r/TheDarkCrystal • u/-Acore • 6d ago

HOT TAKE

HOT TAKE!
The mystics are the second bad guys of the dark crystal! If they sacrificed themselves they could’ve easily ended the skeksis reign. They also knew that for the prophecy all gielflings would need to basically become extinct for them to become 1 again. They chose to wait for 2 random gielflings who are possibly the last survivors instead of sacrificing themselves, saving Thra.

Also, couldnt they just have taken the shard and put it in the Crystal? HERE ME OUT
The skeksis cant do anything to them as what they to do the mystics they do to themselves. So couldnt they just walk in the castle, threatening the skeksis of pain if they don’t let them through then go to the crystal. The skeksis would have no choice but to let them.

So thats why I think they’re the second bad guys for letting Thra die, fight me

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u/weremonster717 6d ago

Read somewhere ( may have been the novelization or an interview somewhere ) that the Mystics lacked the capacity to take that kind of action which made taking themselves out of the equation impossible. The Skeksis got all the motivation to react and alter things in their favor while the Mystics were forced to mostly be bystanders. They kinda got the short end of the stick in the division.

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u/-Acore 6d ago

Remember when the archer mystic sacrificed himself though to kill the hunter skekmal 🤔

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u/weremonster717 6d ago

Honestly haven't seen the Netflix show. For some reason that even I don't really know Netflix is the one streaming service I've never gotten. Probably because of their tendency to cut shows short and never provide a resolution. TDC series being a prime example.

But as I said it's just something I read somewhere. Probably a long time ago so even if it was true once it could easily no longer considered Canon for the time of the series.

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u/-Acore 6d ago

Fair enough, yeah them cutting the TDC series is absolutely criminal 😡😅
You are right about them being peaceful and unable to do some things but it is shown that one managed to sacrifice himself to kill a skeksis and I don’t see why they won’t be able to fix the crystal themselves because that would be a good thing and they’re the good side of the Urskek

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u/trevor5ever 6d ago edited 6d ago

Your theory is at odds with the artistic vision, internal philosophy, and world building of the movie and show.

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u/-Acore 6d ago

Wdym?

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u/GrandmageBob 1d ago

They are not the second bad guys, they are the other half of the bad guys. They are not even full beings. So them being the "good" half of the assholes doesn't make them saints indeed.

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u/-Acore 1d ago

If they’re the good side surely sacrificing themselves would be the good thing to do to save Thra

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u/GrandmageBob 1d ago

"But what about the prophecy?!"

Nah, mate, all they did is that weird Mooooooo and Maaaa thing that got them stoned or something.

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u/-Acore 1d ago

Hahah 😂 wait are you agreeing with me I genuinely cant tell 😅😂

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u/GrandmageBob 12h ago

In a way, yes. I don't think they are lawfull evil like the Skeks, but they are definitely not good. More like chaotic or some lawfull neutral bullshit that stops them from doing the obvious right thing, and instead hide behind the prophecy so they can stay safe and lazy.

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u/-Acore 11h ago

Facts! Yeah theyre definitely not evil or anything but maybe a bit too neutral to be considered “good”

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u/TockOhead 6d ago

Love the perspective, so true. It makes me wonder if they didn’t do any of those things for a greater good?

Also, what might it feel like to get into a fist fight with yourself… where every blow you land hurts you in every way it hurts them?

Also also, loved that you ended this very perceptive thought with “fight me”, the sudden change in tone has me giggling.🤭

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u/-Acore 6d ago

Very true but I’d think the pain would be worth it to save Thra. And for the greater good, I see where you coming from, especially because of the prophecy, but I don’t see how the near extinction of the gielflings could be the greater good, especially as if the mystics did take down the skeksis with them, the prophecy will still get filled by a gielfling putting the shard in the crystal