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Disclaimer: this post is HEAVY on my interpretation of Wyll as a character. There’s also major spoilers for S3 as a whole, and discussion of S2 lost media as no vods had been saved from that time period.

Wyll is a big fat fucking liar. End of rant!

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No okay so Wyll is a major liar and I think everyone knows that. And if you don’t? Well now you do, that guy lies a lot. But most of his lies I can see is really centered around lying to himself. Though I don’t think Wyll as a character would agree with that take.

The reason I claim that most of his lies center around lying to himself is because of season 2. Season 2 Wyll was… using his own words “pathetic” and in my terms? Desperate.

A lot of his character is centered around being seen by other people as someone worth respecting. And that respect on bliss is normally gained by power or some kind of control.

It’s why I mentioned in the first part of this analysis I mentioned the fact he failed at a monopoly. A monoply is a clear cut sign of control over something, and control of something in mass means control over what leaves and enters. Essentially making the one at the top the sole power of the product

Which that shoots both of the ways to gain “respect” on bliss at the time. However his fail from this attempt being the first of many, was the domino that caused a spiral in his mind.

Wyll had a weird obsession with Mugm during s2. It was focused on the fact Mugm was someone to be feared because of how strong he was. So for awhile Wyll idolized him or I guess mave not idolized.

I don’t think Wyll has any “idols” but it was more of a want to catch up. A feeling of inferiority to Mugm despite being one of the people who gave Mugm most of his material power.

All of this inferiority stemming from something he couldn’t be made his egomaniac behaviors worse. Wyll has the perfect inflection and tone of the worst. person. alive. The milisecond you do something that he thinks it’s dumb he makes an entire argument against you just about it. He was like a twitter stan with how much he focused on shit. And the worst part is he’s stanning himself

Those egomaniac behaviors were born from inferiority. Not being able to get respect from strangers really messed him up, he wanted to be feared so bad but he just wasn’t someone to be scared of. I mean the second Mugm pointed a sword at him and told him to drop the netherite pants he folded.

I think another good point to make is why he betrayed Mugm is a more lore focused view then content. He betrayed Mugm because he realized Mugm wasn’t gonna give him anything, especially after “lying” to him about his knowledge of the gold gem.

And he felt he was entitled so some portion of power. Mainly because of his own insecurities driving a desire for power. And when he betrayed Mugm he became the thing he wanted all along. Someone with power, respect, and basically all of the success that he was aiming for this entire time.

So you would expect him to be satisfied with it right? I mean he himself said he was satisfied when he banned himself off the server. But no! This guy can’t help but hold grudges until he fucking dies!

I mean I don’t exactly blame him, but the second he sees Mugm in s3 he starts his petty strike once again. I actually find it really funny because I myself really like the cyborg/android interpretation of Wyll. Because for cyborgs/androids you don’t really think that a man struggle with them is just how human they are. But for Wyll he is so disgustingly human!

The reason I say he’s so disgustingly human is because early s3 he had NO HONOR. And im saying that as a long time fan, he was not only a coward who led to his team loosing fights. As well as a coward that continually fought with very large alliances and switching sides often.

During Dragon Games is really the most obvious of these dishonorable things. Agreeing to an alliance with Brotherhood and at the same time also helping SAD. Which like, yeah do whatever you need to do to win the egg. But this alliance swapping, fighting in large teams are things that we see in most recent bliss that Wyll speaks lowly of.

Which is intresting to me, because really the moment we see this change of thinking. From wanting to prove himself to the entire server that he deserved to hold the mace, to calling them cowards. Is that first 5v1 when he lost his mace, it was genuinely humbling in my view.

Not to mention that same day, after the Mugm alliance talk on the desert village when saving kae from being gembroken. Is really one of the first and what I view as a pivotal moment of how he views the people close to him.

I know that he already viewed kae and napa as less because they weren’t as helpful or active. But that fight when he kept muting to talk about kae was such a clear moment on how he views and judges those around him when it comes to how helpful they are to him. Wyll holds both comfortability and functionality in teammates.

It does make me laugh a little whenever Wyll speaks on his dislike for other players. No matter who he’s talking about if its Kae, Q, Dolphin, Storm, or even Nezo. I’ve noticed he subtly projects onto them in a way, whenever he talks aboit how disappointed he is in Q or Kae for not doing their own thing.

