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[heartkade]

A villain that has huge love and compassion for others is so uncommon, I always enjoy them, and I love Claudia’s character.

She is silly and sweet, sometimes childlike, but she is also very mature, responsible, and isn’t clueless about the evil actions she commits. She knows full well what she’s doing is very morally wrong, but chooses to do it anyway. She defends her use of dark magic and is very cruel, but truly so, so loving. When her loved ones question her actions she becomes guilty.

Claudia is also selfish, especially when it comes to grief. She couldn’t stand having her dad gone, and did horrific things to break the natural order and bring him back from the dead. Having been dead & doubting his new time-limited chance at life, wanting to just accept a peaceful end, Claudia actually Slapped him in the Face and said “I brought you back I’m not going to let you go.” Like ajikhsyjk what a complex and well-written character she is

[kdtheghostwriter]

No spoilers but it's wild that Dabi made his big reveal before the whole ass Electoral College.

[heartkade]

The Egg & Sam Bucket’s complete history! (all that we know + info from the Q&A)

The Egg entered this world from “somewhere else” likely an alternate dimension. It caused a mass violent event called the “Red Eye Wars,” in the distant past, where it corrupted towns of people into attacking each other. At some point during this time, it had a “history” with Totem of Death c!Foolish.

Sir Billiam found it afterwards, putting it in his mansion where it again corrupted the people during the masquerade. Then over a long time, it ended up underground.

Sam Bucket dug the egg up an unspecified amount of time later. He wrote journals logging his decent into corruption, doing horrific things and hurting his friends to bring his beloved dog Francis back.

After realizing he was being controlled and discovering the Egg’s weakness, iron, he buried the egg and himself, placing an iron bucket on his head like a tinfoil hat for protection. Being stuck with the supernatural Egg for so long made him live for an unknown amount of time, lose aspects of his humanity, gain teleportation/time manipulation powers and become unable to speak anything but two words. Not really alive anymore, but not dead either...

Bad, in the present, dug the egg up next, starting that series of unfortunate events that we know well, in a story that eerily mirrored Sam Bucket’s own. Sam Bucket was freed also, but wasn’t able to show himself at first for some reason. He secretly witnessed the Red Banquet, now interested in Bad. After dying, Foolish had the egg harassing him in his head for a bit until he drowned it in church prime. c!Sam locked the Egg room up.

A year later, the Egg started making attacks on Foolish again despite the defenses placed around it, and seemed to be growing stronger again. Sam Bucket saga begins.

Sam Bucket appeared and took Bad and Foolish’s iron buckets for a ritual to protect them from the egg(?) and Bad was scared of him. c!Sam didn’t believe Bad was telling the truth about what happened until he saw Sam Bucket and his hidden base for himself, discovering the journals that were written inside.

Foolish then destroyed the egg out of vengeance with his immortality powers gifted by XD. But the Egg has properties like the ender dragon egg, meaning you cannot truly destroy it. It regenerated/teleported using a large red portal, and Sam Bucket now urgently needed to contain it before it grew in power again. Bad and Sam both thought Sam Bucket was their enemy and planned to fight him.

Bad found Sam Bucket’s origin story journals in the hidden base, and realized he wasn’t actually an evil person, he was trying to help them but was just very tragic and misunderstood. Bad also learned that the egg’s weakness was iron. Sam Bucket locked himself in with the egg using iron, to contain it and save Bad. But he didn’t die, since he can still teleport out.

The ending teaser revealed that the Egg is not done yet…

[heartkade]

I have words to say about c!Eryn because I adore this kid so much.

They’re just a little guy doing their best. He’s been trying to find his birth parents this whole time since he was a little kid, that’s why he ended up in the smp. While quick to violence, they care deeply about others and express that in their own unique way. They are also highly affected by emotions. Enough to feel so upset by the depressive vibe of the server post-prison break, that he had to hide away underground for several weeks. It was unbearable how he felt powerless to help make people feel better.

Despite the willingness to hide and deflect his emotions they get lonely very easily and miss having a family, which is why he got attached to c!Bad so quick. A fellow demon who has now become the closest thing they have to a close friend, a father figure, family. And he got close to Bad’s son c!Sapnap too, and views him as an older brother. Even when hearing auditory hallucinations from the past of corrupted egg!Bad’s involvement during the Red Banquet, they had firm belief that the kind, caring c!Bad he knows today would never do anything to hurt people.

