Seeing Purple show up in AvA11 made me want to go back to AvM s3
And seeing these two scenes side by side just breaks my heart.
Because now it gives Purple fleeing the Nether War an extra layer of depth. They're not just afraid and betrayed and overwhelmed and needing some place where they can take a step back and unwind and ask themself 'How did I end up in this situation, deemed useless by nearly every adult I know?'
They were reliving the single most traumatic moment of their life, both physical and emotional. In the midst of war, wounded and fatigued, reaching out to someone they thought they could trust to PHYSICALLY HELP THEM OUT and not getting it. Abandoned in their time of need.
Of course Purple would run away. Of course they wouldn't return to the War.