It’s almost like he’s projecting an image of his younger self not doing his own thing and instead surrounding everything he did around his server members view of him. Or if he ever says how cowardly Nezo is for how he percieved brotherhood and acted on that, depsite the fact he did something of a similar level both in s2 and in s3. Or how much of a coward and foo Dol9 is for fighting in large groups despite him doing their same thing earlier on the season.

I will say is that I know he doesn’t regret his actions. Espically in season 2, without his selfish behaviors in season two he wouldn’t be one of the strongest players in this season. And he acknowledges this fact also in his conversation with kantje.

But if not the hypocrisy of how he thinks, the irony of him thinking that way because of the lack of care is funny to me. And the topic of lack of care brings me to the next thing about Wyll that has caught my attention!

Wyll has stopped caring about what the server thinks of him. A direct opposition of what his s2 and early s3 mindset was, and sometime after being told about the wire fragments and manifestation he stopped caring. With the only opinion he cares about is what Mugm thinks

Actually I think it was probably closer to the formation of TE that he stopped caring. I say that because during the same day that Wyll was told about Manifestation during Trial 2.1, his one on one talk with Q that we don’t have full access to (PLEASE RELEASE THAT TALK I NEEEEED IT TO BE IN A VIDEO). Wyll claimed that Q said something along the lines of him “becoming a weapon”

And he had a direct reaction to that in the moment when the first TE fight happened. When he killed Q with his mace and he said “want to see how much of a weapon I can be?”… that. That was really the last time I remember something getting to Wyll. Like truly actually affecting him, now I don’t think he like lost sleep over the weapon comment. But it definitely did affect him in some kind of way. But after that? After that fight? I really can’t think of anything.

The election during Honored One really showed his lack of care. Normally, s2 and early s3 Wyll wouldve worried way more. Worried about how the server thought of him, that if he didn’t get enough votes he wasn’t worthy and that kind of Wyll would flip worth in his head so much he’d loose its meaning. But during Honored One as a whole Wyll himself said that he didn’t care if he was seen as a ‘Mugm Minion’ because the Honored One was something that Mugm cared about. And he did it FOR Mugm not for himself

Or that Puqi conversation he had when building the mesa LE base. When Puqi called Wyll out for his lies and schemes, and brings up season two. Wyll just outright tells Puqi, “I don’t have to care about their opinions”

Like. I guess that’s what we’re doing now??? Which I also think this ENTIRE thing, the hypocritical actions from fighting on a large team to complaining about it to even the sudden changing of not needing validation. Is it hypocritical or is it growth?

This last section is very VERY inspired by what Nemvevo said on bliss today (June 29th) when Nem said that he has no respect for Wyll, because he’s a hypocrite and actually pretty much says exactly what I said about his talent of fighting with large teams to win respect. But is it hypocritical for Wyll to despise Horizon or Solar Flare for the large team against four, or is it growth?

Wyll admitted himself that he’s never taken on a large outnumbered fight until he got the mace. And even then most of them were 2v1s against him, until the Horizon 5v1 that costed him his mace. And that’s when he really got to feel how it was on the other side of things. And also really when he started to look down on the server as a whole, calling Horizon specifically cowards multiple times.

Honestly in my eyes it’s more growth then him being a hypocrite. He got a taste of his own medicine, got to experience what it was like to be on the receiving end of unfair fights. And his view on being on large teams against someone like Mugm changed DRASTICALLY because of that. So I think the argument about his “hypocritical” view point being more on growth is extremely valid here.

Not to mention the fact Wyll doesn’t care anymore on how the server views him. Maybe early s3 Wyll would’ve had a part of him doubt himself, maybe even hate the situation. If he heard majority of the server thought of him as a fraud. But because he doesn’t care about those views anymore long winded conversations about his choices and opinions now rarely happen. With the kantje interview being really the last long conversation about his ideals and choices on the server.

So apart of me says he shot himself in the foot with not caring. That the apathy he feels about others opinions excluding Mugm only pepturate the views against him. And I guess sure, the fact he doesn’t care does make the opinions against him worse. Because he doesn’t. care. at all really doesn’t matter if he “shot himself in the foot” because as long as Mugm is alright with whatever Wyll is doing he’s satisfied.

