how to give and take
Happy belated TENTH ANNIVERSARY Odaiba Memorial Day! to commemorate, I picked up my rewatch again and blasted through all of Vamdemon/Myotismon! WOO.
omfg guys. I LOVE THIS ARC. I almost wanted to skip this because for some reason I've seen it about 15x more than any other individual group of episodes (half because I have some of it on tape and half because I feel as though they reran this shit ALL THE TIME) and I have seen the Dark Masters stuff like, twice and I am SO EXCITED. but gosh this is BEAUTIFUL. I love the interaction with the parents!! so much. and I also just LOVE their parents.
things that brought me especial joy:
-Taichi's ridiculous and hilarious relationship with his teacher. I feel that all people in positions of authority basically treat Taichi with the same "what...the shit" attitudes.
-Taichi coming in and crying over his parents and his mom just being all WTF MY ADOLESCENT MALE CHILD??
-Jou taking Takeru with him back into Odaiba as Takeru's mom runs after them and being all HAY TAKERU'S MOM I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD THAT WE ARE RIDING ON THIS OVERGROWN FURRY SEAL BUT MY NAME IS JOU I AM IN SIXTH GRADE I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR SON. PEACE.
-EVERYTHING ABOUT MR. ISHIDA. EVERY FUCKING THING. <3
-Mr. Yagami beating the shit out of the Bakumon with a bat. (like father, like son?)
-Mimi's dad going after whatever Digimon it was IN A GOLF CART. ahdfhsldkf <33333
-Koushirou calmly explaining to Mr. Ishida about the Digimon. "NBD THEY'RE FRIENDS NBD"
-Jou not knowing his brother slept in a closet????
ALL OF IT. BRINGING ME SUCH JOY.
other things about this arc I just LOVE? the INTENSITY. they're stuck on a little island, cut off from everyone, Vamdemon is herding people in, Nazi-style. SHIT, guys. and the perpetual eerie-ness of the foggy, deserted streets; the way they're hiding in stairwells and closets; the fact that they are beat down consistently before making even a little progress.
also, oh gosh Hikari and Taichi and they are the adorablest ever holy cow. ;_; THAT IS MY FACE WHEN HE LEAVES HER WITH YAMATO. and of course HOME AWAY FROM HOME aka the episode that is everyone's favorite but is TOTALLY MINE TOO because it is so damn pretty and the haunting repetition of Bolero and the COLORS and Hikari IN HER CUTE LITTLE PAJAMAS!! I feel like this picspam by someone else accurately reflects my feelings. on that note: Hikaaaaaarriiiiiii. how could I have forgotten my love? (everything about her in the episode where Wizar(d)mon dies! GRIT YOUR TEETH, FIST YOUR HANDS, NEVER SURRENDER, bb.)
ldfffffffffffff I LOVE THIS. I LOVE IT SO MUCH.
(except WHAT IS IT with Digimon and weird monsters that come out of the baddies? Devimon AND Vamdemon. especially Vamdemon because god it's a CROTCH MONSTER. it's weird and disturbing and really, really gross okay. ewwwwwww.)
and now let's go back an arc and let me tell you guys, I forgot how otp I find Taichi/Sora. back when I spent every Saturday morning glued to FoxKids, I was a ~Taiora shipper~. I would fight it out with those who preferred Sorato on the AOL Kids Only Message Boards, telling them that they were DUMB OKAY, and it broke my poor little heart when Sora chose Matt in the 02 Christmas special. WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT TO ME (AND ALSO TAI), I wondered. why was it. ;_; and of course it was exacerbated by the fact that they were clearly together in that fucking epilogue (when people complain about HP's, I just want to show them Digimon's and then ask them if they feel they can talk.) my poor little preteen heart, how it ached. HOW IT ACHED. I expressed this ache by hating Sorato vocally and vehemently! it was incredibly dumb, but I was young. I have gotten past it!
and I have tried to separate myself from those crazy shenanigans because HONESTLY wtf, romance is so the back-back-backseat on Digimon and it really doesn't matter. I now also do enjoy Sora/Yamato (so much, especially after discovering how he first says "I love you" to Sora WHILE TAP DANCING in one of the CD dramas. omg guys cutest), and usually I opt for ot3'ing them as they are totes worthy. (though I still find myself so unable to muster any sort of interest in Taichi/Yamato unless Sora is involved. man.)
but guuuuuuuuuuuuyssssss I cannot help it. Taichi/Sora! THEY ARE SO GREAT. There is the way Sora is consistently the first and sometimes the only one to be all "TAICHi WTF" and worry when he is being crazy and dumb. and how when she got taken into the pyramid and he FAILED he CRIED and ultimately it was her that caused him to FACE HIS FEARS and beast that fence/~make his Crest glow~. plus sometimes he knows her better than even she knows herself ("uhhh...love is the perfect crest for you, Sora...") and then...this cap! WHAT THAT FACE IS SO CUTE AND I KNOW IT IS PROBABLY UNINTENTIONAL BUT JEEZE.
I can't deny it any longer. if I have a Digimon OTP, Taiora is it. :( I WISH IT WERE NOT TRUE.
also thing I have realized, if there is an Adventure slash ship I can get behind, it is Taichi/Koushirou. dude, so many significant looks. and I feel like Koushirou is much more Taichi's #2 than Yamato. plus, THE MOVIE. I am so excited for that, because it may be my favorite thing in the whole world 4ever.
BRING IT ON, DARK MASTERS. I am so ready for you and your mind fuckery!
here, we will end with a cap of Taichi PRANCING OFF SCREEN?
