Yeah. I get that. I feel like it would have been cool for Alice and Masquerade to be separated and become more familiar with each other, like siblings. I definitely feel like the anime should have focused a bit more on their relationship instead of writing them out in NV.
But it makes sense that Masquerade didn’t like Alice because she was the more friendly and lovable version of him. It’s like he knew that he wasn’t good enough to be like her so he wanted to defeat her so he could become the host. But then he realizes that his dramatic flair and evilness is equally apart of her as her goodness and likability is apart of him. I just feel like there should have been more explored with them. Including the whole: Who remembers what? What happens to Masquerade when Alice is awake? Could Alice become like Masquerade if she had never met the brawlers? Did Alice’s bakugan even like her after Masquerade died/vanished? I feel like there should have been more to explore.
(I also think it would be nice if Alice wasn’t forgiven so easily and if she still had to overcome some mistrust. Even though she wasn’t aware of anything. And it would be nice if she tried to bond with all of her/their/his bakugan more. Especially Hydranoid)
(Like imagine your master disappears one day, and this random girl who was him is suddenly who you have to listen to. I’d be fed up.)
Guys. Do you think that Masquerade cared for Alice and vice versa? Because he probably knew she existed before that final battle, right? Like, he was aware of her being alive. Or did he just fall asleep and sometimes wake up as Alice? Because didn’t he use Alice to track the brawlers?
I don’t know where I’m going with this…
-Dustin has the highest alcohol tolerance. He can go shot for shot with Hopper.
-Max wears a suit to prom. The only time anyone has ever seen her in a dress was at Billy’s funeral.
-El joins the Hawkins cheer team and is really good at it. By senior year she’s the captain.
-Max, Will, Mike, and Dustin do the school plays and every year. Mike skips the musicals because he can’t sing. Dustin always gets the lead.
-Lucas is in choir, and is a great singer. His friends try to convince him to do the musicals, but he doesn’t think he’s a good enough actor.
-Mike is a Notre Dame legacy, but he decides to go to NYU instead for creative writing.
-Ted is apprehensive, but Karen is relentlessly supportive.
-Karen and Joyce were childhood best friends.
-Robin and Steve actually made out one time, as an experiment instigated by Robin. Her hypothesis, that she solely likes women, was correct. Steve was happy to take one for the team.
-Eddie teaches Mike to play guitar.
-Erica would never tell him this, but she considers Dustin her best friend outside of her brother and Tina.
-Steve, always particular about hair, learns to do Erica’s. He’s a wizard at it.
-Lucas is valedictorian of their year, and gets a full ride to UCLA for basketball.
-Max can crack all of her knuckles and anyone’s back. She does it for Mike every day.
-El is a vegetarian.
-Mike and Max are assigned as locker buddies randomly. Mike tries to keep their locker super neat, but Max is a borderline hoarder.
-The Party gets really into Friends in the 90’s. They tease Mike for having Rachel Green vibes.
-El, Dustin, and Lucas hang out as a trio a lot. They have a very specific and unique bond.
-Max babysits Holly Wheeler when Mike and Nancy are unavailable. Holly loves Max, and they develop a Steve and Dustin kind of bond.
-Mike and Max are cat people while Will, El, Dustin, and Lucas are dog people.
ok let's get started. also I apologize in advance I'll probably get carried away and start talking about Marcus a lot
and before anyone comes at me I don't have an issue with Douglas but that man did some pretty fucked up things ESPECIALLY to his kids??
he experimented on them when they were literal babies and wanted to make them bionic soldiers and rent them to the highest bidder?? like i don't know about yall but if I ever heard my dad wanted to sell me as a kid i would get as far away as possible
he proceeds to fake his death and build an android to "befriend" and capture the lab rats so he could take control over them with the triton app and make them do whatever he wanted. also don't even get me started on Marcus oh my god.
he makes an android and then realizes "well shit he's not gonna last long with all these bionics in his body". he probably doesn't really care at first but then oops! turns out his android son has feelings! who would have seen that coming!!! and before anyone comes at me yes Marcus does have feelings like cmon. he could have easily fooled Leo if he wanted. in the ep "Concert In A Can" at the end he could have apologized to Leo and maybe he would have bought his lies after a while! but he didn't apologize! this guy went at Leo for NO REASON. he would have had an easier time fooling the others if he befriended Leo too but he didn't cause he's just a kid! he wanted some drama in his life and what's more dramatic than having an arch nemesis? also he's literally in drama club. come on now.
plus he mentions he has pizza nights with Douglas which would be kind of weird to have with an emotionless android just saying...
and you can say "oh he's programmed to fake emotions!" or whatever. no he isn't. or maybe he was but then learned to have real emotions from Douglas or whatever. the point is this boy has emotions!! just watch the episode in season 4 when he confronts Douglas and tell me he doesn't have emotions.
anyway back to Douglas he lies to Marcus about him DYING before 16 and even says he's gonna buy him a car at 16?? he didn't HAVE to lie if he was emotionless, why would a robot care? but Marcus does have emotions and the news would give him psychological torment and Douglas KNOWS that and that's why he lies. anddd I don't know about you but that's pretty fucked up!
he also just. allows Marcus to attempt to kill Leo. he doesn't say "hey maybe don't kill my brother's brand new kid" he just lets Marcus do his thing. and Marcus does his thing because Douglas is his only parental figure and Douglas is Fucked Up™
then he allows Marcus to kill Leo again!! and when his plan fails and the lab rats escape he leaves Marcus to die even if he knew to some degree he had emotions. so that's fun!!
anyway I have a love hate relationship with Douglas. I think he's a fun character and the episodes with him are great it's just that HOW IN THE HELL DID HE GET A REDEPMION ARC OH MY GOD. I'm not saying people can't learn from their mistakes and grow as a person but this guy tried to sell his own kids!! and kill Leo who's very much a kid!! I have no idea how or why the lab rats crew forgave him but it's probably cause it's just a Disney show for kids and I'm looking too much into it. but that's why it's fun!
at the end of the day as I said it's just a silly children's show from 2012 and I have way too many feelings about Marcus to not be biased lmao. this is all /lh and its totally fine if you disagree :) also it's like 3 am so if there are any mistakes no there aren't
Okay okay. Baby Luchia started singing and my brain immediately knew the lyrics. And then she saw Kaito, and called him sleazy and shit. and then I saw Hanon. My wife, Hanon, is here!!!!
Rewatching Mermaid Melody on Youtube. I’ve reached eternal happiness
“the world has taken too much from you for you to be considered a child”
M’BAKU STEPPING INTO A BIG BROTHER ROLE, HOW DARE RYAN COOGLER AND WINSTON DUKE DO THIS TO ME
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) dir. Peyton Reed
“But why was it Daisuke-kun’s and Ichijouji-kun’s Digimon? Ah, I’m not saying it’s wrong.”
Doesn’t all this dialogue surrounding Daisuke and Ken’s Jogress evolution come across as very on-the-nose romantic and the epilogue perhaps, I look on as an adult, has Miyako where the writers themselves wanted Daisuke?
Happy Pride Month, 02 fans!
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Hongjoong, talking to the rest of ateez: yall really yee’d my last fucking haw
Seonghwa: boo-fucking-hoo, cry me a tractor
this chapter of slippery slopes ruined me…
The cake is destroyed.
C.I.T witnessed the "show-stopping lights."
Arch Villain protects the know it all.