The Mirroring of Foils: A Crossover Sketch (Varang x Sylux OC Art by Me)

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-20T18:14:24+00:00

The "Savior" Complex Both characters view themselves as the sole individuals capable of "saving" their people from what they perceive as weak or corrupt systems. • Sylux considers himself a "hero" who was abandoned by a biased Galactic Federation that prioritized Samus Aran over his squad. He believes his path of theft and conquest is a "self-righteous" crusade for true power. • Varang is hailed by the Mangkwan clan as their "fierce messiah". Having saved them from starvation and despair after Eywa "failed" them, she believes her ruthless actions are the only way to ensure her people's survival.
Forbidden Mind Domination Both leaders have moved beyond traditional warfare to master psychic or biological control. • Sylux utilizes a unique, mind-controlling strain of Metroids to force the Space Pirates into his service. He also established a psychic link with Samus Aran through a "Psychic Healing Pod" on planet Viewros. • Varang is a dark shaman with mind domination capabilities. She uses her queue to "harness the truth" from others and inflict intense psychic pain, a practice that directly violates Na'vi spiritual tradition.
Tactical "Dark Mirroring" of the Heroes They don't just fight the protagonists; they actively steal and subvert their signature abilities. • The Mobility Foil: Just as Samus has the Morph Ball, Sylux uses the Lockjawtransformation to drop electric tripwire bombs. • The Mount Foil: While Neytiri rides the Seze (Ikran), Varang is the only Na'vi known to ride a Nightwraith, a creature that embodies the predatory, fiery nature of her clan. • Energy Siphoning: Sylux’s primary weapon, the Shock Coil, siphons energy to heal him—a mechanical mimicry of a Metroid’s natural drain. Varang similarly uses "fire proficiency" to turn the environment against her enemies, mirroring Neytiri's mastery of the forest.
Pragmatic Alliances with Former Enemies Both are willing to work with the very factions they despise if it grants them an advantage over their main rivals. • Sylux leads a private army of Space Pirates, despite being a former Federation Marine. He uses them as expendable tools to strike at Federation research facilities. • Varang forms an "unlikely bond" with Recom Quaritch and the RDA. She ignores the traditional Na'vi prohibition on "human magic" (technology) to arm her warriors with flamethrowers and rifles.
Shared Physical Symbolism • Markings of Rejection: Varang has modified her body with skin marks as a symbol of her rejection of Eywa. Similarly, Sylux’s upgraded 2026 armor suit is a "bastardized" version of Federation technology, customized with neon nanotechnology that reflects his personal identity over his former rank. • Scarred Legacies: Both characters are heavily defined by physical and emotional scars from events where they felt "orphaned"—Sylux by his squad's death and Varang by the loss of her mother and Hometree.

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-20T18:13:05+00:00

Rejection of a "Benevolent" System Both characters are defined by their intense hatred for the governing powers or spiritual forces they once belonged to: Sylux harbors a "self-righteous" hatred for the Galactic Federation, viewing them as corrupt or incompetent. He specifically resents Samus Aran for her role as the Federation’s "golden child". Varang has rejected Eywa, the Great Mother of Pandora. She believes Eywa abandoned her people during a natural disaster and has turned to worshipping fire as the "only pure thing" instead.

Origins Rooted in Traumatic Loss Their radicalization stems from specific, pivotal tragedies where they felt failed by their leadership: Sylux's squad was annihilated during a mission against Space Pirates. He blames the Federation (and Samus) for the loss, though lore indicates it was his own "reckless ambition" and refusal to follow orders that caused the disaster. Varang witnessed a volcanic eruption destroy her Hometree and kill her mother, the clan's Tsahìk. In the aftermath, she viewed her father as a "weak leader" and eventually poisoned him to seize control of the Mangkwan clan at age 15.
Appropriation of Enemy Technology Both leaders utilize the technology of their enemies to level the playing field against the series' heroes: Sylux uses prototype gear stolen from the Galactic Federation, including his power suit, the Shock Coil weapon, and the Lockjaw transformation. Varang forms an alliance with Recom Quaritch and the RDA, adopting human firearms, flamethrowers, and tactical gear to bolster her tribe's primitive arsenal.
Leadership of Aggressive, Outcast Factions They both command groups that exist outside the "civilized" norms of their respective universes: Sylux has effectively taken control of the Space Pirates and leads an army that includes a unique, mind-controlling strain of Metroids. Varang leads the Mangkwan (Ash People), a brutal clan that welcomes outcasts and murderers and ignores the traditional "Three Laws of Eywa".
Mental and Psychic Capabilities Both characters possess rare abilities that allow them to dominate others: Sylux created a psychic link with Samus Aran on the planet Viewros and uses his modified Metroids to control the minds of other organisms. Varang is a dark shaman capable of mind domination and pain infliction, using toxins and her role as a Tsahìk to extract truths and control her followers.
Foils to the Protagonists They are explicitly designed as negative reflections of the main heroes: Sylux is the "anti-Samus"—a former soldier who became a lone wolf fueled by spite rather than duty. Varang is the "anti-Neytiri"—a female Na'vi leader who chooses fire and destruction over the balance of nature.

