Breaking down Titan's character in The moons of Uranus :)
On their way to get more recruits for the revolution Titan wasn't looking confident, but Phobos and Deimos didn’t recognize it. Titan was contemplating the revolution he tried to consult with the two, but they confirmed they are followers through and through. Admitting he missed the Earth’s moon probably because he would have challenged his choices. Titan isn't sure if he should be “leading” a revolution against the planets. Following through with the attack even after killing the Earth's moon seemed to be putting a lot on his mind. The Earth's moon didn't want to hurt the Earth, and Titan knew he shouldn't either. Despite what Earth had said it didn't mean people had to die. Though going against Ganymede and Europa did lead to Luna's death, even if it was done unintentionally. Afterwards Titan couldn't stand up to them as he probably felt partially at fault. They were just helping him after all. Trying to get the planets to listen to the moons, and give the moons what they wanted, blood was gonna need to be spilled. The death of Luna was simply a mishap and shouldn't reflect what the revolution is trying to achieve. Right? Who knows what was running around in Titan's mind at the time.
On their way to find more recruits they spotted a moon in the Kuiper belt. However, they were spooked by Uranus and Neptune. Based on the perspective of Uranus and Neptune telling Uranus what he did wrong, the ice giant scared Titan because Uranus was being extremely opposed. In this episode (The moons of Uranus) Neptune is teaching Uranus to understand that his massive size is scary to a moon, and he should be careful with them. However, Uranus wasn't careful and his size and booming voice startled Titan and the moons enough to cause them to flee into the Kuiper belt. Titan was not expecting to be stopped by any planet. Uranus' giant size and loudly asking them to please share the whereabouts of his moons must've triggered the moons’ megalophobia.
There in the Kuiper belt, Titan and the two remaining Rocky planets’ moons go after one of Uranus' moons. She tries to tell them to leave her alone, and it leads to a chase. Probably recognizing she was scared, Titan tried to explain he wanted to help moons like her. Chasing her wasn't the best way to show he's not a threat. He is then suddenly stopped by Umbriel, who came to look for Ariel. He was confused by Umbriel's silence till Ariel told him she's mute and needed to judge him. So, he waited for Umbriel’s judgement before he could continue. After she approved him, Titan gave his name and asked them if they could take them to their leader. It's as if seeing how big planets are, like Uranus, it rebooted his mindset. Then when he saw Ariel in distress, he forgot his doubts. He just picked up his role as the stoic and brave leader of the Moon revolution. Seemingly forgetting someone died.
As soon as Titan sees Titania, it's hinted he was instantly infatuated. Titania is firm, cautious, and demanded who sent him. Although it was Ganymede who assigned Titan and the Martian moons to look for the Uranian moons, Titan states he sent himself. Somehow Titan remembered he was supposed to be in charge of an entire operation. When Titan formally introduced himself as the leader of the moon revolution, Titania laughed at him. However, Titan instead asked why they were hiding from their planet. Possibly not trying to insinuate the worst as he questioned if they were just playing a game. Titania had explained that Uranus said he was going to crush his moons to make bigger rings, so they fled to the Kuiper belt. She does say she wasn't sure if it was a joke, but they didn't want to risk it. Titan reassures her that she's not wrong for her actions, as a planet shouldn't play with their moon's safety. Telling her that Uranus, the Earth and Saturn use their size to bully the moons. He wanted to change their situation with the revolution. To make the planets listen and respect all Moons. Guess the Uranian moons’ situation hits close to home for Titan. Bringing up Earth and Saturn as being bullies and all.
The Uranus situation could be relatable to Titan’s situation. After all, Titan felt obliged to forgive Saturn for presumably killing his moons that made his rings. When things didn’t work out with Earth he took things into his own hands. Found out he has the possibility for life, and he'd set up a base in the Asteroid belt to hide from the planets. The circumstance here is that he is aware that this is not an ideal situation, but it’s preferable to run and hide unless they have the upper hand.
