Was Eclipsa Really as Great as We Remember? (SVTFOE Video Essay) (10K Subscriber Special)
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Title’s kinda misleading
True but to be fair she is probably one of the best characters in the show, although that isn’t saying a whole lot 😂
Nice summary but I think I have a few disagreements.
24:46 I think it was probably good that Eclipsa chose not to try and force proximity between monsters and humans.
Especially so soon after humans effectively had their lands stolen by monsters.
Do I buy what they wound up going with?
Not really. But I do think Star and her dad emotionally appealing to the people works better than Eclipsa trying to force humans and monsters together via decree.
Star bringing monsters and humans together is ultimately a lot more believable than Eclipsa doing it would have been.
Of course they could have developed her character, but that hasn't been a thing for a long time in this kind of television.
3:46 They probably didn't want to risk making Eclipsa unlikable, or Moon likeable. It's not good writing in any case. Your idea makes way more sense.
Ohh yes
16:15 "I have not eaten a single baby. Now, I did hurt the occasional teenager, but only psychologically, and they always deserved it."
Grunkle Stan approves.
Lol
But she told the truth they always deserved it
Unless it's his own family then no your not safe your going to die probably
“Evil”
As a teenager yes, yes we deserve it honestly
I don't think her selfishness was necessarily bad, in fact I think it was kinda healthy.
She left an abusive relationship in a situation where people were willing to kidnap and imprison her whole family while being wiling to act like they didn't even exist.
They could have found another way to handle it politically but the high commission didn't and they wouldn't have.
Wait i don't remember ever hearing that Eclipsa's first marriage was abusive, just that she didn't like Shastacan.
@@HeadHunter-mv2ht he was pushy in the Magic book of spells. In what I recall lmao
@@HeadHunter-mv2ht HE traded HER child because HE thought "it" was disgusting, the high commission just went along with it because they agreed with him, and that's straight up child abuse.
Not all abuse is in your face, explicitly stated, or violent.
Like as a mixed bisexual woman, for example, if I was forced to marry a racist socially conservative homophobe then I'd count his literal hatred for my existence and basic human rights as inherently abusive.
And every rant, retaliation, ect as further exercise of that abuse.
If we were to treat that realistically, he at the VERY LEAST wasn't going to be a supportive or loving husband and at the most was actively making her aware of and subjecting her to his prejudices.
They married her (against her own choice) to him under the impression he'd make her "fall in line" with those politics, the situation was ALL about controlling and limiting her to those ideals.
That situation is *inherently* abusive, even if they managed to mitigate most conflict.
(Not being aggressive btw, just laying out my personal thought process behind what constitutes abuse in this kind of situation.)
Eclipsa's selfishness is healthy for your average person. It however is not a trait acceptable for a queen. Being a Queen means sacrificing of yourself for your people. Eclipsa was NEVER queen material, because she didn't care about her people. But, she was fine as your average person.
@@heavennunya809 she never asked to be Queen and frankly? They were never going to let her be Queen.
They literally made her disappear when she didn't do what they wanted, which was basically just to abdicate the throne not even go against them policy wise.
She was never going to be given any real level of power.
If you were *born* into a situation where you were just going to be a puppet your whole life, forced to act as tho you hate a whole segment of people you personally support for some abusers, would you just stay there and let that happen because "a Queen does anything for her people"??
Because frankly, I wouldn't.
As a Bi mixed woman I'd never allow myself to be forced to politically discriminate against and frankly genocide other LGBTQ or non-white races as a Queen, even if it mean meant running away with a black girlfriend so they can't use me against her.
Staying is not doing anything "necessary for your people" as a Queen, that's just being a puppet for your husband and the high commission until they find a way to get rid of you so they can fully fuck over those people and anyone can be that puppet (as they proved).
She was never going to be allowed to be Queen her way, she was only going to be allowed to be a pretty face of endorsement for her husband and the high commission.
And when she disappeared for good they carried on without her like nothing even happened, because to them SHE wasn't necessary.
*(Not being aggressive btw, just explaining why I don't even think as "a Queen" she was unheathily selfish, the high commission and her husband were.)*
To me, season 3 Eclipsa was the best, because you can tell she was morally grey - selfish and whimsical, but also had a wise, rather mature aura about her, like she always knew what she was doing and what to say when asked. Half the season even is Eclipsa giving life advices and tips to Star [and Moon], but after it was confirmed 100% she's not evil and became queen, she kinda turned into "season 1 Sar 2.0" and began acting rash, childish, and even outright neglectful. It's like the writers didn't know what to do with her after her red herring subplot was over and all that could keep her relevant was being quirkly.
Season 3 was her best moment until season 4 messed it up.
I always wonder what Toffee thought about Eclipsa. We will never know. I think Toffee might have respected her since she trying to help the monsters.
@@AH-is5yg They did canonically dated
@@kou7191 was that in book
@@AH-is5yg The lizard Eclipsa dated wasn't addressed by name, but it was heavily hinted it was Toffee
@@kou7191 it could be him. If season 4 gave us Eclipsa's past and show us with other monsters including Toffee then it would have been amazing. We would have ask how Toffee felt when he heard what happened to her.
She’s the best character on the show, but that doesn’t say much
True
Yeah which is such a shame
It's kinda like being the tallest dwarf
(Please note any aggression and hostility is not leveled towards you I just like ranting) The woman was absolutely horrendous at her job and her trauma does not justify her actions and inactions. The show points to those who oppose Eclipsa as narrow-minded bigots and to be fair many of them were. However, Eclipsa did absolutely nothing to try and correct this outdated mindset. What did Eclipsa do, abandoned the people to fend for themselves and went to go build a new castle somewheres else. Mind you the destruction caused to the capital was caused by HER kid. She uprooted her people out of their homes, why, because it was previously monster land. So she took someone else’s land and gave it to her favored group hmmmmm. Just because monsters have had a raw deal doesn’t justify kicking people out of their homes. This is after she abdicated the throne instead stomping her foot down and saying no I am marrying who I want and anyone who wants to complain can kiss my burning black flames. To be a good leader requires a strong backbone and that is something she just doesn’t have. An uprising like what Moon lead was always coming whether Mina had been there to incite it or not. Eclipsa is a coward and a terrible leader who never should have been put back on the throne as she just isn’t capable of seeing past her bias. What if she had used the forces she was using to renovate the monster temple into you know rebuilding everyone’s homes, using a mix of human and monsters. She could have indeared people to monsterkind by making sure humanitarian aid was rendered largely by monsterkind showing that these frightening creatures aren’t the mindless, hateful beasts they appear to be. Why did Moon want power, likely to stop Eclipsa from making more stupid decisions that actively hurt far more than the minuscule ways it helped.
