Rika: Welcome back, y'all.
Previously, our heroes went into the castle, and the big "reveal" was, well, revealed. Beast Boy kicked a lot of asses, and Terra-kami kicked the villain's. That's about it.
By the way, this time around, I'll liveblog not one, not two, but three chapters. Mainly because, with Chapter 11, it's split into two parts. (And another major reason why will be revealed later.)
So let's get this WTF party on the road again with...
Chapter 11: The Origin of Count Logan (Part 1!)
You know that old chestnut, "they may have won this battle, but we will win the war!"? Yeah, that's exactly what's going on. Except with the added bonus that the Void's still unsealed, and therefore, the prophecy is continuing.
Somehow, I just don't think Mykan knows what "prophecy" even means.
Also, Terra-kami has healing powers now. No, really. Thanks to her powers in that fight, our heroes have recovered. The one question remains: just how was Terra able to tap into the powers of the Light Prognosticus? Get ready for the most insane answer ever.
The reason why Terra tapped into the powers and effectively became Terra-kami? The reason why she was able to match the power of Beast Boy and owning him? Turns out that it's the power of fucking love, how she loved Beast Boy.
Excuse me, but I think I'm going to throw up. (runs away)
(five minutes later...)
Okay, now I'm better.
Oh, and Copy-Cat is the one who realized it. But of course.
Since it also just so happened that she understood why Beast Boy would do all those things...this also gives Mykan another chance to fucking blame the Titans and the Doom Patrol again. Just how many times is he going to blame them for something they didn't fucking do? I mean, granted, they could have seen it from a mile away, but I just feel that Mykan superglued the Idiot Ball on the hands of our heroes. And wrapped their hands with duct tape, to be sure.
Also, if anything, as I've mentioned oh-so-many-times, it's fucking Beast Boy who deserves the blame. All of it. He stalked Terra like some demon. He snooped into Raven's room without her permission, that desperate to win her back. He mercilessly mauled two girls who just made fun of him. And he killed scores of people, as Count Logan, just because he didn't get his fucking happy ending.
If this was a normal story, Beast Boy would have been the villain of all of it, and rightfully so. Sure, there may be some sympathizing, but can you really root for a mass murderer? Who didn't get what he wanted? I don't think so.
I think it would have worked better if it is about Beast Boy moving on from his past, but something dark tempts him to turn. And when he doesn't, that's when the darkness overtakes him and surrounds him with images of the failures. Having no choice but to fall into despair, he would become a villain, and it would be up to the Titans and the Doom Patrol to have him come to his senses. No wangst. No stupid shit about blaming the victim. No Writer on Board.
(Rika drinks, and she blushes. She clears her throat after that)
...sorry about my own author tract.
Anyway. After finding out that our "hero" is knocked unconscious (and inexplicably is in his normal form), but even in his...subconscious (even when it says "unconscious"...yeah), he isn't willing to tell the group, well...Robin tells Terra-kami about what has happened to Beast Boy. And she decides to share.
Can we get a little bit of sad music, please?
(and this plays)
Thanks.
Really, most of it was already told in Chapter 1. No, really. It's copypasted. All you need to know is that, as a kid, an untested serum healed his illness but transformed him into half-human, half-beast. Then most of his families, including his biological parents, died. (Yes, I said "families", referring to his foster ones.) The rest of the foster families turn him down, including the Doom Patrol.
And yet another set of bashing towards them and the Titans. As well as "woobifying" Beast Boy. God.
I know what you're thinking. "Rika, what's the point of sharing this?" Well...needless to say, there's more to the story. For we get to the part of Terra. Turns out that, before she became akin to a deity, she loved him for who he was.
And that's when we get our next song, "Heaven's Light", from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The original song is a thing of beauty, with Quasimodo comparing Esmeralda as not just a human, but someone who brings him happiness, comparing her to an angel. (This is later followed by "Hellfire", where Frollo just flat-out compares Esmeralda to a demon that, in his mind, needs to be destroyed.) It's probably, to me, one of the best songs in the Disney canon.
Here? Considering what we know what Beast Boy is like...well...it doesn't work as much. It also falls apart when we know what Terra is like in the original comic books. (Plus, I don't think their tower even has bells.) Finally, gotta love how the middle just...cuts out like that, jumping to the next lines. QUALITY EDITING at its finest, folks!
