and the hate yoongi got, so I’m confused on how he’s now a beloved person?

I get him and yoongi are friends, but we shouldn’t always be so quick to encourage or “like” every interaction they have with people, like that action was very ignorant and especially in 2020 when racial awareness was at its peak, and he never even acknowledged it? I’m sorry I’m just rambling, but why as armys are we quick to forget these peoples wrongdoings just because of their proximity to bts?

Sorry sorry for bothering you today, but I just wanted to get it out😞

thank youuu, my love!! 🥺 you're so sweet hehe i really hope we can look back at this story in the far far future and hold it fondly and close to our hearts :') i'm so happy it means so much to you 🤍

ahhh oh gosh. tbh, i didn't know it was him importing that audio!! i don't know much about el capitxn in general, which is why i wasn't super interested in that suchwita episode, and i can't say much on that topic either (i'm also scared of saying smth wrong and ppl coming with pitchforks again fjksudjsus) but if it's true, then yeah, that's odd :( if anyone knows more about this, then i do encourage to drop a message, if you'd like!!

and don't apologiseeee, if you know me then you know you can vent literally anytime and about anything. not bothered at all!!! i feel honoured even bc you trust me like that!! you're good, and i'm sending hugs 🫂💕

[heinzpilsner]

Okay, here's the... third? second? - anyway, another part of analysing Maiko interactions in "The Beach" series.

Because I absolutely hate myself, apparently! Yay!

This part is kinda intermediate - today we'll look at the beginning of the party events in all their depressing glory.

But before analysing Maiko interactions themselves, we need to dissect Zuko's weirdly... passionate relationship with Ruon-Jian for the sake of the context.

(Ugh, who chose this guy's name? I couldn't remember its spelling properly and had to copy it every time! Your parents should be cursed for it, Rohn-Juhn!)

Anyway, our characters enter Chan's house and are greated by Ruon-Jian, who for some reason is an object of Zuko's special attention now, apparently.

"Hey! First ones here, huh?" "He thinks he's so great!"

That's a bit of... intense reaction for such a casual greeting, I'd say.

But when I think about it, it kinda... makes sense?

So far, Ruon-Jian did three notable things:

1) Had the audacity to be a popular guy who didn't want to invite Zuko at first;

2) Invited Mai personally to the party (in a pretty casual manner though);

3) Checked his hair several times.

Okay, now, when Zuko's antipathy looks much more reasonable (I bet it was the hair thing that did it to him!), let's return to the characters' lines.

The next thing Zuko does is addressing Mai about Ruon-Jian in a conversational manner:

"Well, what do you think of him?"

He actually sounds calm, but the question is downright childish. I mean, what kind of answer he expected from Mai?

"His haircut is awful"?

"Socially adapted boys are so boring?"

"You're so much greater than him, Zuko"?

"You're my forever boy"?

Mai agrees with me in my bewilderment.

"I don't have any opinion about him. I hardly know him." "You like him, don't you?"

And here it is!

Honestly, this accusation always sounded so out of the blue for me!

I mean, Mai didn't even look at the guy that much! The only one who seemed to be oddly fixated on Ruon-Jian so far was Zuko himse...

Wait a minute.

Zuko, are you... projecting?

Ta-da! What a twist!

But no, I'm just fooling around here. I mean, I wouldn't judge him if he were, but as we learn in the next part of the analysis, this is not the message that the episode really tried to deliver.

(Which makes this scene pretty awkward.)

To detect the reason behind Zuko's bizarre jealousy, let's consider some facts about the character:

The previous three years probably didn't make him especially confident about his appearance (Did he overlook all those swooning girls on the beach? Who knows, it's kinda weird);

When it comes to equal status informal interactions, Zuko is totally unsocialized. He never had an opportunity to learn how to earn respect of his peers without fighting or throwing his title around. So, it makes his position in normal teenager hierarchy relatively low;

Actually, if I remember correctly, the only non-enemy teenage boy Zuko previously interacted onscreen was Jet, and... It kinda was all about business and ended in disaster anyway?

Zuko is pretty awkward in romance, and his relationship with Mai is not exactly in its best stage now.

the best stage was in seasons 1 and 2 if you ask me

So, when Zuko can't be a prince, but forced to be just a boy among other boys in front of Mai, he feels insecure and threatened, even If he doesn't reflect on it properly.

But there's one guy around who seems to have no problems with getting respect from his peers, as well as concerns about his appearance.

The guy who also happened to invite Zuko's girlfriend to the party.

Basically, Ruon-Jian is... Zuko's new Zhao? Only from the world of teenage romance and socialization.

... And this context kinda turns Mai into either a new Avatar or a new Ozai* (yep, again). Which is... kinda cursed, I agree.

(*I mean, outwardly the competition between Zhao and Zuko was about catching the Avatar. But catching the Avatar for Zuko was mostly just a way of getting his father's love back. So, Zhao in this context can be considered as someone who tried to steal Ozai's love from Zuko. Just like Ruon-Jian in Zuko's mind tries to steal Mai's love.)

Geez, it was weird. I didn't plan to dig that deep!

But whatever.

One way or another, right now Zuko feels pretty undermined - and this is on top of his generally bad emotional state lately.

Alright! It all sounds... quite logical to me now, actually (even although seeing Zuko like this is not exactly pleasant).

The only problem though is that half of these things weren't addressed in the actual episode previously.

The show doesn't make accent on Zuko's reaction when Ruon-Jian invites Mai, and instead of showing Zuko's insecurity about his appearance, it shows us girls swooning over him.

So, Zuko's jealousy streak looks quite random - not to mention unmotivated. Mai literally didn't give him a single reason to suspect her interest in Ruon-Jian.

