My thoughts on Demoncism / Sophomore Slump
First of all I was really surprised by how Star was the one who was calling Tom instead of Tom calling Star for the “cornshake”, I wasn’t expecting it, but i guess it was a good plot twist to Star the episode
But in this whole episode I had the same feeling of Club Snubbed but worse. I feel that they made Star to worry too much about Tom so quickly. I get that she didn’t wanted Tom to erase his personality, because she also thought that it was because of her. She went to talk to him, he didn’t listen to her, and Star went on Fury mode to punch a tree. Okay, I can take it; I can understand that she worries about his friend and, because he is also an allied prince and everything.
But how it comes to Star hugging him to the point that it looked that he was the most important thing in her life?. I can get that it was a sentimental moment that she probably thought that he literally erased what he was, and she just felt like the only thing she could do was giving him emotional support. The context was ok, but that hug, by itself, taking out the context, was the most meaningful and sentimental on the show so far, in my opinion, just look at it, she hasn’t even hugged Marco like that before.
What I want to say with all this is, that I really love how Star and Tom are getting along, I think it was about time to see them interacting, and we always knew that this “ship” could be awaken at any moment. But the same as club snubbed, I feel like it was rushed so much, probably even more than before. Starting with Star suddenly being so affected by Tom’s decisions (she didn’t even wanted to see him 2 episodes ago) then that meaningful hug, and then her being so worried about him after that, but still, I could accept that it was for the sake of the episodes, for the moment, and that you can’t expect more explanations in an 11 minutes episode. But then comes this
I’m sorry, but that literally last frame killed everything, I think it is just out of place, like you slaughtered all the slow development between them two in the last 2 seasons, and in an episode was magically fixed, like: “hey you almost literally made me kill a mermaid in the past, but I’ll forget all of that because you almost die and I feel bad for you”. I feel that the TomStar was thrown at us so fast, that you couldn’t even enjoy the build up for it.
But well, I trust the writers, they have been doing it so amazing, that I can’t but feel that this is part of something bigger and better. Btw, this season has had 6 writers per episode, that’s sick!
Well I’m Gonna be very straight, Marco is probably in my top 3 of favorite character, but In the fisrt half of this episode, is a complete jerk, I literally wanted to smash a microwave in Marco’s face, jeez. But at the end, it was a good face slap for Marco, cause he realized that he was doing wrong, and he realized his mistake, kinda. So i think it was just melancholy for what he lived at mewni. So, even if he did wrong, we can not hate him, for acting like that one time, when he's been such a nice person all the rest of the series.
But, the real thing is, Jackie. After sophomore Slump, I felt like Jackie is the most mature character for her age, in the entire series, like wow. She just literally realized that Marco’s mind wasn’t really on her, and she accepted and put and end to it, because she knew it was the right thing, and all that without dropping a single tear, and without losing her cool personality nor her self steem.
She’s amazing guys, whatever your ship is you gotta accept, that she managed to be part of the story, and be an important character, with less screen time than other secondary characters, always being chill and positive about everything, she believed in Marco and gave him an opportunity so many times, but she knew, that nothing lasts forever, and man, it’s probably the last thing we see her having a big role, that’s heartbreaking. Gotta love her. <3
On the other hand, I was surprised when Marco said “Jackie, you are my best friend”, but then I realized that it was like a “last resource” thing. What really shocked me was when she replies “we both know that’s not true”. Dang Jackie again with the matureness, and also in that moment Marco realized how he really felt, about everything, probably. I saw this breakup coming, so, I think the real thing to highlight is Marco’s trip to Mewni, and the Jackie attitude about everything. And after all I think we can all agree with Mr. Diaz:
I don’t know man, if I knew I would tell you..
Anyway, if you have questions or opinions feel free to ask :D