But that also goes back into one of the first things I mentioned about placing Mugm on some form of pedestal to idolize. But also not idolization? He holds Mugms views higher than a normal teammate would normally, but it’s not like he’s afraid to push back against something Mugm says because he disagrees.

And Wyll probably really appreciates the fact he can disagree knowing the two will actually have a discussion. Not one or the other immediately folding when whatever point they say gets shut down by the other. I don’t want this to turn into a pure entropy side plot so I’ll keep most of my words about the two of them for another rant another day.

All together Wyll is both extremely contradictory to himself but also solid in his beliefs. It’s such a weird mix of the two it’s really hard to explain to someone who hasn’t watched his growth overtime. Having the growing apathy of his character is so different to what he was when he first joined.

I mean he’s now so bored he’s purposly nerfing himself by making a binding vow to just have fun. When in s2 the only time he “nerfed” himself was at finale, when he let his exploits get taken away knowing s2!Mugm lost his exploits as well for one final fight. But he did that knowing no matter the outcome he was going to be seen as some kind of “hero” because of him going against s2!Mugm.

The circumstances I feel are too different to compare really. I mean one moment was him knowing he made his goal, got respect, made Mugm run from a duel, and also was feared at the same time. While the other moment is him being so bored that he’s winning he feels he lost his spark. Which I don’t want anyone to think I’m saying that’s unreasonable.

Him loosing some form of spark overtime is reasonable. It’s what happens when your one single overarching goal surrounded the entire servers gaze on you, and then you slowly just stop caring about it. It’s also not like Wyll attacks unprovoked, he normally waits until someone attacks him or something close to him. Or specifically asked by an ally or team member to attack first. I mean even really with Solar Flare he never really has attacked any one of them without being provoked or asked in recent times.

I feel like I’m talking myself in circles and I don’t wanna make this toooooo long I cut off peoples attention spans. So I’ll go ahead and cut myself off here, but I’m open to any discussions. Feel free to openly disagree, agree, make a comment, or ask questions in my asks ^^

Hopefully everything is correct. It’s been awhile since I’ve talked this much about a character so. Open to critism, disagreements, agreements, or comments.

This is 1/3 of the Wyll rant. 2nd and 3rd part are WIP

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BEST VIEWED ON MOBILE

Honestly from what I’ve seen as a “veteran” bliss watcher Wyll has probably one of the most complex characters to talk about just because of how unclear he is on purpose..

First, let me clarify one thing. In Bliss there’s not really a clear villain ever, everyone is both an antagonist and protagonist. So villain, protagonist, and antagonist will probably be used a lot here, even if it’s unclear :P

Basically from frame one on the server Wyll WANTED to do one thing: monopolize. Was it because he was highkey a Reddoons fan? Yeah, totally. I mean his skin was literally just a recoldered Reddoons with a face. But it was also because he wanted one thing, CLOUT. Or I guess, recognition from those around him that he is someone worth looking out for. But this backfired kinda horrendously, not only did he fail at monopolization he easily became a small laughing stock.

But I feel as if this is important, it doesn’t show success. Far from it, but it shows potential and willingness to create conflict for self benefit. Which is what I think, a primary characteristic of an antagonist is. I mean, on Day 2 of the season Wyll found Domonoko’s base and killed him. For no reason other than the fact it’s free energy. And at this time death banning was a thing, so Wyll willingly went to the base and killed him knowing these factors.

Not to mention the killing was an ego thing. Proof that he was dangerous despite not fitting the expectations that the server has of a “dangerous player” no that goes to Mugm. But it once again proves that Wyll isn’t afraid to do meaningless things to let himself benfit, in fact he’s more inclined to do it because it’s meaningless so people won’t react heavily.

Now let’s move onto some of the big plot points a lot of people know about. Like the netherite set, most people know that the set was scattered and Mugm teamed up with Wyll— who had the leggings— to fight Dabbycat and Silvaasaur for the chestplate. Only for Mugm to betray Wyll and take the leggings for himself. Now there’s a bit to unpack here.

First off I give “points” for Mugm being more “villainous” for the betryal. The reason of the betryal being for material gain of power, which is a stable of most antagonistic characters. But I like this moment a lot for Wyll being a villain. Because of what he did during the interaction, and what he did after. Firstly during the betryal he kept denying it at first, refusing to give Mugm the leggings in disbelief.