I dunno, perhaps Mai can be hard to read for Zuko sometimes, but she's not that unreadable! That way, he could imagine any random feelings and intentions behind her poker face and accuse her of it.

"You want to smear a platypus bear with mayonnaise and tie it to the chandelier, don't you, Mai?" would sound about as legitimately at this point.

and I have no idea why it's the first thing that came to my mind

Seriously though, there is no respect or trust for Mai in Zuko's behaviour whatsoever. Basically, he just ignored the lack of evidence, as well as Mai's own answer, completely.

But what kind of relationship can you build without respect or trust?

If he just doesn't believe Mai's words even though she didn't lie to him before, what is she supposed to do?

On the other hand, can you really blame Zuko for doubting Mai's love after the way she treated him recently?

So, instead of reacting to the real situation with the real people, he's stuck too deep in his own head, where he's never good enough, and all the resources inevitably end up in the hands of zhaos*, while all the love is slipping away.

In his mind, Zuko is in the process of losing another battle.

(*Hmm, on the other hand, his rivalry with Azula should run much deeper than with Zhao. I dunno, both versions kinda work, when I think about it.)

Of course, this is just my far-fetched interpretation - Zuko's irrationality could have different mechanisms behind it. But all I can really think about is either this, or... suppressed bisexuality hypothesis? Or both. Oh my.

...Anyway, the boy is clearly not okay.

Mai isn't going to address the problems though - she just sighs heavily and walks away. Perhaps she's planning to wait until Zuko ends up in a less distressing environment to... just stop worrying and forget about it?

Well, good luck with this strategy, girl. I'm sure with Zuko in such a state it will lead you to fantastic results.

But so far, it's calm before the storm.

...And we'll look at the storm in the next disastrous parts of the 'Analyzing beach Maiko' series, because I can't take more of this torture today, apparently!

Thanks for your attention?..

I still ignore all the notifications.

(Kinda didn't expect that I'll manage to find not just one, but two hypotheses of Zuko's irrationality here, lol. I wonder whether it was a writer's intention, or this meaning kinda worked out in itself in spite of sloppy writing.)

[fukyluky]

Mr. Tang is not poor, he is a descendant of Emperor Tang of the East. (Headcanon )

Nothing is real, it's from fan to fan 👀

Posible Spoilers

In the Monkie Kid Lego series, he introduces us to a Mr. Tang. What would they say yes, this man was as a millionaire as Mei?

It is very likely that the lord belongs to a family of high prestige, his dress betrays him.

An example is, in Mei's family, hey. As descendants of the dragon that accompanied the Tang Monk, their clothing is based on Tangzhuang 唐装 costumes.

Following the Asian philosophy, people who come from an ancient full of fame and history, it is common to see them wearing traditional clothes of their country, the same happens with the Japanese. For those who have seen anime, it makes sense.

Another point.

In the penultimate episode of the series, season 2.

Transformation. (if I remember correctly)

Everyone has gotten up at midnight. We will see everyone's clothes, with bedding.

Tang has full pajamas up to matching slippers. While the others are simple pajamas. (We don't put Mei here, because she prefers to be normal)

SPOILER ⚠️

It is seen that, when the Monk Tripitaka left the East, he abandoned his family, but continued to call himself, brother of Emperor Tang. (I don't doubt it was)

Tripitaka before being a monk, was the son of a family of great wealth, both paternal and maternal.

A mother of a famous family in the East.

A father who belonged to the Court of the Emperor and governor of a city.

The Emperor of the East was also among his relatives.

Since being a monk, he could not have children or descendants.

So, Lord Tang is a descendant of the same Eastern Tang Emperor.

Reason 1: The Monk Tripitaka was very close to him.

Reincarnation is very common among the families of the deceased. I do not doubt that after dying, the Monk Tripitaka wished to be born again, in the family of his closest beings.

Reason 2: If it weren't so important and important family. Why was he invited?

When he is appointed as a food judge. Season 2 Episode 3

The variables are, it's culinary critical, it can be, no one would deny it if it weren't true.

Variable two, they name him: "This guy."

And Tang replies, "Thank you for having me."

In the chapter, those two rascals recruit important judges, but not only them, but also the company.

Princess Iron Fan is invited, one owed something to the demons. Two, he's an important person.

The series focuses on a world where humans and demons coexist in harmony (more or less). So the Princess, with the absence of her husband, was doing something.

A businesswoman. Man!

And also invited Monkey King (more or less) who is also famous.

Tang was invited, because he comes from a wealthy and important family. And for business I had to attend.

Another reason to say that, its relaxed and calm form is justified.

Who wouldn't be relaxed with so much money in their hands?

Xd

Although Pigsy says that he is a profiteer, Tang does not deny it. He is probably a parasitic junior to his parents.

They will say that, Pigsy talks to Tang sombre to pay the rent.

But it is never specified who should pay for it, it is more likely to be Mk.

Since Pigsy somehow knows that, if Mk joins Tang, he will be a 'lazy profiteer'

Possibly Tang studied martial arts in his family, but he didn't have the talent or maybe he didn't have the dedication for it. Staying with books and art. I wouldn't be surprised if he danced.

In conclusion.

Tang is the reincarnation of the monk Tripitaka, who with the wheel of transmigration, was born into a wealthy family.

This is based on Season 3.

Tang says, "My mom said not to hang out with criminals."

In the novel he tells the story of a boy who did not fully enjoy his family, so he was given the opportunity to have one again and grow up as a normal child.

Therefore, Tang had a mother to consent to it, something that the Monk did not experience. Tang is the happy ending that was given to the Monk after being a great virtuous man.