Rewatching the Theia Arc, and This Part is so Funny to Me
Everybody is constantly asserting to Venus in these episodes that Theia is dead and that he needs to move on because she’s not coming back. Only for all of them (except Neptune) to then turn around and call Terra ‘Earth’.
Like, guys! You can’t tell him to move on if you yourselves can’t! 😂 😂 😂
Oh well. I guess as long as Terra’s okay with the name, that’s all that really matters.
Anyways. I want to do a full analysis of Mars at some point because this guy is an enigma to me. I feel like he’s supposed to be seen as somebody who’s very emotionally stable, but I just can’t reconcile that with some of his actions. My theory is that he’s just as insecure as the other Rocky Planets. The only difference is that he internalises his feelings of self-loathing instead of lashing out at others like Earth, Venus, and Mercury (to an extent) do.
I think that he feels guilty. I think that he thinks he failed Proto as a friend in some sense. I think that he projects Proto onto Earth (even if he isn’t fully aware of it), so that he can have a ‘second chance’ of sorts. A second chance to be a better friend.
And being a good friend is clearly VERY important to him. Every time he has a falling out with Earth, his main take away from the situation is that HE should have been more supportive and more present. I get his argument in the Theia Arc, but him not wanting to hang out with Earth after he insulted all the moons and refused to apologise is pretty reasonable in my opinion. Mars doesn’t seem to think so, though.











