USURATONKACHI

           “You gotta see this.”                     |                         “Whaaaaat?”

While one more kiss, or a hug, would have been nice, objectively speaking what we got was much better. Star and Marco’s relationship was officially “complete” as of Here to Help: by embracing their romantic love they were able to fully accept and acknowledge how much they mean to each other, and what special roles they have in their respective lives. With this being “done”, the finale could focus on a more “pristine” form of love for Star and Marco, the bare fundamentals of their relationship, two people who adore being together and like doing that over anything else in the universe. This doesn’t mean that they aren’t boyfriend and girlfriend anymore - the episode reminds us that it’s still a thing at the very beginning, with Eclipsa reacting to them holding hands, but that’s just a subset of something bigger.

The hug in the Realm of Magic is THE Starco moment in the series because it shows the truest needs in their hearts: scared, confused, two kids who don’t know what’s going on, or what’s going to happen, while the world around them ends, and what do they do? They hug, because when they’re together like it feels like everything is going to be alright.

This is why the ending shot is perfect: they greet each other, having met again after having been separated, two dorks who know that the next part in their lives finally begins in that moment, together forever. They’re in a new world but they only care about each other. I’m not saying that a kiss or a hug would have cheapened the moment (I’d have LOVED the show to end on a kiss, subjectively speaking), but I feel like this better conveys the core theme of the finale, and of the show as a whole: they have a whole life in front of them now, there’s no more need to rush, no more “I have to say this before it’s too late”, they can just enjoy each other’s presence and then decide what they want to do, together.

goth boy clique all black🖤

/‘hir,āeth/