#keoplore

Pages from the official Kameo Manga I’m not sure if I can upload the full manga but I want to show these pages that show Theena and Kalus immediately after Solon’s death. The other ones show the interaction between Kameo and Kalus but I want people reading this to pay close attention to what they all say. Notice how after hearing about Solon’s death, she doesn’t comfort her own daughter. She clings to Kameo, adopts her and straight up ignores Kalus who is dragged away to her lessons while Theena spends time to play with baby Kameo (though I am not blaming her or saying it’s Kameo’s fault at all for Theena’s actions here) We see when they are older that Theena has continued to push her own daughter Kalus further away since she was 3 years old. Kalus is now barely 5 years old, received no affection from her own mother in almost 2 years and has already built up a wall around herself.  Theena stops to play with Kameo but not with Kalus, having the same sad expression from seeing her own daughter who reminds her of her husband but still chooses to neglect her in favor of Kameo. I also want to show the only time ever in the entire series that Kalus has received affection from Theena and it’s from Solon right before he dies.(tumblr won’t let me add another screenshot but I’ll try to add it to the comment section) Unfortunately only one volume of this manga was released but it gave us a lot of insight and that, along with the Kameo podcast and Journals,  it paints a pretty solid picture: Kalus isn’t a spiteful, ‘evil’ petty sister. She’s an emotionally neglected and even physically abused, stressed out kid who only had 1 thing left in her life, that her Father had left her, that she worked hard for, for 15 years, only for Theena to play favourites and give it to Kameo after the Elemental Stand incident in Theena’s room from what Kameo did. Kameo’s journal: 72.9.1.11 (1) “That’s when Mother came in. She yelled at us both, but mostly she yelled at Kalus. What are you doing? She grabbed Kalus’s arm really hard and looked madder than I’ve ever seen her. For a second, I thought she was going to hit Kalus, but she didn’t. She just yelled a lot about being irresponsible and how she feels she can’t trust Kalus.” I want reader to remember that Theena plays favourites, she’s played favourites for 15 years. Kameo knows she’s Theena’s favourite. Now, do you think she would ever want to do anything to upset her favourite? Remember this is from Kameo’s journal. If Kameo wasn’t there, she would have hit Kalus. She absolutely would have struck Kalus right then and there. Imagine Kalus in that spot, hearing her own Mother (who has also actively avoided trying to train or talk to Kalus about the ceremony) saying to Kalus that she doesn’t trust her. Kalus puts on a brave front and tries to act like a perfect Queen, to be exactly like what her father Solon would have expected of her, that’s why she puts on this brave front even in her journal in some parts. This is why Kalus does not write or go into more detail about this abuse, she focuses on her Father and her role as Queen for the kingdom. I am fairly certain from Theena playing favourites, she subconsciously sabotaged Kalus solely for Kameo to take over. Mystic had to do almost nothing to influence Theena. She only had to show her a fake vision and Theena, having no trust in her daughter, who for 15 years has worked hard to be Queen and make her father proud, easily handed everything to an inexperienced Kameo. As for Kameo, she’s not innocent either. Definitely nowhere near as bad as Theena but she’s not off scott-free either. I want to point out that Kameo knew she shouldn’t have touched it, and I want to point out that Kameo knew she was Theena’s favourite. Even after she tells Lenya before the ceremony (Yes Lenya knew the truth of what happened and was talking to Theena after it happened and didn’t tell her) but this is why I asked people to read and remember what was written in those journals, mainly Kameo’s journal: 762.9.1.11 (2) “I explained everything to Lenya, and she said that I should try to explain it to Mother. Tomorrow. After the ceremony, maybe.” 762.X.1.11 (1) “I haven’t seen her since yesterday when we had the fight in the room of the Element Of Power. I don’t think she’s come out of her room. I thought I heard her in there crying last night, but I know for a fact that nothing I could have said would have made her feel better. I’ll apologise to her too, after the ceremony. She’s probably nervous and doesn’t want to be bothered today. We’ll see. If I get a moment alone with her, I’ll maybe say sorry then. Maybe it will make all of this easier on her if she’s not mad at me anymore.” Kameo knows Kalus was not at fault, that she was under severe stress and that she should not have even touched the Element Of Power. Despite all that, Kameo would rather Kalus not be mad at her and might apologise for what she did. I want the fandom to know and understand this. Kalus could have handled the situation better but she is by no means doing this out of spite. This poor kid’s been through hell and back, abused by her family and had literally everything taken from her. Let’s not forget that after she sacrifices herself to make things right, when Kameo and Theena are falling afterwards, once Theena checks Kameo is fine, she looks at the carnage with a smile. She doesn’t ask what happened to Kalus (she couldn’t have seen or heard from where she was and Kalus saying sorry was a telepathic message between those two according to the Prima guide as Kalus reveals the Mystic had manipulated both of them) but even after that, Kameo does not tell Theena what the Mystic did and either didn’t tell her what Kalus did to literally save all of them or Theena doesn’t care at all. Kalus is hands down the most tragic character and Kameo is not pure of heart. Please share this so the fandom knows the true story. This game BADLY needs a remake with ALL of the lore included. Also adding this real quick, in the interview, the reason why Kalus is so upset (check the date of the interview and compare it to Kalus’ entry) not only is she severely stressed but they interviewed Kameo first. She was overlooked as the next Queen for the entire kingdom solely for the more popular princess right before the ceremony. Now you can imagine why she’s so angry at Kameo here. Beforehand, she was actively working to find Kameo a job that she would like when she became Queen. Here, she is beyond hurt. 15 years of work and constantly being in Kameo’s shadow, yet she’s still being denied any positive attention or spotlight.