Are We Finally Heading Into The Long Awaited Desmond Arc? 👀 It's Hard To Say Yet, But My First Thought

Are we finally heading into the long awaited Desmond arc? 👀 It's hard to say yet, but my first thought upon reading the new chapter was that, like, 9 out of the 23 pages was just awkward silence at the dinner table 😬

Another thing that stood out to me within the first few panels was how different Damian seems at home than at school.

When he's rejected and inconvenienced by Demetrius and Max respectively, he keeps calm and doesn't get mad. On the contrary, he's very understanding and considerate. It's quite different from how he acts in similar situations at school where he's quick to lash out, especially at Anya of course. I'd like to think that what we're seeing in this chapter is more of the "real" Damian; a basically nice kid who longs for a normal childhood with a normal family, but unfortunately was born into the opposite...and because he's not free to openly express his frustration about this due to how uptight and estranged his parents are, he lets out a lot of his negative emotions at school instead. Anya is often the brunt of this due to how often she tries to interact with him in ways that he's not used to.

But anyway, back to the chapter itself, we're also introduced to a new butler at the Desmond house, Mary Jane.

Not sure how prominent of a character she'll be, but the fact that Endo gave her a name (which he doesn't always give to reoccurring characters) makes me think we'll see her again.

We also finally get to see Max and Damian interact. Despite being a German shepherd (I think), I like that Endo made him look distinct from Aaron. Though it seems like he has longish fur...maybe he's a mixed breed? Endo provided this cute illustration along with the chapter release too.

Among all the "Desmond family being awkward at dinner" panels we got, the one that stood out the most to me (and probably others) was this two-page spread.

Showing all of them in separate corners against total darkness, each seemingly in their own little world not looking at any of the others. This is very contrasting to how the Forger family meals are conveyed...

It really makes you wonder - which is the fake family and which is the real family?

A more subtle thing to note about the Desmond dinner is that Melinda never actually eats anything. Throughout all the panels, she's only seen drinking wine and never using her silverware. When she leaves, her plate hasn't been touched.

What I interpret from this based on what we know so far is that she has such an aversion to the Desmond house, and probably Donavan in particular, that she can't even bring herself to eat in his presence.

And lastly, I wanted to touch on the word that Donovan uses when describing the family dinner. In the Japanese version, he uses the word 有意義な which means "significant," "valuable," "useful," "of interest," etc.

I got the impression that Damian doesn't know what that word means, which is why it's written in katakana when he asks Jeeves. He says "Hey Jeeves, what's ユーイギ?"

The English version makes it seem like he knows what the word "worthwhile" means, but not what Donovan meant by it in this situation, so slightly different nuance between the two versions.

That about wraps up my thoughts on the new chapter! Like I said in the beginning, I think it could be leading to a new arc focused on the Desmonds, or it could simply be a standalone chapter, and we'll focus on something else next time. Gotta wait and see~

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amamamumumumu

4 months ago

Can you make Damian x Anya art :)

I have this one

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amamamumumumu

8 months ago

Going by the official preview, I knew we were going to get a short mission involving Anya and Becky at the movies, but I was pleasantly surprised that Yor ended up joining them 😃 (along with Martha)

I had a feeling it would be the same movie Franky saw in the previous chapter! There certainly was a lot of kissing 😅

I like the little detail that Martha wears glasses when watching movies.

When Anya thinks of what movie they're going to see, in the Japanese version she mistakenly says ぎょじら ("Gyojira") instead of ゴジラ ("Godzilla.") One of the readings for ぎょ("Gyo") is 魚 (fish). So that's why it's a fish monster 😂

This scene was just so Anya. Never change, girl.

Another fun tidbit I just now noticed is that Becky calls Yor 師匠 ("shisho") which means "master/teacher" in a trainer to trainee relationship.

Poor Becky being surround by only abnormal women and unable to have the typical girlie talk she craves, lol.

But that's also what I like about Becky - she's still a good friend to Anya despite their differences in taste on...everything, lol. And even though Yor and Martha aren't like the women she idolizes in the movies and shows she enjoys, she can see their good qualities and still respects them.

I also love how both Martha and Yor are clueless about romance, for different reasons.

Yor is extremely inexperienced and flustered when it comes to romance, while Martha did try to pursue it, only for it to end in tragedy. My little headcanon is that, towards the end of the series, where Yor is struggling to decide whether to stay with the Forgers or not (either due to an identity reveal or some other reason), Martha is able to give her a "pep-talk"...convince her to follow her true feelings and find the romantic happiness that Martha herself wasn't able to attain in her generation ❤️

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amamamumumumu

6 months ago

A digital drawing of Jinx and Isha; Jinx is lounging on her back with her legs propped up, and her long braids tangle over the image as if caught on invisible hooks. She's booping a smiling Isha as Isha crouches next to her.

i watched arcane season 2. never speak to me or my extremely violent daughter or my extremely violent daughter's daughter again

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amamamumumumu

7 months ago

finally had time to just doodle tn :')

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they're so cute im in love babe

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amamamumumumu

6 months ago

And I guess I'll just miss her

Even though she isn't even really gone

But things are just different

Ever since she cut her blue hair off

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help TV Girl's lyrics are killing me

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amamamumumumu

8 months ago

Damianya Week Day 3: rival kingdoms AU (and monsters AU)

okay...it may be a little different than you'd expect but in my head rival kingdoms AU look like this Anya is a Chimera and Damian is a Gryphon. As much as they look like each other their families are feuding, but they fall in love and refuse to have a war between the kingdoms I really enjoy drawing monster AU, and I'd like to do it more often in the future, but it will all depend on your reaction of course :,D

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fanart artists on tumblr spy x family sxf anya forger damianya damian desmond spy x family anya spy x family damian so dramatic! damianyaweek2024 I drew little Dami and Anya as Gryphon and Chimera last year and I thought I could do something with it but I'm not very good with original stories and AU so I gave up on it but I haven't stopped drawing them sometimes well..with rival kingdoms AU monster AU looks more logical than just monster AU also monster AU may have visited my head thanks to @/1alchemistart because she was drawing Anya with awesome horns honestly I wish she would have drawn Damian and Anya in a monster AU >_< but I'm afraid to mark she...

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amamamumumumu

7 months ago

saw some sxf ship shenanigans recently and i just want to express that one thing i love about spy x family is that i love both twiyor and damianya. they're not mutually exclusive, they cater to different trope preferences depending on your vibe, and i love endo for this gift!

looking for some marriage of convenience, domestic bliss, familial fluff, traumatized leads, potential identity reveal angst where damn-i-was-actually-living-under-one-roof-with-a-legendary-assassin OR was-everything-between-us-all-just-a-lie? you got twiyor!

looking for some childhood friends to lovers, love at first punch, school fluff shenanigans with friends, daddy issues, potential secrets reveal angst where your-dad-experimented-on-me OR you-faked-your-friendship-with-me-to-get-close-to-my-dad? you got damianya!

honestly i don't understand the ship wars between these two lol they're both adorable, both with canon potential, i love them both and i'm pretty sure endo has plans for them so that's THAT

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amamamumumumu

4 months ago