History Recap / AmphibiaS3E29TheBeginningOfTheEnd

* ShaggyDogStory: Everything Anne and the others did over the past few episodes to gather allies and convince the amphibian races to work together is ultimately for naught when Darcy forces the army to retreat after capturing the Resistance leaders, leaving Anne and her friends on their own.

* NeverSayDie: {{Averted}}. As part of their indication that they're holding the NoNonsenseNemesis ball during the invasion, Darcy pointedly announces their intentions to kill Anne the second they're done using her failure to [[HopeCrusher demoralise the resistance]], and if not for some [[IndyPloy quick thinking]] on Anne's part, would have done the deed with a laser knife there and then. And even when she manages to [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou buy herself some extra time]], Darcy makes it clear that they ''are'' still going to kill her the instant they've [[PragmaticVillainy managed to safely extract the Calamity gem energy within her]]... and [[{{Sadist}} they're]] going to [[TheyWouldCutYouUp make it hurt]] now.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: King Andrias personally enters the battlefield and stops the Resistance's advance, even restricting himself to only using his CoolSword instead of defending with his energy shield, and gets out of it without a scratch.

* CatSmile: When Anne declares they're going to give Andrias a "big fat wedgie", Polly sports a feline smirk, snickers, and says that she wrote that line.

* LaughablyEvil: In an inversion of their last appearance, this time it's Andrias who comes across as the comedic one, despite his [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking strong showing in combat]] against the resistance, [[AGlassOfChianti enjoying some sparkling cider]] as a celebration of the impending invasion of Earth, commenting on what he thinks is the raspberry flavouring to his beverage and making an [[BigEntrance over-the-top, bombastic entrance]] to announce himself joining the battle, clearly enjoying himself all the while. Meanwhile, Darcy has [[KnightOfCerebus completely dropped any comedic traits]] they demonstrated before, fitting with them assuming the role of BigBad from Andrias as they are [[EvilerThanThou the truly evil one between them]], using their possession over Marcy as a weapon to emotionally devastate her friends, [[HopeCrusher breaking the resistance's hopes]] with a public announcement of their failure, and planning to immediately give Anne a painful death afterwards to remove the last variable hindering their plans. Darcy doesn't even demonstrate [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness a single clumsy movement throughout their entire screen time]] to hammer it home.

** As revealed by the episode's end, Andrias and Darcy could have simply activated the Calamity Box at any point and moved their entire army through the portal to Earth without needing to engage the resistance at all. Instead, they delayed their transportation and engaged in a BigBadassBattleSequence with the combined forces against them, costly as it was to their robotic army, in order to [[LuredIntoATrap lure]] the resistance's leaders, and specifically Anne, into a trap, exploiting their ignorance of Darcy's existence in order to pretend they'd fallen for their strategy whilst prepared to take them off-guard once the heroes thought they'd won. [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Andrias]] himself engages the resistance to hold them off single-handedly after their efforts start getting a bit ''too'' damaging to their forces, and Darcy publicly announces the strike team's failure and subsequent capture to [[DecapitatedArmy force the resistance to retreat]] before they sustain any further losses. They did all of that specifically to secure the missing Calamity Gem energy Anne contains, noting that it was a risky move to use the box even for their smaller transportations to Earth before with a piece of its powers absent, and fully intend to [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim immediately kill Anne]] the second the resistance retreat to remove the threat of her SuperMode and obtain full control over the Calamity Box again. Anne only stalls their complete victory by appealing to this trope, pointing out that, since [[BlackBox they don't fully understand the Calamity Gems' capabilities]], they can't ''guarantee'' killing her will actually restore the energy to the gem, [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou forcing Darcy to delay Anne's demise]] until they can forcibly extract the remaining power safely -- and they make it clear [[PrepareToDie that's their first priority]] after Earth has been conquered.

* AnAesop: While it's okay to not have the same interests of your loved ones, being constantly apathetic about how they are trying to share their interests as a way to express themselves is as disrespectful as mocking them for it. Anne even admits that if she and Sasha were more receptive about Marcy' interests and by extension her personal needs, the latter probably wouldn't take such a rash and irresponsible decision as tricking them into steal a magic music box that would send them into another world, so she wouldn't get separated from them.

