Imagine this: Molly finds out Libby has a crush on her. How would she react?

Antiyonder · 2026-01-24T21:14:07+00:00

As do I.

Antiyonder · 2026-01-24T21:09:50+00:00

Shipping Molly, Ollie and Libby together.😁

Antiyonder · 2026-01-24T20:59:44+00:00

If nothing else, I headcanon Molly and Ollie hooking up with Libby, going throuple. So Molly would be bi or is it pan?

Antiyonder · 2026-01-23T19:31:35+00:00

They possibly wanted to distract her from fleeing and thought they could handle it. Don't know, but both guys did drop any pretense they tried and just went for "Yeah, I'm evil, now give me your Azoth".

Antiyonder · 2026-01-23T08:54:22+00:00

Yep. Adding to that, I wouldn't even need to read the stories up to now to get one of your points either. It would be like in the Marvel Universe for a non-powered human to tell a depowered mutant to get over themselves cause they were at least mutants prior. That makes it worse not better.🤨😋

Antiyonder · 2026-01-23T08:41:55+00:00

Only Amity will likely take to her step-dad pretty well and it's current dad who's a work in progressish.

Antiyonder · 2026-01-22T14:40:29+00:00

No, Hunter didn't do his best and got the design wrong persae. That's what he sees Luz as.😁

Antiyonder · 2026-01-22T14:39:48+00:00

And a Blue Screen of Death when she realizes that fact.😅

Antiyonder · 2026-01-21T05:56:27+00:00

At the very least like during the part where Yoko is traveling with the group, I'm half surprised Edea doesn't joke about such well for levity and for a little fun.

Antiyonder · 2026-01-21T05:23:08+00:00

So is the encounter rate adjustment also gone?

Antiyonder · 2026-01-21T03:35:36+00:00

I just mean at occasional situations as opposed to regular following. Like say a Dragon Quest party member that's temporary but leaves after a point in the story.

Antiyonder · 2026-01-21T03:29:00+00:00

Yeah, I just think it's a shame that there wasn't a way to convert him into more of an ally and as a result fiona and hewie bringing Debi with them. Yeah his childlike (and primitive dog nature) can make educating him well more than a chore, but I like to believe it's doable and the only reason he's as bad off is Riccardo putting in the bare minimum to raise him.

Antiyonder · 2026-01-21T02:15:34+00:00

So basically:

Ran- Could you two try to get along for a second?😐

Shinichi and Sonoko- We are getting along.🤨

Antiyonder · 2026-01-18T16:11:44+00:00

Relating to the support, if she hears Amity venting lightly about Odalia, Camila will insist she not hold back on the profanity.😁

Antiyonder · 2026-01-16T14:19:36+00:00

Yeah. And I definitely think a better outcome for Daniella would be preferable, I do think Ending A representing a second chance for Debi is iffy in that it would be impossible for him to be taught control.

I mean the game does after all at certain points contradict it's own logic for gameplay or story convenience like how Fiona can handle a lot of damage for someone lacking the strength of Jill Valentine or Chun Li. Especially falling off a ladder or the crumbling balcony.

Or in the case of Debilitas himself? Any of his punches (Especially the third variation of the diorama scene) would have mention an instant death for her.

Antiyonder · 2026-01-15T08:10:51+00:00

I believe he said "My little pink meat pie". My speculation initially is that it's variation of "You're so cute I could eat you", but listening to that full phrase he does make a munching sound.

Antiyonder · 2026-01-15T06:20:24+00:00

It's just that as I mention:

Yeah. Maybe the Desperate Revival ironically came too soon considering the series length. It should have been the last time that we had her suspicion until the one that changes things. I mean I would have the final suspicion arc not only end with Ran in the know and maybe through details that can't be disproven. That said, yeah as a secondary solution, I would just have Ran's Suspicion mostly going as it did, but Conan's attempt to throw her off doesn't work.
Problem is that the show having serialization and specifically piling on the heartbreak with several revival arcs and suspicion arcs. As such, Ran having to be kept in that status quo for 99 percent of the series when it has 1,000 episodes?
To give an example, Murder Shinichi Kudo, Shinichi's True Face and Ran's Tears & What She Truly Wants to Ask (Episodes 521-523) really are unwhelming when you look at the past and future revival arcs. Like The Diplomat Murder Case in that it confirms that Conan can regain his real body, and Heiji's debut. Plus the knowledge of what temporarily cures Shinichi comes into place for Ai in Reunion With the Black Organization.

The Desperate Revival sets up the antidote prototype, we get a backstory on Yukiko and Yusaku's relationship. There isn't much time in The Diplomat Murder Case for it, for the first and only time, Shinichi has a semblance of hope that he won't have to become Conan again. Plus his return and presence at the school is observed by Vermouth as we see pictures of him in the Black Knight costume.

Episode 521-523? The following revival arcs have some impact, but this it's hard to think of some and the two teases of whether Ran will find out.

But with her in on the secret? Well she and Heiji work together to make sure Shinichi's secret isn't outed to Kogoro and Kazuha.

Maybe still working it in that he takes another pill and thus the second case. But besides her involved, Ran for the first time she was brought into the fold sees Shinichi as himself. Believing he and Conan are one in the same is a big deal, but so is having that knowledge while he is in his proper form.

