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Little Zag

Obediently listens to Achilles' stories

I loveeee Persephone's overworld garden and it always made me so sad that you couldn't go back to visit it TT This moment captures what it must of been like when Zagreus first finds the garden- him just standing at the edge, watching Persephone tend to her plants. She notices a man she's never seen before, but there is a sense of familiarity when their eyes meet.

What makes the villain the villain (inasmuch as it's useful to examine TLT characters through that kind of simplistic lens) is that when the chips are down and he has to choose, his priority is punishing the wicked, not saving the people left behind.

I would invite anyone whose engagement with their cause consists of finding the 'correct' group of people to hate, to consider whether 'evil emperor' is the next career move you see yourself taking, and if it isn't, to gently suggest disembarking from the hate train.