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flaresanimedump · 4 years
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OK HERE IT IS, the long awaited HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID essay:
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Enter Balse Robin. He was so excited for his first day at his dream job that he missed it.
Let’s go over what we know about Robin:
1. Babyls fan
2. Teaches about familiars
3. Has focus problems
4. Is not late to work, as he’s walking slowly to campus
Good? Good. Let’s think about 1 and 2 for a moment. Who’s the one famous teacher at Babyls he’s pretty much guaranteed to know about?
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Let’s put a pin in this, because the answer is there is literally no way he doesn’t know who Kalego is.
So Robin starts his belated first day all casual like, probably hangs out in the staff room, and then plays it cool while our heroes summon their familiars. Nobody notices that the only student he knows by name is Iruma. Nobody sees any significance in him locating a specific page in the teacher’s handbook right after calling him.
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Cool as a cucumber. Until.
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This. This is the moment he blew his cover. Was he having a good time before this?? Sure. Does he have a single goddamn reason to be this hyped about Iruma’s familiar? No. He’s absolutely not going to let Iruma out of summoning him  because he has the best excuse in the universe to play with fluffy Kalego, the dream of literally the entire faculty and extended cast, which is the FIRST THING HE DOES:
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Kalego even introduces himself.
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Kalego has been talking the whole damn time, there’s no way this cunning bastard didn’t catch that name. Want more proof?
Look what he cites:
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Do you know the only book I can pull out, quote perfectly, and locate the page the quote is on at any given moment? It’s The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Why is that relevant? Because I have watched Douglas Adams’ videos on youtube and listened to his audiobook - you know the author when you know a book that well.
Ohoho, but this is normal for our boy Robin. He maxed his manipulation skill when he was in diapers. Exhibit B:
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What happened to “no special exemptions,” Robin-sensei?
Sidebar, it should be noted he said this in response to a quiet conversation Kalego and Iruma were having. Quietly. Unlike this one:
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Oh, he knows.
Back to the main topic:
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Is anybody else doing this???? Is Asmodeus dancing with the snake
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Because I would like to see that if so
These two are the center of Robin’s attention. There is no way he wasn’t just fucking with Kalego at this point.
And finally, This:
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Robin listens instantly to this fluffy thing he’s been pointedly ignoring all day once Kalego gets serious, BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT’S HIS SENPAI AND HE’S BEEN REVERSE HAZING HIM
As for how he could have found out, I refer you to point #4 in what we know about Robin at the start of the episode: he is not late to work that morning. “Don’t say fluffy around Kalego” was most definitely a newbie tip. Alternately:
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IT WAS IN THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER Robin probably has this framed in his house
Honorable mentions for evidence include:
1. Robin later makes it apparent that it’s his life’s mission to drive Kalego insane
2. Robin loves this school but is only ever excited about Kalego
3. Asmodeus outright called Kalego famous on their second day
I won't even go into the parallel on either side of the opening but oh my god just look at it through the lens of fanboy Robin ok
And that’s my 100% factual evidence that Balse Robin is the most evil demon at Bablys who showed up to irritate his idol to death thank you for coming to my ted talk
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