#all this came from the original thought of rat and fin’s actions compared to spoke’s

[ludicleaf]

subjective commentary on uu!parrot and trust. i didnt proofread this so I have no idea if anything makes sense and also i started rambling halfway through, completely deviating from the original point i wanted to make

DOOMSDAY SPOILERS

The scene in Doomsday of Parrot being upset at Rat and Fin when he finds out they’ve upgraded to copper-trim, and have killed innocent people to do so, placed next to nothing but an image of Spoke, who also killed a player who did nothing wrong.

Parrot wanted to trust these people. In fact, he trusted them before they trusted him, and he even had to work to gain their favor. He has genuinely good ideas, and he wants someone who can stick by his side so that they can work together to complete them, but yet… Everybody leaves. Nobody sticks around.

Consistently, they abandon him, betraying both his loyalty and his values.

The first half of Doomsday was an (interpersonal) NIGHTMARE. Every single person he placed his trust in either neglected or disregarded it, all in the span of a short time. IIRC—aka I’m too lazy to check—around ten of his allies did so? That’s insane. And he’s known many of them for a long time too, escaping prison with some and building civilizations with others. Where was their conviction?

But there’s something about the similarities between Parrot’s anger at Spoke and his anger at R4t and Fin. He was angry at the latter two for killing an innocent person to upgrade to copper-trim, but never acted on said anger to that of Spoke having killed Rose—a girl who did nothing malicious—until their final argument. Because what did Parrot say when Spoke brought back that second book? He hadn’t changed. Still the same villainous kid. Their goals aligned, but Parrot was too willing to trust in a new, idealized version of Spoke, only to be let down by the realities of realistically-paced character development and factors that were out of all of their control. So their falling out, however brief, was justified.

(Edit bc this post has been sitting in a draft for the longest time: the point of that paragraph is Parrot’s willingness to trust, as well as his idealism. Bro is hoping and begging for a single win)

But back to the betrayal point, there was a comment on a video which mentioned that Parrot always befriends people who will end up leaving them in order to pursue their greatest goal, whether it be gaining power or protecting their best friend. And it hurt because, well, it’s true. That’s exactly why Wemmbu left. That’s exactly why Horace left.

All UU protagonists are alone in some form. As of Doomsday, the entire server hates Spoke. Wemmbu knows more enemies than he does friends. But it’s Parrot who not only places his belief and trust in the allies he’s made, but continues to do so even after being abandoned countless times.

He’s determined, if anything. It’s good. Some of his allies even came back. But the point remains that someone can only be betrayed so much before becoming an island of a man, so thank goodness for Wifies, who will never be far from Parrot’s side.

Oh, wait.