On Toffee's psychology and the myth of his "coldness"
When Toffee lost his army, he lost his purpose in life. It irritates me when his motives are reduced to the simplistic phrase "he did it all for a finger." Oh no. He did everything to regain his purpose.
We know from the "Book of Spells" that he is a prince. So, at one point, he had a choice: a safe, secure life or the army. And he chose the latter.
It was a conscious renunciation of privilege in service of his idea. He had been raising an army since his youth—how many years did it take?
And now—a little girl, Moon, destroys this idea with one blow. What's taken from Toffee isn't power, or "status," or "a finger."
What's taken from him is his!!!!worldview!!!!, the very thing that shaped his personality.
His emotional freeze is wartime PTSD, compounded by the loss of his purpose in life. And this icy silence erupts with the same raging fire as in his youth. We see this when he's trapped in the wand as a slime. There, the real Toffee emerges: an emotional sadist, seething from within, even though he's always been considered icy on the outside.
It's no coincidence that in the "Book of Spells," Septarians are associated with Tarot cards, symbolizing passion and intense emotion. Toffee's coldness isn't a lack of feeling. It's a shell beneath which an emotional volcano rages!
