Obsessed with the fact that Darius had one positive interaction with the Golden Guard and immediately decided that actually, the whole operation sucks, he’s rebelling now.
Even if that’s not what happened, there is no explanation that is not outrageously funny here:
Darius was always a rebell? So Eda and Raine tried to kill the (only, haha, unless) guy that was actually on their side all along, causing growing confusion on all sides.
Darius deflected after Raine was captured, thinking the mind control to be tasteless? Cool, villain with surprisingly high and yet bonkers standards. “I can excuse draining all witches of magic to merge the realms but I draw the line at petty mind control.”
Darius noticed Raine broke the mind control, and is just keeping an eye on them in his own way, meaning he will turn coat/reveal his true colours on the Day of Unity again? Our lad is rocking the heck out of those heel face heel turns, freaking superb.
If Darius (and by extension probably Eberwolf) is truly rebelling now: How many Coven Heads will actually show up for the Day of Unity? Between Wrath and some others already doubting the Agenda, Hunter’s crisis of faith and a whooping 1/3 of the Coven Heads (that we know of!) opposing the Emperor outright, does Belos even have anyone left? Especially by the end?
Sad brit Philip will go down how he lived: with absolutely no one on his side, cursing the nature of witches out for their betrayel, completely ignorant to the fact that he was totally planning on betraying them all first.
toh theory: eda’s destruction/decay magic can be used to destroy coven sigils—and she destroyed darius and eberwolf’s sigils during eda’s requiem
that’s why darius thinks that eda can be used to counteract the draining spell on the day of unity—he knows for a fact that she can get rid of the coven brands, which would ruin belos’s plan.
darius was completely covered by eda’s magic, and we don’t see it clearly, but eberwolf’s hands/arms (where their coven brand would be) were likely also hit
meanwhile raine ended the spell before it could get to their arms, hence why their brand wasn’t destroyed and kikimora was able to use it against them later
Cool Aunt Lilith doesn’t seem to have a coven brand either, even though she was the head witch of the Emperor’s Coven, and I doubt he just like. removed her brand after she betrayed him. so her brand could have been destroyed when she took half the curse from Eda.
and this might be an animation error, but guess who else had bare forearms in a recent ep?
Darius and Gavin from TOH having a father/son moment for a kofi! I didn’t even know the theory that they were related existed before now - not sure if I’m fully on board but the similarities are there
Here comes a highly requested gentleman…It’s Darius in the MLP AU, aka Sangria the Sphinx! But don’t expect him to talk in riddles…riddles are so last season
What other Sphinxes waste on thinking up riddles, Sangria uses to concoct elaborate schemes…with the help of his steadfast partner, Claw Enforcement the miniature Manticore (Eberwolf). No one really knows the nature of their relationship, but no one’s brave enough to ask.