After the song that just makes me scratch my head over how it's used, we get the part where Terra breaks up with Beast Boy so she can live a normal life. It's probably just me, but he doesn't look sad when that happened. He looks determined, willing to put it all behind and respect her wishes. To make her happy.
With the next part that follows, I think it's time to use another fitting song for this. And yeah, I realize that it was used before. But what the hell, might as well pull out all the stops for the comparison to Madoka Magica!
We also find out what happened in between the times where he left the tower and his "death". After leaving, no one welcomed him, being mean towards him. Which also makes me scratch my head because he's a Teen Titan. He saved the world countless times, and even without his wangst, people would have cared about him. I'll just leave it to his being unwelcomed as him being so damn wangsty to everyone, weirding them out.
With everything that happened, Beast Boy falls into despair. And, of course, instead of turning into a witch or Phantom (come to think about it, Phantom is probably a better term, considering that the majority of victims who turn into Phantoms in Kamen Rider Wizard are guys), the Dark Prognosticus decides to kill him. Not only that, but with the darkness and sorrow overtaking him, he is revived as Count Logan. Jeeze.
Of course, the chapter ends with the story explaining again what Beast Boy did as Count Logan. And why he was wearing the costume. Even though it's explained by Beast Boy feeling regretful and sorrowful and crap like that, I'm sure all the explanations as to why he's acting like that can also be explained by one simple, tiny thing.
Get this. He was still filled with grief. Isn't he motivated by not only revenge, but grief, anyway?
NANOMYKANS, SON!
Chapter 11: The Origin of Count Logan (Part 2!)
It continues where Part 1 left off, where it explained that the Void would destroy all forms of existence. Which means that the universe is fucked. Also, it isn't the Void that destroyed the planets; rather, it was the mooks and Count Logan. So...why did they need that Void, anyway? Was it because they wanted it to destroy all universes with that thing when they couldn't do it themselves?
Still doesn't make sense, anyway.
We get more Writer on Board shit with the reason why Tameran's the first world to be destroyed. Oy. Really, Beast Boy was jealous of Starfire and Robin being together? I mean...who knows if they would have really stayed together?
Even though Beast Boy can make it to where the worlds wouldn't exist, he decided to leave Earth alone for a while. Mainly because he had a soft spot for his hometown, and Terra was there. And we get his plan for Terra again (you know, the one that was foiled).
Oh, and who would have thought that doing all of that—locking Terra up, destroying the shit out of planets, stuff like that—still didn't make Beast Boy happy? In fact, he became so remorseful. Which, of course, does explain a bit as to why he was so mopey when he was mopey.
But that still doesn't make me sympathize with him at all.
There's just one problem. He doesn't know how to close the Void. So he just gave up on being mopey and focused on his plan. Yes, that's right, he simply couldn't stop being a fucking maniac despite his sadness. I just...
(Rika shakes her head)
And there's one more important thing to take from this. Turned out that Beast Boy lied to the mooks about creating a perfect world. What he really planned to do was, even though he cared about the mooks, he would just leave the worlds in ruins and kill himself. Just...what the hell?
(Rika is aghast)
I got nothing! Really, this is probably the first fanfic where I don't have much in the way of snarky sayings! I mean...am I getting dried up with that? Am I losing my touch?
So after the summarization about Beast Boy and why he is so different from all the past villains our heroes faced...oh. Oh, shit.
- "The Titans, The Doom Patrol, and Terra all felt really ashamed of themselves. They really were nothing but a bunch of selfish, and neglectful morons."
(Rika just looks absolutely livid)
Oh, go fuck yourself, Mykan. And now I feel sorry for Terra-kami, because of the way Mykan's treating her. He builds her up on a pedestal, and then this shit? God...
How many more chapters do I have left of this? (3 more chapters) OH, THANK GOD!
Then things get worse from there. Copy-Cat, the only person not feeling like a "selfish, neglectful moron"—gee, I fucking wonder why—tells them the bad news. Namely, the only way to stop the Void once and for all is to kill the holder of the Dark Prognosticus. Meaning that Beast Boy has to die.
...wait, what? Granted, he did get revived, but my headcanon says he's already dead, and the Beast Boy we see here is just a shell.
So after that, as the group tries to figure out what to do...oh, shit. Looks like with Beast Boy, he's now up. And he tells Terra he's giving her two minutes. (And cue yet another flashback from "Things Change".) As for the two minutes? Turns out that it's a countdown until the palace goes boom.
