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*Utrommaniac* · 01-24-2019, 06:49 PM

It's less a matter of "is" and more a matter of "how is"

Because Ch'rell is already telling a very different story than Krang.

He's the right hand to a prince.

He has a sister that he's going to have devastating conflicts with, but a different conflict from what Krang had with his father.

He has such extreme devotion to Krang that said sister was so afraid of what he'd do upon finding out he was imprisoned, that she preferred to keep him in stasis. And even longer after Krang was killed. Long enough that now, she adds more kindling to whatever anger he'd already have over Krang's arrest and death, built on top of her working with the Triceratons practically behind his back.

He also hasn't had three centuries of isolation from his own kind and being forced to rely on other species for survival, but forgoing real socialization. He'll have his own friends and colleagues in a way Krang probably refused to initiate while he was the only Utrom awake. He'll have a family member, as much as they're going to be at odds with each other. He'll have everything Krang didn't have. The big difference is, for being the formidable team they seemed to be implied to be, no matter what, one is missing the other. Even when one had everything the other didn't.

Ch'rell isn't going to be Krang 2.0 as Don describes. He'll still be his own man and never truly replace him. A reflection of Krang, probably (that "extreme displeasure" seemed pretty surprisingly maintained, unless he's just holding it in for another time). And a large part of him will probably be coping with Krang's absence.

(I'm thinking that part of the reason why Krang never brought up Ch'rell wasn't so much that he didn't care about him being unavailable as a competent ad loyal aid as well as companion, but because he did't think it was worth it to put a lot of energy into missing what he thought he'd eventually have. And instead probably just let homesickness go way out of control)

01-24-2019, 06:49 PM	#2
Utrommaniac Resident overthinker Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: what is going on.......... Posts: 5,318	It's less a matter of "is" and more a matter of "how is" Because Ch'rell is already telling a very different story than Krang. He's the right hand to a prince. He has a sister that he's going to have devastating conflicts with, but a different conflict from what Krang had with his father. He has such extreme devotion to Krang that said sister was so afraid of what he'd do upon finding out he was imprisoned, that she preferred to keep him in stasis. And even longer after Krang was killed. Long enough that now, she adds more kindling to whatever anger he'd already have over Krang's arrest and death, built on top of her working with the Triceratons practically behind his back. He also hasn't had three centuries of isolation from his own kind and being forced to rely on other species for survival, but forgoing real socialization. He'll have his own friends and colleagues in a way Krang probably refused to initiate while he was the only Utrom awake. He'll have a family member, as much as they're going to be at odds with each other. He'll have everything Krang didn't have. The big difference is, for being the formidable team they seemed to be implied to be, no matter what, one is missing the other. Even when one had everything the other didn't. Ch'rell isn't going to be Krang 2.0 as Don describes. He'll still be his own man and never truly replace him. A reflection of Krang, probably (that "extreme displeasure" seemed pretty surprisingly maintained, unless he's just holding it in for another time). And a large part of him will probably be coping with Krang's absence. (I'm thinking that part of the reason why Krang never brought up Ch'rell wasn't so much that he didn't care about him being unavailable as a competent ad loyal aid as well as companion, but because he did't think it was worth it to put a lot of energy into missing what he thought he'd eventually have. And instead probably just let homesickness go way out of control) __________________ DeviantART Last edited by Utrommaniac; 01-24-2019 at 07:01 PM.