#i need more time to digest what this all tells us about desscaras but rest assured i'm chewing at the walls

[marsreds]

so! a bit back i made a post talking about how the world hater majik is a shepherd.

i based my theory on them (blatantly obviously) being set up as a parallel to ichi, and having sheep/goat-like design elements:

(the fluff, the hooves, the little bell and the staff (yes, yes, it's a shakujō but that's a different conversation(also including that wheel they have hanging from their hat)), you get the picture)

then chapters 19 & 20 came out. and. you're telling me??? that there's two lambs?? two lambs in this story??? two??

the lamb leading to the slaughter

and the lamb being led to slaughter.

i'm officially going to go in.sane. what a— what a fuckin design choice!!! hello????? helloooo???? you're telling me that the great big "evil"* that our protagonist will be sacrificed to defeat has a lamb motif??? you're telling me that that the hunter is being led to slaughter by the lamb??? you're telling me that these are the choices??? being made here??? that there are actually two lambs in this story??? hello???? hellooooo??? un.well.

*also, hello??? hello?? "the sole reason i exist"??? who are you, you goddamn twinky cephalophore, what is your deal??? who convinced you of that?? (no, seriously, all the other majiks we've met are like. chill and multifaceted, what is up with this one??)