Episode 13 - A Diamond for Ruby (Part 1)
Never let it be forgotten that Dofus aux trésors de Kérubim, the show that began in January 2013, had gay people in it.
When it comes to the history of representation in western cartoons, what people usually mean by "western" is "anglophone." Because god knows, they will never mention this show among the likes of Steven Universe or Korra.
But it happened, very unambiguously and openly. It happened earlier than it did in those English-speaking shows. And, sure, it didn't impact the English-speaking animation industry at all, but it is important, at least to me.
Anyway,
He is going to grow up to be the world's funniest Bonta-supremacist warcriminal regent, in Waven era.
She loves him a lot. She's always so quick to protect him...
Kerubim is the champion of leaving his dangerous shit lying around somewhere where Joris can find it and kill them all.
Joris is so baby that this man can't stop patting his butt as if Joris is a 1yo, and not a school-aged child.
I would actually kill him if I were Joris.
On one hand, another "Ronik reading too much into things on the "reading too much into things" blog" moment, on the other: I think Joris is annoyed as fuck at this.
Just another tiny "Joris being annoyed by Keke's parenting" moment. As a treat.
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The Crepin-Lore Manifesto.
Part 2: The Art of Being Lonely
[PART 1]
The story, or at least the part of it we do know, begins a long time ago - somewhere in Amakna, the capital of cuisine.
[The Temple of Ecaflip in Aux trésors de Kerubim / The Temple of Ecaflip in Dofus MMO, Amakna]
...But not yet the Ecaflip orphan temple itself. Those pictures are just me stating why the story's in Amakna. Anyway.
Somewhere, in a place we do not know, but close enough that fate would eventually bring the two to the temple, there was a family.
To be precise - a mother, a father, and their daughters and sons, as said by Kerubim himself, which I'll show in a little bit.
...Perhaps, only the mother knew that two of the children weren't her husband's - or maybe she married shortly after having them, and then had more children-
But, the timeline for that is quite tight.
...At the time of the show, Joris is 7 years old.
A tangent on the relationship between Kerubim, Joris, and the concepts of fatherhood and childhood trauma.
In the show, Kerubim never really says the quiet part of his backstory out loud. Obviously. Joris is just a child, and shouldn't have to know that.
Kerubim's goal was that Joris wouldn't have to know what it's like, or even think about it. He had to have a normal, happy childhood.
...Or as happy and normal as someone like himself could give.
Even though his home was not fit for it, and his own age and issues with mental health were a roadblock, Kerubim decided to take him in.
...A part of it is, probably, because Kerubim is a bit selfish. He wants someone who will adore him, and stay by his side.
Even if he knows, very consciously, that it might not be the best thing for Joris.
But there are other motivations , for how attached he was to the idea of adopting Joris, no matter how unprepared or lousy he would be as a father.
The thought that nobody else would understand the way Joris would feel the way he does.
The trauma of what happened during his childhood echoes in his mind to the point that even during amnesia, it still affects him.
Whether he became a hero to impress girls or not, he feels an innate compassion and need to help orphans.
It's his first thought, the go-to example, because he truly knows what it feels like, to be alone, helpless, and without a family.
And as far as he knew before the movie, he made Joris into an orphan with his two hands.
That has to be an awful feeling.
...He never did allow Joris to call him dad, growing up, did he? It's always been grampy-cat. Though everyone knows that he's his father.
Perhaps it felt like too much.
Or maybe he never really reconciled with the fact that Joris really loved him, not just because he raised him. Perhaps he expected him to be mad, when he found out what happened with Jahash and Julith, and that Kerubim has hidden it from him for all this time.
Or he expected him to like Jahash more.
The childhood at the temple of ecaflip wasn't the happiest, wasn't it?
...Obviously he wasn't taking what happened well, early on.
Obviously it made him vulnerable.
Around that time, Kerubim was given the highest honor, of transporting God Ecaflip's food, for being the best disciple of the temple.
And evidently, at that time, God Ecaflip... uh... cared about him as much as he cared bout the other orphans and demigods.
It's unknown how much time passed between this, and the confirmation ceremony.
But I'm sure, God Ecaflip pushed them apart even more.
Guilt, pain, and unreliable narrators.
Have you noticed one really, really funny thing about the show?
Atcham doesn't appear even once in Kerubim's narration, until the second to last episode.
For all the turmoil Kerubim seems to feel, Atcham feels like a secret he kept, up until he felt vulnerable enough to finally share some experiences with Joris.
Atcham's presence is like a blotted out shape he carefully doesn't mention.
It's obvious that almost being killed by Atcham is a reoccurring thing, as much as chasing Lou is, as much as rivalry with Indie is. But it's not present.
So why?
Perhaps, it's because Kerubim doesn't like talking about things that he knows were wrong of him to do. Because he doesn't want Joris to think any lesser of him.
Because he is ashamed. Or, maybe, because he feels bad about the way their relationship turned out.
The picture of what happened, or how Kerubim even felt about Atcham is a bit hazy.
Because it seems, that as much as Atcham hates Kerubim, and Kerubim hates himself, they feel those things for completely different reasons.
[PART 3]
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