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The blog where I count each character's separate screentime per episode
Reactions/analyses of season 2 episodes | Season 3
Crack recaps by me
My thoughts on the Spy x Anya game
My thoughts on the film Spy x Family Code: White
Small Things I Spot, Headcanons & Theories (on different posts because tumblr won't allow more links)
Meta / Analysis
An analysis of leitmotifs in the anime soundtrack
Overanalyzing Spy x Family
The Twilight Eyes Project: How Twilight's eyes change from scene to scene and what that says about his character
New perspective of the meeting between Twilight and the Desmonds
Spy x Family Character Alignments
Twilight receiving comfort from his family
Jeeves discreetly telling Damian about Melinda
Twilight's worries about Anya after the bus hijacking
Yor's experience in raising Yuri
Spy x Family and Indoctrination
The audience doesn't need to know why the war started
The terrorist students as a reflection of Twilight's past
Twilight telling Yor she deserves friends
Similarities between Twilight and Yuri
Twilight's cover job as a psychiatrist awakening his humanity
(somewhat headcanon) Twilight suppressing his need to be recognized
Roland's expression when his fellow soldiers called him "lucky"
Twilight and cooking
(way more under the cut)
[redacted]'s reunion with his friends
Analysis of the first meeting between Roland and "Franky" (warning for heavy themes mentioned)
The past being sympathetic, but not an excuse
Twilight's reactions to Handler
Twilight's view on "teasing friends" based on how he sees "General"
Twilight being vulnerable after having the flashback
Bond can't eat onions
Young [redacted]'s xenophobia not being sugarcoated
Twilight's reaction to Anya saying she'll work hard - new perspective after seeing his flashbacks
"General" being the leader of the group
Has Twilight forgotten his friends' names?
Twilight not remembering his parents' faces
The bonds of the Forgers are based on truths
Twilight's (possibly distorted) memories of his father
Analysis on the season 3 opening credits | Closing credits
The development of Anya's emotional intelligence
Yor feeling supported by Loid not judging her for her "past job"
Yor's different visions of the Forgers in episode 33
Names and identities
Twilight's wish being very simply phrased
Twilight going like "It's for the mission!" even in front of Bond
Thoughts on Anya intimidating the guy in the bullet-in-butt date episode
The Forgers' kitchen
The nature of Operation Strix causes Twilight to open up
Difference in expressions between manga and anime
Twilight being an unsung hero but recognized by Anya
Analysis of the scene in episode 9 where Twilight is testing Yor
Nightfall's hopes of awakening Twilight's heart
The Briar siblings' lies
The balance of dark topics and humor
Detail on the printed version of the manga
Loid complaining about Yuri being loud
The kindness surviving
The different voices of Twilight, Loid, and [redacted]
Yor remembering Loid's supportive words
Yor using melee weapons and being cautious with getting physically close with a friend
Loid focusing on Anya's mental well-being in episode 32
The narrative takes the side of peace, not of any country
The narrative forgiving characters being soft for their family
Yuri's reaction to Loid
Yor connecting with Olka's need for a peaceful life
Twilight taking Anya back home in episode 1
Twilight making Anya happy
Season 2 opening credits analysis (Part One - Part Two/Tea Time)
Yuri's jealousy
How the humor makes the story more human
What Twilight's "I want to live" narrative can build on
Anya playing
The different levels of secrets kept, lying to themselves, and accepting their love for their family
Manga/anime comparison for the last scene of chapter/episode 1
Anya's reaction to saving Loid from the bomb
Twilight encouraging Anya to prioritize peace
Yor threatening the "secret police officer"
Damian Desmond, the bully and the victim
An analysis of how Yor sees Loid - and how that can collapse post-identity reveals
Trigger discipline and gun safety as shown in the manga and anime
Different opera depictions between manga and anime
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"I once read an old poem... that likened stars to boats sailing through the night sky."
This drawing came from me thinking about how the images of the stars and the silver tree are woven into orufrey's whole story. It even shows up in their outfit designs. Qifrey's cloak is gray like the silver tree, while Olruggio's cloak is black like the night, with a collar that looks like the vault of the sky, filled with falling stars.
Post tree and Olruggio either getting all his memories back or at least learning about all the times Qifrey erased them, and they finally start getting together but one time they have an argument and Qifrey says something like "You're being unreasonable" and Olruggio, without thinking, replies "So what? You're gonna erase my memory?" And the blood drains from Qifrey's entire face, his eye so wide it makes him look scary. Olruggio panics and starts apologizing, saying that was stupid of him, and while Qifrey understands, he's still shaken because he now thought it's over and he'd never have to erase Olruggio's memories again.