It's probably Toffee, he was a perfect villain. The only mistake was killing him too fast
My biggest problem with her was they kept alluding to the fact that she might be evil or have done really evil things but then the writers didn't have the balls to go through with it and settled for "misunderstood" instead.
I don't think it was settling. I think it was meant to draw a parallel to how monsters are perceived. And as for her magic, it was probably perceived as purely evil because it was powerful and often negative, and could corrupt people easily if they had evil in their own hearts.
I actually always understood it as she just accepted the role flung on her and decided to have fun with small minded people. Honestly id do the same. She always laughed at the reactions her goth shenanigans got her
Buuut if you wanna talk doing some actually messed up stuff she did created the deadliest spells known to magic kind and just gave them to any butterfly who struck a deal.
@@theartistswings9810 I think it was Solaria who created the spells, correct me if I'm wrong
Her ultimately being well-meaning was fine. The problem was that we aren't shown any honestly negative consequences of her ruling that aren't "the MHC/Other Mewmans are meanies."
I honestly think that was the point. Have her built up as this evil monster only to subvert that expectation by painting the magical high commission as the bad guys. Granted it could have been executed a bit smoother but still
I get why star wanted to give her back the wand and role as queen but I don’t think that’s something eclipsa particularly wanted. She willingly gave that life up for globgor and their daughter. I think she would’ve been happy to just live somewhere in peace with her family. I don’t think ruling was ever for her.
Make her monster ambassador then! 😄
Star felt unworthy and blames herself for taking the throne away from her despite the fact that Eclipsa didn't want the throne anymore and just wants her family back. It was the high commision's fault. Star and her family were just as victims like Eclipsa. I thought season 4 was going to be Star realizing that she is a great leader, but that didn't happened.
Star more or less still had her position before under Eclipsa anyway.
Yeah that's what I thought too and I sort of liked it better when yeah that's what I thought too and I sort of liked it better when moon and star wars you got to see more of their ancestors and stuff which I always found interesting.
(Edit 2 months later)
Also eclipsa I didn't want the throne to begin with she just wanted her freedom and to maybe see her husband and that was it she didn't really care.
I was excited for star to be queen since season 1 and for her to grow threw out the episodes but no ?😒
Fun fact: Eclipsa's love for monsters did not come from nowhere. Her father was not originally so racist and callas like Solaria. He was going to sign a peace treaty with them, until one of his close friends was suddenly killed by one. Given her father was Solaria's advisor, and not originally a monster hater, I'd like to think she got her kindness from him, having heard his stories of liking them before the inevitable. I wish we knew more on him.
Another theory I've read is that because Solaria took Eclipsa to her monster battles at a young age, Eclipsa would end up developing sympathy for them after seeing them being brutally k1lled.
Also, why did Marco have a picture of Eclipsa's dad in his room?
@@kittykittybangbang9367 Since it had been so long since Eclipsa’s reign, the butterfly family probably just assumed it was a nice painting of a sailor and a family heirloom so they kept it there.
I think Eclipsa not having a "fish out of temporal water" storyline could actually the greatest bit of storytelling *consistency* in the series.
Mewni is just so stagnant/regressive that a Queen from hundreds of years ago will have little trouble getting used to the modern day.
Sounds super interesting, and I wish the show had actually dealt with that concept. The Magic Book implied as such.
I mean Eclipsa's not that old.
if only the show had better writing and handled Eclipsa's character better and focus more on lore and character development and less Shipping even in there filler episodes they focused way too much on Shipping
Allot of ifs😂 Yeah I never even finished star cause the shipping got so bad. That part when star and Marco left their healthy and cute realationship for no other reason then the writers wanted it just single handedly ruined the show for me. I don't know what it is it just got under my skin so bad. Felt gross.
yeah show some bad things about the monsters i doubt they were all that good seeing the elements didn't really like them either
I know you mentioned river, but honestly I felt eclipsa and tom not talking was a complete missed opportunity.
Tom is literally a royal half monster child of mixed parents and eclipsa NEVER really speaks to any of them. We never hear her thoughts on them or anything.
Eclipsa went to meet all the royal families OFFSCREEN, a meeting with the lucitors who basically parallel her and globgor sounds so INTERESTING.
I wanted to know why the lucitors personally didn't like her, and what is like for them to rule their respective kingdoms (like the lucitors were literally the only mixed royal couple before she was queen ). How does Tom's dad handle being the only mewman running a monster kingdom?
Missed opportunity honestly, the lucitors had so much potential
They would never do this cuz it'll give others characters more view than Star
I made my own rewrite of the third season and I did give Eclipsa and Tom some interactions, I also felt it was a huge missed opportunity
hmm
@@xsweetiebloomx605 can I see your rewrite please 🥺
Wait isn’t tom’s dad a human actually like marco?
I don't think they drew enough attention to the hypocrisy of Star telling Eclipsa, "How's anybody supposed to trust you when you use spells like that?"
Hmm. You mean like the All-Seeing Eye....?
Exactly but not Star she can't have actual flaws
@@devilovesdevil The writers really seemed genuinely oblivious to the huge flaws they gave Star throughout the whole show. That episode where Star goes to town looking for the Banagic Wand was *painful*.
Marco says, "I don't think you can go to town alone yet." Several times. Star COULD wait until Marco is done what he already had planned before her sudden whim for something she saw in a commercial, but instead goes off herself, acts like a complete idiot, does thousands of dollars in property/personal damages, assaults a bunch of actors, but still gets what she wants in the end, and for no reason at all, things work out. BANAGIC!
Marco says, "Wow, I was wrong. I underestimated you," to which she slaps the food she just gave him out of his hands and walks off in a daze like he just shot her puppy.
1) Did she have no idea what "underestimate' meant, until Marco told her? She was clearly there for the bits where he said she couldn't/shouldn't go alone, and for the whole section where she effed up absolutely everything along the way and hurt a bunch of people.
2) Marco apologized and said he was wrong, (which he clearly wasn't, even though he didn't know that.) Was this really an appropriate response to an apology you don't deserve?
Moral: Don't underestimate dangerously entitled narcissists. (Or if you do, don't tell them, because they're probably too dumb to figure it out on their own.)
...But, y'know, GIRL POWER!
@@OneMadApple exactly all this!
The answer is YES. Eclipsa literally killed her daughter to save her kingdom and Star because she cared. Every act of selfishness was not only justified but also eclipsed by her acts of selflessness
What do you mean killed her daughter??
She stopped Moon from doing that and almost let Meteora suck her soul then Moon fleed to the magic dimension where she infected the magic with meteora/eclipsa's dark magic that eventually led to Cleaved.
