For fic purposes, I've been considering who Asuka's partner would be. Regardless of whether we get a brand new digimon, I really love scouring wikimon and seeing what I can glue together.
In this universe, digimon are a mirror of the traits you dislike about yourself. I don't know a lot about Asuka, so I was reaching for straws here. My first thought that maybe Asuka resented his circumstances, maybe even resented Tomoro a little. I mean, I would not hold that against a 18 year old who suddenly had to drop out of school and band to take care of a child. One thing beatbreak is good at is showing that people are complex and have ugly emotions and are still allowed to exist with them.
Anyway I first gravitated to Petermon, because of the way it tempts people to never grow up. Maybe Petermon manifested from Asuka's desire to just be a kid(even though he's 18) and the more Asuka took responsibility the more disgusted Petermon became with him. But we don't know that Asuka feels this way.
Then I thought about the wrongs I actually did see Asuka commit- keeping information from Tomoro, babying him, putting up walls. Maybe Asuka's digimon represents dishonesty and distance, somehow.
ToyAgumon seems to have a theme throughout the meta of childhood and abandonment- children being abandoned by their friends, or children abandoning their toys. And Asuka was abandoned by his family as far as we know, even if they didn't want to, and he virtually an adult by then. Petermon is a rejection of maturity. Pajiramon is a secret keeper, and is associated with the childish notion of sheep making people sleep. Puppetmon is a liar but I thought- digimon are inverse mirrors. What if the personality of the ToyAgumon-Puppetmon was honest to a fault, and that's why Asuka couldn't keep them around.
Then I remembered that I didn't know exactly why the Tenma parents were arrested, or when Asuka's digimon manifested. It's kind of a leap to assume that former triggered the latter. What if it was the other way around? What if the reason the parents were arrested was because they did something to protect their son's digimon? Maybe the reason Asuka doesn't talk about it is because he himself feels guilty. This would be a delicious bit of irony.
I was also looking at the moon symbol on Gekkomon's head and I thought, if Asuka does have a digimon, it would make sense for them to have a sun theme. Obviously we won't be seeing him paired with Coronamon as Flaremon has already made an appearance, even though those two digimon would look good standing next to each together. Not quite a dino and a dog but a lizard and a cat, one green and one red, one with a moon on their forehead and one with a small sun for a tail.
But Coronamon and their evos are not the only digimon with links to the sun. Asuka is very digimon protogonist/goggle boy/fire/dino partner coded, and I thought I'd try giving him a line that matched that aesthetic.
Guilmon's name comes from guilt, which is a neat touch. He could feel guilt that the digimon was ever born, or guilt about hiding things from Tomoro. FlaWizardmon evolves with the digimental of courage, which resembles a sun. It also shows it face where its counterpart doesn't, which also plays into the idea of Asuka's digimon being more brave and honest than he can be. ShineGreymon is like the embodiment of the sun, and I stole one of Gammamon's evolutions bc he's probably the most brother coded protagonist digimon ever.
Dogs are sibling coded. Not just because of digimon- in packs, wolf siblings look out for one another and their parents. And, we haven't seen a cleaner with a dog partner yet. The Hyemon were feral, and BlackGaogamon's partner was not seen. There is room for one dog tamer in this show. It's not like tamers or survive where most of the protagonists will have dogs.
But I doubt it would be a dog with a lot of blue in the design. Just looking at the Glowing Dawn, their colors are villain coded. Neon green, orange and purple/black. Secondary colors. If you just saw their champion forms out of context, Wolvermon, NighChiropmon and Armarizamon all give off a villainous vibe. That's got to be on purpose. Beatbreak is about the outcasts of society- those villainized by circumstance. Meanwhile you have the red lion Flaremon, a digimon who is very hero coded design wise, traveling alongside Kaito.
So I wanted to make more yellow/firely digidog line. Pokomon is easily lured by fried tofu, which fits into Asuka's cooking. Wankomon and Siesamon look too similar and I think they're meant to evolve into each other, but I still like them. Wankomon kind of sort of likes to rest in the sun, and Siesamon charges up with and attacks with solar power. They can also create defensive walls. Visually, Zerimon reconnects with the horns on Wankomon and Siesamon's heads and is associated with another beloved digidog. Soloogarmon is partially named after the sun, and Erlangmon is known for its honesty, while also being able to cast illusions.
Asuka dislikes cold and snow- they want us to know this. What if his digimon represents the things he dislikes in a more blatant way? Maybe he puts on a warm, caring exterior, but inside he worries that he's too frigid and unloving. As far as personality, his ice digimon could have a cold demeanor toward him and feel like they don't need him, explaining why they aren't a pair.
Asuka literally haunts the narrative, so I love putting at least one ghost pun in there. Instead of being made of snow, SnowGoburimon, Ikakkumon and Frozomon deal with the snow. SnowGoburimon dresses up, Ikakkumon has a thick coat, and Frozomon melts and displaces snow. Regardless, these digmons attacks are snow/ice based. I don't feel super strong about Sleipmon except that it looks good as a period on this line. I like how it goes from blue and white and red sneaks its way into there.
My personal lines for Brilliant Thorn's Digimon, since we don't see their Adult/Champion forms and In-Training forms. I think this works out pretty well.
Notable as one of the Dark Masters in Digimon Adventure, Mugendramon evolves from Agumon as the partner Kemonogami of Momotsuka Takuma in the Wrathful (Virus-attributed) route in Digimon Survive.
