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Ma'am did you seriously just gainax while crushing a woman to death

#dungeon meshi spoilers

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"Ok ok, listen," I begin, "Lot of people hear werewolf they think, oh, guy who turns into a wolf. Must have the mind of a man and the body of a wolf, and that's where you're fuckin' wrong. It's a guy, and then it's a wolf. Sometimes looking a little like the guy, but still a fuckin' wolf. It thinks like a wolf. So tell me, what happens when a wolf finds a food source?"

"It uh... it keeps coming back?"

"Exactly," I snap my fingers, "So you bunch of dumbasses have just been servin' people, to a fuckin' wolf, every month. You know how you're not supposed to feed wildlife? Same fuckin' problem. You gave this guy's wolf half, whoever they are, a fuckin' free source of food. No shit they're comin' back every full moon, you're feedin' it like a pet. Honestly, I'd consider you more culpable than they are."

"O-oh god..."

"B-but, if we didn't... the beast would attack our homes! We don't have the silver weaponry needed to-"

"What part of 'It's a fuckin' wolf' do you not understand?" I snap, "It's a wolf. It's afraid of what a wolf is afraid of. You light like, a torch and it'll just run away! Maybe get it's fill by like, eating a single livestock every month. The fuckin' wastefulness I swear to god..."

“Noble monster hunter! Thank goodness you’re here! We’ve had to sacrifice a villager to this werewolf each month to keep it at bay!” “That is quite possibly the worst course of action your village could take.”

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I love how when the Sinners are asking Nelly why she betrayed them/Heathcliff and Cathy, she responds with "Imagine finding out your entire life is cosmically destined to be spent being the third party to those two's relationship drama" and literally everyone, including Heathcliff, just go "ok yeah, that's fair."

#limbus company #Canto VI spoilers #Nelly LCB #granted it was really more because they can tell she got manipulated by hermann on some level too #but I think even the most amoral of the group wouldn't want to have to go through dealing with Hearthcliff and Cathy's relationship #I'd probably betray them too tbh

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Canto VII/Season 5 Abnormality Speculation

Ok, so each abnormality that is either part of a sinner's dungeon or their season pass egos (In the case of Heathcliff) usually has some connection/symbolism for them ala each of the ego used during Realizations in Library having some symbolism towards the emotions/memories displayed within. Since we have a pretty damn big list of mirror dungeon abnormalities and they seem to primarily draw on those for new bosses as opposed to making new ones, I'ma speculate on some options for things we'll face in Don's personal dungeon.

Pagoda Veneration

This one is pretty self explanatory. It's focused around wishes and the granting/destruction of them, which fits Don's character to a tee to the point she already has an EGO for it.

Rose Hunter

So, this abnormality is effectively a rogue hunter that seeks to bring Snow White's Apple (Or Ebony Apple, possibly both) back to fulfill the role they had in the original tale. Effectively, cutting their dreams short to drag them back to their original fate, which could possibly be the problem Don faces in her Canto or faced in her own past. It would effectively represent reality trying to drag her back down.

Sleepyhead

This one mainly correlates to Don's fascination and association with toys, along with it giving a lust gift which matches the Sin of Don's base ego. It also has a blood motif in that you need to offer it blood to get its head to raise back up to give you the gift, which also matches with Don's base ego translating to "Blood of Sancho".

Tomorrow's Expression

Tomorrow's Expression is an Aberration of Today's Shy Look, which in Library stood-in for Angela's having to mask her true desires to reach out to the others in order to fulfill the Seed of Light plan. Tomorrow's Expression is effectively Shy Look's opposite, being something that asks how it should express itself as opposed to something that wanted to find a way to express its own emotions. This can correlate to the possible origins of Don and her worldview, and the original story of Don Quixote and how people tried to cruelly snap Don out of his delusions.

#I'll probably make a follow up to this when the fourth Mirror Dungeon comes out and probably contains VII's actual abnos #but I wanted to get this out of the way because it's fun to speculate #BTW if you're wondering about any other sinners I don't have much but I can guarantee you one thing #Those hospital-themed abnormalities with greek mythology names are definitely showing up in Outis' canto #they match so fucking perfectly #anyways ramble over #Limbus Company #Don Quixote LCB

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Qrow: "You know, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think she's really starting to change."

Ruby, internally: "Oh I'm about to do something hilarious."

Qrow and Raven: finally healing their broken bond and working together closely as family like they once used to

Ruby Rose, approaching Raven knowing what she knows: I'm about to end these two's whole relationship

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Limbus Theory Time Part 2 (The Don One)

Ok so, lot of people have been speculating on how Don is absolutely going to be emotionally destroyed next Canto. Distortion seeming like, the bare minimum of the shit she's in for. However, allow me to propose a different idea.

