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Why Netbattling is the same as Life

sonicmega:

The Mega Man Battle Network series is actually an incredible metaphor for life & the challenges it hurls at you. 

Consider the following:

Yes, anyone can make it through the game w/ a Folder full of random junk. But those who expand their Library and spend time refining their choices to best accomplish their goals find greater success (and often better rewards).   

But no matter how long you spend preparing and improving, no matter how much you strategize and adapt your Chips, luck is ALWAYS a factor. Just because you have the ones you want doesn’t mean they’ll always show up when you need them. 

So what happens when you get a bad spread during a major trial? Are you just going to give up and let yourself be DELETEd? Or are you going to take what you’ve got, and use it as efficiently as you can? Chances are you’ll fight. You’ll do it to earn money, to earn resources, or perhaps even to earn the right to survive until the next battle.

But battling alone won’t cut it; you also have to take the initiative to explore. To check out-of-the-way places. To help those in need.  Sometimes the biggest assets to our NaviCust come from helping those around us with their problems 1st and looking for unexpected Connections in places we didn’t think had any value.

And sometimes, along the way, that exploring causes us to run into demons we thought we’d defeated a long time ago, demanding a rematch. But by then, we’re stronger, & if we’ve been improving ourselves it doesn’t matter what Chips we get; we’re flexible enough to make it work.

So what I’m saying is. Life (and Battle Network) isn’t always about having the best options at your disposal. Or even about having good ones. Rather, it’s about finding a Style that works for you, then becoming SO GOOD at it that you can quickly adjust to any unexpected encounters. 

Megaman (and Lan) win because they can change. They are WILLING to change. And they trust that they can use what they have to find victory. But they always keep an eye out for ways to grow stronger, whether through Friends, Chips, or simply gaining more experience in the field. So grab yourself yourself some pants and an UndrShrt, maybe a Barr100 if you need it, and start Busting those enemies holding you back. 

Who knows what you’ll discover? Maybe, just maybe, in the aftermath you’ll find a prize you never knew existed but know exactly what to do with.

Damn… This is awesome and I’m pretty sure my life is gonna unlock BugStyle any second now

A trip down memory lane from the last 15 years… Looking through some of my old GBA & DS Pokémon teams and nicknames, now that I have a DS Lite handy again. 🤠

Will Trafalgar Law betray the Straw Hats? I doubt it.

strawheart-amy:

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I think it’s very unlikely for many reasons:

• I don’t think it was ever stated that Law was going after One Piece, that was just assumed to be the motive of all of the Supernovas. (I also doubt Bonney is after it, and Drake obviously isn’t.)

• Law has shown an exceptional amount of genuine belief in the Straw Hats, even deciding to stay behind to either watch Luffy defeat Doflamingo or share his fate when given the opportunity to escape.

• Law wanted to take Doflamingo down. Law didn’t believe he could be taken down in a one-on-one fight, so he wanted to bait Kaido into going after him. That plan went to hell because of Doflamingo secretly being a Celestial Dragon, and Luffy pushed through anyway and made Law’s dream come true.

• Bepo from Law’s crew is a Mink as well, and the Minks are allied with the Strawhats and the Samurai. Assuming Law cares about his crew the way Luffy cares about his, he would be concerned about the fate of the people Bepo cares about too and probably want to help them succeed.

• To expand on the last point, it seems extremely unlikely, considering Law cared about Corazon as much as he did and the reasons for it, that he wouldn’t also feel the same kind of loyalty toward his own crew member (Bepo), and to Luffy who helped him realize his dream of taking down Doflamingo.

• This is a side point, but may prove relevant in the long run: Law has a whole other “secret name” we don’t know the meaning of at all. That hasn’t been revealed outside of his flashback, so when it comes up it will most likely have a very important role to play that is connected to some element of the world’s history that we don’t know about yet. It may even be something Robin knows something about when it does come up, if it’s relevant to the Poneglyphs and the Void Century.

Edit: Someone pointed out to me that Law does mention it once in Chapter 595, when he says to his crew, “Don’t worry. The One Piece isn’t going anywhere.” But a lot has happened in the 2+ years since that could drastically change his motives and character arc.

Also, Heart Pirates didn’t knew about Law’s desire of revenge against Doflamingo. After read Law’s novel, is pretty clear for me that he didn’t talk about what he was really looking for on that moment (to protect them) and used One Piece as an excuse to go to the New World

Guess I’m going to have to go read these novels now if they’re considered canon.

This also explains why Law’s crew was waiting for him on Zou instead of being on Dressrosa, dots I had not connected before.

Will Trafalgar Law betray the Straw Hats? I doubt it.

I think it’s very unlikely for many reasons:

• I don’t think it was ever stated that Law was going after One Piece, that was just assumed to be the motive of all of the Supernovas. (I also doubt Bonney is after it, and Drake obviously isn’t.)

• Law has shown an exceptional amount of genuine belief in the Straw Hats, even deciding to stay behind to either watch Luffy defeat Doflamingo or share his fate when given the opportunity to escape.

• Law wanted to take Doflamingo down. Law didn’t believe he could be taken down in a one-on-one fight, so he wanted to bait Kaido into going after him. That plan went to hell because of Doflamingo secretly being a Celestial Dragon, and Luffy pushed through anyway and made Law’s dream come true.

• Bepo from Law’s crew is a Mink as well, and the Minks are allied with the Strawhats and the Samurai. Assuming Law cares about his crew the way Luffy cares about his, he would be concerned about the fate of the people Bepo cares about too and probably want to help them succeed.

• To expand on the last point, it seems extremely unlikely, considering Law cared about Corazon as much as he did and the reasons for it, that he wouldn’t also feel the same kind of loyalty toward his own crew member (Bepo), and to Luffy who helped him realize his dream of taking down Doflamingo.

• This is a side point, but may prove relevant in the long run: Law has a whole other “secret name” we don’t know the meaning of at all. That hasn’t been revealed outside of his flashback, so when it comes up it will most likely have a very important role to play that is connected to some element of the world’s history that we don’t know about yet. It may even be something Robin knows something about when it does come up, if it’s relevant to the Poneglyphs and the Void Century.

Edit: Someone pointed out to me that Law does mention it once in Chapter 595, when he says to his crew, “Don’t worry. The One Piece isn’t going anywhere.” But a lot has happened in the 2+ years since that could drastically change his motives and character arc.