Artwork by Bandai from Digimon New Century (Botamon/Koromon), Digimon Survive (Agumon, Megadramon, Mugendramon), and the Digimon Reference Book (Tuskmon), respectively.
So I was procrastinating and decided to take an hour to map out all of the "canon" evolutions of Impmon and... it ended up looking more chaotic than I expected.
It seems like Bandai wanted to make up for Beelzemon not having a thru line in tamers, but then couldn't decide what they wanted it to be so over the years they slapped it with like a hundred different lines.
It's funny how its possible for Impmon's mega to be one of two demon lords, a royal knight, two different alternate forms of something from the Guilmon line, one of the ten legendary warriors, and various spooky guys.
Even though its lines are mostly viruses, Impmon's digivolutions are still accidentally so diverse, and I think that's neat.
I feel like it's a good candidate for the age-old tradition of showing non-digimon fans/Pokemon fans how crazy digimon lines can get.
(Oh, and by 'canon' lines, I meant anything on the wiki and any canon material that made a line for Impmon specificly, like the Chinese app game and liberators. Weirdly, the wiki didn't have Punkmon and the Dijangmon line listed for Impmon, but I think it's because they only count things that you physically see in shows and games cutscenes digivolving. I also might have thrown in a couple of lines that are widely expected by the fandom, but I didn't come close to every single line it's done in games and stuff ever, or it would even more unreadable and that's what the wikia is for)
Giving RWBY characters digimon partners part 1: Ruby and Weiss
if your wondering why I'm doing this, I am hyper fixating on digimon RN and i just really like crossovers
Ruby Rose
ROOKIE/CHILD STAGE: shoutmon
So i went with Shoutmon because it's red digimon that's been used by the main character of a digimon series before and it leads well into the evos i want, but i imagine him and Ruby having a fun dynamic, with shoutmon being hot blooded and kinda egotistical and Ruby having to rain him in a bit.
also shoutmon is associated with music and listening to music is the first thing we see Ruby doing the show proper.
(honorable mentions Guilmon, Agumon, Hackmon/Huckmon, Agumon Black 2006)
CHAMPION/ADULT STAGE: GROWMON
i chose him because it's a big red dino dragon, but i also like the juxtaposition between the digital hazard and the sliver eyes, one being this holy gift from the gods the other being a unstable power of destruction.
(honorable mentions Black Growmon, Red Vdramon, Tyranomon)
ULTIMATE/PERFECT STAGE: WARGROWMON/MEGALOGROWMON
bigger growmon with blades and guns, two thing Ruby loves, it leads well into the megas/ultimates, moving on.
(honorable mentions Metal Fantomon, Metal Tyranomon)
MEGA/ULTIMATE STAGE NO.1: CHAOSDRAMON
so here we have a giant red death robot, that has several weapons, is constantly upgrading itself (just like Ruby upgrading crescent rose) and uses guns to maneuver itself in the air just like Ruby. it even has skull kneepads for the edgyness factor, it's perfect!
MEGA/ULTIMATE STAGE NO.2: BLITZGREYMON
yeah I'm giving all the MC's split megas, why because it's common among digi-destined and felt like it. but look at this guy, blood red, made out of guns, he also moves around in the air using his back guns and said back gun look like draconic crescent roses. another perfect mega.
yes i gave the digimon with a literal red hooded cape to someone who isn't Ruby, but this meant to be reference to Nicholas Schee's red cape, and as Weiss aspires to be like her grampa, hackmon aspires to be one of the royal knights, and both the royal knights and Nicholas can morally dubious to say the least. Also both him and Weiss were trained from birth for combat. i see hackmon acting like a armored talking dog and Weiss loving her for it.
And with hackmon kinda looking and kinda acting like Ruby and shoutmon acting like a more cartoonish Weiss, and both Weiss and shoutmon being singers, Ruby and Weiss when they first meet wonder "did our partners get accidentally switched at some point? did something happen?"
(honorable mentions Spadamon, Blucomon, Gammamon)
CHAMPION/ADULT STAGE: BAO HACKMON
just the next stage of hackmon, i forgot to mention that her name hackmon, and we know Weiss has some hacking skills because of the DC movie, so that's worth bringing up i guess
(honorably mentions: Paledramon, Betel Gammamon)
ULTIMATE/PERFECT STAGE: SAVIORHACKMON
yep just the next stage of hackmon... the gem on her chest can represent Dust i guess
hackmon's final form, a knight just like Weiss's main summon, who has her own summons (their names are Atho, René and Por BTW) and she literally walks around on circular glyphs.
Weiss also has a lot of angelic imagery associated with her (i will leave my opinion on said imagery out of this post) and JESmon is kinda sorta... literally based on Jesus, yes digimon Jesus is very pointy dragon knight who has familiars named after the 3 musketeers... god i fucking LOVE digimon
MEGA/ULTIMATE STAGE NO.2: CRESGARURUMON
if Ruby has a Greymon, Weiss must have a Garurumon, this does feel like a natural evo for savior Hackmon, with cape splitting in half and the gem changing color, and Weiss does love dogs, but we both know the real reason i gave her this digimon...
it's the main character and her lancer, you kinda have to give them an Omnimon, and this is the best Omnimon! this also makes up for cres Garurumon being gold by having the entire main body be white.
also jogress digievolution in some continuities involves the tamers hearts beating as one... whiterose shippers take as will.
