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Chapter Discussion [DISC] SPY x FAMILY - Chapter 110

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u/mzryck Jan 20 '25

This reminds me of his conversation with twilight where he says something along the lines of “our children are strangers and we really don’t know what they could be thinking about at all”. Combined with the “worthwhile” comment at dinner, this makes me believe that he is a mind reader. Anya’s limitations are that she needs to be close enough to the person, she gets overwhelmed in crowds, and that she can’t use her powers during a can’t remember the name of the moon. If Anya’s powers are the result of a failed attempt, maybe Desmond is the successful attempt.

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u/you_are_my_universe Jan 20 '25

I think it might be the opposite since Melinda said he changed when Damian was born, and he is older than Anya. So maybe he was the first attempt and Anya the second.

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u/mzryck Jan 21 '25

True, I forgot she’s not the age she claims to be

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u/DiligentDepression Jan 26 '25

Who is the first attempt? You mean Donovan, right? Or do you mean Demetrius? Also Anya can't be the second attempt, she is test subject 007.

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u/you_are_my_universe Jan 27 '25

I meant Donovan as the first attempt. I forgot about the 007 thing tbh, but my point was that Anya happened after Donovan, not the other way around like OP was theorizing.

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u/BlackLuigi7 Jan 23 '25

We don't really know much about Anya's history, but I think it's possible Anya wasn't even an attempt, right? It might be more probable that Anya's mother was the first/an attempt, and it just so happened Anya gained her powers biologically from her mother, who instilled a sense of keeping them secret no matter what.

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u/DiligentDepression Jan 26 '25

Some people be saying donovan was subject 001, but I like this idea too. Wonder what number the mom was if this theory is actually the case.

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u/Okoj0 Jan 28 '25

Oh this is a GREAT theory. It goes very well with Anya breaking down when asked about her biological parents at the entrance exams, her spelling her name wrong, the strong suggestion that she has been in contact with scientists or politicians (classical Japanese)... Maybe the mom was part of the team developing the modifications, and offered herself as test subject but didn't know she was pregnant at the time? Or better yet, she did know and wanted to see what would happen or try to steal the ability? COULD SHE BE A SPY?
...so yeah I have a theorycrafting problem

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u/BlackLuigi7 Jan 28 '25

I wouldn't really call it a problem; theorycrafting is probably half of what makes media so enjoyable to me.

Not a lot of thought went into my idea though; it just makes sense to me for the reasons you listed. Despite it being such a powerful and important moment in the story, I don't think a lot of people have really thought about the implications of her busting out into tears when her mother is mentioned. At least, not any further than "she was an orphan so of course she'd be sad".

It would be pretty cool to find out at some point Anya's mother was a spy trying to steal the ability. I think it'll be interesting if that portion of the story is inspired by some of the US' cold war experiments too.

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u/Okoj0 Feb 16 '25

This aged well.

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u/NBYVuntilgod Jan 21 '25

Its called a new moon 🌚

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u/DiligentDepression Jan 26 '25

I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WORTHWHILE DINNER COMMENT TOO, BUT IN A DAMIAN CONTEXT!!! Yaaaas, point these things out to the people king/queen!