There is a possibility Titan is afraid of the size of the planets. Coinciding with the B plot of the episode, as Uranus is taught that his size and status can be intimidating to his moons. The lack of delicacy resulted in the fear the Uranian moons felt. That is why they hid from their planet. Titan can relate with them given his own experience. Calling his planet a bully because he is bigger could confirm that Titan has tuxiphobia. Despite his efforts to see size as not important, he still views Saturn's overwhelming size as threatening. Saturn’s size may be more intimidating with the notion of what his rings are made of. It's easy to understand why he thinks Earth is a bully. The Earth had basically admitted to believing moons were beneath him. And Saturn is a bully because he’s neglectful to his moons and excused it with being too big. The planets made him feel small, helpless, and meaningless. He is the biggest moon of Saturn but there’s no significant merit to that title. He’d stay in a neighborhood that has been said to be dangerous rather than return to Saturn. He wanted to be as important and commemorable he thinks Earth is. But he was denied recognition. He felt like he couldn't go home till something changed. He didn't want to face them till he could be sure he felt as big and powerful as he thought they were.
In my opinion I just think Titan is a coward and a scared kid. His pride was hurt and he didn’t know how to impose himself on those he loved and held with high regards. Slinking around in the dark, getting his hands a bit dirty, till he figured out how to get what he wanted. He decided a conversation wasn't worth having because he felt perturbed based on the size and status. Titan had jumped the gun before he had a genuine conversation with his planet. He doesn’t have the grounds to insert his opinion to those moons who are genuinely scared of getting killed.
Titan projected his problems on those moons and he wanted to help them. He told them that he planned to rise up against the planets. No longer would moons be threatened and belittled by authority. They were going to fight the planets so they would finally listen and respect moons. Titania on the other hand isn't endangering her moons for a war that she believes would likely fail. She was hiding from possible death, she wouldn’t have been keen on facing the planets in a fight. Unlike Titan, their pride wasn’t hurt, their safety wasn’t taken seriously.
When the moons were discovered by Uranus (canned laughter plays) they high tailed it to the moon base in the asteroid belt. Right in the middle of Uranus’ apology letter, Titania didn’t want them to stay long enough for Uranus to look up from his note (canned laughter plays). All of the moons were fearful of their planets and Titan led him to them. Immediately Titan recognized the distress they were in and his mistake. Titania had only agreed to go with Titan because he said they could hide at the base. She didn’t agree on fighting any battles, she just wanted a safe place for her moons. Later on, Ariel said that she even knew he wrote them an apology letter, yet she still escaped with the others. The trust the moons have for Uranus is off. The dynamic between the Uranian moons and their planet can be explored another time. Not by me, so don’t expect shit from me. Titan led the moons away from Uranus (canned laughter plays) because he didn't trust the planet, because the Uranian moons didn't trust their planet. He wanted them safe and ended up recruiting them for a revolution. Guess since the moons would throw asteroids at Earth then they silently agreed to fight for their cause in return for shelter, despite Titania being against it.
The next sode with Titan and the Moons of Uranus
After they escaped Uranus, Titan and Titania cutely flew close together on the way over to the Asteroid belt. They began to make small talk. Small talk then led Titania to ask about their plan to deal with the planets. Titan would go on to repeat what he pitched back in the Kuiper belt, but what Titania really wanted to know was how. He took a breath and confessed their plan to attack the Earth. It seemed like he didn't want to admit that the plan was to kill all life. He could've still felt guilt and was unsure if it was something he wanted to go through with. Upon hearing the plan, Titania interjected that they should talk to the planets before doing something rash, but Titan said to her to trust him that it wasn't going to work that way. Saying if there was a chance to resolve this through talking, he would do it. This is amusing because he denied the Saturnian moons from discussing the rings' situation with their planet. When he met Earth, he didn't confront him after the “Moon should know their place" comment. Didn't tell Astrodude what favor he wanted him to do before he agreed first. He couldn't express his feelings about the plan to attack Earth or explain how it would be a good idea. Then he led the Uranian moons away from Uranus as he was trying to amend for his wrongdoing. Again, Titan’s problem of talking to his planet is that the other moons aren't spoken to. Saturn would later go on to say he loves talking to Titan and says he respects his opinions, while his other moons are neglected. Titan isn't able to open up to Saturn about revolving matters. He is afraid to try talking about his coils with the planets, and communication in general. He has displayed enough times he’d rather avoid the hard conversation and make impulsive decisions instead. He is running away from his problem and so is Titania, but they weren’t exactly on the same page.
