#and ya know; that tracks because he's arguably the best strategist of the group (well him and naomi)

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Victor and Carla should've stayed malvagos until at least the final battle with Ash, and that is the hill on which will I die. It just seems incredibly stupid and short-sighted on Team Avalor's part to just willfully weaken the capability of two powerful allies right before the big confrontation with their mutual enemy. Like I know Elena & Co still probably don't fully trust them (and not without reason), but it still strikes me as a risk that they should not have been willing to take. They need their allies as capable as possible, and now Mateo is going to have to take much needed time out of his already-busy schedule to teach them "regular" magic that still won't be quite as natural or powerful as what they had before.

Also, it would've been so much more narratively satisfying to have Victor and Carla go up against Ash while all three Delgados were still malvagos. (Even though the nature of the show is such that Elena would be the one "allowed" to actually defeat Ash. But Victor and Carla should've at least been granted the opportunity to have a moment where they could stand up to the wife/mother who abandoned and mistreated them on theoretically-equal footing).