Whoo, Screenshot Redraw Because This Episode... This Episode.

Whoo, screenshot redraw because this episode... This episode.

So Wander's been pretty much confirmed to be immortal, seeing how he was at a conjunction 1000 years ago, still looking the exact same. And wow he really just pulled the *exact* same shit on Major Threat. I'd always suspected that Wander was older and smarter than he first appeared, but I was not expecting the show to outright confirm it in all honesty.

Same with how Wander and Sylvia met. I confess to knowing about the whole 'Sylvia named Wander' thing beforehand, but honest to God I thought that that was just a popular headcanon. Holy fuck. Wander really just went 'I like the sound of that' after being called a Wandering Weirdo. I really want to know the story on how Wander convinced Syl to turn an entirely new leaf.

I also can't fucking believe they were just stuck in the past and had to stay on the same planet for 50 years. What the fuck. Sylvia was really just on the verge of dying of old age, and according to the writers Wander really just pretended to be old to make her feel better.

Then the whole 'With you, it wasn't a waste of time.' I'm getting that annoying sad lump in my throat just thinking about it. They really just killed off the main characters right in front of us. This was the same shock I had with Beep Boop. This show seems so goofy and 'conventional child cartoon' that when they break from the status quo on how these storylines usually go, it just hits a million times harder. I think the first time that I properly realized this was when we met Helpless! Wander. Like, Sylvia learnt to accept every part of her friend and saved him. Episode over, right?

But no, there's one part of him still missing, a part that 'self-love is practically a religion' Wander didn't want back. So Sylvia goes back and finds a part of Wander that's genuinely terrified and vulnerable. We've seen Wander scared before, but that was always a loud, manic sort of fear. This was just... Quiet. Wander's never quiet.

Point is that I thought I was going to get a funny, well-animated cartoon from the out-of- context video that convinced me to watch it. I was not expecting genuinely tragic characters and storylines.

Also just the sound design. I really like the sound design. It's just so fun and constant.

9 more episodes left to go... Hhhhhhhhh

WAIT NO I JUST REMEMBERED THE MONKEY THEORY. WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL IS UP WITH THAT?