** Darcy notes that using the [[InterdimensionalTravelDevice Music Box]] for their plans and specifically transporting their entire assembled army for a mass invasion is risky without said box having all it's energy inside it, as [[BlackBox they're uncertain of the precise nature of the Calamity Gems]] that power it despite having figured out enough to weaponise their power, motivating them to just kill Anne instantly the second they have her in their power to reclaim full control over the Box's complete power. However, Anne points out that said uncertain nature of the gems means that they're simply assuming that killing her will free the energy to go back into the box, when it could just as easily [[CessationOfExistence erase it along with her]] and permanently damage the functionality of the Music Box. Darcy is forced to concede her point and decides to compromise by making certain the energy is safely extracted from her, ''then'' killing her instantly.

* {{Sadist}}: The Core showcases it's sincere love of emotionally torturing it's victims through Darcy, using her memories to specifically taunt both her 'friends' on their past failures and regrets once they have them in their power, despite having no logical reasoning to. It mocks [[TheAtoner Sasha]] for being such a bad friend to Marcy even before coming to Amphibia and taking her for granted, which [[VillainHasAPoint actually gets through to her]], and makes a point of mocking Anne's intelligence after she admitted to Marcy that she was insecure about being 'the dumb one' next to her in "Scavenger Hunt". It clearly relishes [[HopeCrusher destroying the resistance's hopes]] by publicly announcing the strike team's failure and when it announces it's intent to Kill Anne shortly afterwards, it intends to do the deed with a [[LaserSword laser knife]], rather than shooting her or going for a swifter death than gutting her, and even allows Anne [[AnyLastWords the chance to beg for her life]] despite clearly not intending to show her any mercy. When it's forced to delay killing her immediately its noticeably upset and makes it clear that it's still very determined to kill Anne at the next opportunity, but now, it's going to [[TheyWouldCutYouUp vivisect her]], both to safely extract her Calamity Gem energy and ''really'' [[ColdBloodedTorture make it hurt for her]].

* AnAesop: While it’s okay to not have the same interests of your loved ones, being constantly apathetic about how they are trying to share their interests as a way to express themselves is as disrespectful as mocking them for it. Anne even admit that if she and Sasha were more receptive about Marcy’ interests and by extension her personal needs, the latter probably wouldn’t take such a rash and irresponsible decision as tricking them into steal a magic music box that would send them into another world, so she wouldn’t get separated from them.

* Andrias joining the battle is framed very much like Sauron showing up in the prologue of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing]]''.

* AnAesop: While it’s okay to not have the same interests of your loved ones, being constantly apathetic about how they are trying to share their interests as a way to express themselves is as disrespectful as mocking them for it. Anne even admit that if she and Sasha were more receptive about Marcy’ interests and by extension her needs, the latter probably wouldn’t take such a rash and irresponsible decision as tricking them into steal a magic music box that would send them into another world, so she wouldn’t get separated from them.

** In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E12ScavengerHunt Scavenger Hunt]]", Anne admitted to Marcy her insecurities with being seen as "the dumb one" next to her ultra-smart friend, something [[{{Sadist}} the Core]] digs into here to demoralise her during its HannibalLecture, mocking her as being "dumber than a bag of rocks" despite being Amphibia's HopeBringer and the one they're all counting on to win the battle. However, thanks to Anne's CharacterDevelopment, it's ineffective, and Anne even manages to turn its point back on it by the end.

* CharacterDevelopment: A subtle example. Back during "Scavenger Hunt" Anne admitted her insecurities to Marcy about her lacking intelligence compared to her genius friend, something that the Core, as Darcy, specifically single out to mock Anne with during its HannibalLecture, mocking her as being "dumber than a bag of rocks" and falling for their trap so easily. However, Anne not only ignores this, she actually turns it back around on Darcy at the end, quickly coming up with a [[DidntThinkThisThrough logical fallacy in their reasoning]] based on [[SayingTooMuch their admitted ignorance]] regarding the Calamity Gems to [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou prevent them just killing her immediately]] now she's in their power. Darcy is noticeably put out that Anne outwitted them, and makes it clear that if they can't break her, they'll make her death all the more painful instead.