She made Meteora a baby not exactly killed her.
@@andreiz112dn5 Yes she stopped Moon, because her motherly Insticts kicked in. But she immediately amde up for it when she used the wand with the full intention to kill Meteora. Remember she didn't even know that Meteora would turn into a baby, which is why she cried.
@@andreiz112dn5 did you miss the part of the video were is directly explained how that was Moon's fault? Eclipsa succesfully managed to de-escalate the situation and opened room for solving things peacefully and Moon just went and threw a rock at her head and proceeded to go for the kill. Was Eclipsa suposed to let the racist who has been conspiring against her since the begining murder her daughter in front of her?
@@Carlos-ne3zf No, it wasn't exactly.
Moon was the queen and she just witnessed her people getting their souls ripped out of their bodies by a rogue monster-mewman creature going on a rampage, she had a duty to defend her people!
Obviously she had to do everything in her power to defeat Meteora, she just saw an opportunity by Meteora being distracted as she didn't trust Eclipsa to successfully de-escalate the situation and since Meteora was determined to take back the throne i highly doubt she would've stopped or even return the stolen souls.
And Moon isn't some raging racist against monsters,
She even befriended Buff Frog in Battle for Mewni making steps towards acceptance of monsters going against everything she grew up hearing and believing about monsters, you know isn't easy.
And she just stated in the finale she never ordered the Solarians to attack monsters(even thou she was a bit of an idiot for trusting Mina)
@@andreiz112dn5 dude, she attempted a fucking coup and gave an army of genocider machines to someone that openly tried to kill her own daughter twice just for not being racist enough for her liking only so she could threaten the power back from someone who didn't even wanted in the first place but was forced by circumstance to take charge. There's simply no excuse for Moon's actions. You said it yourself "she did not trust Eclipsa, Meteora's own mother, to solve things peacefully and took them being actually solving peacefully as an opportunity to kill her, again, in front of her mother
Eclipse wasn't perfect some of her decisions were not the best. But she was only doing them cuz she thought it was the best thing for her people. I really love eclipse 💜
My main problem with the show is that we never actually see a main character with a healthy balance of being selfish for yourself and your family and being selfless for your people and kingdom, sure you can say Star is a healthy balance but most of the time she is all over the place, like flipping a switch ever episode or so.
Star in season 4 was irritating. She should have been better to Eclipsa and Star was a big hypocrite and more selfish than Eclipsa.
Until Star committed genocide in the final episode
@@chaosbeam4654 that ending is still bad
@@AH-is5yg well, yeah. Genocide doesn’t exactly have positive implications
@@chaosbeam4654 Star didn't really solve the problem, just slow it down .
Palpatine had a point: "Good and evil is just a point of view"
Yes, it was wrong of Eclipsa to ditch her kingdom and her people and she could have divorced Shastican if she wanted to. No, I don't think she was wrong to hook up with Globgor and marry him since they genuinely loved each other. Eclipsa was,more or less,ahead of her time but should have reigned in her selfishness a bit more. Plus, we all know the attitude towards monsters was not positive,unless they were rich or a part of the Magic High Commission.
I just read Eclipsa's chapter and it said she did try to get the marriage annulled. So isn't that kinda like trying to get divorced? Just asking. Not trying to contradict or anything.
@@Mary0959 Technically, annulment is the "Catholic divorce". I have nothing against Catholics,it's just what I've been told what annulment is in high school. Divorce is ending a marriage and making it clear to others that couple is no longer together. Annulment is basically erasing any and all evidence that the marriage even happened in the first place. Some Catholics have a negative view on divorce, so annulment was the compromise
I guess politically speaking, annulling the marriage would cause less of an uproar between the two kingdoms than a divorce would
@@DragonGoddess18 Thanks for clearing that up. I always thought it was the same thing.
@@Mary0959 Glad I could help
Honestly that part of her makes her fascinating for me. Too often in fiction they'll have a character being selfish even once be blown out of proportion and demonized, with the character being either turned evil as a result or excessively punished for it - even when what they did out of selfishness was minimal at best. It was interesting to see a character who behaved selfishly but isn't presented as evil for it - just a person.
She's alright, kudos for sticking to the fact she did nothing wrong, but it kinda makes her feel less interesting. No plot twist, no moral grey areas, she's just an innocent victim of the situation. Heck she feels more like protagonist then Star, if Star has issues of having too many flaws in protagonist, Eclipsa is no flaws kind of protagonist
And what's more, neither of them are truly forced to learn or grow from their flaws, thus no organic drama.
Except abbadoning her throne, marrying a killer and leaving countless of her citizens out to dry as they say.
@Rose
How does any of those make her case better? Is she better by comparison? Let's compare her to Lelouch Vi Britania then, she sucks as a leader.
@Rose
Sooo, your excuse for her irresponsibility, abbadonment of throne, bad decisions and selfishness is the throne does not mean much... An opinion nobody in the show shares. That is not how heretidery monarchy works! She was a bad leader who cared about her imediate family to the detriment of her kingdom,
if she had any sense she'd have given authority to someone else if your head cannot bear the crown for whatever reasons you give it to someone who can!
And FYI Globgore ate people he did not just take their lives he enjoyed doing so, even to none combatants who could not fight back.
p.s.
Lelouch Vi Brittania is a character from an anime called code geass and he is king worth following.
@Rose
Again you are saying "she is not so bad because others are worse." Not much of a defence.
Hardly a goverment, considering Moon and Star had the authority to overule them and remove them from whatever authority they were supposed to have...
Really? You go there? This is not about good VS bad, the writing is too awful for it to tackle things like that.
Gotta admit, "stand before the queen and cower" was a cool thing for eclipse to say
When Eclipsa first came up and the flashbacks with Moon happened, I was extremely interested in her. Why was she locked up? Why was her part of the book forbidden? Did she purposely give Moon that weird black stuff when they shook hands?
When she finally appeared, I was extremely disappointed because she wasn't what I thought she would be and nothing about the deal she and Moon made was ever mentioned. Moon only said that Eclipsa did it to her and that was it.
Despite this disappointment, I actually liked what I got, as long as I pretend the build up to her didn't happen or at least happened differently. As many people pointed out, she was selfish, but I can understand why. She grew up in a monster hating world. She married and started a family with a monster only to be locked away and have her daughter be tortured and brainwashed for years. Then this strange child (Moon) keeps coming to her, being her only company. Once she was free, it's understandable why she was selfish. She's playing catch-up. She's had these Queenly duties thrust upon her when she wasn't ready and got a ton of push back that she never wanted. She tried to do what she could but again, she wasn't ready, so when the going got tough, she chose herself. It wasn't always the right decision and did cause trouble, but that's part of her character.
