They seem like good people in the memory, so it’s strange that the Spark Eternal seems so evil. We knew that lacking Force-sensitive abilities, they decided to create technology that made them close to the Sith’s equals, but Aphra had us believe that they aspired to be Sith, not to defeat them. At first I found it interesting that the Sith would see the Ascendants as enemies or rivals, but then it’s revealed that the Ascendants never worshipped the Sith. Back in the temple underneath the university, we see the Ascendants desperately trying to protect the Spark from the Sith, who have arrived en masse to massacre them. That’s a development I didn’t expect, as I assumed the pair of them would remain underneath the University of Bar’Leth until Sana came back for them, and it’s a welcome one.Īphra then flips the table and uses her memory’s thought dowser against the Spark Eternal, and we get to see its most recent memory – the day the Ascendants fell. The Spark Eternal then finds a much more recent memory of Chelli picking up the thought dowser and immediately sets off in search of the Crimson Dawn flagship Vermillion to find all the other artifacts it houses. It makes his own betrayal back on the Rings of Vaale mission a lot more understandable. Just Lucky has clearly been aware of Aphra’s loose morals for a while, we just never knew he’d been on the receiving end of them before. Interestingly, it was also the first time she betrayed him. The second memory is a brief one, visiting her torture in the secret Imperial research facility by the Mairan, but the third memory shows us her first mission with Just Lucky.
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It’s not the kind of hero that Star Wars usually likes to spotlight, and this series is all the better for it. Sure, she’s capable of heroic acts and I’m sure she’ll save the galaxy by defeating the Spark Eternal, but clearly she has a lot of work to put in before she can consider herself a good person. It makes you wonder if Doctor Aphra is even capable of redemption. Perhaps Chelli is proud of her own ingenuity to outsmart her ally, perhaps she remembers the artifact fondly, but either way this is a memory that we’d expect to illicit feelings of regret or shame, and the Spark Eternal makes it very clear that she’s proud of it. We know that she generally grapples with her desire to become a better person while resisting her innate greed, so it’s interesting to see that this is actually a positive memory for her. It’s a hell of a way to remind us that Aphra is capable of doing some really villainous things, but the difference here is that before, we’ve seen Aphra regret her actions. The memory in question involves her shooting an ally in the back after their ship crashed on the planet, before taking an artifact from his smoking remains. It was interesting to kick things off with an old memory of Chelli’s on The Cosmatanic Steppes, a memory that she’s apparently quite proud of. By the end of the issue, a new development teases some intriguing confrontations in the upcoming issues. It’s also interesting to witness what’s happening in the real world, as the Spark Eternal is quick to get down to business while possessing Chelli’s body. Red vs blue temple of procreation fanfiction.I expected Doctor Aphra #22 to follow the showdown between Sana Starros and the Spark Eternal, but instead writer Alyssa Wong pivoted to show us the conflict between Aphra and the Spark Eternal from Chelli’s point of view, as the two beings jostle for control inside her head.Īny conflict between the two beings is rather one-sided in the Spark Eternal’s favor, but what we do get is another introspection of Doctor Aphra’s character, as the Spark Eternal gleefully delves through Chelli’s memories and comments on her personality and relationships.Īt first I wondered how much insight these memories really gave us on Doctor Aphra, but some of the scenarios present a lot of food for thought.