Well here we are again, the same old shape we're in
It's all happening again.
History on UU is repeating again. All of the protags are facing their past in ways that are evolved from the beginning of UU.
Instead of fighting Ashswag, Spoke has become him. Instead of trying to keep some form of morals he has burnt them all. He has proven what everyone in his past said correct, and that is who he is now. He made his own Mafia, which was the very thing that he sought to destroy all those months ago.
Wemmbu is back under control of someone. Yes, it isn't like Prince Zam where it was pure degradation from her, but it's a facet of that. Arachn1d passively degrades Wemmbu by taking away his items, making him reliant on him for power and strength, and just CONTROLLING him.
Flame is also being manipulated due to his strength, but now he carves a new path. A newer form of what he first wanted. He strives to become a Combat Grandmaster, instead of just being regarded as the strongest. He isn't just trying to get to the top of the reputation, but mores the top place on the server.
Parrot is following the worn footsteps of his earlier days on the server. He is looking for a villager that Leowook hid. Someone who he doesn't even know is dead. Almost like Wifies, except for the fact that it doesn't hit like it did with him. Pesto feels a bit like DEAN if I'm going to be honest.
It's almost like karma, but just in the form of the cycle of history. Characters we've lost we can see in the current arc, as well as some characters. This arc is tying together almost everything that we have seen in UU and that makes me scared to think that this is the finale, but that Is something i shove under a rug in my brain in a box in a safe.
It's just, I can't help notice that each protagonist is following the same path that their past selves did, it's just so much. more. It's like an incarnation of what's happened and I love it so much.
We see how our protags have changed, and how they handle situations differently now. For everyone who doesn't watch it for stuff like this, keep scrolling. But for all the ones who feel like something just seems too familiar here, or this seems repetitive there, I think it's on purpose.
I think it's showing a reflection of who they are as characters now. How the server has changed them, and how they have changed themselves.
After all, a phoenix does rise from the ashes reborn, but at the same time, how many boards can you replace on a ship until it's no longer you?