u/BUNIDOCHI

who else thinks that the reason for maxime resenting gru sucked?

they couldve used the fact that gru was fatherless to an advantage. they both went to villain school right? so theres no doubt that maxime's dad was a villain like gru's. and since gru was so good at being a villain in his childhood (managing to pull a heist of stealing the crown jewel, built a fully functioning rocket, stole the zodiac stone, all while still being a kid), it wouldve caught the attention of maxime's dad so he starts to give more attention to gru. this would cause maxime to resent him for stealing his dads attention from him, and, a few decades later could be the reason why he wants to steal gru's kid. to give the kid the attention he never had.

instead of like what, stealing the kid of the person who stole your dance in ninth grade just because you couldnt think of a better revenge?

Im on the neutral side. Yes, aiden shouldve never been involved with the show especially since hes still a minor, his past actions of acting like hes the official va of the show also kinda threw me off. But seeing tamakuzs friends basically get into his own shows discord server and spying him, giving him (unwanted) criticism is kinda.. ehh. Personally for me, you shouldnt give unsolicited constructive criticism unless you personally tell the person if they want to hear it or if their asking for one themselves, no matter how correct it is. I mean, yeah hes immature, he kinda acts like a narcissist, you can validly criticise those behaviours but hes 16, meanwhile tamakuz and her other friends are adults, their like half/almost a decade older than him yet both of them arent acting mature. Im not blaming tamakuz neither aiden, as like I said Im neutral in this drama, Im only talking about their behaviours and how theyve been acting to each other. Tamakuz and her friends shouldnt really be that involved to aidens own indie show, and aiden shouldntve been involved with tamakuzs own indie show in the first place.

Just wanted to give my thoughts since I saw both sides fans defending the creators while 100% blaming the other party when both are acting a bit irresponsible and arent completely innocent.

context: i started learning german and japanese 2 years ago, made the mistake of using duolingo and had barely been putting actual effort into studying both languages, though i did try to speak basic phrases and occasionally learned how to pronounce the alphabets outside of duolingo. then came next year (2025), i was in my last year of high school so i had to put the learning on hold to focus on my education. now i finished high school, and im finally starting to get back to it.

im learning both languages because of interest and so i can speak it, for when i travel to germany or japan. but i wanna focus on 1 language at a time and currently im having a hard time picking which.

ive tried learning both at the same time and sometimes it kind of felt like my growth was slowing down by 5x because i had to learn how to structure germans confusing grammar, genus, how words can just keep RIDICULOUSLY combining to form new words (just why tf 😭), coupled with having to learn japaneses 2 alphabets, and using a writing system that im not used to. but i did find that i had an easier time learning vocabulary and memorizing basic words in german, and pronouncing words and structuring sentences in japanese.

i live in malaysia so im closer to japan, and with currency values, its cheaper and easier for me to travel to japan. im also interested in making comics, japanese culture and have a hobby in drawing, if that helps. so japanese currently benefits me more. BUT despite that, im more interested in german, like i just notice i learn german faster. im a huge history lover too, with ww1 and ww2 being one of my favorite topics. im also currently writing a story in which alot of the characters canonically speaks german.

the only problem though, europe is very expensive for me to travel to, so if i learn german first, i waste years not actually using the language, because nobody i know speaks german, strangers are less likely to speak it too since i live in a small town thats dominated by malay, chinese and a few endangered languages. japanese on the other hand, i can start using it once i finish college (currently 3 years away) and save up money to travel there, but its much harder to learn. i do wanna travel to japan first despite my higher interest in germany, so thats why i dont know which language to choose

please give me your thoughts on this, and if you want, share your journey of learning languages too, id love to know!