#marionetta

I’m so close to finishing my Sahed cosplay :3

Senny asked, so I shall deliver 🫡🃏🍄⛓️✨

This might be a bit of a stretch but Ive noticed that Sahed seems to be the wearing a joker themed mask.

I believe this to be an intentional character design. According to this Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(playing_card)), the Joker (the playing card) tends to be illustrated as a jester; a professional joker or ‘fool’ at a medieval court, that looks like something like this:

"The Joker can be a very beneficial card or a bad card to have. In Euchre (a card game) it is often used to represent the highest trump. In Gin Rummy it is wild. However, in the children's game of Old Maid, a solitary Joker represents the Old Maid, the card to be avoided."

This could symbolise the unpredictable nature of saheds character and how we, as fans, cant tell if he will turn out to be another antagonist or an ally to julia.

Also, "The Joker is often compared to "(the) Fool" in the Tarot or Tarock decks. They share many similarities both in appearance and in play function."

According to The Fool's Tarot card, it could have two interpretations depending on if the card is upright or reversed. I found this one article (https://astrotalk.com/tarot/the-fool) that is a bit long but here is a small summary:

Upright The Fool card is usually considered a positive tarot card as it indicates new beginnings.

"Moreover, it also signifies the infinite potential and innocence of the person when he is about to start his life. If The Fool card appears in your tarot card reading, it shall mean that you are about to start a new and exciting adventure in your life. This adventure would bring you new leanings along and demands a leap of faith in the process which is in front of you. But, with that, it promises you firmly new experiences."

Could this possibly hint at where the story will take him as a character? Freedom from the circus and a fresh start? Would that make him the embodiment of that card?

Anyways, "The Fool in a reversed situation definitely means new beginnings. However, you shall jump into decisions foolishly, without thinking. Your decisions would be reluctant, and you would be too impulsive to take them." You shall run into the most dangerous things without fear and see yourself sometimes in situations that shall affect you negatively in the long run."

This is literally like almost all of my fandoms and this took me forever! Also all the fandoms are in the tags. There's like 17 fandoms in here and 69 ships I think lol

Plot twist: Yerik is secretly a Bethedian spy and that's why he's always seen so close to Amalia

/j (unless???????)

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Okay, wait, I said this as a joke, but what if he actually IS a Bethedian spy?? Think about it.

He seems uncomfortable with Amalia's behavior in multiple occasions AND is the one to suggest he and Amalia sneak into the archives in Episode 69. If he cares so much about his country, why wouldn't he respect his government's choice to keep classified information classified?

Not only that, but he always reacts a little extra bothered whenever Betheid or Bethedian spies are mentioned. Angrier than Amalia. Angrier than anybody else in the scene. Of course, he COULD actually be super devoted to Kalgratt and hold an immense hatred for Betheid. BUT he could also be a Bethedian spy putting up a little too much of an act. Feeling the need to prove and reinforce his loyalty to Kalgratt every two seconds and getting closest with the head of the Aspett Research Center's west wing when literally nobody else stands her.

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IS IT a waste of time or do you just wanna keep gathering information about what's going on in Kalgratt??

GIVE ME A MINUTE!

"What am I supposed to do? Go back to Aspett?" as a militar and scientist, he would HAVE to go back to Aspett and continue with their research. He does work at the Research Center, after all, and it is Amalia who Selwin dismissed, not him. But as a Bethedian spy?? It would make sense for him to be lost.

It's not like he's shown to have a reason to be close to Amalia, either.

Literally nobody else in the Aspett Research Center likes her because they've got no reason to. Neither does Yerik. We know they're not alike and he's silently shown to disagree with some of her choices throughout the comic. There is NO reason for him to stick around her. Other than him being a Bethedian spy (or something that hasn't been shown to us yet).