I make plush dolls and just want my favs to be happy! This blog used to have a theme, but then my interests shifted, so now the theme is things I like. Karen (actual name, not personality type), 30, she/her pronouns
The set is complete!!! And just in time for #qijiuweek! Moshang was made earlier and Bingqui I just bought, but got to have Qijiu (and poor Mr. Third Wheel)!
The set is complete!!! And just in time for #qijiuweek! Moshang was made earlier and Bingqui I just bought, but got to have Qijiu (and poor Mr. Third Wheel)!
Iām afraid I donāt take commissions because the price would vary too wildly based on the base parts, but Iād be happy to explain my tools and process if anyone is interested in making some themselves. Itās honestly not as difficult as I thought it would be!
I just finished watching the episode and ... Nice, you deserve so much better than this, all of them do.
He looks so unnatural. So devoid of any expression like he is a broken marionette doll who was peiced back together by glue but the cracks never fade instead they're all that people could focus on.
Mr. Perfect being defined by his imperfect cracks is so cruel. Even as the strings are now broken and in an attempt to free himself, he is here and he is stuck.
Did Treeman make him do this? He seems to be in the top 10 and has replaced E-soul? Mr. shang most likely plans to use him and lin ling to achieve his twisted revenge. Does he know about wreck?? NO DOES HE EVEN REMEBER WRECK? Is this a nice who knows who he is and is going to fight for what he believes in, or is he just a vicitm to the system and there to represent its gaping flaws and be further exploited by the system until there is nothing left.
Is this why we never got to see the body? Did Treeman revive him somehow? Or is he simply a man who came back to life due to the people's trust? Oh, the confrontation between him and lin ling will be beautiful if the discussion surrounding wreck, moon, and Mr. shang's exploitation are depicted. Do you think that Nice would become the next zero? Do you think that it would be him who manages to help lin ling and prove himself and his dreams?
"You are the teacher."-> what do you plan to teach Nice? The cruelty of this system? How to be a hero in this system? Teach them not to make the same mistakes as you?
So now that To Be Hero X season 1 is over and Iāve officially finished screaming about it to everyone who will listen, what am I supposed to do now until season 2 comes?! I have a million questions and no answers. I donāt even know whoās alive right now and whoās allied with whom. I just want all my babies to be happy!
Spoilers for To Be Hero X episode 23 (and also warning for glitch effects):
So apparently this is what caused the glitch (side note, if you watch on Crunchyroll, it cuts off 3 seconds early but the full clip shows the glitch right after this).
Does this mean X is responsible for what happened in episode 1? Does this mean he saved Nice? Did he kill him? Whatās going on? I need to know!
TBHX Ep 23... ok... so, instead of Nice working with X, did X actually... lowkey... kill Nice? That would BLOW my mind. But Nice HAS to be alive, right? ... RIGHT? So I think this has to be one of X's Illusions. Please lord wtf is this ending.... If the next episode isnt 40 minutes long I'm gonna DIE.
Random theory on Xās powers. What if his hero identity started as a character he created? And the powers come from that fact that this character has been drawn in so many art styles and has now been shifted from 2D to 3D which is why he can basically shift between those planes now.
It would be even more interesting if this was something he doodled at work or something he got to draw post-work and thatās why it seems somehow tied to work and overtime.
After episode 22 and the possibility that Nice isnāt really dead, I started thinking about what this means for Wreck and ended up writing this little drabble for episode 2 for how that could possibly go down (donāt worry. Itās not tragic).
Wreck closed his eyes as the ache in his jaw spread deep into his heart. It really wasnāt Niceās punch. The man heād held himself together for all this time was gone and heād been far too late to stop it.
The wind tore at him as his body slipped into free fall. It was by no means an unfamiliar sensation, but it was the first time heād allowed it without someone waiting below to catch him with a punch. But if that person wasnāt there anymore, what was the point?
āIām sorry.ā He hoped maybe if they were his last words, they could somehow reach Nice, wherever he was.