And so, this chapter ends with our heroes escaping in the nick of time, ready to take the battle to Earth. Somehow, this sounds a liiiiiittle bit more epic than it has the right to be.
Chapter 12: Enter, the Dragon!
(Rika looks at the title)
First off, laziest title ever. Secondly, since when did Enter become a dragon?
The chapter begins with our heroes arriving to Earth...and it looks so vastly different from before. Namely, it's in fucking ruins. Turns out that the Void was the one causing it, and soon, it would engulf everything.
Yikes.
Oh, and the Milky Way's apparentally the only galaxy left, and when that's gone...everything would be gone. So the group would need to find Beast Boy, but they don't have to look very far, for he arrives. After more wangsting about how no one matters, and before he's ready to kill them all...
...holy shit. Someone stops him dead in his tracks. And he's bent in a weird, L-block-like way again. Pfft. Anyway, who stops him?
It's Dr. Beljar.
Beast Boy tells this little Starscream to release him, but the doctor doesn't obey. Oh, and he now has the Dark Prognosticus, stealing the book away after Terra-kami defeated our "hero". Dr. Beljar truly planned to betray Beast Boy all along.
WHAT A TWEEST! But seriously, even with the smoke, no one really saw him teleport in and out like that?
Turns out that he, too, had his own goal. Dr. Beljar planned to not only destroy everything, but he would truly recreate it in his own image. Yeah, and what do you want to bet that that plan would be false, too? Oh, and the reason why he was also able to use the Dark Prognosticus? He's a robot. And robots don't have hearts.
WHAT THE FUCK?!
No, seriously. Saying that...that's one of the stupidest things I've ever heard, first off. Secondly, you did establish Beljar as a cyborg. So why even change it into a robot, anyway? Third, just how many holders of the Dark Prognosticus can there be? Does it mean that Beast Boy doesn't have to die for some sick, twisted reason?
After the entire revelation-filled drama bomb, and after some more gloating, Dr. Beljar turns Beast Boy into a mindless dragon. This stuns the group, but the one more stunned than anyone else is Terra-kami. And as "No Matter What" plays (and...yeah, I'm not going to retract ground over how weird that song is used), Beljar and the "hero" head into space, where they just wreck more shit up.
As for Earth, the Void is ready to destroy it, and not only that, but our heroes are stuck. The spaceship's destroyed, and they can't escape.
(Rika then realizes what she just said)
...so that's what Beast Boy meant when he said they couldn't escape. He was able to predict it...maybe, just maybe.
Then Copy-Cat has an idea. Presumably after seeing that there may be more than one holder to the Dark Prognosticus, a plan's made to see if our heroes would be able to tap into the Light Prognosticus' powers. And how does that happen?
The heroes getting victim-blamed. Again. They realize that it's their fault for making Beast Boy into this fucking psychopath. Remember, kids. If you want to win, even when you do all things right, have other people blame you for trying!
Seriously, what kind of fucked-up message is that?
And wouldn't you know it? It actually works. This is seen as them caring for Beast Boy, and they get the powers of the Light Prognosticus. Even though...really, I personally think that them watching out for Beast Boy and calling him out for the stupid shit he did also counts towards them caring for their teammate. It's like a parent trying to set boundaries for their kids to make sure they live their lives in a good way.
Our chapter ends with the group teleporting out of Earth, and the Void destroying the planet just as soon as that happens. They're now taking the battle to space, ready to make everything right again. As it should be.
(and then this song plays, showing that shit's about to get real)
Well. Nine installments down. Twelve chapters, counting Chapter 11 into one part, down. One installment left covering the final two chapters. Will I rage-quit? Will our heroes save Earth? And will Mykan find a fucking way to end it all in a very insulting manner?
Find out next time.
(in the lair...)
Computer: 99%...100% complete. The resurrection process is done.
(and then a hand breaks out of the glass)
(in the Fluffy Cloud Heaven...)
Sean: What?! (sees the blip getting stronger)
Phantom Ranger: Does it mean...
Sean: He's back. Catherine said so...some Writers never die. They get stronger. We'll need to prepare ourselves if Mykan dares to fight against us.
Sentinel Knight: You mean...
Sean: Yeah. It'll take all of us...Rika included. I hope she's ready if it ever happens.
(and then, the three Tokusatsu Spirits head over to check up on Rika)
Find out next time on the conclusion of Rika Liveblogs Vs. The End of Ends!