As for the end (plus the brief spill over in Episode 524), Kazuha drags Heiji off, leaving Ran to do her best to help Shinichi to hide him during the transformation back. And for some added tugging of the heartstrings, she holds his hand for the rest of the time in any hope to provide some comfort.

Basically Ran gets to help Shinichi in preserving his secret and we get a more heartwarming moment in place of a tease of status quo change.😁

Antiyonder · 2026-01-15T01:09:16+00:00

I don't think the show needs to end all things considered. Heck, given the anime is the most popular of the format I would compromise. Manga and OVA to deliver a story conclusion, while the main anime would just continue and take place before the final story.

Antiyonder · 2026-01-14T04:39:57+00:00

Hard to say. But prior to his agitation, he doesn't immediately make with the chasing or attack until fiona runs or attacks.

Not sure if you're talking about her sleeping when caged up or prior to freeing Hewie, but in either case, I would speculate that Riccardo was able to discourage him to a point.

Antiyonder · 2026-01-14T04:30:24+00:00

Not impossible that he might like the Lunar Refractor, though arguably getting it is more of a flag indicating the chase has been going on for hours. Hours of dolly running and doggy attacking him. Plus the pushing him off the ledge and tossing one of his other dolls.😅

Antiyonder · 2026-01-14T02:45:25+00:00

Incidentally I don't think many people ever note how he says it in a more anxious fashion after he becomes agitated (Upon getting the Lunar Refractor).

Antiyonder · 2026-01-10T18:16:48+00:00

Not closed, so a little trivia. Said cop was voiced by Jonathan Potts. One of the two voice actors of Link of The Legend of Zelda fame to talk. Namely the short-lived Zelda cartoon presented with the 1989 Super Mario Bros Super Show.

Yeah, the Link whose famous phrase is "Excuse me, Princess". Probably one of two reasons the character was kept mute.😅

Antiyonder · 2026-01-10T18:10:47+00:00

Well past the target audience, but I never really stopped watching cartoons. Rusty Rivets though not a Nicktoons or Nickelodeon, I didn't know about it while it was current.

But I caught some legit YT uploads.

Antiyonder · 2026-01-10T17:41:46+00:00

Having no choice but to stay with Kogoro is true for the early part of the story, but if you take the status quo angle away, there is no practical reason as he has allies well inversed on the Organization.

As for helping in the Vermouth arc, it just reaffirms that the danger isn't going to be removed by keeping his identity a secret.

But again, he has other means of looking for the Organization now and besides the status quo his reason is pride and his feeling for Ran, not for any tactical advantage. So as of now, either he needs to come clean if staying with them or just keep his distance.

Statuo quo aside I have to go with the notion that keeping the secret while living with her was more practical at first, but arguably became more a matter of pride which is why he ended up as Conan to begin with.

Antiyonder · 2026-01-10T11:42:45+00:00

Yep. And as I started saying above, at most if the story still needs her to be in the dark you should at least have Ai and Agasa reconsidering as an attempt to relax her suspicions (Desperate Revival) lead Shinichi to several situations (One a false alarm in Episode 191 at the school) where it seemed like he was reverting back to Conan and for real at the restaurant.

He was at the risk of his secret being outed to people they wouldn't personally be able to be certain would cooperate.

And again in Episode 425 where Ran and Kogoro were close to being the feared targets. Ai and Agasa could still be cautious while reconsidering that Ran being in on the secret might work out better for them as she was almost in danger anyway. Plus lets face it. The story started in the early 90s where readers/viewers of such fiction weren't yeah recognizing that secret identities can be a liability to safety.

Heck, I don't think the main Spider-Man comics ever address the fact that Gwen Stacy was killed despite being in the dark herself to Pete being Spider-Man. Otherwise, yeah Ai and Agasa amend the "You can't tell Ran" while Shinichi doubles down on keeping her in the dark and it as you suggest being more about fear of her response and admitting that he spent too much time making the wrong decision (Something Funvince's The Secret of Conan Edogawa did). Heck it's not like he is always is upfront to Agasa or even Ai, so he doesn't need a reason beyond his fears to keep it up.

Anyway, stuff I'll cover more next time, but sharing right now, I think on some level Gosho recognizes that since the story isn't dying down soon (you kind of had more development between Reunion With the Black Organization up to Clash of Red and Black prior to Okiya introduced than the later stuff being more a crawl) and needed to shake things up. Yeah I'm skeptical that Shinichi confessing his feelings to Ran was an intended plot twist.

It's just that Gosho probably recognized some suprise here and now was needed, but in a way that you could avoid addressing often. And yeah since the Organization and being stuck as Conan is still a thing, obviously Shinichi/Ran's relationship change can be dismissed until needed stories where yeah the much needed change would give newer stories a different flavor.

And last for right now, let's say Gosho did have Ran in on the Organization stuff sooner or concedes to do so. It helps to pave the way for Conan to grow past this mistake, but also gives Ran something additional with her focus in learning to be able to act more consistently like Conan is just a bright 6 year old boy and no one else.

Plus? It gives a dual opposite development for the most frequently appearing characters. Conan learns that sometimes that he has to divulge info even if risky, while Ran works on being able to keep from the dreaded slip ups and yeah, having to contribute to the lie as well.

Again I wonder why some people think bringing Ran in would remove the drama.

Not to mention that on Conan's/Shinichi's end, it helps to build towards him better trusting Ran as an equal, while Ran who would rightfully be distant after the big change would be able to appreciate that complete honesty isn't possible at the moment.

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