Alan Becker and his team continue to impress me with plot points I hadn't previously considered.
Spoilers as I re-watch and ramble about my AvA 13 thoughts below in order:
Agent's shrug is hilarious. "Not my problem. If the boss is cool with this intimidating rando then so am I."
TCO reaching for TDL... 🥺 TDL immediately being violent in response, and then completely ignoring TCO for the entirety of the remaining episode. Such a petty, abusive ex.
A lot of clones, but also maybe not as many as I would think for a facility this size? Certainly less of them now.
The color gang back together! Red being the one who makes things happen as usual. There's the color-picking and filling I had previously headcanoned for the workers. And wow they genuinely dgaf about Yellow vanishing. Did the knocked out workers stay knocked out the entire episode? Or did they wake up in that box to nonsense and also decided to not gaf about the color gang?
The trauma responses to TDL... 🥺🥺
The memory downloading/viewing really is a more powerful tool than I ever expect. This one ability is driving everything.
TDL being bossy right away to V1c. I wonder if they anticipated that later punch at all or was too self-absorbed to even consider the betrayal.
Most of TSC's abilities that V1c is scrolling through are the same established ones just repeated. The new stuff is the cloning, magnetic field, animal communication, and water breathing. Later glimpse more stuff, like shapeshifting and "GravityWarn" (whatever that means edit: it's definitely "GravityWarp" now that I've looked again). The implications...
Cloning as in cloning self or others? Reminds me of that one fic I've been keeping up with...
"Animal communication" what does that even mean, that nobody has been apparently "communicating" with animals this whole time despite their advanced interactions. It's probably a throwaway to make TSC look extra powerful, like the water breathing, but, like, what does it meeeeeeean--
V1c seriously dgaf about anything but their immediate goals, screw this company and all the work that went into this building. I appreciate their power being limited, so they aren't too OP, but the times it goes out seem arbitrary.
Yellow is a hazard with that elbow. TSC being more concerned about their friends being safe, and Red backing off. I wonder if TSC is okay with being a tool to save people like V1c described, combined with being scared TDL will go after their friends again.
Hazard casually turning into caution sign cracks me up.
TDL so excited that they are successfully repressing free will.
Misti's literally been dead nearly 3x longer than she was alive. V1c. Buddy. No therapy? Not once in the 11+ years? Just keeping the company limping along with exclusively clones and Agent in the hopes of revenge?
I slowed down to look at TCO's memories. I knew it was too much to hope to find memory bubbles that didn't include previous on-screen footage... I continue to rely on fanfic to satisfy my desire to know TCO.
Confirmed that TCO did indeed half-heartedly tell TDL to stop with the firebombing.
I wonder if V1c feels even a tiny bit of guilt for beating up on TCO incorrectly. I doubt it, based on that shove. Single-minded V1c.
AvA is, at its core, a story about stick figures beating each other up. I get it, but also I think I would be more feral about it without that being such an important part of the narrative.
So the eraser doesn't erase the actual stick figures? Maybe it has to be wielded by a human to do that.
V1c sees the benefits of cloning themself to defeat an enemy, but I think TDL is too proud to even consider that. Goop teleportation is neat. I had liked the headcanon that Rebuilt TDL lost the fire powers and only had goop--delayed but now canon for now. Also V1c is officially the most powerful since they control others' powers.
TDL reaching out for V1c after winning the fight... 🥺 Because TCO did it to them the first time? Because that was a regular thing between TCO and TDL during spars? TDL wants to connect so bad, but only on an unequal playing field.
The parallel of Mitsi as the unfeeling cursor as V1c disintegrates. The way she's still in shock after her free will unlocks, not mindlessly trying to rescue others.
Apparently you can flatten to death. Was this part of Agent's abilities all along?
TCO so scared... Their nightmare about TDL coming true all around them. Willingly locking themself into a dark cage in the name of survival. "I'm no hero." 🥺
Yellow getting an upgrade for next time. Definitely Alan doing his best to make them more popular, lol.
TSC feeling the urge to unlock at all the mayhem, but mostly because they see their friends getting scared. All for naught.
Mercs to the rescue! Or trying to. And why do they care about the color gang more than the worker clones? Clone bias confirmed? (edit: No, probably convenience--Yellow had the tool to protect them, and Primal is so big they needed a big box. Still, clone bias would be interesting to explore.)
Mitsi is back online enough to protect the sheep, then shows that staying near the enemy can be a protective strategy.
TDL is so proud. "Yes, I have found a way to eliminate pesky personalities and boast unlimited power at last. Now I am truly living up the name The Dark Lord."
YES. MITSI RECEIVING AGENCY PICKING UP THE PENCIL. BEING A MAJOR PART OF THE STORY FOR NEXT TIME. Thank you Alan Becker team.
tdl is terrified of tsc but doesn't want anyone to know it, you can't convince me otherwise
they flinch when tsc hits the prison bars, and then looks at tsc again when they see themselves be defeated,, I wanna see awakened tsc chase down a tdl who's running for their life
I believe Victim/Hacker's abilities are stronger than Dark's, because he can literally deactivate any of his powers, as we could see him do it with Dark's fire power, and you could see that Dark got genuienly caught off guard in that moment, tho it really seems like Victim has to make physical contact with his opponent to be able to do that, which might not be that easy during a fight
but the point is, if we take a look at their powers, Victim's are stronger, the reason Vic lost was because Dark has a higher stamina and way more experience in fighting
I believe Victim/Hacker's abilities are stronger than Dark's, because he can literally deactivate any of his powers, as we could see him do it with Dark's fire power, and you could see that Dark got genuienly caught off guard in that moment, tho it really seems like Victim has to make physical contact with his opponent to be able to do that, which might not be that easy during a fight
but the point is, if we take a look at their powers, Victim's are stronger, the reason Vic lost was because Dark has a higher stamina and way more experience in fighting
I had a dream last night where there was a neon green circle and everyone who went through it became some kind of zombie or radioactive or something similar
I'm not saying there is a direct connection, but is it a coincidence? I don't think so /silly
I mean look at him, he's just going with the flow, he's standing there, not doing anything the whole time, he's not trying to resist anymore, and this makes me feel really sad :(
At least he wasn't the one getting tortured this time, and he's also not drowning anymore, so yay
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