#but I haven't seen the last part of the finale so jdhdjsjsnd

[captain-amadeus]

First off, I'd like to say that sibling dynamics are very common in the show:

Sofia and Amber, Tilly and Roland, Baileywick and Nigel, Cedric and Cordelia, Azurine and Prisma. Hell, even Ivy has a sister whose name I don't recall being revealed.

The sad thing about the three characters, Cedric, Prisma, and Ivy, who are motivated to get power, is that out of the three, only one of them has extended depth shown throughout the series. Cedric.

That's not to say the other two don't have anything to stand on, but I think I favor Ivy more because of how interesting her case is.

Ivy developed this black and white magic that she believed to be superior, and this belief started to get to her head. So much so that she attempted to overthrow her sister, ultimately failing and being sent to a prison island. It's in "Ivy's True Colors" that sparks her redemption as well as a reveal of her character outside of wanting a kingdom of her own. She never thought about the needs of others and focused on getting what she wanted, up until Roma fell to the Deep Sleep. Once someone she cared about was affected by her self-centered thinking, she needed to let go of her desires for once and let her butterflies tend to the Wake-Upsy Daisies so the cure could be made.

Ivy's development is based on thinking about other people outside of herself.

I felt Prisma didn't get the same luxury as Cedric and Ivy with her character. I felt her motive wasn't explored as thoroughly, and the writers seemed to be focused on her being evil for the sake of bringing Vor in for the finale. Although I might be wrong since it's been awhile since I've seen her first appearance, she just felt like a villain for the sake of being evil.

Cedric's tale has been told to the moon and back, but when comparing these three together, all I see are characters with siblings who want power but for uniquely different reasons. Despite how much each is shown in the series, they're all motivated by things that don't make me think of them as essentially the same thing.

And it makes me think that if Cedric were to ever talk to Prisma in prison, I feel he would relay more about the people who've hurt him and how despite them treating him unfairly in the past, were still capable of change.

People are capable of making the effort to improve and take accountability for their actions, and Prisma turning herself in is a start.

Yoooo, it just hit me how strikingly similar Cedric and Prisma are.

As a Crystalmaster, Prisma always felt overlooked and unappreciated, jealous of her talented sister and feeling overshadowed by her. She longed for recognition and admiration, and to be the most powerful Crystalmaster. To achieve this, she tried to cover the entire Mystic Isles in crystals to make the most powerful crystals for sorcerers/wizards to use in their wands, staffs, and amulets (which has been the job of Crystalmasters for centuries).

But unlike Cedric, Prisma was willing to go much further with her ambitions and revenge vendetta. They both made terrible mistakes with similar motives, but Prismatic was much more selfish, cruel, and genuinely didn't care who she hurt to get what she wanted. Cedric always had a good heart buried under years of pain and anger from genuinely unfair treatment, and never actually wanted to hurt anyone, and truly desired friendship and acceptance deep down. And he always had limits to how far he would go, plus he showed guilt and did the right thing instead on several occasions (even before his ultimate redemption)!

It was a missed opportunity in season 4 for Sofia to point out how similar the two are, as well as the differences between them.

And I love the idea of Sofia taking Cedric to see Prisma in prison back on the Mystic Isles (post-series) to tell her about his own story, experiences, and mistakes, and how he changed thanks to Sofia's kindness and friendship... and tell her it's never too late to change and eventually mend broken relationships if you truly regret what you've done. Prisma already felt remorseful by the end of the finale for all she did, and I can see her wanting so badly to make things right, but unsure how and also scared there's nothing she could ever do to make up for everything, earn forgiveness, and repair her relationship with her sister. I like to think that Sofia arranging for Cedric to meet and talk with her would be her way of helping Prisma find her own redemption (however, Cedric would probably not forgive her for trying to kill Sofia in 'In Cedric We Trust', which he saw firsthand).

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