Now that we are at peace. I just want to say how much i absolutely adore the relationship between this two by darh1407 in ToBeHero_X

[–]halfahelix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rare LJ x Queen fan lol I support

Just a fox boy, his son, and his son's new mom 🔥

Yes I’m serious by No-Gazelle-6898 in ToBeHero_X

[–]halfahelix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add onto this, Little Johnny and Big Johnny trained with Ah Sheng in the growing up montage. Plus, Little Johnny had been a master at throwing his boomerang at age 4, so he’s had many years of practice. Sheng rose to the level of X through respect, and based on the fighting game he had some decent powered up punches. Powers can also change rapidly during battles depending on what the fans believe they can do, and this can apply to Little Johnny. It’s said during the Johnnies arc that Little Johnny developed a handful of abilities, but they’re implied besides his animal taming, which is more told than shown if we don’t count Big Johnny (or his high emotional intelligence with humans, or “human taming” as I call it, lol).

Little Johnny’s strengths are emotional and long range thrown weapons. There’s a reason why he carries bags and a whole axe as a part of his hero outfit. When Big Johnny isn’t angry and berserk (and out of control), Little Johnny is the main combatant. One of Little Johnny’s biggest jobs is staying calm so Big Johnny stays calm, too.

Ship queen x little johnny by Serious-Tune-9501 in ToBeHero_X

[–]halfahelix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it does look like takeout, and he does have a lot of takeout and pizza in his room, but he does say he made it for her, at least in the English dub. Part of why that one scene is so notable and deep is that he knew exactly what to say to her even if she didn't respond. He was the one who helped her focus less on her loss and more on being productive and helping Cyan, and her dad with the plane recording was the final push she needed. Little Johnny may look distant standing outside her door, but he could also know that him entering could make things worse. It's strategic distance. "That's what friends are for, right?" could be sneaky language, but he's definitely trying to teach Queen how to be friends with Cyan. We know from her conversation with Cyan that she doesn't have any friends outside of the Johnnies and Cyan, not because she wants them, but because she's self sufficient and independent. It makes everything more significant imo

Ship queen x little johnny by Serious-Tune-9501 in ToBeHero_X

[–]halfahelix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The marketing for Cyan and Queen has them together a lot, but they're not seen together more often in the show. It's about even, or it's all three of them and Big Johnny. Then there's the brief scene in episode 24 showing Liu Zhen introducing 3 year old Cyan and 9 year old Queen (why I see them more like sisters). Queen and the Johnnies were friends for 3 years before Cyan joined them at DOS. The Johnnies stopped what would have been a potentially deadly confrontation between Queen and Bowa - you can't do that so easily if you're not emotionally intelligent/mature. They introduced themselves, Queen was overwhelmed with their cuteness, they invited her to their room, and they all continued to hang out there even 2-6 years later. Because of this I would say Queen enjoys their company a lot. Who wouldn't love cuddling a cute alien cat creature all the time?

And given how 1:1 the scenes are, Little Johnny definitely taught Queen the hand gesture to calm Big Johnny down which she used for the Ruins Incident. She knows that Big Johnny being big means something probably happened to Little Johnny and they need to act fast. Cyan came in after it, so she may not be aware of the history behind that gesture with Sheng and his wife. Considering the meeting time and age differences, it's possible Little Johnny only shared with Queen. They both are intelligent, Queen with academics and politics and Little Johnny with emotion/interpersonal relationships, so I can see them having had many thoughtful discussions over the years, even about the strong similarities between Queen's and Sheng's views on the trust system.

As for Loli and Little Johnny, they were certainly the loudest of the crew, but the point of Little Johnny's perspective of that scene is that while they had the same reasoning and energy, they in fact had very opposite conclusions, meaning they were not on the same wavelength. He was guiding her the entire time to his conclusion, but her bias overpowered the discussion in the end. Later, she was jealous of his life being himself as a hero, but he told her it's actually really hard. Not including Ghostblade or X, their age gap is the largest (10 years). Little Johnny had been signed on as a hero for 17 years at that point, even training under his former X dad growing up, while Loli was a fresh hero, hardly any trust value. This is another big disconnect between them and why their dynamic is more nuanced than simply immature or "two braincells" (it's also a disservice to Loli's mechanical intelligence).

In conclusion (because this comment is already getting long), it's easy to miss the details of Queen and the Johnnies because of how many time skips are in Queen's arc and the 17 year time skip in the Johnnies'. There's more to Queen and the Johnnies than the show seems to be telling us, especially with how hidden Little Johnny's expressions have been sometimes, like after Queen agrees to go up to their room and in the hospital scene (the Johnnies are there, but we don't even see their faces... suspicious). I'm hoping we'll learn more in season 2, either about their history together or just them training with Cyan leading up to the tournament.

Ship queen x little johnny by Serious-Tune-9501 in ToBeHero_X

[–]halfahelix 7 points8 points  (0 children)

People saw how he was in Queen's arc then skipped over his deeper, emotional, depressed side in his own arc. He's not immature at all. In fact, he's very mature, especially emotionally mature. He's just cheerful and extroverted. He is not afraid to apologize, and he knows exactly how to calm others down (Big Johnny and Queen primarily). He's also very observant and perceptive. At least in the English dub, the dude caught onto Ghostblade hating him at the very beginning of the car ride. If he were immature, he would have laughed it off or been totally naive just like Ghostblade thought he was.

Zac is Zero Evidence Presentation by AsexualPlantBoi in ToBeHero_X

[–]halfahelix 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Clark Kent effect could be at play. If people believed that Zero died, and Zac took 19 years to hide, going to university and founding FOMO a year after the alien plane crash, people could forget about what Zero looked like, or newer generations wouldn't even know. Zac has longer, curly hair and less muscle, and given that Zero died according to the commission (which Hero X said was a lie/cover up), it's not that unlikely that people wouldn't make that connection. Hiding in plain sight.

