I'm likely going to forget quite a bit of evidence, but here's some of the data we've compiled. I'll be interchanging Matt with Yamato.
Riley = Yolei / Miyako
We swore someone called Yamaki "Yamato." The dubbers are evil.
Yamaki's cigarette lighter = Matt's dad was a chain smoker.
Rika's mom is way too young to have had her.
At the end of 02, Sora and Matt had two kids, a blond and a redhead; they were talking to their opposite in hair color.
At the end of 02, Sora and Matt were standing apart; Sora was a fashion designer and Matt was an astronaut.
[[Please take a moment to recover from the fucked-up-ness of that.]]
I believe Renamon's voice actor is the same as all of Sora's digimon, but that needs to be confirmed.
This also needs confirmation: Nancy (Matt & TK's mom) shares a voice actor with Rika's grandmother.
Rika's grandmother has the same taste in black tops.
Jada's convinced that they're one and the same, and that's good enough for me. *g*
Oh, did I mention that Yamaki looks a lot like Matt, grown up?
For Yamato to turn into Yamaki, something bad must have happened to his digimon.
I am not too happy with Digimon Tamers. I think it's rather daring for a children's show, but I fear its audience is dwindling for the same reason I am losing interest. It needs parents to be watching along with kids. 02 especially moved very quickly... I can only think of two throw-away episodes which weren't important to the plot. Tamers is far more introspective. It's put together like a good children's book, not a children's cartoon. A shock of long attention span after the staccato of the first two seasons. Suddenly there's a lot of unspoken context there -- peers, siblings, rivalries, relationships, the media, hate, love, friendship, human nature, expectations, fears, confidence, self-esteem -- and what's great is, they don't preach it at kids.
That open-endedness is perfect for initiating conversation between parents and children. Hopefully they're taking advantage of it. As a college student, it leaves me cold in all but an academic sense, since I've already been through all that. As an avid connoisseur of television, I see it's another wonderful step in the right direction. But I can see it won't do much without parental involvement.
Not much happens without parental involvement.
It's raining, and we're playing Paul Simon. Koma is talking to Alucard on AIM. I've got too much Kahlua in me, but I'm on the cusp. Hopefully I'll let it take me this time.
We have decided that Yamaki is really evil, bitter Matt, and since Rika/Ruki's grandmother is obviously Nancy/Natsuko Takaishi, this is what really happened:
~ Yamato bonked Sora, and had two kids, one of whom is Rika (as in the end of Digimon 02)
~ had an affair with a model from Sora's clothing design company
~ divorced, took custody of Rika, and married the model
~ became bitter, shot his digimon, changed his name, and became head of the Hypnos...
which is why Evil Matt searches the digital world trying to exterminate the buggers.
Sounds plausible. *g*
My only problem with this theory is Gabumon. Poor guy! This is why Taito is safer for all.
Thanks to Jada for convincing me Rika's grandmother is none other than Sexy Nancy T., hottest mama this side of Shinjuku.
No digimon were harmed in the making of this journal entry.
I am at war with myself. You can help me fight. I won't mind.
I'm not much into public exhibitionism but the power of anonymity makes freaks of us all. I'm also doing this because I need to journal, I need a record, and I can't quite get myself to put it on paper.
What is it about anime men -- how can they lean like that, all jutting hip and long leg and cigarettes and swagger, making love to memory or music, their smirks like enticingly closed doors? What is it about a sax in silhouette, footprints in snow, dreams that haven't woken up yet? How can the flickering image of a man, even if he isn't a man, make the heart pound with unrestrained lust? It's Gren's eyes, it has to be, shadowed blues that pierce like a bullet through paper. And Spike, so smooth, yet letting the wind toss him around like rainwater from a gutterspout. How can he feel so much yet be content not to comprehend it, understanding only how to put one foot in front of the other and clean out the fridge. How did they draw that? Did they worship Stewart, Cagney, Grant, the Duke? How did they make that so unreal yet poundingly alive?
It's a secret that must be lived, and I don't quite get it yet. All you do is play. And when it's pure, when there's only the rhythm and the instrument, that's when the heart starts beating.
Bebop seeps in, my brothers, my sisters.
Bebop is about movement. I haven't mastered that yet. Musical movement, physical movement, illusory movement, emotional movement. Animation. Animus. Spirit. I always wanted to be a conjurer. But I still don't get it. Bebop is about letting go. I'm still holding on.
~60K of graphics :: Koani by
Alice in Wonderland :: Scorpion by Ushikai Background and buttons by Triple Orbit Graphics ~ Sadly it's no longer at its former website.
