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The thing with Saparata and ShoeBilly is that although they trusted each other, the thought of completely destroying each other is also in the back of their minds. Their bond is ... not that strong. Saps believes that Billy did most of his bidding only because he pays him. Billy believes that Saps would send him to die without a second thought as well, even though he is one of the valuable asset for Cindercrest.

There are always these thoughts in their minds about the other betraying. They know full well they couldn't trust one another, and they know if given the chance, one of them would betray. The thing is, they didn't know when or how.

They are always suspicious of each other, but it doesn’t really show much to outsiders. Even if they know they don’t trust one another, it has always pushed into the back of their minds, so it doesn’t affect how they treat each other much. There's no warm up time for them to actually be friends since ShoeBilly rejects that idea so much that if Saps said a thing about them being close to one, he might just change his whole attitude and demeanor to be even more cold with him.

ShoeBilly tested him once as well, for fun. He tried to serve him poison. Yes IT WAS FOR FUNNN OKAY— he just want to see if he trust him enough to drink it or if he would even know what it is and he recieve his answer really fast. It takes just one look from Saps then he called Billy out. The conversation goes some what like:

“ Here’s your morning coffee. "

Saparata turns, he takes one glance at the coffee and turns away.

" I'm pretty sure I didn't ask for the addition poison. "

“ What poison? "

" You know what I mean, bring me a new cup, Billy. "

" How did you know? "

He didn't answer the last question, he just gave him a look.

That did not help them get closer in any way— in fact, it seems to make Saps even more suspicious of Billy, but he lowkey didn't care, so… there's always that underlying tension even if they are close. They just really don't fully trust one another. They didn't even try, but surprisingly, they didn't hurt one another...

Yet.

Every time they were mad, they didn't take it out on each other and avoided the other like the plague, so no conflict would start.

The duo

I love how people are already analyzing it and theorizing- bc I don’t think Flame has any reason to hate Parrot/new players.

His whole thing about “deserving” to play on the server is almost like he’s trying to justify why he has to go through all that suffering to begin with. How he and his friends had to fought their way through in order to prove that they’re “worthy” to survive, because to Saps that’s just how things are supposed to go. And since he had survived the harshness, he believes that he and the other old players are worthy of enjoying the server because they are the strong ones.

So when Parrot had made these new rules when he became king, he probably thought it was unfair how the new players were able to have it easy instead of having to fight for it like he did. He believes that through suffering and struggle is what makes him worthy. Without that struggle/natural selection, he would probably think that he didn’t earn it himself. And from his perspective, with Parrot being crowned King, it just made things way harder for him and the other old players when he was managing it just fine with how it was.

A very interesting parallel to Reina’s character I think. Both of them deals with themes of whether they “deserve” to be on the server of not. Reina believes she doesn’t deserve to play on the server because she didn’t go through that harshness. While Saps believes that he deserved to be here because he had survived that harshness. They had both been through grief and had directed that anger towards eliminating what they had perceived to be the cause of the issue. Which makes me wonder what is Sap’s plan after overtaking the throne and becoming king himself. Is this all just a way to unhealthy vent out his grief and anger or did he have more plans for the kingdom?

Spoilers for Parrot's Latest video & Related to my future design for Parrot HIHI

im an overthinking nerd what else was I supposed to do-

ANYWAYS>>>>

To me Saps is almost like a certain Austrian painter. He fueled the fire of hated and turned it to the new players.

Imo, I think that it would've taken a bit longer for the situation to get this bad if it was just left alone, like, the main issues were food and bandits. It wasn't a glaring thing to look at the new players and go "ITS THEMMM" (Like the persecution of

I wanna bring this back to my talk about relating the whole arc to the 10 stages of Genocide, and I realllly see that Saps is just such a binding factor.

Without him, I strongly believe Cindercrest could fall in a day.

If there are more people like Lomedy, who might be willing to listen, who might be willing to find another way, taking away that factor (Saparata) who keeps THAT side going? You kick out a support beam and the whole thing can crumble

Not all of Cindercrest has a true hatred for the new players. We see that. It's hard, but its still not fully there. Saps made the foundation for people to stand on that the new players need to be massacred. He made the party that sees that as the only solution, and everyone who aligns slightly gets drawn in. You may think that killing all of these new people is wrong, yet you see that this is the only way to fix the mass issue of the server

I just find Saps a reaaalllllyy interesting character because in a lot of ways his character reflects what happened with the aforementioned Austrian painter. Using speeches and talks to command with charisma, making a certain group a scapegoat to fufill all his goals (i have an hc that he doesnt JUST want the new players gone), commanding with that precision that is scarily thought out, but also that slight overconfidence that isn't too much for someone too call out but gives him JUST an edge.

ALSO MAY I ADD

He also isn't bad at being a general lmao like. He told Flame "we need to get the entire army over there, not just you" showing that he thinks a lot more than just his power cards. They have FORMATIONS ffs and he has their RESPECT.

Linking back to multiple points, Saps isn't just the leader because he strong arms it. He GENUINELY has respect from a lot of Cindercrest., and outside of it. He's notorious, he's just the definition of a battle-experienced general to me lmao. I could talk abt this man forEVER

I think between Saparata and Shoebilly. They always have this front that they are business partners. Everything with them they claim it's all business. If one or the other is hurt, they would be worried but using the excuse that oh well, they are my benefactor, so like if they are hurt, it’s going to be BAD for me.

Which behind close door they treated each other like any other close friends. But because Shoebilly is so ANTI-FRIENDS, Saparata has come up with a new way to approach to him.

Anyway, I do think they care for each other to a point. Saps lowkey likes working with Shoebilly because he listens to everything he asks for and does everything for him. As for Billy, he viewed Saparata as an ATM but also with his code as a mercenary, he also prides himself on providing the best service.

With Saps, he is always composed and calm he never really outright rejects requests unless it’s fucking weird like “Billy, can you wash my feet? " he might just punch Saps, but usually, it's nothing too weird, so he'd do just about anything for him. And Saps is really pleased to have this small minion at his disposal. Bro cooked… bro cleaned, bro did his laundry, and bro's also so good at fighting. It's a win-win for Saps.

There are a few times Saps has seen Billy lose his composure. It is rare, but there is a specific moment, it was when he lost his fight with Wemmbu and came back hurt. ( I might draw this. I MIGHT. But no promises. )

Billy’s moods affect Saps as well. If he's angry and irritated, Saps also would be in some kind of the same mood. Since they are close, if his " business partner " doesn't feel comfortable for whatever reason, he would be bummed about it too.

In the same sense, Sap's mood also affected Billy. If Sap's in an irritated or angry state, he would try to calm him down with food or something he could grab at the moment. It's just not a good idea for both of them to engage with each other when the other is in a bad state of mind, and they know this. They are like professionals bro.

They can read each other like an open book. Sap knows when Billy is in a bad mood he might even know why too. Billy also knows when Sap's lying and being manipulative because he is NOT stupid.

They are literally like partners in crime.

Birds of a feather flock together am I right?