Don already Distorted before

So, part of what made me come up with this theory was looking at the observation log for Distorted!Heathcliff, which is actually written by Don. Now, despite the fact Heathcliff and Don actually have an odd friendship going on, she takes it... surprisingly well. Like, way too well.

Like, she seems to consider it the same way she considered beating up Sinclair back in Canto III. Which she even said was what her "friends" used to do to her whenever she acted up. Now I think me and a lot of people took this in a abuse direction... but what if that's not what it was? What if she knows about beating someone down to reverse a distortion because she herself already had that happen to her?

Don has an interesting relationship with Distortions whenever they come up. She doesn't really comment on it against Kromer or during Hell's Chicken... but guess who's the first person to speak up the first time the Sinners actively see someone talking to Carmen?

She immediately recognizes it as a distortion. Not only that, but she actually drops her normal speaking pattern. But that's not the only weird connection to Distortions that Don has... check out this line from the conversation during the mini-episode between To Claim Their Bones and Canto VI

Not only was she asking for the name of whoever wrote the report on distortions, but she specifically recognizes Moses' name. The Distortion Detective. Someone who's entire job is reversing distortions. And yet again, she kinda drops her usual speaking pattern when it comes up.

Don definitely knows more about Distortions than the average Sinner, has some history with Moses that she can't quite remember, and immediately recognizes someone talking with Carmen. Add on a history of being beaten down by "old friends" for acting up, which is the same attitude she applies to a distorted Heathcliff...

I think Don distorted before in the past. Hell, possibly even multiple times. Maybe she doesn't remember it entirely (Heathcliff himself is a little confused at what happened after he undistorts) but I think it definitely happened. Either her worldview has been broken before... or she created that worldview because she was broken before. Maybe her "Impossible Dream" is what guided her out of the distortion.

Now, if this means she'll distort again or reject it and manifest like a fluorescent ego for a while, I don't know. But I do think that if she does end up in a state where she hears Carmen, it won't be the first time she's had a conversation with her.

#honestly I'm a 'Don rejects the distortion' believer #I think she can do it #but yeah I don't think she's as sheltered and about to get broken as people seem to think #also be interesting if she has some connection to moses because it might mean we catch up with the distortion detective crew next canto #or possibly before that #we do have two murder mystery events coming up... #Limbus Company #canto VI spoilers #Don Quixote LCB

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Hermann: "Good work retrieving that Golden Bough for us Nelly. Welcome to my team here at N Corp. You've already met Aseah."

Aseah: "Ah, that Linton fellow truly did make an excellent dough. I wonder what we shall bake next..."

Hermann: "We also have another of Yi Sang's old compatriots, Gubo."

Gubo: "I heard you were with Yi Sang for a while. Did he ask about me? Does he want to come home? Did he-"

Hermann: "Hong Lu's brother, Jia Huan."

Jia Huan: "Ah, did my brother get you to finally wash those filthy rags of his?"

Hermann: "Sonya, who's technically only hired help."

Sonya: "Ah, I heard you were a Butler. Would you like to discuss workers rights some time?"

Hermann: "Our newest addition before you, Captain Ahab."

Ahab: "I SHALL SHARPEN EVERY HARPOON, SAIL EVERY WAVE UNTIL I HAVE SKWERED THAT BEAST ACROSS EVERY POSSIBLE REFLECTION! I, AHAB, WILL PROVE THAT I ALONE WILL-

Hermann: "And of course, me. I'm sure you've seen the excellent work I did with my ungrateful son. A shame my current Wing doesn't allow insectoid hybrids to be created under their watch."

Nelly: "...please tell me I at least get to wear the cool longcoat at this job."

Hermann: "You do."

Nelly: "Thank god."

#limbus company spoilers #canto VI spoilers #Nelly LCB #Hermann LCB #Ahab LCB #Sonya LCB #aseah lcb #gubo lcb #Jia Huan LCB #Hermann really assembling a team to rival the Reverb Ensemble as the goofiest group of evil counterparts #I hope they add a literal windmill next canto

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Don't forget their hired help communist party leader. And, if we're going off the other books, it's possible it may yet expand to include a windmill/guy who really hates fantasy (Don), a former(?) mob boss (Ryoshu), the literal devil (Faust), the god of the seas/a cyclops (Outis), and... idk like whatever you'd describe Raymond from The Stranger as, maybe. (Mersault).

Hell, they might even staple Kromer back together just to have a proper Sinclair counterpart.

you know, its kinda funny how weird Herrmans group is, you got a genetic scientist who experimented on her own child(ren? whats up with Gregor's sis anyway), 2 inventors, one who's a massive nerd about red shades and the other who likes making bread out of people, Hong Lu's dickhead brother, a crazy old sea hag, aaannd now a maid whos suffered at the hands of the mirror world. i really wanna see them interact its gonna be incomprehensible yet hilarious anyway.

