r/writingscaling

The art is just so perfect.

Even if there wasn't any Black Noir reveal in the comics, it wouldn't even be any different like in the show

What's better written

& which has better written comedy?

Both are more or less the God of their respective verses so I wonder. Who was better executed in their respective media?

My personal take might be a bit unexpected. As much as I love Umineko and as much as I love Featherine (she's one of my 3 favourite characters. The other 2 are Natsuhi and Beatrice btw) I would have to say that Auau is severely hindered by the fact that she's Ryūkishi's (well, his editor's) self insert.

Arceus on the other hand is one of the best examples of a capital G God in fiction. Aside from a few moments, Arceus exudes absolute authority whenever it is on screen. The Abrahamic faiths kinda gaslights us into thinking that Capital G Gods should be all good... No, they should not. They should be as neutral as water, they should be cruel when they have to and nice when they have to. Arceus, is the perfect example of that imo. An example is how it treated Giratina. On one hand, it cruely banished Giratina to the Distortion world but on the other hand it let Giratina roam freely inside the distortion world.

So both duo have similarities to each other in characters..which duo is better written?

I'm sorry but this entire episode and the fight as whole don't have any logic

Butcher literally fighting toe to toe against the home lander is dumb ( especially when he asked the team to retreat 2 episodes ago against homelander after the supposed buff), I know this might be more of power scaling but at least respect the events sequence ( and the 3 vs 1 fight in the previous seasons)

Ryan actually contributing to the final battle is kinda irrational, when the kid literally get squashed by his father, again within The same season

The entire virus plot line which was one of the show's main columns from season 1 , gets treated as if it never existed in the first place

Sister sage is the most ridiculous/ dumbest villain in the show , her final dialogue was dumb

Gen v protegianst ( who her power equals to homelander if i am not mistaken) . literally appeared for 5 min giving the " never gave up "speech and practically didn't do anything major

Starlight is literally the worst character in the whole show, for 5 seasons she did nothing other than keep told by everyone to keep it together

To be completely clear, only a handful of leaks are out so far and maybe the full finale could change my opinion towards positive. But the leaks we do have are the most important parts of it and its a mixed bag. Obvious spoilers are below, be wa

To specify, the SOMA theory, to nobody's surprise, is confirmed. The characters are indeed digital copies/brain scans of real people and there is no escape. The cats get to see their old selves in the real world. It ends with them staying in the circus, eating dinner just like in first episode but this time Pomni is happy.

I'm fine with this. Gooseworx said the meaning of the show is "there's meaning to be found in a stagnant life". Having them escape would contradict that. The message is how connecting with each other is what helps you survive.

But there are two things I do have issue with are Jax and Caine's conclusions. Both fans and haters of Jax will feel validated from what happens with his character in this episode. Jax abstracting has been teased since episode 6 but that doesn't mean its good writing. Having the 2nd main character, who explicitly has been confirmed as suicidal, choose to end his life in the finale feels so weird. What's even the point of having Pomni save him from abstracting in episode 7 when he just abstracts anyways? I get the Ted parallels and tbf, his ending somehow manages to NOT be a complete downer but its off-putting.

And then Caine just coming back at the end and letting the players have power feels like a cop-out. Caine's entire character was a tragedy, his final scene was tragically fitting end for someone who always wanted to matter, just being deleted out. So for him to come back and go "I'll let you guys have control now" makes episode 8 lose a lot of weight in retrospect. "I didn't ask to be created! I just wanted to fullfil my purpose!" Perfect final words and then he just comes back at the very end anyways. Overall, I don't think the ending is a complete trash but I do wish these two things were different.

Edit: Nevermind, I watched the full leaked movie and yeah guys, that was hot TRASH. I feel so betrayed for having ever watched this series. Literally majority of the movie is Pomni going through Jax’s memories after he abstracts offscreen (only her willing to do so) only for him to abstract at the end anyways and then pull him into the tent like a dog. And then Caine somehow comes back and gives them admin powers. It was genuinely awful.

Dandadan VS Modulo

Not the final arc

Not the final chapter

But: chapter 98 to end of falling devil arc