Unlike everyone else, Eclipsa remained consistent and stable in her beliefs. She didn't start as great as I wanted and thought she would be, but she ended up great in what we got and thus became one of the best characters in the show, possibly THE greatest character.
i didn't like her she cause a lot of suffering cause of her actions
I love how she’s regarded as the “Queen Of Darkness” when her mother is literally RIGHT THERE. Seriously. Read her chapter. It’s very unnerving
"I promise they're happy this way." made me actually nauseous. it was so bad
@@snoutts nah cause I was SHOCKED when I read that. I knew she was unhinged, I just didn’t know it was that deep.
Solaria was a JERK
You can see the difference in Eclipsa's conception in the scene of her getting pinned down by Omni (with a casual look on her face) in the garden vs her nearly getting imprisoned again by Rhombulus during her coronation (looking scared and desperate). She also seems to have lost her mischievous charm by Season 4, her entire personality now being "perpetually persecuted victim," kinda like when Lapis first appeared in Steven Universe and got captured by Homeworld Forces.
Oh, you nailed it! Until I read this comment, I just couldn’t pin down why I didn’t enjoy Eclipsa during Season 4 despite loving her so much during the previous season.
Yes, during Season 3 she always had an air of mischief coupled with a very different yet compelling perspective when compared to everyone else that just made it so exciting every time she was on screen, but once she was proven innocent…
Yes, I do think the Lapis Lazuli comparison works perfectly here.
I feel a sort of tension post-Season 2, where perhaps (and rightly so) Star was becoming uninteresting as a main character because her problems were so pedestrian, so they added Eclipsa as a second main character (while Marco, the main male lead, gets demoted to Star's satellite love interest in all but name until the end of the final season) to tell a more interesting story about the show's grander themes and history now that its previous "villain protagonist," Ludo, was out of the picture.
I have always liked the idea of Festivia being Jushtin's granddaughter. That he married a Spiderbite duchess and moved to Pie island to live a quiet life. Then their kid(s) went on to have Festivia. Most likely because the island is far removed from magic, the cheek marks weren't present when she was born and only appeared later when exposed more to it.
And the idea makes sense in a few ways. I mean, in real life if there were no kids born or able to take the throne of royalty under the current King, the crown would go to one of the King’s siblings or a nephew instead. If there are none that can/are able, then back another generation again with the King’s uncles or his uncles/aunts kids (the Kings first cousins) or their grandkids (Kings first cousins once removed). It really doesn't make sense that even in the Mewni kingdom, they'd chose someone with no relation to the throne to become monarch. It might as well be a democracy if blood doesn't matter.
And in the Butterfly lineage they did the opposite of what irl monarch's did and didn't have dozens of kids (legitimate and not). They usually only had one. And at max, 2. Given their leaning towards magic that is perhaps why they felt much more comfortable in having so few. As in the past disease and other health problems would kill a lot of children, including royal ones. Which is why they'd have so many. To make sure there was someone to inherit the throne.
Also, side note that the Butterfly's almost always seem to have firstborn girls who are able to take the throne. Just thought I’d mention that. Very strange when you think about it.
And finally, as to bring up evidence that’s a bit more in universe. Jushtin and Festivia have quite a few similarities that push the idea. They both have purple hair, both are very outgoing and sociable, and they both enjoy partying. And of course that scene in The Tavern at the End of the Multiverse where as spirits, he has his hands on her shoulders in a sort of protective hold which showcases at least in the afterlife they became close if they weren't already related. But still it points to a connection, I think.
Sorry for how long this comment was, just wanted to give my two cents on the matter. And it would mean that the Butterflys now aren't actually frauds just that they shifted power wrongfully from the true heir based off a bigoted decision.
I like this comment it was very good read and I agree
@@soulbound2 Thank you so much! I appreciate such a lovely response. Too much of the comment reply’s on CZcams are just fighting and disagreements, so I truly appreciate something so positive. :)
Agreed!
I find it hilarious that celena the shy was never really touched up upon. Now I kinda Headcannon that she literally knows everything but we'll never know.
Eclipsa never even had motivation to be queen. There was never a point where it was shown that she actually wanted to be queen. She just wanted to live with her family, and while there isn't anything wrong with that, she should've given up being the queen.
And magic wouldn't had been destroyed and cleaved wouldn't had happened.
And would've been better.
True ♾️✨
She's not a bad person she just unfit to rule the kingdom. Throughout the whole show and every interaction she had with a character, I can tell that ruling the kingdom was on the last thing on her mind.
no she bad sorry doing selfish things without think how it can affect people is bad
Honestly with the thing with Solaria at the end, smiling at Meteroa, I think it's hinting that Solaria was always watching, and even if she didn't agree with her daughter's choices after she passed, she's happy for Eclipsa and has come to love Meteora, maybe not Globgor but she probably finds his willingness to sacrifice for her daughter as commendable and brave.
Eclipsa was the ONLY reason I watch SVTFOE. I personally can't stand Star, then later on Moon as well, but Eclipsa made it worth all of it. Even with all her flaws which I find less damaging than Star's.
Me too after Toffee was killed off. Well him and Rasticore
The thing is I feel like Eclipsa’s main focus during the series was to find a way to get her family back after being uncrystallized. She never seems interested in the crown or wand before Star makes her queen, and then her only concern when she has the wand is to find a way to free her husband. She also knows from prior experience that helping monsters and gaining respect is an uphill battle, so she might be a tad apathetic to her role as queen until she sees that those who remained in the kingdom are willing give her and her family a chance to rule and be together. She’s certainly selfish but I think given the circumstances her actions are understandable for someone who lost a lot due to a hatred of monsters from her mother and kingdom.
Tbh everytime someone got mad at eclipse after the meteora arc I wanted to remind them "she sacrificed her daughter for the entire kingdom, particularly to save star because she cared about yall she only got lucky meteora survived"
I remember before Eclipsa actually appeared, I always imagined her as being a morally grey character; one who does evil things, but for good reasons. Like torturing someone to get information on a terrorist act so she can save innocent people. Or destroying a criminal just to get a woman's purse back.
I think Eclipsa never changed that much in S4. She was always motivated by love for her family so she ignored her responsibilities as a ruler. She likely didn’t even wanted to be the queen of Mewni before she was crystallized.
and at that point she lost the right to it anyway
The thing is, it’s a theory that star’s family, starting from festivia, are actual butterfly’s, but not in a way you’d think, in the episode, back to the wand, were the past queens show them selfs , we see festivia and jushtin embracing each other, for the entire scene, and if you look closely, they look similar, the hair colour, the fabulous glamour look, the eye colour, in Justin’s chapter, it’s said after his sister was born and her was no longer heir, he helped out going on missions across meiwni , the theory is that jushtin met a girl on pie island and fell in love, starting a family, yes, festivia might be the great great so grand daughter to jushtin, as the long period of time between him and Eclipsas imprisonment, so when meteroa was switched, the mhc somehow found a baby , festivia, that was unknowingly an actual butterfly, then crowned , so in simple terms, star is Eclipsas some great x 10+ cousin/and or nephew, idk how that works completely xd.
