a place for madness

Zed: Before we can even get on with this zedvancement more, we need an elytra. So I think it’s time that we go End raiding.

(Cut to Zed in an End ship)

Zed: Finally I’ve found some! Ough, thank goodness for that. Come here you.

(He turns around to reveal Tango standing in the overworld; the ship was just a facade)

Zed: Cheers for the wings, Tango.

When fighting the Paintress, Aline asks Monoco if he'd betray Verso like this, but would Real Verso even consider it a betrayal? Maelle says that Verso would never have wanted his canvas destroyed, but is that really true? Or would he rather want to see his sister, whom he sacrificed his life for, alive and well?

He knew exactly what he did, but his own sacrifice becomes the beginning of her end.

It's like his presence is haunting the whole story, but he is always cut off when it comes to listening to reason.

Only Painted Verso asks the last piece of his soul whether he is tired of painting, listening to him and acknowledging his feelings. And I think this might be because his own experiences mirror Real Verso's. His voice is loud too, but he is not heard. He tells Renoir that he's tired, he says to Maelle that he doesn't want this life, but it's still not enough.

We saw all the different kinds of love:

Maelle saw her brother (/father), Lune saw her parents, Sciel saw her husband (and baby), and Monoco saw his child

But Verso didn't see anyone. There was nothing he longed for more than his own death. Which is the one thing Aline refused to ever give him.

Family is ... complicated.