https://x.com/akuarima/status/2098268687996256509

For the record I only finished Season 4 yesterday but it seems to me that both this and Season 3 have the dynamic of an experienced killer taking a liking toward and being fooled by someone who seeks to learn from them but little do they know is an equal predator in their own right that has been deceiving them from the start.

Except this time Dexter is in the position of Miguel, the one in over his head believing he can successfuly manage his target only for it to backfire terribly once the deception falls through.

https://x.com/akuarima/status/2094960335404802194

https://x.com/Natsuharu1718/status/2092546606855762352

https://x.com/akuarima/status/2092098463005560959?s=46

It's been a thing for a while now that the checkpoints are way shorter, and now Subaru himself is pointing this out.

This being directly acknowledged in-universe means it isn't just a meta decision, so what's going on here?

I'm firmly on the "yes" side here. I think the most interesting aspects of Aqua and Ruby's characters stem from how Goro and Sarina's lives shaped them.

https://x.com/akuarima/status/2086746682146914787

The idea Twilight's mission was a setup to get him a family undermines the stakes and characters while making little sense in general.

I also dislike "Donovan is an impostor." Whatever his deal is, it'd be underwhelming if it's not actually Donovan.

Anya is driven by a fear of abandonment and a desire to be loved. She's scared of the idea she'd be shunned if her powers were found out. Losing her powers would mean that fear is never fully challenged.

For her arc to work, she has to become confident in the idea she is loved and accepted wholeheartedly for every aspect of herself, unnatural or not. And I think losing her telepathy would undermine it.

https://x.com/rezero\_ice/status/2085643683261550832

https://x.com/akuarima/status/2085268742200545738

It's likely not happening but I personally want him back really badly.

I want a dimension hopper so I can see if a world where Better Call Saul came first exists and the response to Breaking Bad in that scenario.

They introduce this bumbling new guy and he blows everything up. This cringelord who ends up killing Gus and Mike.

Basically all the time I see this the second one also prompts massive paragraphs but is completely dumbed down and oversimplified to fit this stupid template's narrative, it gets on my nerves each time.