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breakdawn-avenue · 6 years

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episode 058: “The soul of a replica” oh boy, this episode wrecked me (and I’m still so mad that I had to adult before I could fully watch and make my screechings – and I mean screechings! and the screen shots @darkxyzduelist posted before killed me) buckle up, you wonderful people, because this might be the longest screechings I’ve ever made (because y’know, I’ve made many, many, many screen shots!)

what the heck!? I thought you knew the plan, you little brat!!

woah, woah, thin ice, Ai! but then again, just think about it: if the switch really did happen (and if the Hanoi Project really did succeed like @scratchface assumed) then having Yusaku as an AI is terrifying because not even Ai can tell the difference! (Ai: He’s not denying it! So Playmaker is the fake? *sob* Ai, for goodness sake! have faith in your Lost Baby!)

bad Ai! don’t you dare to betray your true Lost Baby so easily!

...I hate you

pfff, oi, oi, are you serious? I’m having a heavy flashback moment to this one:

(not as... “bad” and “evil” but still)

okay, Bowman’s anger is the reason the sky darkens. damn, what power... (kiiinnd of funny that even Playmaker and Ai react to it)

eeyy, hey! what kind of frigged up power does their shadow-y figure-leader has!? even he can copy Data Storm?! (in a friggin’ Master Duel, mind you! holy frigg’)

that was what I was asking! it’s 50/50 now if Ai tries to grant Playmaker to use his skill in Master Duels from now on (I mean, he might more than likely think about it, right?). I wonder if he can do it

...crap

o.O what?!

damn, that shadow-y figure is overpowered! goodness, the rules (if we can still talk about rules) are just getting more and more ridiculous!

damn it, Ai! stop that!

holy frigg’! you’ve found a way to corner and uncover his lie! yay!

yes, you can! ask him what’s your real name! end your misery with this! please!

aaaaaAAAAAAHHH!!! the screenshots weren’t fake! aaaaaaaAAAAAHHH!!! just look at that happy bean! my goodness, I can’t even...

oh, my God, dem’ babies! just look at them...

woah, one step at a time! you just met! you can’t already ask him on a date! (with this flashback [Yusaku has, at least one before the Hanoi Project!], it’s proven that they ‘knew’ each other even before the Hanoi Project!) *[1] *[2]

yes! (before you ask, yes – I’m spiteful now!)

lmao! I can’t believe our sweet, little Linkuriboh is the one to save Playmaker’s butt!

thank goodness

oi, Ai, you hypocrite!

