#if you’ll blow up the sun for the sad scarecrow boi then you’d follow him

[luna-the-cretar]

I saw another post questioning if Jericho is all sweet and clumsy and endearing because that’s how he was made, and the only emotion he really formed himself was envy (and all that stems from said envy, like the lust), and it made me realize just how much of a fucking genius Mikey is

(minor character spoilers)

Because…yeah. Jericho IS endearing. He is goofy, clumsy, and just. Endearing. To the party, to the NPCs they encounter, and most importantly, to the AUDIENCE.

You have to remember, Jericho is supposed to be like the Pied Piper, luring the children of the village into the river. Except, instead of children, it was the halflings (children and adults alike), and instead of the river, it was the Hags den. His whole purpose before Virgil was to lower your guard and lead you to your demise.

And Mikey plays that PERFECTLY. He made Jericho this sweet, goofy, sad boy who has an undeniable darkness within him, but the audience still chooses to look over because it’s Jericho! Pure sweet endearing Jericho. Jericho, the one character that is consistently found to be one of the most beloved by the fandom as a whole.

And the wild part is that it WORKS. If not in canon then outside of it. The audience are the halflings. The few that don’t like him are the few that don’t follow. But the majority will find themselves committing atrocities for him, and will follow him into the Hags lair.

Also, to that note, it was incredibly smart of Nikkie to introduce Jericho FIRST. Introduce him as a sweet wandering bard, with an odd crow whispering hateful words into his ear. I mean, he was able to lower both Marius and Lethica’s guards, and had Lethica practically eating out of the palm of his hand by the time they exchanged hellos. And, of course, I can’t say for everyone, but for me, he had me by the chokehold by the ten minute mark in the first episode

I just. I have to applaud Mikey for making Jericho just so endearing for genuine lore reasons, and play into it SO WELL that if Jericho asked the audience to follow him into the river, we most certainly would