#what is it with psychopaths in this city and making evil counterpart orgs #fuckin everyone gotta deal with their evil shadow self these days #limbus company spoilers

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#limbus company #yi sang lcb #Aseah lcb #Gubo lcb #shitposting #yi sang is gonna just stab the next mirror world researcher he sees at this point #bro is tired of reunions

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Gonna have to cast doubt on that secondary W though, because no one remembers who Cathy is which means they probably think nothing happened.

Hermann has gotten 2 Ws this canto. Got one bough back,and everything that transpired shows that destroying the possibilities in the mirror worlds is possible, just like how she asked of yi sang in chapter 4.

#imagine if they actually have erased people from mirror worlds like multiple times but they just keep forgetting #'whoops another failed experiment back to the drawing board' #meanwhile all versions of Jim from I Corp have been erased from the multiverse #canto VI spoilers

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You were born into a rich family in the late 1800’s. Your father was a generous man who adopted an orphan boy. You just discovered that your adopted brother had plans to kill your father all along and has just turned himself into a vampire. You’re a very gifted athlete, confront him.

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Heathcliff, known former Syndicate member who has repeatedly team-killed for minor annoyances, and his idea of revenge

Ishmael, former office worker who quit to go sailing and known manual reader, and her idea of revenge

i love the contrast between ishmael and heathcliff's revenge plots because ishmael was willing to steer a boat into a whale of skyscraper proportions to tear that old lady limb from limb with her bare hands, whereas heathcliff was trying really hard to increase his credit score. ishmael is here not speaking of hubris. striking the sun if it insulted her. she is madness maddened. she is that wild madness only calm to comprehend herself. in the meantime, heathcliff has trodden on the bathtub mixed timeline moonshine landmine that cathy made in her basement

#limbus company #limbus company spoilers

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The mental image of Heathcliff banging on the gates of Wuthering Heights going "CATHY!!! I GOT MY CREDIT SCORE TO 700! CATHY!!!" is fucking killing me.

i love the contrast between ishmael and heathcliff's revenge plots because ishmael was willing to steer a boat into a whale of skyscraper proportions to tear that old lady limb from limb with her bare hands, whereas heathcliff was trying really hard to increase his credit score. ishmael is here not speaking of hubris. striking the sun if it insulted her. she is madness maddened. she is that wild madness only calm to comprehend herself. in the meantime, heathcliff has trodden on the bathtub mixed timeline moonshine landmine that cathy made in her basement

#limbus company spoilers #canto VI

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Carmen: Then it can be as you wish-

Cathy: Hey, what the hell?

Carmen: What?

Cathy: This is my narrative to haunt.

Carmen: I was haunting the overall narrative long before you started haunting your personal one.

Cathy: Yeah so don't you have better things to do!? I had this whole thing planned out and you're fucking ruining it!

Carmen: Not my fault everyone in your family is an emotional wreck. In fact, it's possibly yours.

Cathy: Maybe, but they're supposed to be haunted by my memory, not yours. They don't even know you! You're just the one turning people into wolves!

Carmen: Not my fault everyone in your family has a canine motif either.

Cathy: God if we weren't both disembodied voices right now I'd beat the shit out of you I swear.

#limbus company spoilers #Canto VI spoilers #Cathy limbus company #Carmen limbus company #they're fighting #meanwhile dog!heathcliff is just hearing this and is really confused

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Carmen: "'oh Mersault go knock them out-' yeah yeah not this fucking time frenchboy."

#Limbus company spoilers #Canto VI spoilers #she's pissed after that #she had a whole cool design ready for Aeng-Dul and Dante and Mersault just had to FUCKIN RUIN IT #Carmen took that shit personally

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I uh...

...

Hmm...

Well they did it. Uh...

I might've jinxed us just a little bit.

Can't wait for the emotional climax of this canto where the Mili song swells as we watch Heathcliff beat the shit out the final boss with a sack containing the dead body of some random dude he killed as a gang initiation.

#Canto VI spoilers #limbus company spoilers #christ man you didn't need to break the damage calc like that

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Shout out to this surgeon

Simultaneously immensely trained to not panic but also not paid enough to actually give a shit when someone just drops in.

#bro just casually watching them put Denji back together like 'eh thought this was probably gonna happen' #also katana and nail joining them wasn't a surprise either just 'yep bout right' #bro saw this coming and just like doesn't care anymore #chainsaw man manga #chainsaw man spoilers #you know this guy is kinda distinctive with those two moles I wonder if he'll be important later