* GenreSavvy: Darcy already knew that Anne and Sasha would use the same strategy from ''War of the Warlocks'', so they set up a trap to capture them upon reaching the throne room. They also expose the strike team's failure to demoralise the combined army and get them to retreat before they do too much damage to their forces, as they point out how Anne is the HopeBringer of Amphibia, and fully intend to just [[TooPowerfulToLive kill Anne immediately afterwards]] whilst holding her friends hostage to ensure she doesn't repeat the ending of "True Colors". It's only Anne exploiting their lack of knowledge about the one thing they ''can't'' know for certain -- whether the energies from the Calamity Gem will also cease to exist along with Anne -- that spares her at the end, and Darcy makes it clear they're only giving her a temporary stay of execution until they can drain her fully of her remaining power.

* HannibalLecture: Darcy enjoys giving Sasha and Anne [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4IJZ1ywrh0 a rather brutal one]].

* LaughablyEvil: In an inversion of their last appearance, this time it's Andrias who comes across as the comedic one, despite his [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking strong showing in combat]] against the resistance, [[AGlassOfChianti enjoying some sparkling cider]] as a celebration of the impending invasion of Earth, commenting on what he thinks is the raspberry flavouring to his beverage and making an [[BigEntrance over-the-top, bombastic entrance]] to announce himself joining the battle, clearly enjoying himself all the while. Meanwhile, Darcy has [[KnightOfCerebus completely dropped any comedic traits]] they demonstrated before, fitting with them assuming the role of BigBad from Andrias as they are [[EvilerThanThou the truly evil one between them]], using their possession over Marcy as a weapon to [[HannibalLecture emotionally devastate her friends]], [[HopeCrusher breaking the resistance's hopes]] with a public announcement of their failure, and planning to immediately give Anne a painful death afterwards to remove the last variable hindering their plans. Darcy doesn't even demonstrate [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness a single clumsy movement throughout their entire screen time]] to hammer it home.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: King Andrias personally enters the battlefield and stops the Resistance's advance, even only restricting himself to using his CoolSword instead of defending with his energy shield and getting out of it without a scratch.

** The Moss Man [[SamusIsAGirl (or rather, Woman)]] returns to save Wally from a frobot.
** Bog and Fen as well as the Grubhog also appeared in a blink-and-you'll miss it moment.

** In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E12ScavengerHunt Scavenger Hunt]]" Anne admitted to Marcy her insecurities with being seen as 'the dumb one' next to her ultra-smart friend, something [[{{Sadist}} the Core]] digs into here to demoralise her during it's HannibalLecture, mocking her as being 'dumber than a bag of rocks' despite being Amphibia HopeBringer and the one they're all counting on to win the battle. However, thanks to Anne's CharacterDevelopment, it's ineffective, and Anne even manages to turn its point back on it by the end.

* CharacterDevelopment: A subtle example. Back during "Scavenger Hunt" Anne admitted her insecurities to Marcy about her lacking intelligence compared to her genius friend, something that the Core, as Darcy, specifically single out to mock Anne with during it's HannibalLecture, mocking her as being 'dumber than a bag of rocks' and falling or their trap so easily. However, Anne not only ignores this, she actually turns it back around on Darcy at the end, quickly coming up with a [[DidntThinkThisThrough logical fallacy in their reasoning]] based on [[SayingTooMuch their admitted ignorance]] regarding the Calamity Gems to [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou prevent them just killing her immediately]] now she's in their power. Darcy is noticeably put out that Anne outwitted them, and makes it clear that they can't break her, they'll make her death all the more painful instead.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Anne sadly notes to Sasha that neither she nor Anne were really the best of friends to Marcy, that they didn't really engage with or encourage her interests and nerdier habits despite hanging out all the time, and that if they had both been more encouraging and supportive friends, maybe Marcy wouldn't have been so emotionally distraught as to go the extent of [[TrappedInAnotherWorld stranding them in another world]] to avoid them being separated.

* DecapitatedArmy: {{Justified|Trope}}, as the army was mostly stalling and keeping Andrias's forces occupied to allow Anne and Sasha to enact the actual plan of retrieving the music box. With Anne and Sasha captured, the army concludes it's better to retreat.