Which fits a part of the villain narrative a lot. The backstory, Mugm got the tragic villain backstory by being placed into the role. But he never really got hurt by anyone because he didn’t see anyone as an equal. Wyll on the other hand, actually thought the two had something going for them. Until the betryal and everything fell apart for Wyll. So Wyll got the tragic villain backstory of trust being broken after being basically a nobody. The afterwards following a thought process to revenge right away.

His revenge was attempt a deathban against Mugm. It should be noted how dangerous deathbans could’ve been, at this time there were limited revives and if someone you knew or were friendly with DIDNT have one you’d be cooked. So of course deathbans are a true threat, and his immediate solution to his problems was to try and do the most dangerous thing on the server. And he did try only to get betrayed once again by Silva and Dabby, and forced to run away himself.

Another failure for Wyll, I don’t think he had a singular win during these times. He tried a lot but nothing really stuck, which festered within him and did what I see as the start of his self deprecating ego. Where self doubt grew more there also were more walls placed where he would be vulnerable. And hidden behind an ego, or at least false confidence that’s very very self positive.

That’s also a main reason why he started exploring the possibilities of exploits. Because gaining them meant yes power but also recognition from the people around him. Which to me is kind of ironic, because for awhile Wyll was so blinded by wanting to be recognized he didn’t realize that Togez recognized him as who he was. Someone powerful yes, but also someone worth looking at.

I mean he was still so focused on Mugm at this point in time. It was focused on what can we do to Mugm to get him trapped, what can we do to make Mugm banned, what can we do to get revenge on Mugm. He hyper focused on Mugm so much because he felt he was entitled to fit a mold of someone that could rival Mugm at the time.

Really his time during this was that of a spoiled nepo baby with no actual power but thinks he has power so he says random empty threats but the nepo baby is a nepo baby of his own making and admins not wanting to code- ok anyways serious time!

But really though, during this time it’s noted that while he did find exploits it was mainly Togez who used them. And instead Wyll decided to be an asshole and gatekeep border expansion items for like AN H O U R. And the entire time it wasn’t even that Wyll cared, no he admitted that he didn’t care about the actual border expansion. In fact he could care less, but what he did care about is having enough power to hold something against someone. Stunlock them and waste time because it’s a thing he has access to.

This entire arc was built around his hyperfocusing on revenge being done, and a new hyperfocus on being in control. It’s known as of present day that Wyll is a good callout, but here? Oh god he SUCKED. Bliss was much more PvP focused at this time and sometimes the SILENCE THIS GUY PRODUCED. Painful. Videos don’t show the true pain of it at all. But STILL he tried to be in some kind of control whe fighting. On the rare occasions he would speak he would try to say some kind of strategy or something.

But that didn’t last long, because he had to give up his control. And gave it to MUGM of all people. Mainly bc Togez did NAWT wanna do allat and it made more sense for the better PvPer at the time to lead. What people don’t realize is that this transfer of power is vulnerability to Wyll. He’s giving someone else the power of something HE BUILT with Togez.

And when he did comeback ohbro he wasn’t happy. Obviously he knew the events that took place when he got back beforehand, but when he logged on to see Dabby and Silvaasaur there? Not happy, but like silent pettiness! Wyll at this time is much more petty, he was younger and had more room for resentment.

And of course resentment for this final stretch is a large thing for Wyll as a whole. But it’s not resentment that builds and bursts like a chaotic mess. No it’s resentment that is denial turned into realization which switches to challenge. It doesn’t burst like lava, it rumbles. And Wylls resentment is something to explore with how unique it is.

Wyll is not someone who is a big feelings guy. I mean he has go through circling the same topic five times to get to a conclusion. He isn’t one to show off his vunerablity near the end of the server because of his massive failures building his ego wall. I guess you can say at this point in time his ego was deserved, I mean exploiting the game so much you caused an entire war a full of betryal and then highkey dipped? Yeah I guess

The ego of his is a main reason why his resentment didn’t boil over when it grew. And instead was a steady thing that was focused more on the actual process of steps, not the people around. Wyll was heavily focused on WHO got the fragments, and unfortunately that was Mugm most of the time. Someway somehow he got them.

