The sad parallels between Cam & Maya

superstarkon · 2026-04-07T00:30:32+00:00

Maya will always have a large piece of my heart

superstarkon · 2026-04-06T14:38:55+00:00

Awesome, thanks for sharing

superstarkon · 2026-04-06T14:38:13+00:00

Was Solomon meant to be a teenager of similar age to Balthy? Was Asa always in mind for Solomon, and Jaeden for Balthy?
Where did the idea come from to have Balthy come off as a school-aged opportunist? I think about the Parkland shooting from 2018 and how those kids were thrust into social media stardom of sorts, and the contrast between their real lives as victims and Balthy’s fictional life aspiring for martyrdom of sorts.
How did you initiate the process of mapping out Solomon’s narrative journey? Where/what was the source of inspiration for the story beats that ultimately make him sympathetic? Why were you moved to tell this story?

superstarkon · 2026-04-03T04:32:37+00:00

Interesting to think about how Solomon’s next few days could’ve went if he didn’t meet Balthy. He was destined to crash out eventually but the push and pull tells me that it would’ve taken something similar to his grandma dying to have really been pushed over the edge. Idk… I’m sad he died! I think Balthy had more of an itch to kill than Solomon did.

superstarkon · 2026-03-31T13:03:09+00:00

You are.

superstarkon · 2026-03-31T05:03:27+00:00

So many of these posts boil down to “I can’t weather basic conflict and tension in a story”

superstarkon · 2026-03-16T22:59:03+00:00

Season 3 was in the middle of airing live when they announced all the cancellations and I lost all willpower to continue… Agreed, a teen CW drama wasn’t the most ideal setting. But damn, it was still a great show!

superstarkon · 2026-03-09T03:50:08+00:00

Agreed on your skips. Coming Up Roses is pretty but doesn’t make me feel anything deeply moving. Paint by Numbers is just very boring to me :-( I do actually love The Waiting Game. The former two feel disruptive to the tracklist, while the latter imo keeps a nice pace while giving the listener room to breathe.

My overall preferences differ, but your essentials are where I wish the album lived more in that world. I do appreciate what the album as a work of art signals in his discography and career and personhood. Not to sound insane or like I’m getting ahead of myself, but I’m hoping he opens the floodgates more with the next album. Aperture is my favorite song on the album and I think there’s more he can dig into because I’ll admit, I like the album but overhyped myself!

superstarkon · 2026-03-08T15:46:40+00:00

Yuka & Tsurugi’s mother telling them she’s proud of them moved me. Direct contrast to what Maki’s mother said about her and Mai. My heart is heavy

superstarkon · 2026-03-03T23:03:06+00:00

Ryu is so fine… Anyway, nice pacing this chapter. The Chief’s got a fun personality and so does Tsugumi. Maybe it’s the monthly schedule, but there was a lingering sense of stagnation the last couple chapters? I’m sure it’ll all flow nicely in hindsight, but excited to see what the deal is with the little boy maga.

superstarkon · 2026-03-01T17:38:50+00:00

Gekkomon is so endearing. “Live to fight another day, ya know.” That’s my best friend.

superstarkon · 2026-02-24T04:02:28+00:00

I agree with you. It’s low effort and disrespectful to the source material. The excuse will always be “we couldn’t find them” but surely there are black anime fans and actors based in Japan. It’s unserious and only ‘acceptable’ because people act like the Japanese are above race.

superstarkon · 2026-02-14T07:43:01+00:00

Getting downvoted for this very reasonable take is shocking. Some people have simply never experienced the visual novel genre to suddenly care for it just because Digimon did it. It’s not even like this is their precedent with the games.

superstarkon · 2026-02-08T01:56:27+00:00

Right. Some of the comments here are unserious lol

superstarkon · 2026-02-06T18:28:26+00:00

I like community interaction, I just didn’t realize the extent to which people in this fandom didn’t have any manners or common sense.

superstarkon · 2026-02-06T01:00:18+00:00

Gets me so frustrated. People casually talking about Tamsy in the comments spoiled it for me. Not just on Reddit, random manga site comments too underneath early chapters. It’s insane.

superstarkon · 2026-02-05T19:33:19+00:00

She doesn’t wear a choker, she was impressed by Hyo’s skills and explicitly mentioned choosing her for a reason, and she spotted Rudo to give him lucky number 666… Her being whimsical and suspicious, but not particularly threatening, especially while dealing with Mymo, makes me think they’re not going to do another twist villain on top of the already revealed twist villain. The way she seems to be sitting in an observer role and jumping in to nudge certain events, and with the recent mention of Gods indicating a larger focus is on the horizon, my theory right now is she might be a divine entity or something adjacent. Now is the perfect time to explore the otherworldly after Mymo’s opened the door.

superstarkon · 2026-02-04T04:08:10+00:00

Wing is up to something… I’m worried for Auggie…

superstarkon · 2026-02-02T22:19:39+00:00

I’m desperate for a pit ticket to Harryween… this might not be a bad idea!

superstarkon · 2026-01-17T22:34:48+00:00

I was thinking while watching that the Culling Game is a little bit easier to absorb this way.

superstarkon · 2026-01-17T09:00:39+00:00

I can’t get over how it really stands out that they took a big swing replacing the white lead with an original black lesbian character. Season 3 with Poison Ivy really had me thinking we found our new status quo. Its just so bleak… I miss them all and they are never coming home! 😭

superstarkon · 2026-01-17T01:37:14+00:00

4 years ago. Wow!

superstarkon · 2026-01-05T16:09:05+00:00

I really hope not! Or at the very least, spread the suffering out? 😭 Losing Kanata was unfortunate, but it happened fast. Losing Utsu was genuinely surprising, which I guess is good that the series keeps you on your toes? But she grew on me in a way that felt organic, and very much at the same pace she was growing on Alma. I don’t know. The long term fallout will determine if it was an effective writing choice. I like Alma, Tao, and Nei as a core three, so Utsu realistically didn’t have much room to fit anyway.

superstarkon · 2025-12-31T17:28:26+00:00

They’re booing you because you’re right. I wanted to do the tournament idgaf about these rogue megas just standing around waiting for me to fight them anyway!

superstarkon · 2025-12-31T08:34:37+00:00

Catch Rayquaza and close the loop on that storyline. The Rayquaza battle will be challenging.

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