My Johto babies are looking fresh as hell in their new Sygna Suits (Celebi for Lyra, Lugia for Ethan, Suicune for Kris). And those 6*EX palettes? Kris’ especially is 👨🍳💋
Bonus: Lyra’s 6*EX palette for her normal Meganium sync pair is honestly better than her canon palette lol:
And so is Kris’ for her Feraligatr sync pair:
All pictures are from the datamine.
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Again I know it's supposed to be a haha reference to the turns into a bear when he's too aroused thing, but in again refusing to brush just over the surface of this character: "I must be careful or I'll lose run of myself again. An Archdruid should show *some* restraint." comes across to me as more melancholy than perhaps intended when a. You take it into consideration that several lines imply that Halsin has issues with self control and self servitude, and presenting an "acceptable" version of himself as an outwards facing authority figure, to the point where he brushes over his own feelings, or pushes things that he wants down in the effort to reflect better what others want from him.
And b. Remember that Halsin was essentially just an apprentice when he was forcibly situationally promoted to Archdruid - he wasn't taught *how* to be an Archdruid or trained for it, or mentored; he was thrust into it because they didn't have any other choice. But they needed someone, so he stepped up. Halsin has spent the last century studying and learning things on the fly or through trial and error, and in a position of leadership like that, he is aware that every failure to uphold that mask *counts* and others *are* very much affected. How many times has he muttered that same mantra? Or heard it thrown around? An Archdruid not having control over their own magic is a big deal. Even when he is no longer Archdruid, he still grumbles it to himself. He's been at it over a century and he *still* doesn't feel like he's gotten it right. Even when he is in a place of progression, of trying to gain hold of himself again, those wisps of failure and self doubt still creep into everything. And that's sad to me.
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Sejak 8
This show has officially hit "I'm just screaming the whole episode" status. Would I have loved for their first make-out session to be before he knows she's a woman? I mean, sure, but the way this scene shook out was basically perfect, as the waves of understanding wash across JJS's face and Hee Soo fully gives in to the part of her heart she's been trying to deny for three years. It's just so deliciously complex and contradictory, for both of them, their desire and love for each other woven through all those layers of deception and betrayal and scheming.
On the subject of betrayal, though... Like many people on this website, I agree that Yi In plans to make his nephew his heir and is working to discover who killed his brother. It's become increasingly obvious, but I kind of clocked it from the time jump, when it's established that in spite of a decently well-populated inner court, the man doesn't have a single child. If he had been sincere in stealing the throne for himself, surely his first priority would be to have his own son, which could then leave him free to dispose of his nephew, who living is always going to be a threat to his rule.
Now, I have nothing against the nephew. It's just that, as I have established, I think usurpation is quite sexy (unless a man is trying to usurp a woman, which is why Stephen of Blois can get fucked), and I would have loved for Yi In to be a true usurper. Monarchy is all bullshit anyway, right? To me, usurpation is like an acknowledgement that it's bullshit: if the occupant of the throne is solely determined through mistakes of nature, why shouldn't humans be able to seize destiny in their hands and take what they want? If the only qualification is being born to a certain parent at the right time, then why not just change that rule to suit your own intention? Especially when nature more often than not gets it wrong: it's hard to respect the legitimacy of Grand Prince Munseong, given that he is the heir of a man who clearly never should have been king.
But no, clearly we have to have Yi In be a noble leading man, so even if he does some bad things, it's in service of a worthy and legitimate goal. I don't hate it, I just liked it more for that one enchanted episode where it seemed like he might go full anti-hero. As it is, I guess I'll have to settle for him being a super-complicated and conflicted man played by an incredible actor, poor me!
(It's true that it hasn't been established for sure that Yi In took the throne for noble reasons, but to me that does very much look like where it's going.)
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Guys, I am not Liking Captain Britain
I'm sorry, the man's a complete ass. I was cutting him some slack at first because of the whole "grieving dead sister" thing but the man is such a mysogynist! I've already shown the panel where he decides that, after a creep harasses Rachel he decides that perhaps she should change her outfit. I've also mentioned that, in Excalibur: The Sword is Drawn, he verbally berates and almost hits Meggan in a rage. Well, in Excalibur #3 the same shit happens again after the team moves into his lighthouse in a less than smooth manner.
So Brian goes off to sulk in a huff whilst leaving Meggan in a breakdown and emotionally cheats on her with an ex-girlfriend.
Oh, by the way, do you know the backstory to Meggan and Brian's relationship. She's a mutant shapeshifter and a minor empath. Her parents had told he she was a monster and kept her locked away, so she took the physical form of a monster. At some point she went on superhero adventures with Brian and fell in love with him. However, he only fell in love with her when somebody else told her she was beautiful on the inside and she took a form to match. So, basically, he sucks and she's unhealthily codependent on him and he knows this (as evidenced by the panels below) and doesn't seem to be doing anything to help her.
"Weh weh weh woe is me I'm rich, talented and conventionally attractive and I have the most amazing girlfriend in the world and I save people but my new roommates are kind of annoying. I never wanted to help people with my life I was forced to because of my responsibility." He lost his sister yeah but Kurt lost his whole ass found-family and he's not being a dick about it!
I just can't think of a decent quality this man has. He's selfish and whiny and a bossy know-it-all on missions. Like, sure he's a superhero but, as shown above, he's not even enthusiastic about helping people! He's rich, I guess, and he gave the Excalibur member's banking accounts. That was nice of him, I suppose. Money won't fill the void left by your awful personality, Brian.
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mostly appreciate the presence of the rat-adj crowd on here but sometimes they can't help but completely miss the point of a certain discourse (or they do a strawman and claim that the weakest or most ridiculous takes are best representation of the entire discussion) and then proceed to do the usual smug and superior act and try and dismiss the whole thing as stupid and it's super frustrating and disappointing
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