I’m a firm believer that it didn’t matter who got the fragments Wyll was gonna betray. Because Wyll had no attachtment to Gamebreakers anymore, because Togez left. Togez being the last real emotional attachtment he had to that team. Which gets underapperciated mainly because the lack of evidence. But oh my god these two so close, in my opinion Togez and Wyll were the LE when they were alive.

The two had so much genuine trust in each other, anytime one found something the other was always right behind. The amount of trust Wyll held to Togez was so unnatural it seemed so fake at first. But it was genuinley two people fucked over by bliss realizing they don’t gotta be alone.

So being under the impression that Mugm and him were gonna be the ones to betray was nice. Because Togez wanted him to win, it’s why Togez left EVERYTHING to Wyll because he couldn’t see it to the end.

But nice isnt enough, Wyll being who he is takes things to heart even if he tries to deny it. It’s why during the end part of the fragment hunt was a guilotine for whatever hold Mugm had onto Wyll. And it was also what connected the dots to what Togez said, Wyll made it very clear that Togez wanted HIM to win. Not Mugm, not Dabbycat, not The Gamebreakers.

And that brings us to the moment, the duel, the end. Genuine despair. Wyll framed it like he just didn’t want Mugm to get all of the fragments out of nobles behaviors. But we all know he isn’t ‘noble’ he isn’t someone doing this for the server. He’s doing it for himself, to prove to himself that he is someone worth respect.

And Mugm running, that solidified the future of Wyll in my opinion. The moment that pearl was thrown something clicked into place, Wyll IS respectable.

And Wyll got his happy ending after uniting the server (minus Dabbycat and Silvaasaur) against Mugm and WINNING!

Wyll said he was satisfied with not getting the gold gem. And his story with Domonoko ended, remember at the very start I mentioned that one Domonoko kill? Yeah that got solved, and it was important because that one kill. One kill for selfish gain is the only reason all of bliss season 2 went down the way it did.

And thats where I want to mention this, Wyll is a born and built liar. Do I think he ended somewhat satisfied? Yeah probably. Do I think he ended SATISFIED? No, because nothing about Wyll is ever satisfied. And the built up emotional turmoil from having a destroyed self esteem being a laughing stock, to building an wall of ego, having a sliver of control, being a laughing stock again, and gaining “respect”.

Honestly if we wanna go into big bliss lore that wouldn’t have happened because they hate worldbuilding. If Wyll truly was satisfied with his ending on s2, he mightve fit the requirements for Balance. Woah I know hold the tomato’s or questions, let me clarify.

What “Balance” is we don’t really know. And so far Dol9 is the only one whose reached a level of Balance. So lets see two main things I think allowed her to reach this rank. 1) Accept your wrongdoings to an extent of extending apologies but not expecting an answer and 2) go on into the world on your own terms without your life being taken from you unwillingly.

I’m open to any critisms, disagreements, agreements, or comments abour my take(s)

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Out of every bliss member that no longer plays I’m pretty confident in saying Togez is not only my favorite, but also someone so underrated because of how invisible he went.

Disclaimer: Most information is taken from season 2 lost media because members didn’t save VODs at the time. And some spoilers for s3, paragraphs and sections are marked read at your own pleasure.

To me Togez narratively is probably the smartest. Like, I mean actually super smart he could be the next baby genuis- ok no I’m now just glazing. But I do mean it when Togez is probably the smartest bliss smp character narratively during his time on bliss.

To understand what Togez has done in bliss we have to see season two on a pedestal. The reason? A lot of Togez’ accomplishments or achievements then would be seen as unimpressive now. So we have to view the season for what it is, the prequel that wasn’t expecting rapid growth. So the things done in the season are new and big

Okay with that out of the way why am I making a claim so big such as this? It’s because Togez was a vital pillar in the very little intelligence on Bliss at the time. Togez knew a lot of things about the server and it’s people, I remember listening to him talking to server members and thinking how good of a talker he was.

He was able to make deals or trades fairly easy from what I remember. Togez speaks very clearly, and that’s what makes him able to get people to listen to him. But his knowledge was mainly in the game code itself.

