#but no it was actually more like a Dev-saster 💀

[wonderfull-star]

In fact, the moment in the finale when Peri said he cared about Dev was the most emotional(especially knowing that it was kind of like "we only start to appreciate it when we lose it") but even more sad, considering that he was “losing” more himself. At first, you might think that Dev is to blame for this, while realizing that in fact Peri was the first to start this by launching the “butterfly effect”.

Without the fairy, Dev would probably have remained, at worst, the same “school bully,” and at best, Hazel would have tried to establish a relationship with him again and he would have started to improve for the better over time. As, in principle, happens in some other animated series. And usually in such cases “spoiled kids” with time understand that they are doing wrong and that their parent/s were only trying to separate them from society by saying that they are “not like everyone else.”But Dev and Hazel’s situation is even more special. As for Dev, who is not so spoiled as rather more "neglected". And for Hazel, who is not one of those protagonists who tries in every way to “fix” a spoiled child, but really wanted to be friends with Dev and even sometimes got up to mischief with him together.

Therefore, after Peri’s first appearance, there were only two outcomes: Either he would be able to make Dev more happy or make things even worse. Everything turned out worse not because he was inexperienced, but rather because his priority was more precisely the fulfillment of wishes. And this is still a difference. If Peri had succeeded with Dev, he would have continued to follow this “experience” because this is exactly HOW he was taught or because he was too deeply immersed in his “world” no longer paying attention to problems from outside.

That's why I'm actually interested to see if Dev and Peri at least just met each other again. Dev would definitely try to apologize and feel guilty. Because DEEP down he still remembers, especially the words “I care about you”. And which mean a lot to him. Even if the one who said it might not even remember it.