SPY×FAMILY - Ch. 110

[Lustrist]

grown man is bound to have a mind battle against a child

 

[Shinigamisama]

And they said I was crazy. - some Donovan hater.
Time to end this man's career. - Anya

 

[huntercheco]

For all we know, it could be that what could read isn't minds but intentions.

I expect this. He is just very good at "reading" gestures, intentions, etc. like some kind of mentalist and his family confused this with mind reading; except Damian, he is just scared of daddy's imposing persona

 

[ikkyuisme]

yea, you're super in (f) trouble Mr. Forger

 

[S0LUS]

I kinda feel bad for the author if depicting Melinda as a complete nervous wreck who believes in the occult (tarot readings, etc) and her husband (the fucking president) being replaced with an alien, was their attempt to make people take her shit with a grain of salt for the grand reveal of whatever his deal actually is; like 98% of people in this thread instantly gobbled it up the instant it was said when the only confirmation they have that it's even plausible is that one of the main characters is also psychic. This is a series where you could cut Anya's psychic nonsense out (thus Bond as well) & it'd still be centered around a super-spy & a super-assassin, both of whom can do some pretty incredible shit yet still can't quite be considered "supernatural" like ESP; at that point the concept that there'd be an extra-terrestrial invasion would still be every bit as plausible as any other option!

Speaking of which, I didn't see anyone mention his actions at that stressful-ass family dinner & how they factor in to whether he's psychic or extraterrestrial. Nobody said a goddamn word the entire time, something only an alien could probably say "that was a lovely dinner" about, but it's plausible that a psychic could get seriously desensitized & just think, "ah, yeah, they're talking, good shit" even though he'd have to be ignoring just how hard 2 out of the 4(? was there 4 or 5 members in their family, idr) of them were freaking the fuck out internally. However--! It'd be the perfect reason for a psychic alien to think everything is fine without even noticing the silence despite years of alien spy college training, "ah yes, human families come sit together for meals and discuss things. I don't understand what these two keep going the fuck on about, but the training manual said that 90% of human fathers don't give a shit about what their wife or children have to say anyway, so it's probably fine. Good talk, everyone."
Hell, what if he's a psychic alien and he keeps talking to them constantly but because they're not psychics they can't hear him and he just doesn't understand that? Of course, deep down I feel like y'all are probably right- the author is probably only filling his tank with normal crazy instead of premium. But goddamn would it ever be funny if this dude was actually just a fucking alien lmao

 

[the_legendary_klobb]

Right on track. This is getting intense, Loid's secret and maybe the whole operation are already compromised. And there's probably two more fronts closing in, Yuri and the state police first and the Garden second.

 

[dowiet]

 

[dowiet]

I kinda feel bad for the author if depicting Melinda as a complete nervous wreck who believes in the occult (tarot readings, etc) and her husband (the fucking president) being replaced with an alien, was their attempt to make people take her shit with a grain of salt for the grand reveal of whatever his deal actually is; like 98% of people in this thread instantly gobbled it up the instant it was said when the only confirmation they have that it's even plausible is that one of the main characters is also psychic. This is a series where you could cut Anya's psychic nonsense out (thus Bond as well) & it'd still be centered around a super-spy & a super-assassin, both of whom can do some pretty incredible shit yet still can't quite be considered "supernatural" like ESP; at that point the concept that there'd be an extra-terrestrial invasion would still be every bit as plausible as any other option!

