thinking about lightbulb's relationship with starfruit and how it's gonna develop after episode 5. There's always a chance they resolve this issue relatively quickly but I think it'd be fun to draw it out. Lightbulb is no stranger to animosity from her team but having someone who to her Face acts like a friend who (she precieves to) go behind her back and betray her, would be a new and different situation we've never seen her in.
Since lightbulb isn't the type to get angry, I think she's going to either avoid starfruit or worse internalize it and believe that it's her fault in a way that She could be the reason starfruit voted her out and believe she isn't good enough. When she had gotten eliminated she had mentioned her campaign of team captain not being strong enough and I think that's a Thing she struggles with.
She says she hadn't been driving her self worth from winning for her friends anymore (that dialogue still makes me cringe ugh) but her actions don't necessarily reflect that. She still wants to be seen as a beacon of guidance to her team, none of which she's familiar with other than paper, whos she's never been particularly close with, and starfruit, who she's CODED to know. She wants to be liked she wants to be seen as useful!!! She wants to make an impact on the people in her team!! she wants to have worth!!!
Having someone who she assumes is someone that values her and sees her worth actually be (once again she perceives him to be) the one who voted her out would be a sucker punch in the gut. She was left in shambles after paintbrush, who had consistently shown frustration with her, gently proposed not working together. Imagine someone who she had no reason to assume was upset with her actively tried to get her out of the game. (Once again he didn't but she doesn't know that). Oh lightbulb my lightbulb
I don't have much to say about starfruit I'm not a starfruit stan. Sorry. I'm waiting for the next episode to see more of his character
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