I feel like Armor Digivolution is underused becuse of when in the franchise it was introduced. The Digimon Adventure era was very much in the midset that a Digimon can't beat a Digimon of higher level (unless your name is Angemon) so the Armor Digivolutions got obsoleted as soon as the 02 cast unlocked their proper Adult/Champion levels and only came back for transportation purposes. Some of the newer shows, like Ghost Game and especially Beatbreak (even to an extent Tamers with the card slashes) let Digimon win against Digimon of higher level all the time because they focus on tactics and power-ups from the human partners rather than just evolving as high as possible. I think that if Armor Digivolution were introduced in one of the later shows it would be a lot more versatile and stick around for a lot longer as opposed to becoming obsolete when higher levels are introduced.
Now I kind of want to design Armor Digivolutions for the Beatbreak partners
I almost can't believe it's been a year since Beyond came out, I remember being so excited to the days leading up to it and watching it first thing in the morning. I loved watching Beyond, and might just rewatch it today.
To celebrate, I want to talk about my favorite things about Beyond(besides seeing all of the 02 kids), which you can kinda gather from the screenshots but I will talk about them more below the cut since it will be a lot of text. Main thing though, is happy 1st anniversary Beyond, I am happy you exist.
Takeru's Books
I love how we see Takeru's books. Despite the fact I do not fully understand how Takeru wrote this many or if they are every adventure they've had, I did love seeing all of Takeru's books and the fact it opened like this was fun. Also, the fact Takeru and Patamon had speaking lines in this movie, I loved that, which brings me to my next favorite things
Iori has a speaking line
Iori, like most of the 02 kids, are shafted in Adventure media, and him more than Daisuke & Ken so it was nice that he got a speaking line in this movie. The Japanese voice actor for him is good and speaking English and I fully believe that Iori can speak English and would join Taichi & Yamato on their antics around the world. Iori is one of my favorite Adventure characters, so it was nice seeing him get some good treatment
The Armor Digimon
After being ignored after 02, I loved seeing not only the 02 Armor Digimon but even more Armor Digimon. Fully headcanon those Armor Digimon belong to the Dark Spore kids, and that they were standing behind Daisuke & Ken. I love the Armor Digimon, ones that appeared in 02 and ones that didn't, so seeing them animated again was amazing
Takeru & the Dark Ocean
I've always believed Takeru has had a connection to the Dark Ocean, since Hikari thinks she and Ken were pulled there because they keep everything inside and that fits Takeru perfectly. I headcanon that Takeru is here because the process of writing his books has forced him to confront his trauma and the story playing out in Beyond made him kinda depressed and lose his Hope, so that why he's so calm. No matter why he's there, or what you headcanon, I love the fact Takeru is in the Dark Ocean
Speed Paint https://youtube.com/shorts/ZYT1HypIvwY
For sale https://CatLunisciaCreations.threadless.com/designs/pegasusmon-and-nefertimon
https://www.teepublic.com/sticker/84444360-pegasusmon-and-nefertimon
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/176449931?asc=u
-crosses legs in office chair- you know I said after sketching the olympus 12 +1 I wasn't going to do any other complex digimon sketches for digicember, also told myself I wouldn't be doing the TK Kari digi pair again
-stares at my sketch of pegasusmon and nefertimon-
So about that past me. I failed...and thank god I saved the csp file of the time I did they light and hope symbols and just copy and pasted...work smarter not harder baby. -arm wiggles- Besides the Armor Digivolutions need some damn love you know?
[ID: Gifs from the Digimon Zero Two movie Hurricane Touchdown. Gif 1: The three armor digimon rush at Cherubimon. Fladramon runs, Digmon hops, and Holsmon kicks off to fly. Gif 2: Holsmon kicks off, leaps, and lands again. Digmon hops over to him, but stumbles over his feet a little. End ID]
