Diminish at some extent is aware that this is a comic and someone is watching his 'acts'
But instead of seeing the audience as multiple entities, he sees the Star, thinking it’s a judge who gets bored fast of repetitive acts, so tries to go on bigger lengths to impress it.
+ seeing Spec as guest actor, who’s here just to make the show’s ending more entertaining
GOLD STAR?! Thats not fully what’s going on, but you get a star anyway!
Diminish sees the “star” as a god. HIS god that he must appease. Even if it’s not saying anything or not appearing, he “surely knows” what it wants (he doesn’t.)
The problem is, we don’t know what the “star” is yet. Weedblaze’s story in moon 2 was simply an example of starclan cats, and whenever diminish mentions the star he looks UP at the biggest star in the sky: the North Star. It could be the audience. It could be starclan. Whatever it is, we as the AUDIENCE don’t know yet.
Whether or not he BELIEVES that’s the star is irrelevant now, because his actions have gotten worse. How spec fits into his narrative? They’re his costar of course! What an odd cat, knowing things they shouldn’t!
Diminish doesn’t care if he wins or looses. He just wishes to appease the thing that took his sanity and eye. It’s worship.