*Playing two truths and a lie*

Hikari: My turn? I have blue eyes. I have a cat named Miko. And one time I led an uprising of slugs against an evil teddy bear and a fifty foot tall metal dragon.

Miyako: Right idea, Hikari, but it’s got to be more challenging for everybody...

Iori: Her eyes are brown.

Miyako:

Miyako: You did what?!

SCPS and its digimon coats of arms.

SCP 049: Wisdom. SCP 2295: Hope. SCP 2396: Purity. SCP 076: Courage. SCP 105: Love. SCP 191:Light. SCP 166: Friendship. SCP 073: Darkness. SCP 999 : Kindness.

Takeru: Sometimes I wish you would admit to your mistakes.

Yamato: *taking a sip of his coffee, cringing* I happen to LIKE it with salt.

Pinky: Sorry I'm late. I was supposed to get a haircut, but when I looked in the mirror, I realized my hair was already perfect. Clyde: The only thing is, she was staring in the mirror for over an hour.

Devimon: It's really cute you're gonna defeat me with the power of friendship and all, but again I am The Devil from The Bible, so–

So, I put the Trio™️ through the incorrect quotes generator, and...

Daisuke : I really like this whole ‘good guy, bad guy’ thing you guys have going on.

Miyako : It’s not an act, it’s just that I’m mean and Iori isn’t

Koushiro: *holding a python* Guys I impulsively bought a snake, what do I name him.

Jyou: You did WHAT–

Mimi: William Snakespeare

A bunch of goddamn incorrect quotes. Does that even count as fanfiction?

Steve (U.S./N.Y. Chosen Child from 02's World Tour arc with curly hair and glasses), to his Frigimon: Half of those people* (*also probably, new & later old Chosen) out there are Gentiles.

Steve: YOU go expain Yom Kippur to a Gentile.

Steve: "We're happy, but we're starving."

Frigimon, staring out the window:

Steve: "It's New Years, but we're guilty."

Frigimon and Steve:

Frigimon: ( "Maybe you could ask---" )

Steve:

Something that's always bugged me a bit of how the long, multi-word Digimon names are written. For example, is WarGreymon or War Greymon the correct way to write it down. Adventure and 02 had the names as one word, so it kind of confuses my OCD ass in that regard. Any thoughts?

No space (so in this case "WarGreymon"), i.e. camel case, is generally considered the correct standard form, and even the Japanese Digimon Reference Book will write it this way.

The version with the space is not incorrect, since it's used sparingly, but every time I've seen it used, it's usually in some organizational context or some context where camel case would have posed readibility issues. (I also invite anyone with more experience in the topic to chip in!) In general, I would say when in doubt, go with the camel case version.

Round 1 Poll 8: Not What It's Called!

Danganronpa submission:

You said it in the submission post, but V1 and V2 are NOT THE FIRST TWO GAMES. That's not what Dr1 and Sdr2 are called! That's just wrong! BUT SOME PEOPLE KEEP CALLING THEM THAT??? THE PLOT TWIST OF V3 DIRECTLY TELLS US WHAT THE V MEANS!! And even if you are like 'The game lies to us! V3 is NOT the 53rd killing game!' You are calling the 1 and 2 the 51rd and 52rd entry in the series and spreading bs to new fans and when anyone tries to clear up miscommunication they automatically spoil the twist because it needs to be explained! The V does NOT stand for version!

Digimon submission:

"Similar to DRV3 causing misnomers to its prequels, calling the original Digimon Adventure anime ""Digimon Adventure 01"" because the 2nd season is called Adventure 02. It's called 02 not because its the 2nd season but because it takes place in 2002. It'd be more accurate to call it Adventure 99 because it takes place in 1999 if you had to add an identifier. But its so widespread and boils my piss so much because its misnomering and incorrect by not paying attention! (anyways if i had a nickle for everytime a series i loved got their first installments called the wrong name due to the naming of a sequel id have two nickles which isnt a lot but it sure is weird)"

how bad I draw, guys. How do you like that??? I thank you so much, but really, I'm seeing some pages of the first chapter and I'm in shock

So I ran into your thoughts on the Beginning, and as far as the timeline goes, I think Lui (like Menoa) is wrong. The JP Chosen are clearly different from the World chosen. Only they are summoned to the Digiworld. I think Lui's wish via homeostasis just made it so that non-Chosen children would get Digivices to be able to maintain partnerships, and they were modeled after the original digivice, and began popping up after Adventure. But when new chosen were needed in 02, they got new digivices.

That's an interesting idea! Apologies, I wish I could be more helpful, but I only saw The Beginning once, and I spent most of it reeling and not taking much in (I didn't respond well to certain plot elements).

I personally find it difficult to make conclusions about "our Japanese Chosen (Taichi and Daisuke's groups) vs the rest of the Chosen around the world," because to my knowledge, we don't receive a lot of details about the global Chosen and what they can and cannot do.

We know Michael Barton and Betamon can go to the Digital World, so I do think all global Chosen can travel to the DW. But does that mean that all global Chosen were selected by Homeostasis? Or are they a second category generated by Lui's wish in The Beginning, and they have partners, can presumably evolve them to some extent, and can travel to the DW, but were not hand selected warriors of the DW? But I really doubt The Beginning's plot beats and lore existed when Adventure and 02 were being written and created, so at best, this is back-filling information. A lot depends on how each viewer feels about adding the information of the new films into their understanding of the old content, or if viewers prefer to let the old content stand alone and treat the new content as fun extras that don't really impact their feelings/understanding of the old content.

I personally haven't assigned much weight to Kizuna or The Beginning for lore, simply because it feels like they wrote around existing lore to make these plots work with existing information. In my mind, that is why both plots hinge on Menoa and Lui being "wrong" about various Lore Important Issues, while details from the original series point us to what most fans see as the "correct" interpretation, with a little bit of subtext from the new films.

I'm not saying that this is bad or wrong, or that people are incorrect for folding the new content into existing lore. In fact, I think a lot of anime movies especially rely on similar write-around methods! Basically, I just think a lot is going to come down to personal preference with what to accept and what to ignore, especially because it's just a LOT of content at this point (two 50+ episode animes, the handful of Digimon movies released in the 2000s ish, Tri, Kizuna, The Beginning, various drama CDs and novels, etc).

This does make me realize that I could really stand a rewatch of the World Tour and the ending of 02. Makes sense that there could be relevant info about the global Chosen there! And I believe the ending of 02 is where we get our most direct (aka non subtext) lore about what makes the Chosen/partner bond work.

Thanks for the ask, your ideas are very interesting and I enjoy hearing them!