** "Darcy's" existence is a major case of this, as it not only allowed the Core to predict the Resistance's battle strategy and counter them perfectly, having [[TheChosenOne Anne]] dead to rights at the end if not for some quick thinking on her behalf, it also helped lower the girls' guard when they approached the throne room, unaware that there was another threat to be wary of besides Andrias himself, out fighting on the battlefield.
** Shortly afterwards, Anne gets this again when she hears Darcy admit relief at the opportunity to reclaim the Calamity Gem energy that empowers her, noting they were worried about using the Calamity Box without all of its energy even for their previous, smaller, transportations, much less moving their whole army at once. Realising that the EvilOverlord duo are actually ignorant of the full function and capabilities of the Gems, Anne leverages this to avoid Darcy gutting her, pointing out that they can't ''guarantee'' that killing her will restore the energy to the gem and may even negatively impact the box. After a moment of pondering, the MindHive expresses surprise at its inability to reach a consensus over Anne's point, despite mocking her for [[DumbassHasAPoint her lack of smarts before]].

** "Mother of Olms" had Mother Olm revealing indirectly that the Music Box was an artificial addition to the Calamity Gems that Andrias's ancestors added to them to weaponise their powers for their PlanetLooters ambitions, and that they should have been left alone to achieve their 'true purpose' though what said purpose is is unclear. This means that despite the Core's [[ReallySevenHundredyearsOld age]], [[EvilGenius intelligence]] and utilisation of the gems' abilities for centuries, none of the minds inside Darcy actually ''know'' [[BlackBox precisely how they work]], a fact that Anne leverages to [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou buy herself some extra time]] when Darcy is [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim prepared to instantly kill her]].
* GenreSavvy: Darcy already knew that Anne and Sasha would use the same strategy from ''War of the Warlocks'' so they set up a trap to capture them upon reaching the throne room. They also expose the strike team's failure to demoralise the combined army and get them to retreat before they do too much damage to their forces, as they point out how Anne is the HopeBringer of Amphibia, and fully intend to just [[TooPowerfulToLive kill Anne immediately afterwards]] whilst holding her friends hostage to ensure she doesn't repeat the ending of "True Colors". It's only Anne exploiting their lack of knowledge about the one thing they ''can't'' know for certain -- whether the energies from the Calamity Gem will also cease to exist along with Anne -- that spares her at the end, and Darcy makes it clear they're only giving her a temporary stay of execution until they can drain her fully of her remaining power.
* AGlassOfChianti: When the battle begins near Newtopia, Andrias initially watches with amusement while sipping from a chalice of sparkling cider, which he thinks has a hint of raspberry.

* GuileHero: When Darcy is about to kill Anne, the latter desperately points out their ignorance of [[CessationOfExistence what might happen]] to the the same Calamity energies that [[SuperMode empower her]] if they just kill her, [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou successfully delaying her intended execution]] until Darcy is ready to drain the remaining energies for their further plans beyond just conquering Earth.

** Darcy and Andrias exploit the resistance's ignorance of the former's existence to anticipate their battle strategy and ambush them with an enemy they didn't even know existed whilst Andrias pretended to fall for their trick.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Sasha is reluctant to forgive Marcy for sending the three girls to Amphibia with the intent of permanently stranding them there, saying it's so messed-up that she doesn't know if she can bring herself to consider Marcy a friend again. Anne points out that their treatment of Marcy back on Earth is probably what drove her to such drastic actions and gently calls Sasha out on her stint as a would-be EvilOverlord, pointing out that if they can fix their formerly toxic friendship then there's still hope for Marcy. To her credit, [[HypocrisyNod Sasha quickly admits that Anne is right]].
* IndyPloy: At the last moment, Anne manages to get herself a stay of execution by pointing out since the Calamity Gems aren't fully understandable, there's no way to know if killing her might [[CessationOfExistence erase]] the Gem energy inside her rather than restoring it to the music box. Darcy finds they're unable to refute the possibility and accordingly decides to spare her for the moment until the energy can be extracted from her.