āI should have seen the signs and stepped in. I should have supported you better. I should have protected your precious smile. I should haveā¦ā What did it matter now? The rocks below him must have been close. Soon, it would be all over. He could join Nice and- His back slammed against something firm, yet warm.
He braced himself for the pain of surviving, but it never came. Instead the warm thing tightened around him until he realized it was arms. āIām sorry I broke my promise. I never meant to make you wait so long.ā
Wreck shot upright, the melodic voice pounding through his skull. There was no way heād heard that right, was there? But then why did it sound like-
Wreck tore his eyes open, only to find the world twisting and swirling in colors. One moment, it seemed far too sharp and jagged, then the next it dripped and bled together. Sometimes the colors were dizzyingly vibrant and sometimes they were practically black and white. What was this? How was any of this possible? And how did it relate to the man who-
āOh, Wreck.ā
And just like that, nothing else mattered. Wreck twisted himself around and clung on for dear life. āNice!ā he sobbed. He knew that voice. Not just in sound, but in tone. The same as he knew the warmth that enveloped him as they hung midair. āYouāre alive. You're really alive.ā
āIām so sorry.ā Niceās voice cracked and choked through his tears. āI wanted to tell you earlier. I never meant to abandon you or leave you to find out like this. I only wanted to keep you safe until I could steal you away.ā
The world settled into something so crisp it was almost uncanny. The rocks heād summoned still pierced the sky with jagged spikes, but Moon and the fraud were nowhere to be found.
āWe planned it after Smileāsā¦ā Nice choked and Wreck pulled him in tighter.
āHe came to me after the incident and asked if I wanted to help. He offered me a chance to set right all that Iāve done wrong.ā
Wreckās chest ached. He didnāt dare ask who āheā was, but the thought of anyone trying to offer Nice redemption after all heād been through felt wrong. Nice was the victim here. He shouldnāt need to redeem-
The world flickered again until it was vibrantly blurry once more. But now, a third man stood beside them, riding what appeared to be a cloud. His crisp white suit and hair stood out against the dizzying backdrop.
āX?ā Was that what this was all about?
āIām glad we finally get to meet. Iāve heard quite a bit about you from Nice.ā
Wreck felt his cheeks flush, but fought the warmth down. Now wasnāt the time to imagine what might have been said.
āAre you the one he planned with? The one who told him to fake his death?ā He tried to keep his voice steady so no hostility could escape, but he must not have fully succeeded, for X flashed a smirk at Nice.
āI see why you like him. Iāll think heāll be a fantastic addition.ā
The world swirled in on itself before shifting sharp and dark. He jolted as X appeared before him with an outstretched hand. āIāve been gathering heroes if youād like to join us.ā
Nice smiled encouragingly, but it did nothing to ease the pit that formed in Wreckās stomach. āIām no hero.ā Did X really not know what heād done? āIām not even a proper villain. Iām just an extraneous prop for a stale narrative. And even if I tried to change, my powers were all fear based. Without them, Iām just-ā
āEvery bit the hero I ever was.ā Niceās eyes flashed with anger and his grip grew tighter. He shifted Wreck around so they were face to face and stared directly into his eyes. āIf youāre not a hero, then neither am I.ā
āOf course youāre a hero.ā How could Nice be anything less?
āThen you are too.ā
There was a certainty to his voice that Wreck hadn't heard in years. A determination to his jaw and steadiness to his eyes. But more than that, there were a few strands of silken hair hanging out of place and a small crease to his vest that Nice didnāt seem to notice. A vest he hadnāt worn now for years.
āYour OCD.ā But how could it be cured if Nice was still flying? How could he use his powers without his trust value?
