u/CombinationLow9890

The Incredibles was one of my most watched childhood movies, and as a kid, Mr Incredible was a huge hero to me. I was fascinated by his glory days design, I loved the suit and his physique was amazing, I wanted to be just like him.

Fast forward when i rewatched the movie being much older, I noticed things that I didn’t really account for when I was a kid. The part that stuck with me the most was Bob’s rise from his depression.

We get introduced to the glory days, and Bob being on top of the world, but the ban on supers plus his commitment as both a husband and a father seem to weigh Bob down, as he’s desperate to relive his “prime” years again. He’s gone from stopping villains like Bomb Voyage to doing meaningless insurance work (a field that doesn’t excite him at all). The colour palette used in the movie also highlights this: this glory days aspect is soft and bright whilst his current day is grey and bleak.

What gets Bob out of that slump is the promise of becoming a hero once again: he’s unable to let go of his peak years and so desperately wants them back. His strive to become a hero instantly changes everything around him.

He becomes more of a family man (as he should’ve been from the start), we see him becoming romantic and intimate with Helen (as he should’ve been from the start), and he takes great steps to improve his fitness and physique.

While it is a character flaw that a mere chance to become a hero again to improve his life, it is nevertheless inspiring to see the impact it had on getting him out of his slump.

I believe all of us, no matter how bad things are going in our lives, can be greatly inspired by one single reason to rise from our depression, the same way Bob does

I know Aizen is the preferred/most popular antagonist of Bleach by a landslide, but I’ve always preferred Yhwach. Not just because of his design (I really fw the Quincy outfits in general) but also his inferred reasoning makes him quite compelling to me.

His run in the anime has also been insane too. Within 6 eps of being introduced, he invaded the soul society and packed off Yamamoto. Then he cooked Ichigo in a one on one. Then he cooked Ichibe, which was really personal to both of them. Then he bested Ichigo again, and to add insult to injury, he made Ichigo kill the Soul King so he could absorb him. Then he destroyed Ichigo once more in the last ep and he’s still got a few more fights left in him (yokoso…). His feats/victories have actually been so consistent, he’s the perfect final antagonist to me.

I also feel like this final cour, the animation has made him out to be the complete monster he is, with the black goo and the pink/light red composition adding to this. Yhwach fans, we’ve been fed this cour.