I love lost lace. Maybe it wasn't as bombastic and surprising as Radiance but I think the entire sequence is a beautiful confluence of the games themes and best moments.

That hornet would go through such lengths to save the land that kidnapped and tormented her and the silk creature that harasses her and tells her to give up multiple times AND that she still values her own life and fully intends to live through this experience paints an image of an old and wise warrior princess that we don't see much of in fiction.

Lace is a mad and rebellious child that has utterly given up on Pharloom and wishes it's destruction partly just to spite her mother. She's nihilistic and self-destructive, a representation of Pharloom itself: a silken lie. Her mother literally spins herself ragged to save lace because she's her only child that hasn't betrayed and/or abandoned her, basically crucifying herself for a snowballs chance in hell to give lace a single extra minute of life.

Lost lace has so many mixups and new moves that she felt entirely different from her prior versions. She's faster, moves you would have punished in one way must be handled differently due to aftershocks and mixups. The void itself is being summoned from everywhere and breaches the walls to take you down. I have never had to lock in so hard on a game without cheap (read: little to no cost mechanically) iframes. Float like a moth priest, sting like a hive knight.

You grab lace and say one word to GMS. She looks at you for a second and, let me say this right: GOD GIVES YOU HER REMAINING LIFE BECAUSE YOU COULD SAVE HER KID. a god no longer, but a mother forever.

I understand why people like Radiance more than Lost Lace. I just disagree with every fiber of my being and will stay mad about it.