Continuing my pissy little rant from where I left off at four in the morning, I feel like a lot of people will want to give Hekapoo the benefit of the doubt. And look, I get it. Of the Three Stooges, she’s clearly the smartest and the most well rounded. She’s Marco’s pal who he rides Dragon Cycles with (Though she did make him spend sixteen years chasing after her like she was the Roadrunner). She’s fun and sassy with cool powers, and design wise, she’s totally adorbs. Look at her spiky widdle arms.
Common Sense: You’re not helping your case.
I’M GETTING THERE. However, Hekapoo is not off the hook. Not by a long shot. First of all, listen to what she says to Wingus and Dingus: “She’s not following the plan.” She’s not upset that they brought in Mina, a deranged super soldier who has been magically stripped of her conscience and therefore has no qualms about killing people. She’s not upset that they’re staging yet another coup, this time against the clear wishes of the previous royal family and at a least a good portion of the people. Hekapoo’s upset that they can’t control Mina.
Second, Hekapoo hates monsters. Bluntly, Hekapoo is a total bigot. I’m working from a different laptop that doesn’t let me use the print screen option to take pictures, so here’s Slice of Otaku’s video on Solaria the Monster Carver (Incidentally it also gives background on Mina):
Solaria was a genocidal maniac, Mewni’s equivalent to Hitler, who wanted to wipe out all monsters at any cost. And who was on her war council? Scroll to 6:54. That’s right. Hekapoo. Hekapoo helped Solaria wage a sadistic campaign to murder thousands of monsters.
And after Solaria bit it? Hekapoo was part of the conspiracy to overthrow Eclipsa and get rid of Meteora. Who by the way, were Solaria’s daughter and grandchild. She effectively threw away her friend’s grandchild because she didn’t like the man her mother married. But then she raised Fesitivia. Meteora had a tail, so dump her and replace her with this human baby and pretend to be her “auntie” instead.
Am I saying Hekapoo is one hundred percent responsible for all of this? No. I’m saying she’s complicit. Complicit in the War, complicit in the genocide, complicit in the coup and cover up, and she’s complicit in what’s going on now. I don’t know if they’ll give her a redemption or a heel-face turn like some other shows (STEVEN), but as far as I’m concerned, she’s as bad as the rest of them. She’s probably worse. She’s smart enough to know better.