Thoughts?
So I feel like a point that will be brought against her is that she is a selfish person, as Kitty has made mention of that point a few times. So to that end, I'd personally like to say that consistent flaw makes her a better character. There are tons of positive and negative choices she makes in a selfish manner, making it feel less like a trope and more like a negative personality aspect, and as far as character writing goes that's pretty great. It is a believable flaw that drives some tension into the narrative all without feeling forced, and I say that detail is just one reason of many as to why she is great.
The only issue is nobody calls her up on her mistakes. I think her and Star are "protected."
@@Raximus3000 oh yeah don't get me wrong, is definitely a flaw that they just kinda never addressed, but the writing at that point leaves alot to be desired.
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That seems to be a trend these days. My guess is the ones in charge are immoral.
@@Raximus3000 yuup. That or incompetent, which while not as bad as immoral is just as likely to mess with good writing.
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Maybe twisted morality will be more accurate, in this show they disregard the fact that Globgore ate people and only changed because of Eclipsa, that is not a good thing because that means he did not have any empathy toward his victims.
And a general example is the standard in which people go to heaven or hell from the series Lucifer, it is not based on action but rather view of one's self, ergo if you feel good about what you have you go to heaven if you feel bad you go to hell... That is twisted!
The one thing I like about eclipsa is that she is a character that finally FINALLY, serves as a deconstruction of the Reluctant Ruler, she Berber wanted the throne and was hesitant to take it and when she is queen she is completely apathetic to her people (unless their monsters)
I felt that there could’ve been more done to actually explore Eclipsa’s backstory and that being selfish is always treated as a bad thing especially for a future queen, but sometimes it s fine to be a little selfish and indulge yourself
Her mother was Solaria and Eclipsa was expected to finish her monster carver task, however, we’re shown that Eclipsa just wants to eat Snookers and be with someone who she loves rather than be arranged to marry someone her mother picked out for her
Honestly, Mewni is very biased and not much has really changed. We see this. Eclipsa makes it clear that she didn’t want to be queen and could’ve just selected Star as her heir or have Star be a placeholder until Meteora was of age.
It's almost as though the writers had absolutely no fucking idea what in the actual hell they were doing in the first place. Seriously, our fanmade content featuring SVTFOE is better written than the actual show itself. You know that you're incompetent as a writer when your fans can come up with better stories than you, and that is NOT a good sign for any show creator, indie or Hollywood.
or make her a example why being selfish is bad cause her actions did created a problems and suffering
Star Vs. is a show I label as “missed potential,” and Eclipsa, as much as I love her, is one of the best examples of that missed potential.
Eclipsa was absolutely my favorite she I feel like she's the definition of chaotic neutral.
The irony that Moon was blaming Eclipsa for separating her from Star on ACCIDENT, but Moon was trying to destroy Eclipsa's daughter at the same time.
37:00 Painting Solaria in anything other than a Genocidal Maniac light is beyond stupid.
If anything her character would be livid that her daughter birthed a half monster offspring. XD
I think when it comes to Eclipsa, they just...Never could seem to decide till the very end if she was evil or not. Selfish yeah. But...That's about it. They constantly jumped between hinting if she was evil or up to something or not. And the end result was that she never really got to DO anything outside of her past. And what happend to Moon which was an acccident. Even as Queen she barley did anythign cause it semed like they didn't know what to do with her beyond making her quirky and cute. WHich is honeslty just a shame.
If they had made their minds up about her early we could of maybe had a really interesting character and the best in the show. But insead we have more the idea of a really good character with her.
Why isn't Star seen as evil, she destroyed magic? Or how about Moon, she got Mina to attack just because she wanted the wand even though she could have just asked Eclipsa for the wand and she would have said yes. Not only did Moon cause several monsters and Star's friends to get hurt but also got hundreds of innocent people to get hurt or even kill. If there's a giant army of soldiers marching to the kingdom, chances are that people might get stepped on. Think! Moon! Think!
@@Nameless82284 plus, destroying magic probably caused many worlds, creatures, and people to be destroyed. Plus, many used magic to live or were even made of magic.
@@Nameless82284 Star is the protagonist, so she gets a pass because she's the main character.
@@kittykittybangbang9367 That's exactly what people say about Peter Griffin, but as Mysterious Mr. Enter pointed out "Being the main character is not an excuse"
Honestly, when Toffee died, Eclipsa was the only reason to watch the show anymore for me, flaws and all. And I also hope, when you get to the Meteora review, you talk about your take on that whole "Meteora x Rasticore" shipping that I dislike so much (not sure if you like that ship or not back then, but I respect it, I'm just stating it's my first disliked Star vs ship next to Moon x Toffee).
I don't think eclipsa ever should have been Queen, mostly because it didn't seem like she was truly interested and getting back in the royalty probably held a lot of painful memories for her. I'm sure there would be some sort of a loophole that could get Meteora back in the line later on.
I think what kinda weakens Eclipsa abandoning Mewni were all the things she could have done that would have helped more than just herself. She could have tried to reform the government so they wouldn't need her, or she could have gone further and tried to mend the Mewman Monster conflict. Instead she just leaves.
not really you can't just reform a goverment but yeah mending could work
I feel like there was such a missed opportunity to make Eclipsa into an antagonist like Eto from Tokyo Ghoul, where she initially comes off as mysterious but nice and funny. But it’s all just a front she puts on to hide a darker and cunning nature so she can manipulate people around her to unknowingly help her further her goals. It would fit in with moon’s warning about her getting into your head and making you do things you don’t want to do.
I get that they wrote Eclipsa as a misunderstood protagonist to fit in with the show’s theme of prejudice, but it would have been more interesting to have her actually be a morally grey villain who has a love/hate relationship with Mewnie due to their prejudice but still has some care for them since she’s a Mewmen herself. This mixed relationship becomes more negative though after she’s separated from her family and imprisoned, fueling her desire to re-claim the throne for the monsters as revenge.
Also Festevia should have been her daughter or niece. It would have made up for the plot hole as to why Festevia and her descendants have cheek marks despite not being actual butterfly’s. It can’t be due to lifelong magic exposure since Heinous has cheek marks despite being kept away from magic at St. Olga’s her whole life.
