I was trying to find some sense to the fact that Leiftan attempted to kill Chrome and now Iām sad
[Repost because Iām trying to figure out why the original post disappeard]
I remember myself talking about the murderer and stuff some time ago, and I mentioned that it could make sense to me if Leiftan was the one to kill Ykhar, and even if I wasnāt too convince with it, there was a possibility of him stabbing Chrome too. Turns out it was the case, and I totally buy Ykharās death on Leiftanās hands (which was really close to my theory, there are not much details so they could add the fact that she threatened on exposing Leiftan because of Lance manipulating her with the hostage, but itās close enough) because they werenāt really close, and he didnāt have a choice. But Chrome on the other hand, left me really shocked, but after some days thinking I got to a few conclusions.
Ok, we know that Leiftan stabbed Chrome because Miiko said it, contrary to Ykharās case, we didnāt actually see the moment Leiftan admitted it, and it could be a lie, but letās assume itās not. She said Chrome threatened to tell the guard that Leiftan killed Ykhar, and therefore, Leiftan was forced to eliminate him. It doesnāt quite make sense because weāve seen their relationship, they are friends, they care for each other, and Chrome is sort of a kid (which we know is Leiās soft spot), so why would he do that? I found two reasons for it.
1. The more likely and simple explanation:
Beemoov is trying to force a specific image of Leiftan on us. This episode was strongly pointing out Leiftanās good side, from his behaviour once he got exposed, to his huge love for Gardienne. Even if his sacrifice was mostly related to Gardi, it may save thousands of other lives too. He is literally saving his enemies, so this is a little bit of a redemption for him. They even purified his feather in the end of the episode, then this episode was clearly about good boy Leiftan, but the story doesnāt want us to think he is good, the story is always showing everyone as grey areas, so obviously this episode couldnāt just make people feel pity for Leiftan.
The way Beemoov tried to remind us he is not that good, was by showing him being able to do the unthinkable. There were reasons for him to kill Ykhar, they werenāt that close, and he killed her. Thatās bad, but doesnāt make him look more villain than he already was. Considering he was even blackmailing her, is not really shocking, other than the fact that we were used to see her everywhere. But trying to kill Chrome, the kiddo, his confidant, thatās too evil, thatās evil in its truest form. Leiftan is now a heartless monster, but the episode said he was good, so now heās a grey area again.
Leiftan is a depressed, lonely character. He was the only one left of his race. This world took absolutely everything away from his hands, even his adoptive parents, and probably always feared of the hatred towards his race, not even to his opinions and beliefs. He was hated just for existing, and he had to grow up under all of this. Obviously, this affected him, and grew up hating everyone and loving no one.
He always thought he was alone, that he had nothing to lose, until Gardienne showed up and became his absolute everything. If thereās something he made clear so far, is that he loves her above all, even himself and his past. His life got better because of her, and we actually got to see him being happy and kind of complete again, when he wasnāt troubled trying to find a way to go on with his plans without hurting her. His way to see everything changed, he even looked at people, like EwelĆÆn, and simply like them because they were nice, even when they were on the other team. Before that, he just had his allies, with whom he shared beliefs and desires, that is probably the closest thing he had to friendship, but he just saw them as pawns.
Why am I saying all of this? Because we have seen him with Chrome, we know he shared so much with him, from his beliefs and plans to make Eldarya pay for all his pain (partly), to his crush on the new girl. They were friends for sure, or at least thatās what the game has been trying to tell us, we know it, but the fact that Leiftan tried to kill him anyway when he became a problem, made me question myself if we were naive to assume Leiftan cared about Chrome at all, but after a while I realised it just clears up the image we had on Leiftan, it shows how deep his pain went.
He made Gardienne his only reason to live for, he held on to her, and that was saving him, but at the same time, he couldnāt see everything else he had. He couldnāt see Chrome was his friend even when that was clearly their relationship. Leiftan had a lot of things and was unable to see anything. Thatās depression itself, thatās just what happens to people at their lowest, and he held on to Gardienne completely, thatās why he was able to do such thing to Chrome.
But as I said, they were friends, even if Leiftan didnāt know it, and thatās why it fits so well with all of this. As we saw with Ykhar, the murder was perfectly cautious, with the letter and all, and Leiftan wasnāt even sad about it, but with Chrome it was entirely different, he didnāt do a deadly stab, he didnāt hide the body, he didnāt even finish the job. It was so careless and imprudent that it makes me think his feelings got in the way and he was partly hoping someone would find him and save him. We all know he is not an idiot, on the contrary, heās brilliant, but killing his friend couldāve been too much for him.
And when Gardi runs into him after finding Chrome on the beach, she says he looks a little disturbed. We now can assume he was feeling guilty, and just picture how much, since he didnāt give a single hint of what he did when he killed Anya or Ykhar, he was acting perfectly ok, but this time he just couldnāt hide it.
Even worse, he was almost apathetic, and the only moment he comes out of his mind for a second is if Gardi tells him she wants to kill whoever did this. Try to think of a way to make him feel more guilty than having the love of his life, who is a perfect pacifist, so hurt for what he did, that she is actually turning all the pain of her loses into hate for the one who caused it all. He literally is watching her walk down his own path, but now he is the bad guy for her.
Of course, he believes on the means to an end, thatās why he kept going, but in my opinion, he is aware of what he is causing, and I think thatās why he sacrificed so easily when the time came. He couldāve just waited until it was absolutely needed, that way he could buy himself some time to explain himself to Gardienne, but he just went for the sacrifice as soon as he learned there was no other way. I also think thatās why he didnāt explain himself when he had the chance, he said Gardienne wouldnāt understand him, but back on his spin off, he was sure she would, thatās a subtle way to point out that he knows he went a little way too far.
Sure, his priority is always Gardienne and her safety, but there are ways to do it. Avoiding the chance to clean his image to her eyes, and the way he tried to kill Chrome and failed, says a lot about him. If I ignore the fact that he killed inocent people and hurt my baby Chrome, Iād totally want to hug him and tell him that everything is going to be ok. He is in the middle of a big mess right now, and once he comes back, things are going to get very interesting for his route.
That or Beemoov just made a poor decision and Iām forcing a meaning to it because I want it to have one, letās hope this isnāt the case.
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