* LonelyAmongPeople: A flashback shows Marcy trying to watch a movie with Anne and Sasha, only for the latter two to fall asleep for what is confirmed to not be the first time, leaving Marcy to watch it alone. Anne even admits that she and Sasha could have been better in regards to Marcy's interests and issues, and that if they had, maybe Marcy wouldn't have done something as crazy as using the Calamity Box to send them to Amphibia.

** As revealed by the episode's end, Andrias and Darcy could have simply activated the Calamity Box at any point and moved their entire army through the portal to earth without needing to engage the resistance at all. Instead, they delayed their transportation and engaged in a BigBadassBattleSequence with the combined forces against them, costly as it was to their robotic army, in order to [[LuredIntoATrap lure]] the resistance's leaders, and specifically Anne, into a trap, exploiting their ignorance of Darcy's existence in order to pretend they'd fallen for their strategy whilst prepared to take them off-guard once the heroes thought they'd won. [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Andrias]] himself engages the resistance to hold them off single-handedly after their efforts start getting a bit ''too'' damaging to their forces and Darcy publicly announces the strike team's failure and subsequent capture to [[DecapitatedArmy force the resistance to retreat]] before they sustain any further losses. They did all of that specifically to secure the missing Calamity Gem energy Anne contains, noting that it was a risky move to use the box even for their smaller transportations to earth before with a piece of its powers absent, and fully intend to [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim immediately kill Anne]] the second the resistance retreat to remove the threat of her SuperMode and obtain full control over the Calamity Box again. Anne only stalls their complete victory by appealing to this trope, pointing out that, since [[BlackBox they don't fully understand the Calamity Gems' capabilities]], they can't ''guarantee'' killing her will actually restore the energy to the gem, [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou forcing Darcy to delay Anne's demise]] until they can forcibly extract the remaining power safely -- and they make it clear [[PrepareToDie that's their first priority]] after Earth has been conquered.

** It's revealed that even Andrias and the Core don't fully understand how the Calamity Gems work, indicating to what Mother Olm had been hinting to Anne and the others: that the Gems are of a mysterious origin beyond even Andrias's family.

* SayingTooMuch: Darcy lays out their reasoning to Andrias for just [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim killing Anne immediately now that have her in their power]] as being a [[PragmaticVillainy combination]] of removing the threat her SuperMode poses to their plans as well as removing the unknown variable that comes from using the box whilst part of its power lies within her. This gives Anne the [[IndyPloy idea]] to leverage their ignorance of the gems and their power against them, pointing out that they can't ''guarantee'' killing her will restore the energy to the Calamity box, convincing Darcy to give her a [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou stay of execution]] until she's ready to safely extract the energy and ''then'' kill Anne.

* VillainHasAPoint: Darcy wastes no time to tell Sasha and Anne that they weren't such good friends for Marcy back in the human world, something that even Anne acknowledges earlier on. However, it's made clear that they're doing this not out of any moral reasoning, but just to hurt and demoralise their enemies as they advance with their plans, to prevent further interference as well as to [[{{Sadist}} enjoy their pain and regret]]. When it tries to point out Anne's lack of smarts as a reason she fell for their trap so easily, Anne actually turns this back on ''Darcy'' at the end, pointing out a logical argument that they can't ignore, which noticeably upsets the MindHive and makes them stop trying to torment it's captives.

Darcy goes out to the balcony and the resistance armies are whittled down due to the capture of their leaders. Darcy then declares their intent to kill Anne, as they believe it's risky using the Calamity Box so long as she retains her gem's energy within her. Anne realizes that Darcy and Andrias are just as clueless about the true nature of the Calamity Box as the heroes are, so Anne brings up the possibility that killing her could extinguish the power of the box altogether. This causes Darcy to decide to spare her only so they can dissect her properly in order to extract the power from her. Sasha, the Plantars, Grime, Olivia and Yunan are hauled off to be fitted for mind control collars, and Andrias opens the portal right in the mid air of Los Angeles, California, USA, Earth where his Frobot invasion fleet to cross through, ready to conquer the unsuspecting planet. We see a quick few visuals of the city looking confused at the foreign Amphibian structures.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Anne sadly notes to Sasha that neither she nor Anne were really the best of friends to Marcy, that they didn't really engage with or encourage her interests and nerdier habits despite hanging out all the time, and that if they had both been more encouraging and supportive friends, maybe Marcy wouldn't have been so emotionally distraught as to go the the extent of [[TrappedInAnotherWorld stranding them in another world]] to avoid them being separated.

