So, in my absence, I put together a little something. I took every mention of TC, anything about him, and put it all into one big document, and then tried to get as much information out of that small amount of story that I could. considering what was gained today in the upd8, i think we can piece something together here. walk with me?
TC is very smart. Incredibly skilled with technology. He made Cha.OS, made SHURB (with Ly'lac's help), and made that little mechanical lotus for Ly'lac too.
He is a manipulator, although I do not think he is aware of how sinister he is. In his conversation with Swiss, we see him wrangle Swiss into waiting longer to play ("I need you to be STRONG for me, Swiss"), and with his Del'fi chat he tries to dangle the promise of meeting CT as bait for Del to also play SHURB.
He hates boredom, though seems to have fallen victim to it repeatedly in the past. While he talks with Del'fi, he is very enthused about how "new" all of the coming events are going to be, and CT mentioned to Del'fi that "for a project to hold his attention this long? thats nothing short of next level".
TC claims to have been in a similar place to Del'fi, alone and depressed, though interactions with Ly'lac have cheered him up and made him this...very hopeful person. He directly says that Ly'lac saved his life.
He puts a lot of importance on doing something by oneself. This is an odd stance for a satyr to have, given they're all about community and fraternity. He wants Del'fi to take life by the reigns with his own two hands, and he's setting stuff up for Ly'lac but refuses to actually start playing for her. If you don't do it yourself, it doesn't mean anything to TC.
Furthermore, he has ideas for what would be best for everyone and tries to get them to go along with it. This is very Dirk-like. Ly'lac should try this sugar cube, Swiss should expand his social circle and chill, Del'fi should care more and actively try and meet CT.
TC denies fate. When Del'fi tries to lay out the Nymph belief of basically passive pessimism, TC refuses to believe that there's only two ways they can go (I'm gonna circle back to this in a bit) and wants to try and forge a third path.
TC is close to someone who knows a lot about future events. It could be Dirk. Swiss says that TC has had a “front-row seat to the Founder’s entire life for the past few laps”, and TC says that his Old Man's servers had information detailing that they were all going to play this game. Notably, however: he does not mention the "outsiders" (Omega kids) as being part of playing. He's bringing them in himself for his own reasons...
Now let's look at that one Interesting Line again.
"pøint blank man i refuse tø accept there are ønly twø øptiøns here."
This is very interesting still. Am I crazy to say this feels like a direct acknowledgement of Meat and Candy? TC wants to try and forge a third path through, which is something I think a lot of people have been aiming for as well in regards to the Epilogues, and the future of Beyond Canon. That fabled "third route".
I don't think it's controversial to say that June Egbert kind of is the current face of that "third route", the Pumpkin Path, whatever you wanna call it. Interesting that TC's seemingly tied into that, no? We could maybe add this, as well as TC's general fascination with Nymph culture and particularly the way he talks about how Ly'lac saved his life that there's a chance TC's also going to be a lovely lady in the future someday...but I could be really reaching at this point.
Ultimately, I think TC has genuinely good intentions at heart, but is overextending himself in a very Dirk-like way. I'm called to mind how Dirk wanted Jane to be more like Jake, and Jake to be more like Jane. He seems very set on not forcing anything on anyone, but...he's already started the SHURB game, forcing everyone else to *have* to play or die. He's messy, which is as to be expected. I cannot wait to see more of him in the future...do share your thoughts/additions if you have any though!!