ey, Haru, instead of sending Bowman, your so-called “brother”, how about you yourself start to take action, you brat? *[3] human! the real one! hurray! *celebrate* to be honest, I really feared that the writers might go this route (which is still possible! I didn’t forget! But it was clear from the beginning that it’s not Bowman). I wouldn’t really approve of this decision. yesterday, I had a very nice chat with @kurokunero , and we gushed and ranted one, about the spoilers for episode 59 + 60, two, about how much we both hate Dr. Kogami and everything he did [to both, the six Lost Babies as well as Ryoken himself] and three, Ryoken himself. as for the spoilers, and my not-approving the decision to make Yusaku an AI / copy of his true self, wouldn’t it only feel anti-climatic since we followed him since episode 1, but somehow also negate his right to wanting revenge, to be this socially awkward and having so much difficulty to form relationships (not only love-wise). he, and even as a protagonist of the show which is a very powerful move in my opinion, represents so many real life person. me including. doesn’t matter if they experienced such traumatic events in their life or not (because I didn’t, as far as I am aware), and it would even somehow feel insulting if they back down with it and say, like “Yusaku is awkward because he’s an AI”, and that “normal people” can’t be this socially awkward, unable to mingle, to be this closed-up. therapy can only do so much but if the person seeking help isn’t ready yet (because there are so many obstacles that are getting in the way), forcing someone to get better won’t work. never. I, personally, really adore having him as a protagonist, with every good character traits and flaws he possesses. *[1] before I had to adult, and seeing these wonderful screenshots @darkxyzduelist posted earlier, I had this crazy theory that Ryoken was even the one who picked the six Lost Babies. for whatever reason, I thought Dr. Kogami used him to seek good beginners. he may have not even said for what reason he should do it. but then again, all we saw up until now was that he was looking for Specter after the Hanoi Project. the second thought I had when Ryoken asked Yusaku out on a date to come over to play Duel Monsters was that if Dr. Kogami was home, living with Ryoken (and still with his mother?), he might have seen Yusaku there, saw that he was a good beginner and decided to use him for his godforsaken Hanoi Project. (to some extends, it was a little bit painful to see that these two knew each other before the Hanoi Project, and we didn’t know anything in season 1! aaaaAAAAHH) on a completely unrelated note, this episode was animated by the one and only Noh Gil-bo-sama, and it looked so effing beautiful *[2] on another unrelated note, why is Yusaku still calling Ryoken by his VRains-avatar? more so since they knew each other before the Hanoi Project. I can’t believe that the babies didn’t introduce themselves back then! (thinking about that, Ryoken introducing himself in episode 41 feels... off now) *[3] I have another crazy, possibly far-fetched theory since VRains taught us from the beginning always to think around the corner. for this, I don’t really have any “proves” (and thoughts that contradict this) but thoughts as to why this crazy idea Yusaku = AI / copy of the true Lost Baby even popped up in the first place. and I think it didn’t only happen to throw Playmaker off his game. what if the group’s shadow-y figure is the true Yusaku? wouldn’t that be rad? but then again, I really don’t have solid ground for that. one, that shadow-y figure is presented (most of all, his voice indicates this) as a grown man. Yusaku is only 16, and there’s no way that his voice sounds so much like this after the voice break (mind you, this is Reality Check-me again). two, if his goal was to throw off Playmaker in this duel, why didn’t he use the full knowledge (like his real name, Ryoken, him being the Special Person and teaching him the three-things-rule [I still don’t know if this is Ryoken’s doing or taught by Dr. Kogami in the end]). and three, how come he even does possess these information about the Hanoi Project in the first place? I cannot imagine that they were floating around Link VRains (while being rebuild into New Link VRains). either he has connections to SOL Technology, to Dr. Kogami / the Knights of Hanoi (then again, why would they even give these important information away?), or he’s a mighty hacker like Yusaku, Kusanagi and Ryoken. or because he’s Fujiki Yusaku himself. (preview! aaaaaaAAAAAAHHH!!! ‘bout time you get your pretty little but back into the show, young man! and since we see Specter and Dr. Genome in real life, we might even get their real life names)

#yugioh vrains #episode 58 #my screechings #episode 58 screenshots #episode 21 screen shot #long post #(sorry mobile users)#vrains theories and speculations #holy frigg' that episode!#i might have enjoyed it more than others

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canaryfeather · 7 years

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CR Binge: The Sunken Tomb

Happy first birthday, Critical Role! Have a beholder and a character death!

Like, yeah. @spacefiend0128 and I knew that Vex was going to die at some point soonish. We’d started to suspect it was this episode. And then the beholder shows up, and we’re like OMG. They killed it (go Zahra!) and we’re like YAY I guess Vex survives the episode! And then Percy sets off a trap with necrotic damage and Vex is right there and she DIES. WITH VAX NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM, HE JUST COMES BACK UP AND FINDS EVERYONE AROUND HER DEAD BODY. Oh god, Liam’s face. His face. Vax tried to make a bargain with the Raven Queen, his life for Vex’s. And he succeeded in the check (thank you @priestessofeste for the clarification!), so... yeah. I know there’s stuff with the Raven Queen later. Kinda guessing that’s related. O.O Oh, Vax.

A couple other things, because that was a really good episode and was also five hours long:

I love love love Percy and Vax’s conversation when they were on watch. Taliesin and Liam are the best RPers/storytellers in the group, and it’s wonderful when they play off each other like that. Them talking about Vox Machina as a family -- an awkward one, made up of broken people, who are better and stronger together than separately. Vax telling Percy that he is or can be a good man, and Percy saying that he’s trying to be that better man again. Percy telling Vax that he’s happy Vax is improving himself, too, and pursuing what is important -- effectively saying that he approves of Vax and Keyleth. <3

Kima DID NOT DIE YAY. I mean, I knew she would survive, but that was scary! No flinging the awesome halfling paladin off a sixty foot drop! O.O

I’m glad we’ll get to see Zahra and Kash again, even if it’s only in one episode. They’re so fun and wonderful. <3

Vex, though. Man. I made @spacefiend0128 hold my hand through parts of that. Sometimes clinging to a stuffed animal isn’t quite enough. Even knowing the outcome, that was SCARY INTENSE.

#cr binge #critical role #critical role spoilers #it's after 2 AM and I'm really tired #but I'm not sure my brain is going to wind down any time soon #wow

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