āItās not completely gone.ā Nice pressed his forehead against Wreckās and closed his eyes. āI had the condition even before my trust value warped it, but Iād forgotten just how different it was back then. I can hear my own thoughts again, even when I close my eyes. And when I open them, the rush doesnāt overwhelm me.ā
His voice cracked. āI was always so scared of falling, I lost sight of how caged in I became. And thereās nothing I can do to undo the harm Iāve already caused, but now Iām finally free to try again.ā
He pulled away so he could resume staring directly at Wreckās soul. āIāve made so many mistakes in my life, but youāve done nothing wrong. Itās time you finally get to shine as the hero you always were.ā
āA hero.ā Hadnāt he just declared the dream long gone? Was it really safe to hope with such a being looming over them? Surely his powers wouldnāt be granted without a price. But if Nice chose to pay it, then Wreck would too. For better or for worse, heād follow him to the ends of the earth.
āDeal.ā He turned to X. āIf thereās a way to make me into a hero without hurting Nice, then I agree to your proposal.ā
X took his hand in a firm shake. āExcellent. Then welcome aboard.ā
And with another snap, the distortions faded as they landed back on the ground. The echoes of wailing fans wafted from across the field, but the trio paid them no mind as they turned and fled far from the public eye.
Iām sorry, but Nice is used to fighting with Wreckā¦ of course his punches are literally safe for his ābest friend.ā
Wellā¦ itās like he didnāt use all his power.
YESSSS!!!
Nice doesnāt need to be a hero, pleaseeeā¦ let him resign and become our idol or manage his investments ššš
Whatās the point of Nice being a hero when Mr. Shang mocks him for not being able to become X, Lin Ling easily replaces him, and their fans just move on when he attempts suicide šššš
Just give him early retirementānot suicide!!! šššš
I wholeheartedly believe that Nice didnāt want to kill in this moment and even if he resigned himself to it, it still manifested in halfhearted fighting. Not to put Loli down or anything and once they got started, I think she simply had the upper hand, but I really donāt think that Nice attacked to kill even if he told himself he did. I mean, look at how he responded to being ordered to kill Smile. Iām not sure that man has ever actually killed anyone before. Especially considering all of the backup who was sent to actually do all of the killing. Shang De probably assumed Nice wouldnāt be able to kill the innocent people and sent them to handle it.
And this still doesnāt excuse Nice or anything, but it just really feels to me like Loli intervening is the only thing that preventing him from either freezing in panic or doing something that would have broken him. I donāt think heās ever actively and intentionally taken a life before this moment and I donāt think he could have done it here without completely losing himself.
I canāt stop thinking about the building scene in episode 22 of TBHX and the parallels to episode 1. And like we watched Nice go all the way down and hit the ground and bleed in episode 1, so there really wasnāt any chance to snap and change things unless it was like _super_ planned out, but after seeing the way X supported him here, I canāt help but maybe secretly hope that Niceās death was actually faked now.
Which of course then brings up the question of Wreck because it was just be so cruel to abandon him to wonder and leave him hurting so much that he (possibly?) kills himself out of grief. But what if Wreckās crash out was actually just him faking his own death too?
Heās an actor, right? He already knows theyāre in the middle of faking a death, so thereās not going to be much scrutiny. As long as he does his job with Moon and then acts like he died here, he assumes Lin Ling will report back what happened and everyone will accept it and move on.
Because of course heās also in a contract he canāt exactly get out of and even if thereās less scrutiny on him, heās still bound to it. And like, maybe he imagined news of Niceās ādeathā would spread and he could get out with that, but then when Lin Ling took over, he was like āfuckā and had to come up with other plans.
And do I think this is what happened? Probably not. Is it what I want to have happened? Very much yes. Please protect my babies X! Keep as many of them alive as possible! If there was a way I thought I could let Moon live too, Iād pull her into this as well. My girl doesnāt deserve to die like that either! (Side tangent, but I feel like that wasnāt ESoul and was instead someone sent by Shang De to make Lin Ling hate ESoul so he can turn him into the tool he lost in Nice. Which would mean Shang De is out here ruining even more lives and Iāll never forgive him!)
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