tanoraqui:

hot take: the Jester/Avantika dichotomy/romantic rivalry IS about purity vs. corruption, but it’s not, like, “childish innocence vs sultry evil seductress” – Jester wants to ride that boy like a hurricane at sea, if you haven’t noticed. She wants to consume his swjord. It might not be as nice as Molly’s, but she’s still very interested in all the seamen he could introduce her to. 

It is about purity of motives. It is about how Avantika wants the power Uka’toa can give her, while the Traveler is Jester’s best friend who helps her pull hilarious pranks and – more than she gets credit for – heal her friends. It is about how Jester does not, as a rule, mean harm to others (outside of life or death fights), while Avantika has ruthlessly killed her way to the top. Most of all, it is about how Jester genuinely seems to love Fjord, or at least really really likes him and also wants to hit that lie a spiritual lollipop, whereas with Avantca, it’s a…business transaction in which they both know they’re trying to trick the other into trust, or at least less wariness.

It’s a pretty damn good dichotomy, imo. Hmu with that good good foiling. Throw Fjord in there, too, of course, somewhere in between the two of them. Love it. 10/10 would shout excitedly at livestream again.