kitithcat
Maybe they weren't mistakes, maybe they were on purpose, maybe they were crimes...
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well that's one way to resolve a love triangle
6 episodes in and I should know better by now, Shang Chao was getting too likeable...
updated list of things gold rhinedottir has done:
- gave a dragon mommy issues and an existential crisis
- made a guy out of chalk and left him by the road after telling him "get a life"
- commited high heresy and got her nation destroyed
- ate a god???
// kinda spoilers
i cant get over how the entire time albedo's on trial, he's so dwarfed by the chair like your honor, his feet dont even touch the floor
I just finished watching the 4 episode of tbhx and like... the way that your fans can make you literally do things that you don't want to do is so terrifying? Lin Ling was literally IMMOBILIZED while he was playing Nice, just because some of his hardcore fans didn't want him to go and save the person he loves.
I can't help but think - what if that's the one of the reasons why Nice killed himself? What if just one too many people, got fed up by his sickeningly sweet image and lashed out thinking "Fuck you, go kill yourself"? What if Lin Ling's "You're going to be replaced" was the thing that tipped the scales towards that?
And we've seen that heroes pretty much can't do things that people aren't expecting of them to do. So why was Nice able to simply fall and die? If people really believed in him and his perfection wouldn't he be physically unable to just fall to his death? That once again leads me to believe that maybe one of reasons why Nice did it, was because a lot of people WANTED him to do it.
just watched tbhx and can't stop thinking about them
I fucking love how it isn't even foreshadowing, they just beat us with a fucking stick and then punch us in the gut
LH0's Q&A sesh on L0's arc (it's implied he'll do this type of Q&A after the conclusion of every arc)
EDIT: summary below the cut now 👍 please lmk if i got anything wrong etc
So first off, L0's arc is chronologically the last events that happen in this season, so OG Nice absolutely will show up in the later episodes as well. There's mention of OG Nice going berserk/黑化 (corrupted from light to darkness) and LH0 is looking forward to when the audience gets to see those scenes. (and uh the off-handed mention of "will L0 also succumb to those pressures/turn dark?" is sllllightly worrying lol)
LH0 also says Nice isn't just a facade/role, but has his own character and story, which reflects the cruelty of the world they're in. It's interesting that he talks about "未來奈斯的命運 the future fate of Nice (or the fate of a future Nice?)" can still be explored, which could mean either OG Nice isn't actually dead, some other schmuck becomes Nice, or just means his story ('fate') is yet to be revealed. I personally think it's 1 or 3 (leaning more towards 3) but who knows. He did kinda put emphasis on "it may be shown later on" so like. take it as you will.
As for L0, LH0 says his story starts off as a typical "wage slave/underappreciated office worker wins prestige and respect" fantasy, but with the end of ep 4 it shows that the world of TBHX can be very harsh and cruel. As for L0's future development, there's tons of possibility for exploration so I guess we gotta wait and see.
About the pacing, the first 4 eps are deliberately fast, but each hero's arc will have a different rhythm since they have different themes. The Top 10 will also have more of a presence in the others' stories.
LH0 clarified that, although Lu Guang from Link Click and Mo Sha/Ghostblade both have white hair, the two works are independent from one another. I'm pretty sure he just likes white hair character designs (tbhx alone has 4 heroes with white hair within the top 10). He thinks Ghostblade's story will probably take us all by surprise, and he's a little worried about whether people will like it/accept a story like that.
The next question is about whether Nice gets startled by his giant statue in the middle of the night. LH0 intended the statue to be kind of ironic, and confirmed that it's a reminder/symbol for Nice to believe in himself (or like, a reminder of the faith that is put on him as his persona as Nice). As to whether the heroes are more like employees clocking in (打公仔) than heroes, LH0 says each hero has their own ideals, but are also caged by those ideals—the essence of the story is to explore them as people who have faith placed upon them, and how they choose to live their life with those ideals.
Last question reveals that Hero Tower only houses the top 100 heroes, meaning Enlighter was not a resident at rank 249. The lowest floor can fit 2 rooms + 1 living room, so it's decently spacious even for the 100th hero. That said, I personally feel like this makes the competition (especially among the lower ranks) fierce, since they will lose housing if they don't maintain their place. And given how Firm Man was presumably kicked out of the Tower by the end of ep 3, a single shift in perception can cost you your accommodations. (I also kinda assumed family or significant others can move in, since Moon was supposedly living with Nice... we never knew her rankings but ep 2 did say she was not very well-known until her 'relationship' with Nice.)
(this also raises the question of what happens if multiple ranked heroes decide to bunk together/live on the same floor—with how it works I assume that means floors would be empty? for example if no. 25 and no. 46 decided to live together, does that mean one of their floors would stay empty until rankings change?
also nobody knows who X is, so idk if he even lives at the tower...)
so uh, he's free now, but at what cost???
Lin still really needs to be set free from the actual mess he is in, my man did NOT sign up for any of this. I mean like literally he did but that's besides the point. How was dude supposed to know about Nice's boyfriend bestfriend?
he's so cute (ignore the horrors he's about to witness)
Let’s talk about this for a moment. This formation is devious and I feel bad for the monsters. Keep in mind, Jean got her vision after handling an invasion. Just thought that should be said.