I personally think that while she was selfish she wasn’t down right evil. Eclipsa was really kind for wanting to try and bring Mewmins and monsters together, but she was making big changes way too fast. Maybe she could have announced that she spent a week with monsters and they were relatively nice to her, slowly but surely allow them to show up in town, ect. Small things to let the towns people know that monsters aren’t as bad as they think. Or instead of just running off for Globgor right of the bat, she should have made a compromise with the magical high commission like “I don’t think that I should be queen of Mewni so take the wand and find a replacement.” Of course the second option is still selfish, but she’d be admitting to not being the best queen.
I really do like Eclipsa and honestly, I thought the point that would've been made is that just some people aren't cut out for leadership. Now, I'm not saying Eclipsa is a bad person. Far from it in fact she might be the best character, but she's not a good leader. She blows things off like her meeting with the Spiderbites, she's selfish, and there's also the fact she never wanted to be queen in the first place and basically had the duties thrust upon her as a teenager and then when she's an adult in a whole different century so it would've been more interesting if they showed that Eclipsa really didn't want to be queen and just wanted to live a simple life with Globgor and Meteora which Star eventually realizes. Have Star come to realize that she never asked what Eclipsa wanted and make that the conflict between them.
I never really understood why she was considered “evil”. Or why her magic was “evil”…
spying on people, invading their minds, switching minds/bodies, hypno-slumber from which you might not wake up, making a spell that can literally turn you dust. Hmm I wonder?! :)
She abandoned her kingdom and married the greatest monster of Mewmans and had his child, so yeah given in old times people exaggerated people and their actions like witches they made her every action and accomplishment seem greater in magnitude to demonize her very existence
@@tboy817 I don't even think they're is any progress in Mewny if you compare it to earth
@@oncer95 well they had fewer people with memory loss of who they are and were given magic so that would put them on a slower path that centered around the single point of what can advance them
ever think about how brutal it is that Eclipsa erased the person her daughter was and how she herself knew how horrible of a thing it was that she was left with no choice to do?
Queen Eclipsa is amazing I literally just watched some of her scenes and loved her all over again
I'm really looking forward to your video on globgor. More specifically him eating Shastakan. I felt like it was really wasted whenever we got that Revelation in the show and they just don't acknowledge the obvious reason he did it. Shastakan got rid of his daughter. After eclipsa was imprisoned. The monster King very likely stormed the castle to find out what happened to his family and upon learning that Shastakan shipped meteora off into another dimension, I don't really blame him for taking a break from being a vegetarian. If somebody had gotten rid of my entire family I would have likely killed them, I wouldn't have eat them but I'm not a 100 ft tall demon Beast either.
I drew a picture of my Queen Eclipsa in my small sketchbook and boy did I do her justice! Eclipsa has got to be one of my favorite characters and my all-time favorite Queen of Mewni an with good reason! Especially since this show hits the tough subjects like the segregation between Monsters and Mewmans and they take that segregation seriously to an extreme and that can be thanks to Eclipsa's mom and the Monster Slayer Queen Solaria.
Unlike Solaria who wanted to destroy the Monsters, Eclipsa wanted to make peace and it all started with her first meeting with Globgor as children and since then, they sent secret messages to one another over the years which was cute and I loved that part in her chapter! When it came to her marriage to Shastacan, it was down-right toxic, she even tried to break the marriage off by telling him that she loved the Prince of Darkness Globgor and a marriage between the two will finally bring peace between the Monsters and Mewmans. Instead of being a proper intellectual Prince and understanding how this would solve the conflict, Shastacan laughed in Eclipsa's face and called her a child I was about to throw down on this clown!
I always knew Eclipsa had flaws she still my queen but what's funny is that this video had me reping for moon's hate Train more than ever. A video about us possibly not putting eclipsa on such a high pedestal had my feelings for moon in the gutter 😂
I was always confused why the MHC had to use a random baby to rule the kingdom when Justin the Boy queen was most likely still alive and had kids so why didn’t they just have his bloodline rule. It’s just a plot hole I’ve always thought about ever since the magic book of spells revealed he was the older brother of Solaria.
Yeah, I agree. They could have just gotten another member of the Butterfly family. In "Flags" we see that the family is extended so it probably was then. And it keeps a legitimate claim on the throne.
@@DrTimes99 yeah exactly like that one uncle I think it was of Star who said to her “You’ve been a stone in my side my incorrigible little niece you’re about to abdicate the throne” so it’s totally plausible for a cousin or anyone of the bloodline can take the throne. Justin was most likely still alive and wasn’t even considered. I wonder whatever happened to his part of the family like does the true butterfly family still live I’d assume so while thinking they are related to the false butterfly family.
That is a very interesting point, why didn't they just use one of Justin's kids or grandkids? I understand why they would want to hide Meteora existence, that girl would of lived her whole life as a target if they didn't.
But Justin or one of his heir's taking back the throne would not of been a bad idea, true king Shastacan and the spider bites might of raised a fuss but i doubt it would be a major problem especially with someone as diplomatic as Justin their to talk to them.
Fair point.
Though I do like the fact that non-royals adopted into the family could rule the throne if the High Commission deems them worthy.
@@DrawciaGleam02 pretty sure festivia wasn’t worthy just a lonely baby who the mhc were like yeah let’s take her. Like Star is technically still royalty not of the true butterfly blood but of the royals she is related to like River he was a prince and moon was a princess by her father so any baby after festivia were technically all royalty.
Honestly I loved and still love Eclipsa, but she dissapointed me a lot for how much hype they did in the first 2 seasons. I got something of what I expected being that greyish morals, chill and somehow selfish person she is, but I expected her as more magically active and chaotic, I loved what they did with Meteora and how Eclipsa handled her but I think that should of be the end/end she feels waisted most of season 4 doing very little as new queen.
To be honest Eclipsa is the only reason I started and finished the series. I love her!!!
Eclipsa didn’t want to be queen, she just wanted to be with her family. She was more close with her dad, and sympathizes the monsters.
I really wish she interacted with, Tom and his family. They have a lot similarities.
doesn't matter if your born into royalty you have a respoinabilty and your people are at war with them sleeping with the enmey cheating with your husband that not what a good person would do
When the book came out she became my favorite Queen 💜
One of my favorite scene with Eclipsa was at "The Tavern at the End of the Multiverse", where Moon asks her how she can play pool at "a time like this", to which Eclipsa replied how "her whole life has been a time like this" and she "learned to enjoy these moments." This to me kind of highlights the complexity of her character and reemphasizes what we already know about her, which is how she seems to be able to enjoy the little bits of life while she can despite being in many dire situations.
I made a sticker of Eclipsa, and it's lowkey one of my favorites, since I love Eclipsa so much. She was pretty popular in 2019, when I sold it on cons.
