Guess what lies ahead!

Christmas present for @/great_sea_aneki <3

A few months ago I watched Everything Everywhere All At Once, after having seen piles of tumblr posts/memes with The Quote from it (“In another life, I would have really liked... just doing laundry... and taxes with you.”).

And when I got to the line, it struck me how little any of the uses I’d seen of it got at what it was really about! It was far more powerful in the movie! Because, here’s the thing, it is NOT saying “I would enjoy a quiet boring life with you.” In the movie, the main character’s laudromat is on the edge of financial failure, she is being audited on her taxes which is going to push the business over the edge at best, her family life is absolutely falling apart, and she’s also, well, a total jerk. In the multiple-universes premise of the show, she is actually told that she is the most unsuccessful version of herself to exist in any universe. In the universe where the quote is said, she and her alt-universe husband are both superstars.

It’s not saying “I wish we could have a quiet life.” It’s not even saying “I would choose a simple, mundane life with you over anything else.” It’s saying “I would choose a life that completely sucks and where I am with you over any other life without you.”

That’s so much more meaningful.

and they all lived happily ever after!

At first, she saw Kaito as a challenge and wanted to defeat him. But after she failed and saw how good he was, she decided to assist him in any way she could.

She is always ready to assist Kaito before he even knows he needs it. She gives him a warning prophecy similar to how Heiji would warn Conan about his prophetic dream.

Or how Heiji and Shinichi are rivals in their field of occupation. Detective of the West vs. Detective of the East.

Akako the witch vs. KID the wizard.

If Akako is written as Kaito's rival. We will get a lot of her moments trying to defeat him for the honor of real witches/wizards. We can also get to see Kaito win, giving more context as to why he keeps receiving new names (like the Reiwa Widzard one).