Avee 🧋💜

Avee • 23 • she/her • muteable spoilers/ships • no minors/fandom policing

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Hi, I'm Avee!

I like finding obscure details and talking about the story, characters, and lore in my fandoms. I sometimes post art and edits.

Favorite Characters:

🔫 Vash (Trigun)

♦️ Zagreus (Hades)

🃏 Atem (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Favorite Ships:

🐍 Anyone/Favorite character listed above (fixed)

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I am also surprised to see people saying the latest episode’s opening did not render properly. It looked perfectly fine where i watched it. I think this is an issue on Crunchyroll’s end, not Studio Orange's.

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Tbh I don't think Lina’s sudden absence in Stargaze is due to poor communication between the Stampede and Stargaze teams. Many Stampede characters were credited with their full names even before their proper introduction in the show, yet Lina was only listed as “girl”, which suggests they knew she wouldn't be a full-fledged character.

Considering that most of the “retcons” we've seen so far come from that one scene with Lina, I am inclined to consider the theory that the entire scene was meant to be Vash’s dreamlike perception of the world in episode 2. The loss of his prosthetic arm, for example, would explain why he only presses the piano keys with his right hand.

I'll still miss Eriks, Lina, and Sheryl’s dynamic in the manga of course, but I can't deny that Eriks being taken care of by Hoppered is also a very interesting change. I guess we'll have to see next week where the story goes from here.

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We really went from Vash's hand clipping through Tonis' hair as he pats his head to THIS! 😍✨

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HELLO??? NEW PROSTHETIC ARM???

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About Zagreus' Calling Card

Zagreus' keepsake lets Melinoë rarify Olympian boons a certain number of times. Some people interpret this as Zag calling up the Olympians and putting in a good word for his sister to increase the boon's rarity, but I have a different idea.

Hades: I fear your little flower there much more than you. The Queen and her mother… they possess power over life. Thus, power over death.

In the first game, it was established that both Demeter and Persephone possess power over life. This power shows up across both games through boon upgrades. Demeter’s Rare Crop and Steady Growth raise boon rarity, while Persephone’s Pomegranate Blossom, Jeweled Pom, Argent Skull aspect, and Poms of Power raise boon levels.

Zagreus never knew what he was a god of and even denied Achilles’ speculation that he might be the god of blood and by extension, of life, but he eventually comes around to the idea and acknowledges it when he gives Demeter Ambrosia.

Zagreus: Erm, Grandmother? If you don't mind I call you that. Knowing we're related like this fills me with pride. Your power over life… I think I've some of it in me! And I could not have come this far without your help. Please, for everything… this is for you.

This turns out to be true because just like his grandmother, he can rarify boons through his keepsake! He really does take after Demeter and he is slowly discovering his own domain as a god with power over life!

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We really went from everyone keeping Persephone a secret from Zagreus in Hades 1 to Zagreus keeping (future) Melinoë a secret from everyone in Hades 2…

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New Megzag/Thanzag/Megthanzag Crumbs in Hades II!

The Hades II patch preview seems to confirm that Zagreus has romanced both Megaera and Thanatos, unless you interpret the line below as him just being really close to them platonically, I guess.

Zagreus: Hold on! What happened to the servants of this House… to my friends? Loves of my life? You said Chronos took everybody. Did you mean everybody-everybody, or…?

His dialogue about Thanatos’ scythe was also changed.

Zagreus: Say, I know the son of Nyx and incarnate of Death to whom that rather sinister scythe belongs. As do you, in a way! I could give it back to him, rather than getting sliced? Melinoë: Thank you for the generous offer, but I have need of it right now. Besides, Nyx knows where to find me if her son ever needs it back. How are you and Thanatos doing lately anyhow? Zagreus: Oh we're good. Much better now that we're not frozen in time, same for Megaera. They miss you! She says hello, while he says tell the Princess that she has my gratitude.

The “more-than-friends” conversation is still the same as in the original.

