Talk:Rise of the Truth/@comment-5342796-20170619033240



WHAT

WHAT EVEN

THERE WAS SO MUCH CUTENESS IN THE FIRST TWO SEGMENTS OF THIS EPISODE AND I WAS SO HAPPY AND CHEERFUL AND THEN ALERIC JUST-

Okay. Deep breath. Back track. For just a second, then I'm going to yell about stuff again.

BRYCE AND TERRAN ARE SO CUTE (okay I'm yelling again already, but this is happy yelling) I LOVE THEM SO MUCH! Their own little bubble of peace and quiet is so cute. I like how they're in like the honeymoon phase where they can spend endless days together just talking about anything, and then Nightshadow and Feathershine, despite not having their own kits, are already in kind of like parents-phase, with Applepaw butting in and them exchanging amused glances and spending time together between responsiblities. Domestic life suits all of them really well after all they've been through, and they deserve the mental and emotional break.

Now... Karina and Aleric... I was not expecting that at all. To be honest I didn't even think about Calypso and Presidia at the finale but I should've known it would come back. I can't believe Aleric killed them... I just can't figure him out at all. If he changed his mind about following the Blood Army's orders because of Karina, much later than everyone else thought... Then I hate to say it but he's right, he really hasn't changed that much or that thoroughly. I wouldn't trust myself either in his position. And after falling in love with a cat whose father he killed and befriending Bryce, I think that the only sure and certain way to tell he has some heart is that, understandably, the guilt is too much for him to bear. At least he now realizes the weight of his sins.

Sorry, I got really AP Lit Crime and Punishment-esque there (it's a Russian novel about a dude who commits a murder and his very twisted path to some sort of reconciliation with humanity). Lot of parallels to Aleric, actually.

It really is a very difficult topic to explore, forgiveness and wrongdoings and justice and grace :O

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