Digimon Frontier Fest 2022: Days 7-20
Woops life got away from me, so have a bunch of answers at once!
Day 12: Which one of the 10 Legendary Spirit elements would you want to be partnered with, and why?
My first thought is Darkness. To be honest my reason doesnāt have much to do with the show. I find Darkness to be a neutral element. I also feel like a warrior of Darkness is more likely to hang back in a fight for just a moment to observe the battle, and then attack accordingly.
I also would want Fire. Because Agunimon is awesome and I like his design.
And then Water. Because Iāve always had an affinity for water, I suppose.(I absolutely was that child pretending to be a waterbender in the shower or while swimming XD)
Day 13: Favorite episode/moment
I love the episode āMy Brother In Spirit.ā Koujiās complete and utter distress about discovering he has a twin brother whoās being used by Cherubimon- we donāt really see Kouji break down like that, and itās heart-wrenching to see.
Follow-up to that, is Takuya trying to give advice to Kouji about how to be a brother in the next episode. It was a very nice little scene, and I enjoyed seeing these two on the same page. Also, Kouji showing vulnerability and asking-without-asking Takuya how to be a brother.
And follow up to THAT is Patamon giving Kouichi a bit of a pep talk. It was really sweet. And it also shows how the concept of Darkness in this series is different than how it was in the previous seasons.
Day 14: Favorite supplemental media
Iām a fake fan, guys. I havenāt seen or read to anything outside the main series. Although I do plan on watching the movie eventually. (ā¦There IS only one, rightā¦?)
Day 15: Favorite detail from the Blu-Ray Drama CD (āA Train Named Hopeā)
Day 16: Favorite relationship in the series
Takuya and Koujiās rivalry turned friendship is one I actually like more than the Tai/Matt and TK/Davis ones from the original two series. Not really sure why, seeing as they all have a similar rivalry setup that anime tends to follow. I feel like Kouji and Takuya, as Iāve mentioned in an earlier post, both make good points when arguing and so neither feels āwhinyā or anything. I also find it believable that theyāre friends- the burger episode is my first thought lol- rivals for a silly thing? Nah, theyāre just both competitive and having fun trying to one-up the other.
I also like Tommy and Takuyaās friendship and wish we could have seen more of it. Tommy definitely reminds Takuya a bit of his own younger brother, and itās nice to see Takuya step into that role.
Day 17: Any (romantic) ships?
Oddly enough, no. I ship many, many ships from the first two series but Frontier? Nada. I think partially due to the lack of focus and further character development of Zoe, JP, Tommy, and Kouichi. Also I genuinely just love Kouji and Takuya as friendly rivals that I donāt really want them to be a couple. The dynamic would change and I like them as they are.
Day 18: What aspect of the series would you like to have been more developed?
Obviously, more character development and Fusion evolutions for Zoe, JP, Tommy, and Kouichi.
Kouichi interacting with other characters besides Kouji. (Kouichi has so much potential!!! And they didnāt use it!!! I love him anyway.)
As much as I didnāt like the four kids who stayed behind (sorry, Iām blanking on their names), I would have liked to see them get the other four spirit warriors. Even if it ended up them splitting off from the main group to have their own fighting adventures (I mean, the main group did that often enough anyway).
More about the original Legendary Warriors. I still headcanon that those digimon are still conscious and share the digivolution with the kids, so I would have liked to maybe see that kind of interaction like in the kidsā heads kinda thing.
I also would have liked a tiny bit more focus on the kidsā families. Not as much involvement as in the original series (although that did work great!) but more of a way to help our characters develop more. Also i just want Shinya to be in the digital world and be friends with Tommy. I love Shinya. I blame fanfiction for that.
Day 19: Any headcanons or AUs youād like to share?
1) A semi-popular headcanon Iāve seen around (at least, I saw it several years ago) is that beast spirit evolving is painful. I personally headcanon this, and that itās because evolving human-to-āhumanā is a lot easier on the kidsā bodies than evolving human-to-beast.
2) Iāve touched upon this in an earlier post and earlier in this post as well, but I headcanon that when evolved, the kids and the digimon theyāve digivolved into are sort of a fusion. I see it as the kids being in control, but maybe the digimon assist with powers, etc. I think this can be somewhat back up (as mentioned in an earlier post) when Takuya first āmeetsā Agunimon- the latter seems to send Takuya a vision of what to do. This could be further supported since the kids have trouble controlling their beast spirits- implying that the digimon are still alive, in a sense.
3) I know itās not true and would never actually happen but I absolutely love the idea of the Frontier gang being the original kids in the Digital World prior to the Digimon Adventure series. Before Digimon: Tri, they totally could have been! They might have just had to have been called back to the Digital World to defeat Apocalymon. I just really love this AU.
Day 20: Frontier fanartist/author recommendations?
I donāt really follow anyone specifically for this, however- Iād like to recommend my favorite Digimon Frontier fanfic instead:
Spark, fire, inferno by Verse on A03
Thank you for Frontier Fest 2022! This was fun, even if I did have to answer most of it in one post XD