If Eclipsa was really as evil as Mewmans say she is, she'd probably eat the chocolate from the center.
Like I like the whole "Rewriting of History" and propaganda used on Eclipsa to make her seem way more evil than she was....but I'll admit I was somewhat disappointed that she and Globgar were so milk toast villain good guys that there was basically no grayness to their characters.
Why call them the King and Queen of Darkness when they do Zero evil acts or anything deserving of that title?!? XD
actually Globgar was evil and Eclipsa lets face made bad choices didn't matter if she good she still married him and had a kid during a war and cheated on her husband
She was fine. She had good moments to showcase her strength which was hyped, I am talking about her fights sequences, wish they showed more of her spells.
She could have been a great villain to end the show something like Heart vs Spade: Kingdom's Fate.
Instead they went for the "shock" factor, they wanted Eclipsa to be the good person painted evil, so the only one left to take the antagonist was Moon, which was so out of character, I believe they either didn't know how to end the story or condensed and cut too much out of story that we got that messy ending.
I still have question regarding Eclipsa's backstory like:
1. How did Meteora ended at Butterfly Castle with Shastacan?
2. Which one was crystalized first, Eclipsa or Globgore? I believe Globgore was, I mean she knew or had a hunch where to search for him.
3. Why didn't they "attack" I mean recover their baby together?
4. When she left was Meteora born?
5. When she left did she give the king the wand or let the wand in her room or somewhere to be founded?
Her story, just like this show, is all over the place, I have watched other people that purchased the Magic Spell Book, read from her chapter but it's not mentioned any of her "eloping" details.
Maybe someone can answer me, but I doubt it.
What was the black stuff exactly that was infecting Eclipsa and Moon? Why wasn't the actual royal history told to all the mewmans? Yeah it seemed like Moon was the right ruler for the mewmans and Eclipsa for the monsters. Don't even know the status of monster leadership.
No, while she is the best character in the show, the fact she’s so selfish yet is treated like a perfect angel who did nothing wrong, is... certainly an issue. She basically acted like a not racist S1 Star
Yep. This
I mean she acted selfish in a harmless way. Her leaving to live the life she wanted is nothing compared to the damage others have done in the show.
Eclipsa is sooo selfish!
Yeah ngl in hindsight that was... eh... I have no issues with characters being flawed. Quite the opposite, in fact. I love me some characters with some juicy flaws. The issues start when the writers don’t acknowledge those flaws as- well- FLAWS. We saw it with Sabrina Spellman in CAOS, we saw it with Adrien in MLB and then we saw it in Eclipsa and Star in SVTFOE.
@@rainbowconnection6824 Your forgetting that Eclipsa was forced to marry Shastacan when she never really loved him and when she had a half monster baby with her new husband, they gave her away, like seriously people are forgetting that Eclipsa is selfish because she wanted to make a life for herself where she could be happy
Moon the Undaunted is still my favorite episode even after all the shit that went down. I think the show might've peaked there
She is super relatable
I loved Eclipsa, but the whole “she’s evil and manipulative” always confused me. I know she was supposed to be morally grey, and they set that up in season 3, but kind of threw that out in season 4. One thing that always confused me was whether eclipsa knew the black velvet inferno spell would reduce meteora to a baby or kill her.
It seemed like she was shocked to see meteora was still alive, and star only gave the wand and crown back to meteora on the assumption that she officially lost everything. She didn’t though, and stars hesitation and the finale felt like they sort of set the plot that eclipsa manipulated the situation to her favor.
I think it would’ve been nice if this was actually the case, and that eclipsa secretly was running things behind the scene. She was almost never angry about the situation she and her family suffered, and she was selfish sometimes but it would’ve been nice if they really drove that point more. Or the whole jumping into someone else’s mind thing.
My question is what the fuck happened that eclipsa and teen moon have a bit of a British accent and then suddenly everyone except eclipsa has an American accent. Like dafuq happened?
I just realized how Eclipsa is basically the Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond of SVTFOE.
yeah, but Eclipsa seems to have less baggage compared to Pink in the eyes of Star Vs. fans....
The scene where Eclipsa takes down Meteora is one of my favourite scenes in the entire show. It's heartbreaking, and you feel everything in it. The fact she loved her daughter and hated doing this, but realized she had to. Meteora's utter confusion at her mother hurting her. This was amazing.
I suppose I should be mad about Meteora resurrecting as a baby immediately after, but.... I am not. After all the shit everyone went through, we did needed some kind of more optimistic touch to make up for the bleak.
You think something similar should have been with Steven Universe's villains?
(Spinel's amnesia is the movie is the closest we got to that)
@@DrawciaGleam02 Wouldn't know, I didn't watch Steven Universe, sorry.
The introduction of Eclipse really was the turning point from the show being about Star to the show being about the full cast
To b fair to Eclipsa kn the dark magic front, everyone was cool with her dark spells as long as she was using them to kill monsters, I believe in the book of spells it actually explains that most o the dark spells were created to deal with monsters and their unique abilities, but as soon as Eclipsa wanted peace all of the sudden the spells were evil and wrong. So they were cool so long as she was using them for what they wanted.
A thing that always bothers me is that the only part they edted was Festivia's name. It really lookks like she did have a child with Shastacan.
I agree that Eclipsa should have rebuilt Butterfly Castle. That was part of her grandmothe's legacy. She should have fixed it.
Do one on River, he’s the reason I watched this show to the end
I'm not excusing what the High Commission did but if Eclipsa loved Globgor and wanted to marry him instead of Shastacan, she could have stayed and proclaimed that as Queen, she will implement policies that will be friendly to BOTH Mewmans and Monsters. By her running away, it led to Globgor devouring Shastacan and the Mewman/Monster relationship to get worse. If she had stayed and started to mend the relationship, of course she would have a hard time. There would be resistance and even violence but had she stayed and worked to fix the Mewman/Monster relationship so that she can be with Globgor, it would have fixed the conflict so that by the time Star was born, Monsters would be regular Mewni citizens.
Eclipsa also had a royal duty to perform that included her having to get pregnant by Shastacan. Royal Life isn't as simple as we make it out to be. The main goal for a ruler is to 1. rule obviously and 2. produce heirs.
the problem is Globgor and the monster side Globgor change for Eclipsa and if he can't have well will he return to his ways? or will he throw temper and go on a rampage
21:11 When eclipse tries to talk her down and Moon attacked her I can't blame her. Moon let her talk her down the first time and it didn't work. Also Meteora eatting a bunch of people Souls. We already know that she couldn't just return them there were effectively dead. Also Moon was just attack and she was trying to kill her and Moon found the opening and took it. Also you have to factor in she might have not heard them we heard them talking because we're the audience. Also Moon is was in a war before so she's not taking any chances it's life or death. You can't blame her for that, I don't blame Moon for attacking her and I'll don't blame Eclipsa for protecting her daughter. Even if they talked her down, what were they done after that? If she wasn't turned into a baby, all those people souls would have been lost and even if they found a way to get soul back with out turn her into a baby. No one else would have forgave her. Also she was way too dangerous to keep alive because her mindset at the time was way too evil at the time.