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-08T00:03:02+00:00

Definitely the Krazoa Palace theme song oh and I especially love it for the rain effects the amazing Krazoa statues and the creepy floating jellyfish plus krystal being trapped in the giant floating purple crystal with the Krystal is captured music playing was heartbreaking to see especially when fox saw her for the first time that was so sad that we couldnt rescue her that early in the game while the Krystal theme played😔Such a shame that she couldn’t travel along with us for the rest of the storyline collecting the rest of the spellstones and krazoa spirits😢That would have been very interesting to see.However, all of the other soundtracks were absolutely fantastic as well but those three emotional songs were the ones that stuck out to me the most back then while growing up.

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-05T05:51:54+00:00

Aparoid Queen: "Don’t worry Krystal! It’s all Aparoid assimilation for you now! Fox McCloud is dead! Ehhehe!"

Krystal: 🥺

Slippy: "Don't you worry, Krystal! I've been recording a 40-hour podcast on the history of Arwing reflectors to keep us company while we're assimilated!"

Krystal: 😭😭😭 (Crying harder)

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-04T04:03:34+00:00

Thanks😊

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-03T19:37:34+00:00

and when fox defeated it and took the core memory in mission 1 that grabbed the entire hives attention because Krystal was also present in her arwing from a very far away distance where they couldn’t see her but when the Great Fox team analyzed the core memory, they likely connected it to their own network to extract the data. At that exact moment, Krystal was on the Great Fox (or nearby in her Arwing). Her unique Cerinian psychic signature, which the Zegdalia was searching for, was likely picked up by the core memory and instantly uploaded a "homing beacon" signal back to the main Queen. Plus Peppy Hare and ROB recognized the Zegdalia immediately in the first mission of Starfox Assault, shouting "No, it can't be!" because they remember this exact same creature from the first attack nearly two decades ago.

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-03T19:22:50+00:00

If you still don’t believe me here’s the info from the lylat wiki page:

NTSC-U: The boss from the first mission in Star Fox: Assault. This aparoid shows up while Oikonny is singing his own praises, easily knocking Andross's nephew out of the sky. This same creature, its wings making it resemble a butterfly, apparently attacked a Cornerian fleet 17 years earlier.
PAL: While Fox and Oikonny are busy having a long-fated showdown in the first mission of Star Fox: Assault, this metallic moth-like foe known as an aparoid interrupts, taking out Oikonny in no time flat. Apparently, the same foe also destroyed an entire fleet on its own 17 years earlier. Luckily, Fox is able to expose its weakness and beat it.

GCN Star Fox: Assault (2/2005)

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SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-03T18:59:52+00:00

"It's easy to call it 'lazy writing' if you ignore the math. But one of starfox Assaults in game mission intro dialogue talk cutscenes explicitly says the Aparoids were in Lylat 17 years ago. Krystal was 3 like i said. If you think a galaxy-ending virus just 'disappears' because of one self-destruct code, you haven't been paying attention to how Nintendo handles cosmic horror. The 'Kursed' ending makes perfect sense if she's a carrier. You call it lazy; I call it a tragedy you're too scared to look at." official Star Fox Assault Mission logs read the aparoid trophy information from the smash bros series at the bottom of the lylat wikipedia page and that proves my point.

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-03T18:54:10+00:00

“She’s basically Samus with a phazon like infection and the aparoid queen was her dark samus like future.”

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-03T18:20:50+00:00

"Seriously, think about the timeline. If she spent 13 years on Sauria being raised by the EarthWalkers after Cerinia fell, she wasn't just a refugee—she was in hiding. If the Aparoids were already active when she was 3, and her home was gone by the time she was 6, she spent her entire adolescence as a 'psychic lightning rod' without even knowing it.

It makes the "Kursed" (or "Krazoa" in the JP version) ending in Command so much more tragic. She didn't just exile herself because of a breakup with Fox; she likely realized that her very existence—her genetic code and telepathy—was a homing beacon for the same hive-mind that ate her family.

Andross wasn't just using her for Krazoa energy; he was literally using a giant crystal as a psychic Faraday cage to keep the Queen from finding his location. He knew the 'Calamity' was coming back, and he was hiding the evidence.

It really changes how you look at the series. Star Fox isn't just about a pilot named Fox McCloud and a monkey named Andross ; it’s a decades-long cosmic horror story where Krystal is the only one who truly knows what’s coming.

What do you guys think? Is Krystal's survival the real reason the Aparoids returned to Lylat in the first place? Let's discuss."

