#tbh you could also say this applies to Yusaku

[offlineblues]

wet dog

[pocketsonny]

8, 9, and 10

sonny choose violence today

8 - common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

it's been a while since i've seen it out in the wild but talking about vrains it was (is???) common for the "ryoken is ALSO to blame for the L.I incident!!" from ppl who don't like him which LOL that's dumb, he was a kid back then, this is a stupid take sorry. at most we can argue if he was used somehow back then by kogami to reach the L.I kids (like how he bumped into yusaku, we don't have much context on what happens after or if that was staged or not, which could explain part of the guilt ryoken carries over it!). like, hate him as a character all you want, i don't care, but ur wrong <3

also this is just my personal opinion (it's not a hill i die on like the previous one LOL) but rev and pm don't feel like THE vrains rivals. s1 establishes them as enemies and yusaku was too focused on revenge to care about having a rival; revolver was his enemy for most of the season. at the end when he finds out who he is, we can say he saw him as less of an enemy and more of a potential friend(?) but after s1 there's not rivalry feels between them. they never do duel again tho i wish they had but rivals are meant to push at each other and make each other stronger and i don't get that vibe from them? like THEY COULD HAVE BEEN but it didn't happen......you know who it did happen with, sobarevo, am i a bit biased, maybe

9 - worst part of canon

this varies from canon to canon tbh xD if we're talking ygo, for example in vrains i wish we had MORE SLICE OF LIFE EPISODES!!! MORE CHARACTER INTERACTION MOMENTS!! that for me is vrains' weakest point cause i wanted to see my faves being silly or in chill situations, no high stakes moments, they all deserve a break (which for example is something i really like in CFV where characters often got beach episodes or low stakes moments for character building)

honestly i think this can apply to a lot of media; give your characters breathing room! give them that beach episode, let them interact with each other outside of "story plot" ! those episodes often give random trivia abt characters that is so fun to know about.

10 - worst part of fanon

i understand that some fanon interpretations are popular for a reason but people who take those as CANON and shit on ppl who have headcanons that do not agree with the popular take irk me so much....bro we're all trying to have fun, chill!

also lots of fanon interpreations of characters just feel very bland and one dimensional/reducing a character to two characteristics only. people can enjoy content/shows/characters/etc however they want but for me it sucks when a cool character gets reduced to being one(1) thing only ("the mean one" "the angry one" "the dumb one" etc. sometimes canon suffers from this too!)