Yep, mind wiping was the only choice short of outright killing Meteora.
@@DrawciaGleam02 honestly i rather they off her and to show star actions as queen has a big impact on everything around her and shouldn't rush things or forced
Now in my opinion I thought it was a disappointment but that was really only because how much she was over hyped to be a villain but then after looking back at her she's actually really great.
It was just old all that over hype Disney made of her being a villain in season 3 that made me to believe a completely different story with eclipse back then.
Eclipsa by default is my favorite character because she was the least annoying and most consistent character for me. She’s a rebel but in a less obnoxious way
for me Eclipsa is the Only saving Grace within Season 4 of Star vs the Forces of Evil even though Star's character degraded through out Seasons 3 & 4 and Moon's character was just Awful
Meteora: Uuuuuugh *stomps off*
Eclipsa: Young lady you turn right back around!
Idk why but this is just so perfect to me XD
I haven't watched this show for 2 years and I remember Eclipsa being amazing
I wonder if my perspective will change if I re watch the series
Eclipsa is easily the best character in the show and two scenes that stand out to me that cemented her as the best character for me.
First was the trial. Eclipsa asks about what happened to her daughter and after learning what the High Magic Commission has done, she doesn't get angry or seek out revenge for the horrible thing the HMC did. Any other character would have been utterly consumed with anger and revenge and they would be completely justified. Yet Eclipsa remains calm and doesn't seek out retribution on those who have wronged her and her family.
The second is the final battle with Meteora. After all the things that were done to her and the way people treated her, Eclipsa chose to come to Star and the Kingdom's aid and put a stop to Meteora. Eclipsa did care about the kingdom and though she didn't want to fight her daughter, she chose to stand against her. The needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few.
Also Eclipsa chose to forgive Moon after the horrible and dumb things she did near the end.
I’m excited for this since eclipsa is my favorite character and I felt bad for her when her family was separated then she had to kill her own daughter but she reallybdidnt
"My avatar's a cat, but I'm not a furry."
Hmm, something a furry would say lol
Since you mentioned something about solaria having children my sister keeps asking "are there any princes in the butterfly family" basically saying did they have a royal heir that was a son. Since you always see Queens.
What's so selfish about shirking a job you didn't choose? And her reaction to finding out she was frozen could've been shock or her brain not fully wrapping around the concept immediately
Then why didn't she just abdicate before Cleaved?
cause she a queen her actions effects everyone
@@andreiz112dn5 it might still cause a power struggle
I guess the thing with it that really bothered me about the total condemnation of Eclipsa by the Magical High Commission for abandoning the kingdom is that she's not the *only* queen who ultimately gave up the throne and abandoned her people. Dirhennia, the older sister of Crescenta, *also* took the throne but it was rescinded by her mom Festivia for being "unfit for the throne" due to her laziness and lack of care for the magic wand. Sure, Crescenta took over and all was fine, but in her brief time ruling, she didn't lead her people or care about them literally at ALL. They act like Eclipsa is the first queen to ever deny her duties, you know?
I mean that has to be actual torture
Looking at chocolate while you are sent to an eternity of being frozen your whole life
I mean most of these flaws weren’t with eclipsa more the story itself as a character she’s great even with a more critical eye it’s her story that has issues and plot holes
actually i think her story was fine need to fix a few polt here and their the problem they wanted to make the mews the bad guys racist is bad not realizing its mostly a neutral thing and people fight each for other reasons and eclipsa did was worst she betray her people anyways what they shouldve did her daughter stay dead and star takes it asa a lesson on how her actions as queen can have big impact
We should’ve definitely gotten more about what happened on Mewni after Eclipsa was coronated since the Solarian army and Mina being the final “big bad” feels like it comes out of nowhere. I like your idea that perhaps after a series of unfortunate events Moon decided Eclipsa isn’t fit for the throne and begins to conger up a plan. But nope, we’ve got to make Starco a thing. Because we spend so much time on Earth after Eclipsas coronation it feels like no time has passed on Mewni
honesly Eclipsa shouldn't even be on the throne she lost that right when she was bedding with the enemy and stars failmy had to take the royal duties i think she should been a plot device to show star her actions as queen can have big impact to everything around
Eclipsa is so refreshing to watch to me. She does her own thing and is completely unapologetic about it. She tries her best to keep her choices from affecting others in negative ways but it's their refusal to accept change and lose their bias that makes them judge her! She doesn't care about other's opinion of her, she values herself and her loved ones, she recognizes her shortcomings and does her very best but won't bend to fit other's expectations.
Eclipsa isn't evil, never was. She just does her own thing
Girl don’t say you can’t take criticism on the internet, that’s how you get screwed over
She's still my favorite character
10:44 best moment from Star vs the Forces of Evil when Star and Eclispa where bonding
I always figured that Eclipsa adjusted so well to the new time because even though time had passed, Mewni itself wasn't really all that different. There were a few things, as time will always cause some form of change, but the temple where she and Globgor had their child and their life together had basically remained untouched for all those centuries. I think she somehow knew that the MHC and the next Queens of Mewni would keep those places guarded but otherwise untouched, due to knowing how they reacted to her and her new chosen family in the first place.
I'm not gonna lie, Eclipsa's actions were rather selfish, but I can't say I don't blame her. From what we've seen of Shastacan, he was a complete piece of s***, and we know that Globgor was willing to change for Eclipsa since they say in the coronation episode that Globgor quit eating mewmans (minus Shastacan after Eclipsa getting crystalized, but again, can't blame him) for Eclipsa. Looking at an in-universe standpoint, Eclipsa could have divorced Shastacan and then just married Globgor as a way to try to bring peace between mewmans and monsters, especially since that was a goal they both wanted to achieve. I doubt it would have gone smoothly, but with with time it could have worked. I mean, we know from modern Mewni it's at least possible since Tom's father is a mewman and his mother is a literal demon.
nothing was showed that Shastacan was though and Globgor still killed and ate people for fun
I will not criticize people for subjective opinions, unless those opinions are based in falsehood.
The only exception is not liking chocolate. That is unforgivable.
Spoilers, having caught up on the show recently: pretty much
Really love her as a character. The only reason why I finished the series.