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"I WON'T LET YOU FIGHT ALONE."

xxx ↘︎DIGIMON ADVENTURE WEEK DAY 4

Day 4: Despair/Favorite Villain

Myotismon, hands down.

This arc was terrifying and had me on my seat as a child. I still remember how my heart ached when Kari turned herself in to Myotismon to stop others from suffering. She'd risk her own life just for peace. Of course, while the act was touching, it was obviously foolish. Despite that, it didn't take away from her character as she and Angewomon would find the power to overcome him.

Honestly, I think what got me was the sheer amount of abuse Tailmon took from Myotismon over the years. How she was basically brainwashed into being a servant, being something that she wasn't. Unfortunately, this is something I could deeply relate to in my childhood. Myotismon's evil reached me, and I felt Tailmon's deep despair, and I'm glad that she found a safe haven where she was meant to be and is herself.

Day 1: Destiny/Favourite Digidestined

This is a repost of an old piece, but it fit perfectly with the first Digimon Adventure Week prompt. Look, I love all of the digidestined a lot, but Izzy has been my fave since I first watch the show when I was 9, <3

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@digimonadventureweek Day 6, March 6th - Favourite episode: #31 - "Raremon! Surprise Attack on Tokyo Bay"

I have once made a list of my "Top 16 favourite Digimon Adventure episodes" and no matter what I do, I always come back to this one. Not only is this one of the episodes my dad had recorded for me when I was a kid because I couldn't watch it when it first aired on TV, but it also basically contains everything that I love about Digimon Adventure as a whole. It also justifies a lot of my biases and headcanons in the process, but that's just a side note.

This is the closest we've ever gotten to a "slice of life" anime that includes the original cast, as it contains several of its typical elements while focusing on and mirroring primarily Taichi's and Koushirou's experiences on their first evening back home in the real world. I could have taken approximately 100 screenshots of it, because the storytelling and pacing are just so marvelous to me:

I meant to answer the day prompts, but I’m not feeling that inspired. It’s been a while since I last watched Adventure. I feel like I needed a rewatch in order to provide you with good answers for these, so… maybe next time.

The Bonus Round questions are interesting, though. I’m going with those. Here’s the first.

Which crest did you relate to the most as a child, has it changed since then?

As a kid, I related the most to the crest of Love. If you asked me why back then, I’d probably say I considered myself motherly and affectionate. In reality, Sora was – and still is – my favorite character and Piyomon was – and still is – my favorite Digievolution line. As such, I thought Love was the crest for me.

I wouldn’t say I was wrong. However, as an adult, I recognize that pretty much any Crest could work with me. Whether it represents an already existent strength of mine – Reliability maybe, or Knowledge – or something I would need to work on – maybe Friendship or Sincerity.

By that logic, the perfect Crest for me would be the Crest of Courage. Not because it is one of my strong suits – it’s not. I’m an overly cautious person, very insecure. I find it very difficult to leave my comfort zone, to deal with change. I’m afraid of many things.

That said, I’ve been finding out that, when I take that step, when I do it scared, when I take a leap of faith, like Miles in Into the Spiderverse, nine times out of ten I’m narratively rewarded. Some of those instances literally changed my life.

So yeah, if the writers wanted the best story possible, they’d give me the Crest of Courage. In fact, that has been a WIP of mine – it will still be a great while before it’s finished, though.

Honestly, I don't know how I could forget @digimonadventureweek when it's such an important date for me as a long-term Digimon fan. I guess it's because life's a bit bitchy right now. Anyway, now I'm here!

I haven't prepared anything but I thought I'd share how I celebrate today. Here's Gomamon keeping me company on my desk at work (together with the Muppets and a relaxing Lopmon. I also have Patamon as Funko Pop but I left him at home in my, ehem, Digimon shrine😅.)

And that's what I wore today, this super cool shirt by AnimeDesigns12 on Redbubble:

Bonus Q & A

Which crest did you relate to the most as a child, has it changed since then?

As said in the tags of this post, I used to relate very much to Love (see the shirt) because I thought myself to be motherly but I also believed that I could buy people's affection with being caring. There's always two sides of a coin you see. Courage is something I try to incorporate into my life as well but now more than ever I think my Reliability is something that comes to people's mind when they think about me (at least I hope so). Whenever I dreamt about joining the team I imagined myself having the new crest of Determination though.

Is there a dialogue (sub/dub) from the series that you quote frequently IRL?

Oh boy, and how there is one! Two, actually, both from the same episode, 01x09 "Subzero Ice Punch!"/"Clash! The Freezing Digimon" - Verschollen in Eis und Schnee

"Ich lass dich nicht los und wenn mir der Arm abreißt!"

(I couldn't find the exact scene but this is the one preceding it before they hang from a branch and Taichi promises Yamato not let him go even if it tears his arm out.)

"Ich bin das Frigimon!"

I just love him and how he says "I am Frigimon" every frickin' time!