Speaking of which, I didn't see anyone mention his actions at that stressful-ass family dinner & how they factor in to whether he's psychic or extraterrestrial. Nobody said a goddamn word the entire time, something only an alien could probably say "that was a lovely dinner" about, but it's plausible that a psychic could get seriously desensitized & just think, "ah, yeah, they're talking, good shit" even though he'd have to be ignoring just how hard 2 out of the 4(? was there 4 or 5 members in their family, idr) of them were freaking the fuck out internally. However--! It'd be the perfect reason for a psychic alien to think everything is fine without even noticing the silence despite years of alien spy college training, "ah yes, human families come sit together for meals and discuss things. I don't understand what these two keep going the fuck on about, but the training manual said that 90% of human fathers don't give a shit about what their wife or children have to say anyway, so it's probably fine. Good talk, everyone."
Hell, what if he's a psychic alien and he keeps talking to them constantly but because they're not psychics they can't hear him and he just doesn't understand that? Of course, deep down I feel like y'all are probably right- the author is probably only filling his tank with normal crazy instead of premium. But goddamn would it ever be funny if this dude was actually just a fucking alien lmao

I'd say given the way she described it he took a very heavy turn in his normal routine of life and she associated this with him being an alien. Since she did mention it was maybe around her child's birth maybe the stress associated with that along with everything else he is going through changed him in such a way.

 

[vagligeiro]

Hell, what if he's a psychic alien and he keeps talking to them constantly but because they're not psychics they can't hear him and he just doesn't understand that? Of course, deep down I feel like y'all are probably right- the author is probably only filling his tank with normal crazy instead of premium. But goddamn would it ever be funny if this dude was actually just a fucking alien lmao

The problem is that if Spy x Family goes down a path like "we have aliens in the middle", the feeling is that it will be completely out of tune with the series. If we're talking about fiction, talking about "paranormal activity" is much more plausible in wars than "aliens", because in the case of the latter, the broad concept of alien ends up being completely out of tune. And in the end, if we use the idea of "a simple alien discovering something about Earth", it will give a strange feeling to years of history about the Cold War and espionage.

In the case of Melinda, I think the idea of occultism is valid, because occultism is usually an attempt (often vague) to justify something that has not yet been justified by science in some way. Remember that esoteric astrology, for example, helped in the evolution of astronomical science. The attempt to understand the human psyche led to the sciences of the mind, such as psychology and psychiatry.

This is where Loid's role comes in: as a psychiatrist, he has full access to the person's mind, since psychiatrists' job is to try to understand whether what the person has is a real physiological problem in the brain or something that could be a social sensation that would fit into psychology.

In Melinda's case, Desmond's attitudes seem invasive to her, as if he were actually literally reading the minds of everyone around him. (Remember that Shin from Sakamoto Days also has this ability, and the series about the assassin who owns a small shop came a little after SxF - Shin is a good example of how Anya could be as a spy and an adult in terms of how to use her mind for espionage and combat).

In the series, Anya knows how to use her power reasonably well, but she is not mature enough to do so - just remember that she has problems with overload when she needs to use her mind to read several people or she actually easily absorbs other people's readings without wanting to.

So, going back to the plausibility in SxF, again: the series is based on war concepts. And there have been tests in the past for precisely this type of activity. Unless I'm mistaken, in a quick search, we have the example of MK Ultra (the use of drugs to modify the mind) and the Axis experiments (Germany at the time). In the case of SxF, the project that involved Anya and Bond (and probably Desmond) is Project Apple.

https://spy-x-family.fandom.com/wiki/Project_Apple

 

[Metalking1417]

If Anya read Donovan mind, would she read her own mind ?

It may be that they can't read each other'sminds.

 

[vagligeiro]

Melinda about the right-wing Desmond: "He is controlled by aliens!"
The Aliens:

Spoiler: aliens

Explain the joke: in Brazil have a "artist" named Lucyborn. And she is specialized in paint right-wing personas than in the picture above. This paint is recent (post recent new EUA president change) and the artist painted some aliens in background. The paint is exposed after the chapter 110 and during the president's diplomation.

 

[daywithoutgames]

- roid : ... desmond-san ...

- female body-guard : ... oku-sama ...

- spy girl : ... forger-sensei ... , desmond-san ...

- roid : ... boku ... , danna-san , ... your sons-san ...

- yor : ... roid-san ...

- roid : ... yor-san ...

- anya : ... anya ...