[barnstenchfartface]

I've been making some progress on Frontier lately. I'm right at the end of the Cherubimon arc.

I like Frontier. Story's alright, characters are alright. I like the companion Digimon a lot. But god damn. I knew I would from the moment I started watching it, but I despise how the character focus really has gone to shit. I mean, I can understand when only the main two reach the highest level of evolution in a season with a large cast--that's how it was in both Adventures, and really, whatever, it's not ideal but it's bearable.

This thing. This thing where Takuya and Koji don't evolve one level higher than the others but two is just terrible. It's even more so because they do it at the expense of the others. It's such a stupid ass way to do a show ostensibly about teamwork and friendship and it sucks so much. (I especially like how Koichi became irrelevant thanks to this literally two episodes after he turned good, because screw you I guess. Where did that whole "the only thing that can defeat him is true darkness!!!!!!" thing even go anyway). That stupid filler episode with IceDevimon that was basically all about "look guys, these four are totally not completely irrelevant now!!!!" didn't fool anybody.

(IceDevimon's barely an Adult Digimon, what were they even trying to prove. Bigger threat than Cherubimon my ass.)

It's so stupid. So stupid. It's like there's just enough things I enjoy about it to keep me from saying "fuck Frontier," but seriously, fuck Frontier on this respect.

(if, for no other reason, i think this is one thing that i'll really appreciate about savers whenever i get around to it)