Based on your post, how do you think the non-corrupt versions of Plutomon and BoltBoutamon differ in personality? Assuming the parnters just digivolved to those forms.
I feel like their vibes are shit if Aoi and Kaito had to question their trustworthiness, but I also like to think that they're being honest when they say they can trust them.
Maybe it's like a Lamortmon situation where it's still 100% Labramon and Dracmon, and they're still loyal to their partners, but it's just a version of them running off emotion and instinct. They're a bit hard to control, prone to taking things too far and needing their partners or other friends to snap them out of it, and probably have no filter, but they're still them.
NGL now I'm kind thinking of them through the lens of like,,,them being representative of the parts of themselves that Aoi and Kaito normally try to keep hidden. So I also like to think they'd both be a lot more selfish than Labramon or Dracmon would ever be.
I LIKE TO THINK THEY HAVE THE SORT OF VIBE WHERE EVEN WHEN THEY'RE BEING COMPLETELY HONEST, THEY SOUND LIKE THEY'RE LYING. Like every word of Plutomon's mouth sounds manipulative and Boltboutamon permanently sounds like a villain who's trying too hard to convince you they aren't a villain you know what I mean? Like either of them says anything and the kids are like "I can't explain why but I have The Ick"
Neither of them are doing it on purpose, those are just their voices.
Also I'm like basing this entirely on the fact that when he evolves he just screams bloody murder instead of saying his name but like it's fun for me to think that with OG Harmony Route Boltboutamon it was mostly Piedmon talking, so NG+ Boltboutamon wouldn't talk much. Who needs words when you have murder instinct alfkdja
This wasn't the question but now I'm thinking about their dynamics with their partners. Bc I feel like the kiddos would both feel a little uneasy about the manifestations of their souls taking on THOSE forms. As if all the worst, icky little parts of them that they try very hard to bury are just...out on full display for all their friends to see. And it takes a bit of work for them to fully accept these versions of their partners. Especially for Aoi like even a version of Plutomon that isn't literally her, is still Labramon and therefore still a reflection of herself, and I think having someone say her innermost thoughts out loud to her face would feel Not Very Good.
On the bright side, Kaito has a pirate partner just like Miu.
And even though this ALSO wasn't the question, I would think that NG+ Wendigomon would work in a similar way.