I know I already made a post to this effect but it's so baffling to me when someone defends the fact that headphone jacks are slowly but surely getting phased out by smartphone manufacturers with some variations of "wireless headphones are more convenient anyway" bc like. If we're talking about convenience what I like about wired headphones is that they conveniently have a single plug that makes the same damn pair of headphones universally compatible with every single audio-output-capable device I own, from my phone and my computer to my fucking gameboy and my casette player, it doesn't get any more convenient than that.
its actually easy to de-enshittify your digital experience all you need to do is install this browser extension and this browser extension and this browser extension and input this custom script into the advanced box and go into your system settings and reconfigure all these options you didnt know existed and change your entire workflow and switch to this alternative operating system and this alternative web browser and this alternative chat client and this alternative word processor and this alternative- sorry that one turned out to be malware delete that one okay now double check your task manager for unwanted background processes and element block these ads and invest in a good VPN and append all your searches with AI blocking keywords and wait a few years until everything you just did becomes shitty too so you can do it all over again okay kitten. its literally that easy.
Thinking about the whole point of Olruggio being the Watchful Eye for Qifrey's atelier. Because, they have to have one... But Olruggio didn't really need to be that to live there, right?
Like I don't think there's any rule that says that it's not allowed for rural ateliers to have an adult that is not a Master or a Watchful Eye living there. Olruggio could have just lived there with them and do his own thing while someone else was appointed as a Watchful Eye.
So I wonder how he came to be that. Once Qifrey was registered as an active teacher in the middle of nowhere, the Great Hall would also need a record of who is watching over. The one that makes the most sense to me is Qifrey asking Olruggio. Maybe it was Beldaruit, who fully wanted to support his nepo baby and let him have the freedom with Olruggio he was always chasing after as a kid. Or maybe, after all, it was Olruggio, who didn't want to risk anyone unpleasant being assigned to Qifrey's side and decided that there's just never going to be anything more between them, so he might as well help Qifrey in any way he can.
If it was Qifrey's choice, I think there's multiple reasons why he would ask that.
First, Qifrey probably doesn't have a lot of friends that he would trust to trust him. Like I know the original reason he became a master was in order to feel anxiety, but also, his name is surrounded by gossip. How easy would it be to find an adult witch who won't care about the gossip and will not allow the rumors to influence their view on Qifrey and thus not report him for the tiniest things? And if not for his sake, he would probably realize that a judgmental and over-suspicious person living among them would create a toxic environment for his apprentices. And one of the ways he fought his guilt over becoming a teacher for selfish reasons was to ensure he's a good educator, and part of that is ensuring your students feel safe.
Second, in a scenario where he's assigned a witch who doesn't care about the gossip and is actually pretty cool with Qifrey, they may pose the danger of Qifrey getting critically comfortable around them. He already feels he's condemned Olruggio; I don't think he would want to risk condemning anyone else. As much as he hates the cycle he's trapped in with Olly, at least it's only him.
Plus, what if he has to erase Olly's memory and the Watchful Eye is actually watching, as they should be???
To be honest, those two reasons sound more relieving than anything else. And Qifrey does not do well with relief. So he gives himself a third reason to ask Olruggio to be his Watchful Eye:
I took this idea from a post around here (might share a link in the notes), this would practically make Olruggio think Qifrey is rejecting him permanently. He's not asking him to be roommates, nor is he asking him to help with a project. He's asking him to be his official, professional supervisor. I disagree with A LOT of the ways the Pointed Cap society does things, but Watchful Eyes are crucial and they can only be effective if they are emotionally detached from the Master they're watching over. Master messes up, Watchful Eye should immediately intervene and not allow their feelings for that person to cloud their judgment. The safety (physical, mental, emotional) of apprentices comes first. So for Qifrey to ask Olruggio to be his Watchful Eye would be to say "I expect you to fully put your feelings for me aside" which frankly is absurd considering what they'd experienced together even without Olly remembering the silverwood. But it's the only way Qifrey can see himself staying by Olruggio's side without the danger of Olly getting too close and Qifrey having to erase his memories more often than he already does. Plus, it would break Olruggio's heart, and that alone would cause some extra pain and guilt for Qifrey.
In any case, I think there would be a lot of characterization to explore if we got even a quick flashback to the time between Qifrey completing the fifth test and taking in Agott. (Maybe at a later point though cause there's definitely other pressing matters in the manga right now ajdhdkjdhdh)