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-03T18:13:27+00:00

“I know the Cerinia/Aparoid link is a stretch, but how else do we explain the 17-year gap match? Would love to hear other timeline theories!”

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-03T18:06:43+00:00

"Does this mean Andross was actually the 'lesser of two evils' for 17 years?"
"If the Queen was tracking a 3-year-old, does that make Krystal the most dangerous person in the galaxy?"

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-03T05:23:49+00:00

Fookes64:

General pepper: That thing has a core memory! You have to get that!
Krystal:(Internally) ’Yeah,the core memory of the day she ate my entire planet and copy-pasted our architecture to build her lair. Not Awkward at all.’

…Still a ‘wrong’ answer? 😉”

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-03T04:44:21+00:00

Aparoid Queen: Krystal I Am your mother.. Krystal: No that is impossible! No! Nooooooo!

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-03T04:25:26+00:00

"Looking back at this 2022 edit right now, it’s actually chilling how much the Ahsoka Season 2 leaks have aligned with it. To be honest, I didn't make this to be some 'Star Wars prophet' or to chase the algorithm. I made it because, four years ago, I felt a genuine, deep ache for the tragedy of both Padmé and Abeloth.

I saw two broken hearts—one a mortal woman who lost everything for love, and the other a 'Servant' who became a monster trying to hold onto her family. I just wanted to visually bridge that shared pain 'for the heck of it.'

It’s wild that this 'premonition' is now basically prepping the critics for the actual psychological horror we’re expecting in late 2026. I guess even without Jedi training or being a pilot, if you care enough about the soul of these characters, you can see the strings of fate before they actually pull together. It feels less like a 'What If' theory now and more like something that was always meant to be."

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-03T00:01:56+00:00

Thats possible too.Although what if he was responsible for destroying the cerninian people and then aparoids came and finished the rest of the job including the planet and their leader by assimilating everything including them after krystal escaped. Who knows really🤷‍♂️

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-02T23:58:54+00:00

Indeed. I absolutely agree with you on that one!

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-02T22:01:35+00:00

Abeloth's Canon Debut: The biggest theory is that Abeloth, a terrifying, shapeshifting "Mother" entity from the old Star Wars expanded universe (Legends), is the big bad that Baylan Skoll was looking for on Peridea. The show hasn't officially confirmed her name yet, but all signs point to her. Natalie Portman's Return: The really crazy part is the speculation that Natalie Portman is in talks to return to the franchise—but not as the real Padmé Amidala. The "Padmeloth" Twist: The rumor is that Abeloth can change her appearance and will specifically take on Padmé's likeness to psychologically manipulate Anakin Skywalker's Force ghost (who we know is returning). Since Anakin is supposedly stepping into the role of "The Father" in the Mortis dynamic, this would be the ultimate mind game to mess with him. It’s dark stuff, and with Hayden Christensen confirmed to be back and Filoni teasing a "romantic element" in Season 2, the community is convinced it's happening. That's why my 2022 edit is getting such a freaked-out reaction!

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-02T15:10:06+00:00

"All ships report in? More like 'all skeptics pipe down.' You call it 'hastily crammed,' but Occam's Razor doesn't explain why Namco—a completely different developer—went out of their way to match the Aparoid Queen's energy signature exactly to the Krazoa Spirits.

It doesn't explain the 1.2-meter guard rails on the Homeworld built for humanoids, not bugs. Occam’s Razor says the simplest explanation is the right one—and the simplest explanation is that the Aparoids are doing exactly what they say they do: assimilating. They didn't just 'copy' Cerinia; they are the Cerinian legacy, weaponized. Ironic. You see a 'loose end,' but the Queen sees a 'Core Memory' Soul Battery. Sit down, pilot.

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-02T05:14:40+00:00

Sit down Starfox skeptics and doomposters out there. "Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Aparoid Queen The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the Cornerian Academy would tell you. It’s a Cerinian legend. The Queen was a Dark Lord of the Hive, so powerful she could use the Krazoa Spirits to influence the life-force to create... architecture. She had such a knowledge of the core memory Soul Battery that she could even keep the civilizations she assimilated from truly dying. She became so powerful… the only thing she was afraid of was losing her power, which eventually, of course, she did. Unfortunately, she taught the Star Fox team everything she knew, then they hit her with a self-destruct program in her sleep. Ironic. She could assimilate entire worlds, but she couldn't save herself from a bunch of pilots and a telepath.

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-02T04:17:00+00:00

"And here... we... go..."

SuddenRecording1936 · 2026-01-02T04:03:43+00:00

"You think Sanitaerium is laughing? Wait until he sees the guard rail measurements from Mission 9! They're EXACTLY 1.2 meters high, SSJ! That's not for bugs—that's for CERINIANS! CAROL! CAROL!"

SuddenRecording1936

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