Qilby! Not him! Anyone but him!
Guess I should back track before complaining about what happened to one of the best characters in the show, eh?
We start with Zombie Efrim taking Nora’s mind-controlled body out to meet their mother. Looks likes he’s all finished using Nora to whip up a portal between the World of Twelve and Necroworld, so taking a little personal time to hit mommy with a few emotional jabs is the perfect way to finish off his productive day. It also doubles as a convenient way to let our heroes know Efrim is a Necro and has been using Nora to create portals.
This family reunion also gives the heroes a heads-up that the main invasion is about to go down. Oops! Probably should’ve sent an e-mail instead, Efrim.
Poor Nora gets a one-way ticket to Necroworld. Hey? Guess who’s gonna be making portals to every planet with life for Team Toross after the World of Twelve gets Sunday brunch’d? Here’s a hint: It ain’t Chell.
Nora learning her “dead” twin brother’s been using her to jump start an universal zombie apocalypse is harsh. Toross is loving it though. In his eyes everyone will be equal because anyone left will just be a hungry Necro looking for their next meal. In case you haven’t guessed…Toross is a bit crazy.
But Toross ain’t no dummy either. A lesser Big Bad would ignore his subordinate’s warnings when so close to winning. Not Toross. Efrim knows his brother Yugo’s a dangerous main character who needs to be delt with immediately. No loose ends.
Wait! What’s this? Qilby—using the power of both the six Eliatrope Dofus and Eliasphere—saves Yugo? Why?????
Qilby brushes it off as him just being “complex”, but I think it’s a lot simpler than that. Qilby isn’t complex. He’s just a guy who does what he thinks is best for his people, whether that means he must play the role of the hero or villain. Him teaming up with demons in season two was, in his mind, justified because it was to… Um… Why did he do that again? Hold on, let me *SIGH!* check the Wakfu Wiki.
[Redgeek Reading Qilby’s Bio: What? I don’t remember…Huh? …Really?! That’s F-ed up!]
Alright, Y’All. It turns out Qilby IS complex. My theory that he was just a super loyal Eliatrope just got vaporized by the Wakfu Wiki. So…why did Qilby save the same Yugo who trapped him in the White Dimension and who is completely unapologetic about it?
Answer: Plot Convenience!
I can forgive Qilby being all random due to having the memory of all his past lives and basking in the love of his Goddess mother. BUT! I don’t like Yugo being put on a pedestal just for being King of the Eliatropes.
If everyone focused on Yugo just being a hero and his past good deeds, fine, I won’t mind him getting the spotlight. But all this king talk from Oropo (Yes, I purposely avoided talking about Oropo in this episode. Screw him! Take your Wakfu Award and get out!) and even Qilby just annoys me. It’s not really Wakfu’s fault. I’m just getting really tired of monarchies being revered in storytelling just because the ruler is nice.
We end the episode with Yugo claiming the six Dofus and…using their power to hold off the Thanos snapping effect of the Eliasphere? Yugo’s definitely using the Dofus in a way I’ve never seen before. He combined them into a jewel to wear on his body. I guess it’s wakfu armor against the Eliasphere. We’ll see how long that lasts.
This was an okay episode. We’re moving the pieces into place, setting up the story for the final act. Despite Qilby’s death and Yugo’s rise to uninteresting savior of the world, I’m looking forward to what obstacles come his way.
Yes, I’m a Yugo hater. The show’s better when he’s not hogging all the screentime. Goodbye, my crazy Qilby. Sure, the world’s probably better off with you gone, but it’s certainly now much less fun.
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