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groundramon · 6 years

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Hmm decided to make this rant because I wanna make a joke in my next Digimon pride icons batch but its too meanspirited for me to just make without context so here’s the context:

So @5ugarmatsu is watching Digimon and he’s not done with all the seasons yet so don’t spoil him BUT he did finish Tamers and you know the fuck what: Ryo sucks. Also I’m mentioning him bc a lot of this initial stuff comes from him, I just verified it and wrote it down in this post.

I never hated Ryo growing up because i was beyond numb to the compulsive heterosexuality in Digimon (ps everyone in Digimon is gay or ace/aro or both and that’s just a fact) and I liked his design and I liked Cyberdramon. In fact my hyperdaydreaming ass reused his design for a character of my own, albeit with a slightly different personality for....obvious reasons. Yknow he’s a mary sue so. Not very interesting even to 10 year old me being self indulgent.

Which, there’s the easy explanation for this: Ryo is a mary sue. That’s it. He’s the only one besides the core three that gets to biomerge, everyone adores him, he’s got no flaws, stupid perfect hair, stupid perfect teeth... Also Rika is clearly a lesbian and they use him to imply that she’s not, and that’s simply not acceptable. SHE DOESNT LIKE HIM YALL

but the reason I decided to make this into its own full-length post is because there’s also a slightly more sinister undertone to Ryo. Mandatory trigger warning for emotional and potentially physical abuse here; read on at your own discretion.

So in Ryo’s first scene, we see him wrestling with a disobedient Cyberdramon. We also see him use a whip-like beam of light from his digivice to control his partner. Immediately, this raised some red flags for Charlie. Because in the Digimon universe, it’s established that Digimon are essentially equal to Pokemon. This isn’t a disobedient dog; this is someone being controlled against their will. I know we joke a lot about pokemon or digimon being slavery, and thats not the route im going down, but it’s definitely not...good. Also you still shouldn’t whip or restrain a disobedient dog; the whip under any circumstances, and the restrain based on how much of a threat they are to other people.

Which brings me to my next problem - never in any of his displays has Cyberdramon been showcased as a threat. He has fought Digimon that were endangering the digidestined (Megadramon, Majiramon), growled at takato once, and that’s...it. At WORST, in his last appearance before Ryo runs away for the first time (he doesn’t use the whip in any other appearance), Ryo claims he “wants to fight more”. But also, there are a bunch of Digimon behind him that Cyberdramon could fight if he really wanted to. But does he? No. He never once poses a threat to Ryo or the digidestined. He’s aggressive and cold, but...

The next point - how Ryo talks about Cyberdramon. Ryo describes Cyberdramon as a guy of few words. Well guess fucking what, not only is that a symptom of abuse, but it’s also a symptom that someone just isn’t comfortable with you. I’m not an abuse victim but I still rarely speak until spoken to, and am very quiet about myself and short in my answers until I know where you stand on things. I’m trying to get better about that but when your only practice is your family, it’s hard because you’re either already comfortable with them or too afraid to make a fool of yourself. But I digress - my point still stands that if Cyberdramon really IS a mon of few words, there’s a reason for it (I have social anxiety which causes me to be like that) and its not because of aggression.

Is Cyberdramon aggressive? I’d say so, yes. But he never points that aggression in the wrong direction. And, if he did, why is Ryo keeping him under control? When someone punches you, you may need to restrain them in that moment, but afterwards you get the police involved. If they’re routinely violent with you, you leave them. But Ryo doesn’t, because although he isn’t really violent, he IS in control. Cyberdramon clearly submits to him and not necessarily in a good way, although not necessarily in a bad way either.

There’s also the fact of Monodramon being a silly cinnamon roll in his appearances, IE the exact opposite of Cyberdramon. People don’t really change like that, so while Ryo is still his partner, idk, it makes me feel like Ryo got stricter with him as he got stronger, or something like that. Or perhaps Ryo feels less intimidated when Monodramon is a friendly rookie as opposed to a brooding, fight-loving dragon. Which I would too, but it’s still not an excuse in my personal opinion.

PS this isnt a Ryo-bashing post nor a post bashing anyone who likes him (or RyoxRika) like I said I literally just made this so i could make a joke about him being an incel or chad on my tamers pride icons. Feel free to debate with me but dont get too offended; I only did this so I could feel less bad about making fun of his stupid face. pls and thanks

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