alrighty new party first impressions:
Imogen: has either killed a man or is going to be fully traumatized by what is about to happen, with no in between. 7/10, I vibe with it but purple hair and a yellow scarf is a bold choice
Laudna: girl get yourself a towel. 7/10 as well, hoping she's a de Rolo so we can see Percy have a mild aneurysm over the state of her dress.
Ashton: local pile of rocks is actually the coolest person you know. Taliesin's done it again, I love them and their stupidly big hammer. 11/10 fave so far.
Freshly Cut Grass: is there anything better than pussy? Yes, this guy. Amazing. He definitely killed his previous party but since he's got the Spirit of Friendship I'm not holding that against him until he turns on this crew and becomes the BBEG. 10/10, I don't know what Liam's instructions were but they have been successful.
Dorian Storm: still cool, still a disaster, I hope he left some of that nascent crown-related trauma back in Tal'Dorei! 7/10
Fearne: hell yes, I'm so happy we're getting more of Fearne because I want to know what the actual fuck is up with her. Ma'am please don't burn the city down, or do. Either way, 8/10
Orym: my man! Amazing athlete, amazing swordsman, can already tell that he is yet again the only one with a single ounce of common sense. 9/10 I'd say he didn't deserve this shit but he probably secretly enjoys it.
Bertrand Bell: I like this guy and once upon a time he single-handedly slew five bugbears, so that's gotta count for something. 7/10, are we sure he and Dorian aren't related?
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Too Little to Late
As much as I want to like Lady Nagant, I just can’t. Her design is cool, but I really wish she had been brought in sooner, as well as her backstory having more impact on the story as a whole.
The problem with Lady Nagant is that her backstory doesn’t tie into anything or anyone. The fact the HPSC had her assassinate anyone they thought was a threat, including Heroes they thought weren’t up to snuff should be a big deal, but it falls flat for me.
The HPSC is pretty much gone. Regardless of whether it’s realistic or not, they’re no longer really around and certainly don’t have any power anymore. They don’t matter, especially right now, when the Main Villain of the series AfO is out and the entire country is in ruins. It’s a little late for this revelation to have much of an impact because Izuku can just promise he won’t let the HPSC be rebuilt and that can be handwaved as good enough.
It also doesn't shed any light on any of the more important characters. The assassinations apparently propped up All Might, but he doesn't know that, so it doesn't suddenly cast a shadow of doubt on what sort of person he is. It doesn’t make any of the Heroes look bad because they were equally kept in the dark. The good guys are still the good guys.
Nor does it add any depth to the main villains like Shigaraki and the LoV. None of them have ever said anything about the HPSC or targeted them in anyway. Spinner wasn't worried about being killed because he joined the League, and Dabi doesn't mention it when he tells the entirety of Japan about how Hawks killed Twice. So they obviously never knew about this either, which means that their beef really is just with the Heroes, who apparently don’t have any members who abuse their power because those bad Heroes were all killed off by the HPSC. So the bad guys are still bad.
I mean it feels like this reveal should have more weight and connection to the main story and characters but it just doesn’t. Even Hawks doesn’t fit into it much because he also seems to not know the full story behind Lady Nagnat. So, for me it just falls flat on it’s ass--like why should I care? There’s more pressing problems and this one can’t really be dealt with until they start rebuilding the country and can put a better system in place. It’s not an enemy that needs to be actively fought anymore.
Unless Horikoshi ties Hawks into the Lady Nagnat story going forward, or the HPSC comes back and suddenly gets an huge influx of support and power, making them a genuine threat again, then this entire thing feels like a weird side story that’s just here so Izuku can say the system isn’t black and white, even though just knowing Hawks backstory would have given him the same insight.
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What’s your ranking for the dl boys? We know Shin is your fav but what about the rest?
So I haven't actually thought about my precise ranking of the dl boys for a while. I ended up using a bias sorter which was quite revealing! Turns out I'm much more of a Mukami fan than I used to be >_>
Shin (best boy ❤️)
Carla
Subaru
Laito (the only character who has been consistently high up on my favourites list ever since I watched the first season of the anime in 2015)
Kou (I watched one too many videos on Kimura Ryohei's gameplay channel and before I knew where I was Kou had shot up my favourites list X'D)
Azusa (I can only ever view Azusa in a platonic light but bless him for being the hero in so many routes that were not his own)
Yuma (I never used to pay much attention to Yuma but then I bought his Eternal Blood CD and realised that actually he's pretty cool)
Reiji (Reiji was my favourite when I first seriously got into the series and while I do still love his original Do-S CD and versus with Kanato, his later material doesn't do very much for me unfortunately turns out I was only interested in scary Reiji OTL)
Kino (I can never quite decide where to put Kino in these but he does a decent job as a villain in some of the LE routes and he was fun in Shin's CL route I still kind of want to fight him for what he does in Carla's LE route though)
Ayato
Ruki
Shuu (sorry Shuu fans but I just don't get the appeal :( )
Kanato (I don't hate Kanato, he just scares the hell out of me and not in a good way)
Thanks for the ask anon, I hope you have a great day!
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"If a male character does sth bad it's okay but if a female..." omg some people just don't like manic pixie dream villains, there's no philosophy behind it 😂 idk maybe season 3 will change it but so far that's a no from me
exactly!! i have to say im pretty biased against shitty male characters (think kylo ren, luke castellan, etc) and saying that you don't like a female character because she did some pretty horrible things by any standard isn't a bad thing either and doesn't mean you're a misogynist or whatever the statement is trying to imply. tua is literally a time travelling superhero show so obviously characters are going to do bad things.
i don't like lila not because she's a murderer or maladjusted because of her upbringing (which all the hargreeves are to some degree), but because while the hargreeves are able to see past their upbringing and how it fucked them all over to be better for one another and come together to try and be a true family and save the world, lila never shows any remorse for the shitty things she does to the people that she claims to love. and that to me is worse than any 'moral' conflict. she only cries some tears at the end when it all blows up in her face and she realizes she's been being played like the cheap kazoo she is by the Handler- which is exactly what she'd been actively doing to the hargreeves all along and not caring. looks like some people can dish it out but not take it.
anyways aside from that. people get the misconception that i don't like her because she's a woman who does bad things (wrong) or because she's diego's love interest (tbh it goes deeper than that) or even because she's a murderer and a killer and all that edgy shit (wrong. lmao.) i don't like her because she's manipulative and borderline abusive, and that's not how you're supposed to treat people that you claim to love. or anyone in general, really. i don't understand how we as a society just glossed over the fact that she literally roofied diego's drink after pretending to emphasize with him and then kidnapped him away from his family who he was planning on returning home with to take him to the commission so he could stay with her forever.
on that note, it's six am and ive written far too much already. and can i just say, manic pixie dream villain is absolutely the perfect descriptor.
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