#we've already deconstructed doubt as being able to lead you to possibility and discovery and isn't inherently negative

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Idk, I think Porter offering Fig the option of a rage deity she could swear to, to help Kristen and ultimately Cassandra, was less of an evil thing and more of Brennan dropping a story hint AS WELL AS giving her an opportunity in the final battle once this deity is brought back/they face them.

Porter's whole thing this season so far is about how rage is not something that should be seen as 'evil'. Rage, like stress, is an indicator that something is not right and needs attention. And in Fig's case that attention comes in the form of rebellion, of protecting those who she sees in need of protection, of aid, of friendship. I also think Porter's definition of rage is different from the blind rage, pointless rage, that is spreading throughout the school. In fact, that is more like wrath. And, if we take what he said about his oath of ancestors at face value, I doubt he would have left Lucy and Yolanda like that as theirs a reverence and honor to those who passed inherent in the build. As someone who joked about Porter being the big bad ironically, proving Fig's suspicions correctly, I think he is on the level this season. We're seeing the consequences to Fig's actions, in her becoming a paladin and befriending Porter because Brennan is leaning into her trying to play with Porter instead of brushing her off. Though this is probably easier when Porter has a lot to offer in terms of aid when the villain of the season is wrath/a form of rage.

As for Zara, maybe her Warlock contract is with the former deity in their new form, with their new name, or the demon in Lydia's chest, but I also think she has a benefit to Fig figuring out how to swear her oath because the most important aspect of a contract is how it's worded. And what is an oath but another form of a contract? While I think Fig's Warlock contract will more be a promise to herself to use her powers to help her friends, with radical friendship being her source of power, keeping in mind how to form a contract will be beneficial if the plan IS for Fig to pledge her support to this unnamed deity, because what if Fig makes the oath to the deity's former name rather than who they are now? Will that be enough to bring the deity back from the state it's in much like how all it took was Kristen believing in Cassandra to redeem her from the Nightmare King?