The monsters coming in from the side entrance have to get past Eula, and if they manage to do that they run into Lisa “The Purple Witch” Minci and her wolf god trained student. IF those creatures survive they have two choices:
They run towards the world’s strongest maid that’s trying to make a name for herself, or towards who I’m assuming is Sucrose; who is right next to the alchemy table to make whatever she has to.
The monsters coming in from the bridge are facing the man who can throw a phoenix and his brother with the perfect move to not only protect his brother, but make him stronger. All of that while two archer can snipe from both sides of the wall, but call out incoming enemies.
A hillichurl that survives then faces two more arches that are positioned where they work daily. One is a small feline huntsman around balconies while the other is a pro adventurer that can fly or send out her familiar to cover her blind spots.
Now let’s say various types of churls break that line of defense. I would not be shocked if the two question marks together end up being the traveler if Klee. You know she’s not sitting this out but needs a guardian. If it isn’t us then maybe Dhalia. Then there’s the lone question mark. I am so confident it’s Bennett. Just him, the monster, and the bad luck they have to deal with. Nobody else around to get hurt and he’s no pushover.
Now the lucky monsters that made it through all that defense are getting funneled up towards the god on his religious sniper’s nest who’s probably been firing assist shots to every group in front of him. The closer they get, the more likely to escape his eyesight and run towards Jean “Overachiever” Gunnhilder and Mona “i foretold your arrival” Megistus running devious defense with healing!
THEN the final obstacle is the woman of the church that makes it her job to go out every night and kill said monsters while the hydro deaconess is keeping that cryo assassin healthy along with any other knight.
Varka didn’t bat an eye taking half the troops on an expedition because invading Mondstadt with citizens like them around is an awful idea. Noelle is chilling by herself and it makes sense! She’s not the one who needs help!
yeah ok I was right, rewatched it and I enjoyed it much more the second go around
Hmmm ep 3 didn't hit as hard for me ngl. Like don't get me wrong, absolutely fucked how badly the public's perception can screw you over, poor man couldn't shit or sleep properly, that's some body horror right there. I like how this episode reinforced how you have to be careful with your image or stuff like that can happen, but also that was already shown pretty well with Moon only teleporting to Nice and Lin Ling developing OCD (or pre exising ocd getting worse idk). I guess it was showing the physical effects rather than powers and mental effects as well as commenting on toxic masculinity, but something about it just didn't really hit me.
Again though, something didn't feel right to me. Perhaps that was due to this feeling more like a stop gap between ep2 and ep4 as well as getting Nice/Lin Ling to the top ten. (but also like him not already being top ten didn't need to happen sooooo) Overall the episode did not feel bad, just not at the same level. Which I can't expect tbhx to be constantly going actually insane, so that's on me. (not a dis on the show, I just set the bar at Pluto after the first 2 episodes, need to bring that back down to like, maybe the moon, which is still insane, but i have faith) I also maybe just need to rewatch ep3, i could've missed a detail that would make me lose it. The facial expression on that one guy's face in the Firmman backstory segment was hilarious tho. 10/10 background character
Was that really the real Xiao Yueqing at the end??? How did God Eye find her? Or more importantly, how could he even get her to put on her hero outfit??? I didn’t think she packed that with her when she left… How did he even suspect that XYQ is still alive????
Hmmm ep 3 didn't hit as hard for me ngl. Like don't get me wrong, absolutely fucked how badly the public's perception can screw you over, poor man couldn't shit or sleep properly, that's some body horror right there. I like how this episode reinforced how you have to be careful with your image or stuff like that can happen, but also that was already shown pretty well with Moon only teleporting to Nice and Lin Ling developing OCD (or pre exising ocd getting worse idk). I guess it was showing the physical effects rather than powers and mental effects as well as commenting on toxic masculinity, but something about it just didn't really hit me.
Again though, something didn't feel right to me. Perhaps that was due to this feeling more like a stop gap between ep2 and ep4 as well as getting Nice/Lin Ling to the top ten. (but also like him not already being top ten didn't need to happen sooooo) Overall the episode did not feel bad, just not at the same level. Which I can't expect tbhx to be constantly going actually insane, so that's on me. (not a dis on the show, I just set the bar at Pluto after the first 2 episodes, need to bring that back down to like, maybe the moon, which is still insane, but i have faith) I also maybe just need to rewatch ep3, i could've missed a detail that would make me lose it. The facial expression on that one guy's face in the Firmman backstory segment was hilarious tho. 10/10 background character
i can't stop thinking about it...
...so obviously i made it myself
History Will Say They Were Roommates
CRUNCHYROLL?!
Spiderverse: Previous hero dies tragically while saving your life and with his dying breath entrusts the mantle of his great responsibility to you, conveniently also a bearer of superpowers
To Be Hero X: Previous hero fingerguns at you as he walks off a building. Thwarted at the killing-yourself game, you are kidnapped by his PR team and forced to do the dead guy's job
what if you were SOME GUY and the first time you meet a famous superhero is when he KILLS HIMSELF and then you get KIDNAPPED and told you have to ADOPT HIS IDENTITY and your new girlfriend HATES YOU and your new arch nemesis is GAY and tries to KILL YOU because you’re not his REAL BOYFRIEND
I’m watching Splash (1984) which is a romcom about a guy who falls in love with a mermaid, and when she chooses a human name she chooses Madison and guy says “that’s not a real name, but alright” which seems to imply that Madison was not a name until at least the 80’s and all girls named Madison are actually named after the mermaid. thought you should know