I also found out that the House of Hades houseservants have their own Book of Shadows entries now. Thanatos' entry makes Zagreus sound like he waits for his husband to come home from the war. 😂

Thanatos A son of Nyx, and the incarnate of Death. You are very familiar with his work, and respect his well-reputed discipline. He and your brother share a close bond, though his work sometimes takes him far beyond the Underworld.

Megaera She is first of the Fury Sisters, whose charge is to tend to those who deserve a protracted stay in Tartarus using widely-feared methods that need not be described. Your brother and she have a complicated, long-standing connection.

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The fact that Zagreus is still insecure about his height and wants to be taller even though he’s already taller than he was in the first game tells me he’s still on the shorter side by House of Hades standards. 😂 I get that the HoH residents had their Hades 1 "models" reused in the flashback (they were not models, they were 2d images of 3d models used for a different engine), but because SGG didn’t have the need or resources to remake them like they did for Zag, I’m guessing they just relied on his dialogue to show that he’s still a short king.

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Zazie is still voiced by TARAKO (rest in peace), but Nai has a new voice actor! Ryuji Sato!

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me with some of the hades 2 takes on twitter, reminding me that i hate twitter:

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A lot of people were asking and I was pretty impatient to know myself, so I checked if Zagreus has any dialogue about his love interests and found these!

If you brought Zorephet with the Aspect of Thanatos:

Zagreus: I happen to know the son of Nyx and incarnate of Death to whom that rather sinister scythe belongs. I could give it back to him if you like?

Melinoë: Thank you for the generous offer, but I have need of it right now. Besides, Nyx knows where to find me if her son ever needs it back. Are you and Thanatos quite close?

Zagreus: Oh you could say that. He used to aid in my attempts at breaking out of here, quite unlike Megaera the Fury, you'd like her. Anyway he wanted me to tell you cheers! Or rather, tell the Princess that she has my gratitude.

Melinoë: Tell him I'm grateful for the scythe!

If Melinoe is close with at least two of the following characters: Moros, Eris, Nemesis, Icarus:

Zagreus: How is it in those Crossroads, anyway? Do you have friends, more-than-friends, that sort of thing? Do tell.

Melinoë: Oh, I suppose so, yes. Some of each. It's peaceful there. And I can see the Moon and stars under a canopy of trees… it even rains every so often.

Zagreus: Mm, getting rained on. I've heard that's unpleasant but perhaps it's nice! You didn't really get to meet my friends or more-than-friends, though who knows? We have eternity. Unless we somehow manage to kill each other here first.

Note from a Zagreus enthusiast: In Hades I, Zagreus rarely uses the words "lover" and "love" in a romantic sense, especially when talking about his own relationships. Instead, he tends to use "suitor," which feels very… formal? adorably old-fashioned? 😂 Anyway, I like that he says "more-than-friends" to make things less awkward for his sister, and it also leaves room to interpret different forms of love with other characters.

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i completely forgot youtube badges are a thing...

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In Hades I, "spoilers" refers to new content in v1.0. I'll follow the same rule for Hades II and use the tag #hades2spoilers on Bluesky and #hades 2 spoilers on Tumblr. Feel free to mute these tags/words!

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Vash calling Rollo "little man" even after ~20 years… 😭

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What if the wams Vash freed in episode 3 were the same ones flying past Zazie in episode 4? It’d be really cute if they used their network to share their memory of Vash, and Zazie genuinely wanted to hug him on their behalf.

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I was confused about the Great Sand Ocean in Trigun Stampede. What makes it different from the rest of the desert planet?

My best guess is that it's a desolate land where everything slowly sinks. The sand is solid enough to travel by foot or by car, but anything stationary like buildings or ship wreckages eventually gets swallowed up. That means no permanent structures like hotels, restaurants, or charging stations for travelers.

This is where sandsteamers become important. It carries its own plant, making it possible to travel long distances and provide accommodations for its passengers. (Public transportation, yay!) Legato has his own solution, of course. Instead of relying on a plant, he uses his powers to move his car, bypassing the need for charging stations.

Unfortunately, I don't have the scientific knowledge to know whether this kind of terrain could exist in real life. The sand looks too solid to be the typical quicksand or fluidized sand. Maybe it's a poorly fluidized bed caused by underground gases? 🤔