#and chip????? using summon water????????? holding Gillian’s sword????????????????? they make me SICK dude
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I know it’s played as a bit at first, but Chip struggling to wield Destiny’s Blade in Gillion’s absence is so important, because that’s just it, isn’t it. The weight of his destiny is something so great, so heavy of a burden, but there hasn’t really been insight into that until recently, and now both Chip and Jay are getting a look into just how hard it is to carry such a destiny. To raise the sword that Gillion does seemingly with ease.
But despite its weight, Chip keeps it close. He uses it when he’s out of ideas, when he needs options. He holds it tight to summon water, so Pretzel will have something in her bowl. He lifts it up to summon a shield when he needs protecting from a thousand different blades that would otherwise kill him. And there’s something too about how it’s Gillian’s blade, left behind without it’s wielder, protecting his friends despite his absence. How the manifestation of this magic is an imitation of Gillian’s - the shield protecting Chip as a swirling sphere of water, the shape water spell a Gillion classic of course. Even when he’s gone, his influence, what he’s left behind in both possessions and memory, are protecting Jay and Chip.
Maybe there’s something there about how whatever destiny Gillion has felt the weight of, it will always include protecting his friends - his family. Or about how their destinies are now forever intertwined, because Chip is using this Destiny’s Blade to find Gillion and it’s now his burden to bear. And it’s hard, and it hurts, and he feels the weight of his own actions now more than ever - but Jay promises he won’t bear it alone. And even while he’s lost, and unable to protect himself - Gillion still has a hand in protecting them.
#the way he held it before going into the last room in the pyramid. a reassuring grip to calm him. I’m not normal about it#nor will I ever be#he being chip#and chip????? using summon water????????? holding Gillian’s sword????????????????? they make me SICK dude#ACTUALLY unwell#they need to reunite fucking asap dude I’m gonna lose my mind#just. Gillian still able to protect his friends chips magic manifesting the same way Gillian’s does the blade room made me fuckin crazy#he ran through with gils sword gils shield manifestation and it protected him and I’m not supposed to go crazy about the implications?#the symbolism man. or metaphor. whatever I barely graduated it’s all character analysis at the end of the day#jrwi riptide 79#jrwi#jrwi riptide#gillion tidestrider#jay ferin#jrwi chip#z speaks
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