I love him so much more than I remember. ;_;
also A VERY POTTER MUSICAL CAST, stop making me wish so hard to be your bff. it is not okay!
omfg guys. I LOVE THIS ARC. I almost wanted to skip this because for some reason I've seen it about 15x more than any other individual group of episodes (half because I have some of it on tape and half because I feel as though they reran this shit ALL THE TIME) and I have seen the Dark Masters stuff like, twice and I am SO EXCITED. but gosh this is BEAUTIFUL. I love the interaction with the parents!! so much. and I also just LOVE their parents.
things that brought me especial joy:
-Taichi's ridiculous and hilarious relationship with his teacher. I feel that all people in positions of authority basically treat Taichi with the same "what...the shit" attitudes.
-Taichi coming in and crying over his parents and his mom just being all WTF MY ADOLESCENT MALE CHILD??
-Jou taking Takeru with him back into Odaiba as Takeru's mom runs after them and being all HAY TAKERU'S MOM I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD THAT WE ARE RIDING ON THIS OVERGROWN FURRY SEAL BUT MY NAME IS JOU I AM IN SIXTH GRADE I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR SON. PEACE.
-EVERYTHING ABOUT MR. ISHIDA. EVERY FUCKING THING. <3
-Mr. Yagami beating the shit out of the Bakumon with a bat. (like father, like son?)
-Mimi's dad going after whatever Digimon it was IN A GOLF CART. ahdfhsldkf <33333
-Koushirou calmly explaining to Mr. Ishida about the Digimon. "NBD THEY'RE FRIENDS NBD"
-Jou not knowing his brother slept in a closet????
ALL OF IT. BRINGING ME SUCH JOY.
other things about this arc I just LOVE? the INTENSITY. they're stuck on a little island, cut off from everyone, Vamdemon is herding people in, Nazi-style. SHIT, guys. and the perpetual eerie-ness of the foggy, deserted streets; the way they're hiding in stairwells and closets; the fact that they are beat down consistently before making even a little progress.
also, oh gosh Hikari and Taichi and they are the adorablest ever holy cow. ;_; THAT IS MY FACE WHEN HE LEAVES HER WITH YAMATO. and of course HOME AWAY FROM HOME aka the episode that is everyone's favorite but is TOTALLY MINE TOO because it is so damn pretty and the haunting repetition of Bolero and the COLORS and Hikari IN HER CUTE LITTLE PAJAMAS!! I feel like this picspam by someone else accurately reflects my feelings. on that note: Hikaaaaaarriiiiiii. how could I have forgotten my love? (everything about her in the episode where Wizar(d)mon dies! GRIT YOUR TEETH, FIST YOUR HANDS, NEVER SURRENDER, bb.)
ldfffffffffffff I LOVE THIS. I LOVE IT SO MUCH.
(except WHAT IS IT with Digimon and weird monsters that come out of the baddies? Devimon AND Vamdemon. especially Vamdemon because god it's a CROTCH MONSTER. it's weird and disturbing and really, really gross okay. ewwwwwww.)
and now let's go back an arc and let me tell you guys, I forgot how otp I find Taichi/Sora. back when I spent every Saturday morning glued to FoxKids, I was a ~Taiora shipper~. I would fight it out with those who preferred Sorato on the AOL Kids Only Message Boards, telling them that they were DUMB OKAY, and it broke my poor little heart when Sora chose Matt in the 02 Christmas special. WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT TO ME (AND ALSO TAI), I wondered. why was it. ;_; and of course it was exacerbated by the fact that they were clearly together in that fucking epilogue (when people complain about HP's, I just want to show them Digimon's and then ask them if they feel they can talk.) my poor little preteen heart, how it ached. HOW IT ACHED. I expressed this ache by hating Sorato vocally and vehemently! it was incredibly dumb, but I was young. I have gotten past it!
and I have tried to separate myself from those crazy shenanigans because HONESTLY wtf, romance is so the back-back-backseat on Digimon and it really doesn't matter. I now also do enjoy Sora/Yamato (so much, especially after discovering how he first says "I love you" to Sora WHILE TAP DANCING in one of the CD dramas. omg guys cutest), and usually I opt for ot3'ing them as they are totes worthy. (though I still find myself so unable to muster any sort of interest in Taichi/Yamato unless Sora is involved. man.)
but guuuuuuuuuuuuyssssss I cannot help it. Taichi/Sora! THEY ARE SO GREAT. There is the way Sora is consistently the first and sometimes the only one to be all "TAICHi WTF" and worry when he is being crazy and dumb. and how when she got taken into the pyramid and he FAILED he CRIED and ultimately it was her that caused him to FACE HIS FEARS and beast that fence/~make his Crest glow~. plus sometimes he knows her better than even she knows herself ("uhhh...love is the perfect crest for you, Sora...") and then...this cap! WHAT THAT FACE IS SO CUTE AND I KNOW IT IS PROBABLY UNINTENTIONAL BUT JEEZE.
I can't deny it any longer. if I have a Digimon OTP, Taiora is it. :( I WISH IT WERE NOT TRUE.
also thing I have realized, if there is an Adventure slash ship I can get behind, it is Taichi/Koushirou. dude, so many significant looks. and I feel like Koushirou is much more Taichi's #2 than Yamato. plus, THE MOVIE. I am so excited for that, because it may be my favorite thing in the whole world 4ever.
BRING IT ON, DARK MASTERS. I am so ready for you and your mind fuckery!
here, we will end with a cap of Taichi PRANCING OFF SCREEN?
I love him so much more than I remember. ;_;
also A VERY POTTER MUSICAL CAST, stop making me wish so hard to be your bff. it is not okay!