kuroshitsuji's chapters have been padding for time for a longtime now, but im just as afraid the manga will rush it's conclusion towards the end (ive seen it before) and not spend anytime on characters we do like. So which characters do yall want to have a major character moment before the story ends?*
*Im not counting major characters like Lizzy, Soma, the Queen, etc, who i'm certain will get focus eventually. this is more for characters whose importance in the the plot is a little shaky atm and could change at a moment's notice (aka Yana's whims)
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I had this question in my mind for a while, but do phantomhives get paid for doing the queen's dirty work? Like how does it work? It's their job after all
Hey Anon! Yep, they get paid through Scotland Yard, as explained in the manga (ch23):
In fact, it's "tradition" for Scotland Yard's Commissionner to bring a financial "recompense" to the Queen's Watchdog while eating dinner together on such occasions (you have the details above).
Additionally, I always thought that Randall's obvious distaste in such traditions actually betrays that he's been around in Scotland Yard and given his fair share of "bribes" to the Phantomhives, probably since Claudia's time as the Watchdog or so (back when she was the Watchdog he was probably the next Commissioner to be). It's also probably why he knows stuff about them, like Vincent owning a photo studio.
I hope it answers your question Anon! Have a good day!
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Who's your favorite villain/antagonist from the Professor Layton series? part 2
There's some more villains from the series that I haven't included in the first poll. This time I'm including Randall Ascot/The Masked Gentleman, Leon Bronev, and Arthur Cantabella/The Storyteller.
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It's so interesting to me that both Wayne & Murray call people "pal", and yet they are, in my opinion, two of the worst people Arthur comes across. Something something bullies go into positions of authority something something...
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With the release of AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM, the DCEU has officially ended.
You could never make me hate you.
AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM THOUGHTS. MORE SPOILERS THAN FISH IN THE SEA.
THE GOOD
-Loved the humour of it. The DCEU has been so serious and I find myself loving the lighter ones like WONDER WOMAN 2, the SHAZAM films and THE FLASH. Plus, Jason Momoa is better equipped for comedy/action, than drama. Meanwhile, Patrick Wilson excels at both! How great is he in this?!
Wilson was just so game. The cockroach scenes (scenes because there is a mid-credit call-back) would have been downright dumb if it was played by someone less committed than Wilson.
And the humour in their interactions weren't clunky because this is Arthur having the brother experience that he never had. It ties back to his father Tom (Temuera Morrison) saying Junior should have a sibling and how he wished Arthur had one. Now we see it played out, complete with the older sibling bullying (convincing Orm to eat a cockroach by saying it's the shrimp of the land. Which is priceless because people call shrimp the cockroaches of the seas).
-As soon as Kordax said his darkest night had ended, I knew what was going on.
Blackest Night!!!!!
Yes, the core story was vastly different but this was the their nod to it.
-People living under the sea should stoke the imagination so I'm happy they finally made the civilization under the sea so lively instead of us just watching Atlantean council meetings. Give us the nightlife!
THE BAD
-I don't think we got enough time with Black Manta.
It honestly felt like Randall Park's Stephen Shin had more screen-time.
Stephen who is obviously Jimmy Woo's identical twin cousin.
I think the film should have gone deeper into David Kane's slip into madness due to the trident with more of his "Gollum" scenes where we can see how Kordax is spurring him on.
But at least they gave Black Manta a great death. I was just waiting for Arthur to grab him and Black Manta still fall to his death. But it's so fitting that David wouldn't dare let the man who killed his father (a man who doesn't even feel bad about it) save him. True standing on business! Or falling... Falling on business.
-The water effects are horrible. I think it likely looks better in 3D but in standard - hazy, uncanny valley.
THE REST
-Pilou Asbaek plays Kordax and I find it fitting that my wretched sh!tty despot uncle of the Iron Islands plays a power hungry Atlantean.
-I was the only person to laugh at the Topo line spoken by Atlanna (Nicole Kidman).
Return of the King.
And Storm!
-Though in the SnyderCut we get Martian Manhunter, thus fulfilling the motto of Unite the Seven
in this film we get another united seven - the seven kingdoms of Atlantis which includes the titular lost kingdom.
-Felt like James Wan did a fair bit of nods. We get Orn living above ground at an outdoor restaurant a'la Bruce's retired life in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Arthur and Orn's team-up is like Thor and Loki's in THOR: RAGNAROK. Arthur even calls Orn Loki before making a Harry Potter reference.
There's a shot of Black Manta sat in the navigation chair in his Black Manta gear casting the same type of demeanor as T'Challa in BLACK PANTHER. The ending with Arthur deciding to tell the world about Atlantis is straight cribbed from BLACK PANTHER and IRON MAN. Is this the cinematic version of someone losing a match and shaking the hand of their opponent?
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