Titan is alone and he accidently causes more isolation. He tries to find a balance with the moons and his planet. In practice, Titan tends to cater to the planets and shields the moons. He is favored by Saturn, but he is possibly guilty about the attention he has received. There's an underlying nihilism about his perception of moons and fear of his planet that internally prevents him from speaking up about their neglect. Maybe it's mostly because the overwhelming size of his planet and Saturn’s forgetfulness that makes conversations feel pointless. However, because Titan doesn't communicate with Saturn about those issues, not only does Saturn continue to primarily dote on him, but the other moons are also envious about being left out. That envy probably has been festering in Titan's umbra for who knows how long. From their perspective, Titan is gravitating all of Saturn's attention in the orbit. They may also believe Titan has enough merit to directly address problems they have with Saturn dearest. Unfortunately, Titan had displayed to them he is more on Saturn's side than theirs. Proving that by forgiving Saturn about the rings and denying confrontation on the topic. The moons don't like that Titan is favored and that he'd defend Saturn over them. He is a barrier for the moons from properly connecting with Saturn, and as a result, leaving Titan more of an obstacle than a peer. Although Titan wants the planets to see him and the moons as a true equal, but due to the failure to convey those thoughts, he instead bore Saturn's patronizing adoration. He let the moons that are itching for genuine connection with Saturn not speak for themselves. He boxed himself in on both social ends, isolating Saturn, the Saturnian moons, and himself from communication. Titan doesn't think that moons are treated fairly but he hasn’t been fair to them as well.
He feels as if the sword of Damocles is above his pretty moon head. If he felt like he couldn't speak up to his planet, so he’d speak down to those he viewed closer to his level to keep a low profile. From Titans perspective, Saturn is a big gas planet, and the moons are too small to confront him. Settling for the cycle of belittlement and fear because the planets are bigger. Under these conditions, Titan had fabricated they would need something extraordinary to put them on par with the planets, like life. The logic being, if moons like him can exist then moons should be treated with integrity and basic respect, not pets or insignificant rocks. Proving they have potential grander than their size. The strike Titan had initially planned; it was his way to get the planet's attention about their potential. Ganymede and Europa then changed the direction of his plan to the extreme. To take out the competition would be more effective to make the planets listen, so they say. I can only presume the painful unawareness and huge size of Saturn made it hard for Titan to talk to him. Earth, Titan’s former idol, had crushed his core and he had to face the fact that Earth didn't respect moons. Somewhere within Titan, he just wanted to hurt Earth for how he made him feel worse about being a moon than he already did, and he was exhibiting intrusive tendencies. Of course, he’d think they wouldn’t be capable of a productive conversation. Unfortunately, probability isn’t the same as doing the work to get the results. Titan told Titania that there's no other way to get their attention other than through violence, but his intuition was kinda skewed. What he did was perpetuate the cycle of lack of communication.
Titania stays speculative about the plan but goes along with the idea. Hoping that if there's a chance to talk then they should. Demonstrating that she's pretty sane, confer with the other moons that convince him that mass extinction wasn’t a bad idea. I think Titan had appreciated that about her. After the death of Luna (rip his soul), it must've been a relief that someone isn't giving him full faith and is opting for civil solutions.