This trust was maintained during the egglore finale streams. When faced with chaotic accusations being thrown at Bad left and right, that the demon is leading everyone to their doom again, c!Eryn was strong and never wavered in their belief that Bad is not corrupted, he’s good at heart and only wants to help. He defended Bad the best he possibly could. When they were the last two standing and Eryn considered asking the Egg the burning question of where his birth parents are, he still listened to Bad. The answer was within arms reach, it was the only chance to know the truth, but they ultimately decided not to because he trusted Bad’s judgement even more. That the two of them would go search for his parents after all this is over, no matter how long it takes - together.

Even when they got pushed into burning lava by egg!Puffy and canon died, there was only trust. This kid loves badboyhalo so much.

[heartkade]

Qsmp appreciation post- it’s my favorite thing to watch rn I love it soooo SOO much. It’s crazy how it just combines everything I enjoy into one story. The sci-fi dystopian horror and mystery plot, angst that makes me cry, cute found family & gender representation, theory-crafting enthusiasm, lighthearted comedy…

The characters are all fantastic, big praise to the original ones like Cucurucho, Sofia, and the eggs. The community and teamwork being built between totally different language speakers makes me so soft. The fact these characters want to survive, and hold onto hope despite everything? it’s amazing. please expect many more fanart drawings from me

If you want to hear more of my thoughts about it I’ve been screaming about them on @kadextra

[heartkade]

All that just means Claudia is delusional. She's still a monster and even Terry calls her cruel in the last episode.

100% correct anon! She is a cruel, delusional monster and knows it.

She killed innocent creatures to save her paralyzed brother. She did that again & chose to help destroy the world because she selfishly wants her beloved dad to stay alive. Inexcusable actions, she is an evil, selfish villain. And it’s undeniable that her evil actions all come from an original kindness/love that has been twisted into dark ruthlessness. Terry saying she was cruel struck a nerve because she loves him and cares about what he thinks.

- that’s because the best villains in a story need to have an opposing contrast with the heroes. They need to be the dark reflection. Ezran isn’t selfishly bringing his parents back from the dead, he respects their passing. He would never ever hurt a living creature. Him and Callum don’t have a ruined sibling relationship. Callum & Rayla have a positive bond and good communication. Claudia is around the same age as the heroes and has all these kinds of dynamics in her own life, the difference is our heroes love one another out of pure, healthy intentions instead of dark ones. Which is the way it should be, that’s what makes them strong. Claudia took it the completely wrong direction, which makes her a complex, tragic and interesting villain to watch, and one of my favorites. It’s all about the contrast~

[heartkade]

Some general Luxu thoughts cause I enjoy this character (spoilers below)

This calm kid went on to fool every character in the series, love that for him

I wonder if the “Brai” name pattern has more meaning, or he just likes those four letters?

Luxu really went to school everyday at keyblade wielder academy to become a Keyblade Master despite secretly being one of the original Keyblade Masters for the sake of his act. We know this already, but dang the dedication he has. those lessons must’ve been so boring

The way any character in a Kingdom Hearts game set in the past could be Luxu is hilarious

I really want to know the “As if” origin after the revelation that he’s said it even before assuming “Braig” and it’s always been a Luxu thing!

Seems like in order to change identities he kills it off in the eyes of other people and simply disappears. “Xigbar” died at the end of KH3 like how “Bragi” died at the end of KHDR, he doesn’t need to play those roles anymore and can just be himself

I know he wrote in the secret report that the form he has now is probably gonna be his last one BUT I offer: what if he switched again and infiltrated the guardians of light as a new character

He rescued Subject X from being experimented on and I need to learn more about it!! Luxu is still caring and still has a soft spot for the dandelions (assuming Subject X is Skuld) it’s just hidden reeeeaaallly well

I fully expect him to break down crying in a future game when he sees the Master again.

[heartkade]

Las Nevadas facing destruction, becoming nothing but flaming ashes. from ashes comes rebirth, the chance to be recreated as a city that isn’t built on principles fueled by trauma and hatred, but rather hope and forgiveness. Quackity’s cold heart melting from those flames, him rising from the ashes, a phoenix, a reborn person who learned a harsh lesson. finally ready, taking the opportunity to change. supporting him through this, a friend who learned the same lesson long ago, foolish. as a fellow person that also wasn’t good, who made the decision to change. both looking forward to a new day, more hopeful than ever before.