that was an illegal left, by the way

Like Dark Pit isn't evil at all despite what people who haven't played the game like think. He is neutral. He doesn't really serve anyone. Even in the later arcs when he helps defeat the Chaos Kin and revives Pit, its more so out of kindness rather than owning them anything, y'know? And its not like Dark Pit is entirely serious either, he still has his silly moments! With these two traits in mind, it shows that he really isn't all that different from Pit.

The ring of chaos (?) arc and so on afterwards really shows that Pit genuinely chooses to work for Palutena I think. Like hes still a little stoopid, but its not hard to imagine him refusing to serve her if she was *genuinely* evil during those three years. He may not be able to 100% word his ideals, but hes clearly passionate about them, even without Palutena by his side.

Like depsite another thing people who haven't played the game might think, Pits and Palutenas relationship isn't exactly son and mother. She literally fucking bullies him /silly. She pushes him around. Teases him. Questions his silly antics. Slightly off topic, but you can't really apply a typical relationship dynamic onto them, and I really think that adds a lot. Because even though Palutena isn't perfectly polite, Pit still looks up to her because of what she believes in.

So really the only things that *really* set Pit and Pittoo apart is not only that one is :D and the other is >:(, but also how they handle their choices in life. How they serve the gods and the humans. How easy it is to gain faith in them, and how they decide to show that faith.

Tldr: Something something Pit isn't obliviously following Palutenas orders and he isn't *thattt* dumb (still silly billy though). His beliefs are challenged and I think that adds a lot to his morals :]

there's something actually really beautiful in the way pit is so loyal to palutena. he's often called naive but i don't think that's necessarily true, it's clear in the way his demeanor changes during the chaos kin arc and in the way dark pit acts towards the gods. he's well aware of how selfish the gods are but that obviously doesn't bother him because he chooses to serve them anyway and happily laughs off their selfishness at the end of the game like it's not a big deal.