art is by my friend wingusmcdingus btw

(cont) but the Danny and Adrien dynamic does have so much potential due to their incredibly different backgrounds and upbringings. Adrien's rigid life versus Danny's carefree life, Danny's cynicism versus Adrien's hope, etc (3/3)

(cont) plus it contrasts with Danny moving further away from Marinette, due to her not being present for when the portal accident occurred. Marinette and Danny do naturally become closer again over the fic, (2/3)

Anyway that’s my whole Brothership rambling thread I randomly decided to make, keep in mind this is just my interpretation of the game and shouldn’t diminish anyone else’s view on it 🙏

I think this quote sums it all up quite nicely - “People want to blame all the world's problems on some single enemy they can fight, instead of a complex network of interrelated forces beyond anyone's control." - Pearl, Steven Universe

Sure, Mario & Luigi may have brought Concordia back together. But they didn‘t (And shouldn’t have to) fix the deep, rooted problems facing Concordia as a whole. It isn’t something that any one person or small group can just be expected so solve.

In a sense, Reclusa represents lies and complacency used to hurt people, to run away from the big problems.

While Cozette/Zokket represents the byproduct of what happens when those problems aren’t faced head on. It leads to short-term solutions that don’t actually, truly fix the problem.

Reclusa twisted Zokket’s desires into lies to further his own goals, to destroy the problems of another world in order to avoid harsh truths.

Even when Zokket is Cozette again, Cozette still expresses Zokket-like behaviors: to be alone, to isolate… the two are one, after all.

Zokket represents the part of someone that can be locked away, their resentment, their desires to grow and change beyond what they were “chosen“ to do, for better or worse.

(cont) realize how complacent they’ve been, how they shouldn’t take what they have for granted.

Cozette’s deepest, darkest desires were fulfilled as a new identity, Zokket. He is a person that can’t bring himself to care about others or remember their names except for when they get in the way.

It’s the whole reason why Cozette was the perfect person to help enact Reclusa’s plans. Everyone already treated her like a machine. If he gave Cozette a push in the right direction, he could help her become someone else, escape responsibilities from people who truly don’t care and make them (cont)

When Reclusa says Cozette was ”brainwashed pretty good”, he is still lying. Even after Zokket’s boss fight, Reclusa still tries to manipulate Cozette by trying to get her to believe the lie that Cozette didn’t break Concordia apart. That the blame could be shifted, foisted onto someone else.