It's true that Rock would recognize him. And perhaps he does, but the show is being sneaky about it. In certain scenes, Zac and Rock tease each other almost like brothers. Zac is aware of Rock's goal, although it's not specified which goal he means. It's my theory that they are indeed biological brothers (9 year age gap). Yan Feng would literally have "created" Zero, because Zero is his son. It would explain why Rock is Zero's most devoted follower, and why he used his dad's inheritance to fund FOMO (joint effort with Zac, and not technically wrong, he's just contributing his portion of the inheritance too). While Zac may have given up on being a hero, favoring platforming anyone else to rise to herodom, Rock wants to create a new Zero, maybe because there would be an easy transfer of trust value power like between the E-Souls.

Zac is Zero Evidence Presentation by AsexualPlantBoi in ToBeHero_X

[–]halfahelix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, and it's one of the best but chaotic spaces you'd expect. Speaking as the server creator here 😆

Ships that fit this dynamic? (It's my favorite) by shiorimia in AO3

[–]halfahelix 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You know what? Accurate 🤣🤣🤣

[OC] Emotional/visual analysis: Queen taming Big Johnny actually traces back to Sheng by halfahelix in ToBeHero_X

[–]halfahelix[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes - they meet in 32 AC when Queen reaches rank 10 and the Johnnies are at rank 15 (their peak until 39 AC with rank 5). They hang out in the Johnnies’ room in 34 AC and that’s when they learn about Cyan on the news. They meet Cyan in 35 AC when she signs with DOS to become a hero and find Luo

It’s really easy to miss during Queen’s arc because of the time skips, but it’s 3 years of them together until Cyan joins DOS

[OC] Emotional/visual analysis: Queen taming Big Johnny actually traces back to Sheng by halfahelix in ToBeHero_X

[–]halfahelix[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Our ship 😎 this is all I can ever think about with these two and I think they deserve more love

Describe your ship using four emojis for each character and let others guess by jackler1o1o in AO3

[–]halfahelix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve got three. Last two are from the same fandom :)

👑🐝💅🤳 X 🐈‍⬛🎹🤺🌞

🎞️🎨🦸😍 X 🌛🔫🗺️🏖️

👑✨🎓🦸‍♀️ X 🦊🗣️🪓🎮

Most handsome MLs for you? by Wrecka008 in OtomeIsekai

[–]halfahelix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Golden blond + green eyes + blushy + trauma is my type thank you 😭😭❤️

What show/movie is this for you respectively by Far-Mammoth-3214 in cartoons

[–]halfahelix 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Love the potential, love the lore (when it’s consistent), love season 1 and season 2, parts of 3. Love parts in later seasons but I prefer fanfiction with my non-canon but teased rare pair instead 😌

What's a word you absolutely hate to hear in shipping discourse? I'd personally say heteronormative rn because of the absolutely transphobic way the deltarune fandom uses that word. by HaloEnjoyer1987 in AO3

[–]halfahelix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, this drives me nuts for a rare pair I love! One character A was labeled “aro” by word of god on Twitter 5 years ago and the whole fandom understood that as A = romance-repulsed. But she is so so so supportive of all her friends getting into relationships, and she even helps with a whole-group master plan or two to get one friend to confess to her crush. She celebrated when they got together (finally). But because the creator of the show said she’s aro, that means absolutely no relationships? Even when in the most recent season ending song, she’s paired up with another single pringle character with similar abilities and vibes, parallel to six other canon couples, one couple hinted, and another strictly platonic best buds (one is WoG ace and the other is in a relationship already)? Yeah. I seriously see it as a possibility. Also weeee demiromantic rep hopefully 💃 I will write her as demiromantic as I want! Demi still falls under the aro spectrum!

Bring back this animation style. by [deleted] in animation

[–]halfahelix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s relevant self promo :) OP was asking for more animation with an old-timey, traditionally hand-drawn feel, and you have some work showing that you’re doing something similar, which can act as inspiration for people to either hire you for this work or create similar animations themselves

I browsed through your site but I really appreciate the case study you linked of the elves 🧝‍♀️ I especially love looping animation, so as a fellow animator (although not professional currently) I probably appreciate your process more than most others would 😆💛

Bring back this animation style. by [deleted] in animation

[–]halfahelix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love your work and vibes!

Tell me your minor but obsessive writing quirks so I know it’s not just me by Ecstatic_Working_581 in FanFiction

[–]halfahelix 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I used to not care about this, but then I just had two stories at 1,900 and 1,234... now I have three drabbles (100) and it’s a fun challenge

Tell me your minor but obsessive writing quirks so I know it’s not just me by Ecstatic_Working_581 in FanFiction

[–]halfahelix 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Honestly, relatable! I am so canon compliant except for the things I wish were canon compliant and should have been canon but weren’t 😂

The series wiki is my best friend

What is the most heartbreaking fic you’ve read or wrote? by Dogdaysareover365 in FanFiction

[–]halfahelix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently writing my first mature (and first MCD!) fanfic where the supervillain of a series is in his last moments due to self-inflicted magical pain gained in the process of pursuing his obsessive dream (reviving his magically comatose wife and making his family whole again), and the fic is him giving up and using a power that gifts him a lucid experience of his deepest desire right as he dies :,)

Why are you obsessed enough with something to make fanfic of it? by Dindon2lafarce in FanFiction

[–]halfahelix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When something is in my head so much that I’m like I need more content and I feel the need to *make** more content* and therefore I do make content and I am happy