I think most of us all know Togez was the first person to find the worst of Gamebreaker exploits. A lot of them can be credited to Togez, I mean thinking about the strength particles, astral spectator, and a ton of the dupe glitched. Togez was also the person who founded the MAIN gem glitch, to get multiple gems. There were multiple but Togez’ example and way was the first and foremost full proof! Aka it’s the one admins allowed after convincing. I’m sure there’s more that I just can’t remember because there were A L O T of exploits that we saw.

But that’s all to say that Togez was really good at knowing how to break the game. Even more he knew how to use the cheats to exploit others and lie. Togez loved to lie, a lot like everyone else. When Togez died before the arc finale he actively used another loophole he knew to trick both console and the admins. That he didn’t have a gem to maintain having two gems and not one.

—THIS PARAGRAPH CONTAINS S3 SPOILERS

But this brings me back to the pedestal scenario. These things today in Bliss wouldnt seem I guess “big” because it’s been done. Think Andromeda, they duped the gems and currently hold two gems. Whe people found out yes they were confused, but it was no reaction matching the magnitude of s2.

The affect Togez had on s3 is super intresting to me. I mean yes orher people were there exploiting during Gamebreakers like Wyll. But Togez was the one who started exploiting and the ended abruptly, because he couldn’t finish it himself. It was the entire reason Wyll wanted to get the golden gem enough to start holding resentment to Mugm.

If you ask me, I don’t think that’s Togez knew what magnitude his words would have. But I do believe they were intentional, Togez from basically right off the bat didn’t like Mugm because he felt wronged by him. And then he couldn’t beat him in an unfair 1v1 when he broke a rule, so he had his entire arc with Wyll wanting to crush Mugm.

During the time Wyll was gone for Gamebreakers, near the end. Togez never called Mugm “the leader” despite being given ownership. Sure he called Mugm a teammate, but that’s more a formality not true feelings. Togez wasn’t someone to just let go of something just because he’s winning.

So when Togez left I do think his words were quite intentional. He wanted WYLL to win, it’s even pointed out in Wyll’s video that Togez wanted him to win and not Mugm. Which brings me to a whole other section.

Togez and Wyll. A deadly duo built on being wronged and seen as less or as non threats. The two were close for awhile, I think it gets overlooked but even before Gamebreakers during other small arcs the two were helping each other.

Whenever something happened on the server the two were most likely right behind the other. In most clips of them finding exploits they’re both there, I remember I made the comparison a little while ago. Wyll and Togez were kind of like the Wyll and Mugm of today, at least with the complex relationship the two had bringing them closer together.

— THE NEXT SECTION WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR BLISS S3 GOLDEN DREAM

This is a little side thing narratively to end this Togez talk. During Golden Dream I think Day 4? (It’s day 4 I’m amazing) in the end we meet alt!Togez.

People don’t understand how insane I went. We met alt!Togez in the end by THE gateway, this is so big at least to me because it’s a realization Wyll in s2 betrayed Mugm for Togez essentially. And then when Togez left for good Wyll lost essentially the last person he could trust with his entire life.

But soon that void was unexpectedly filled by Mugm of all people. And we know the alternates have emotions or at least some level of complex critical thinking. And we also know that the alternates don’t know where Wyll and Mugm came from but they have some understanding of who they could be (As Wyll and Mugm are technically the alternate version of the alternates in their eyes)

Okok so imagine your alt!Togez. And your in the end after being told that there may or may not be two people vaugly looking like your best friend and worst enemy turned complicated ally? And they’re working together to literally KILL the entire server for what we know permanently.

And then imagine being Wyll, who I know is a loser and doesn’t really do all of this sad lore often. But narratively bring in the mind of Wyll having this complex relationship with Mugm that is actually healing and grown to be something so big. And then you get transported into s2, the creation of everything wrong with you. But your with Mugm, oh right the guy you fucked over a ton in s2.

And then your at the end, the place YOU chased Mugm until he died to his own pride. And you look to a gateway, one just like the one Mugm disappeared into for the last time. And something that isn’t Togez, but looks like Togez is there. Staring at you.

A person that you trusted with YOUR LIFE, during the time where your self esteem was so low you built an entire ego around it. This lookalike is wearing a face of the ONE PERSON who believed in him wholeheartedly until the end. And gave up everything he ever owned for the ONE WISH you won and you did.

And now your standing with the person he wanted you to crush to be the last one standing fighting him. But it’s not him, it’s a lookalike who moves just like him.