* DarkestHour: Anne and Sasha are subdued by Darcy and the resistance armies are defeated and on the run due to the capture of their leaders, the Plantars, Grime, Olivia and Yunan are hauled off to be fitted for brainwashing collars, Darcy intends to dissect Anne in order to extract her Calamity energy, and Andrias opens the portal to Earth where his robotic armies cross through, ready to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting planet.

* {{Sadist}}: The Core showcases it's sincere love of emotionally torturing it's victims through Darcy, using her memories to specifically taunt both her 'friends' on their past failures and regrets once they have them in their power, despite having no logical reasoning to. It mocks [[TheAtoner Sasha]] for being such a bad friend to Marcy even before coming to Amphibia and taking her for granted, which [[VillainHasAPoint actually gets through to her]], and makes a point of mocking Anne's intelligence after she admitted to Marcy that she was insecure about being 'the dumb one' next to her in "Scavenger Hunt". It clearly relishes [[HopeCrusher destroying the resistance's hopes]] by publicly announcing the strike team's failure and when it announces it's intent to Kill Anne shortly afterwards, it intends to do the deed with a [[LaserSword laser knife]], rather than shooting her or going for a swifter death than gutting her, and even allows Anne [[AnyLastWords the chance to beg for her life]] despite clearly not intending to show her any mercy. When it's forced to delay killing her immediately its noticeably upset and makes it clear that it's still very determined to kill Anne at the next opportunity, but now, it's going to [[TheyWouldCutYouUp vivisect her alive]], both to safely extract her Calamity Gem energy and ''really'' [[ColdBloodedTorture make it hurt for her]].

* BrainwashedAndCrazy:
** Olivia and Yunan are revealed to have been brainwashed with mind control collars.
** After they are recaptured, Darcy orders them to be recollared. The same fate awaits the Plantars, Sasha and Grime.

* {{Sadist}}: The Core showcases it's sincere love of emotionally torturing it's victims through Darcy, using her memories to specifically taunt both her 'friends' on their past failures and regrets once they have them in their power, despite having no logical reasoning to. It mocks [[TheAtoner Sasha]] for being such a bad friend to Marcy even before coming to Amphibia and taking her for granted, which [[VillainHasAPoint actually gets through to her]], and makes a point of mocking Anne's intelligence after she admitted to Marcy that she was insecure about being 'the dumb one' next to her in "Scavenger Hunt". It clearly relishes [[HopeCrusher destroying the resistance's hopes]] by publicly announcing the strike team's failure and when it announces it's intent to Kill Anne shortly afterwards, it intends to do the deed with a [[KnifeNut laser knife]], rather than shooting her or going for a swifter death than gutting her, and even allows Anne [[AnyLastWords the chance to beg for her life]] despite clearly not intending to show her any mercy. When it's forced to delay killing her immediately its noticeably upset and makes it clear that it's still very determined to kill Anne at the next opportunity, but now, it's going to [[TheyWouldCutYouUp vivisect her alive]], both to safely extract her Calamity Gem energy and ''really'' [[ColdBloodedTorture make it hurt for her]].

The final battle for the safety and protection of both Amphibia and Earth begins as Anne and the resistance plan to infiltrate Andrias' castle and get the Calamity Box back, but an old friend of theirs might have different intentions.

TBA...

* CallBack: In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E12ScavengerHunt Scavenger Hunt]]" Anne admitted to Marcy her insecurities with being seen as 'the dumb one' next to her ultra-smart friend, something [[{{Sadist}} the Core]] digs into here to demoralise her during it's HannibalLecture, mocking her as being 'dumber than a bag of rocks' despite being Amphibia HopeBringer and the one they're all counting on to win the battle. However, thanks to Anne's CharacterDevelopment, it's ineffective, and Anne even manages to turn its point back on it by the end.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Olivia and Yunan did not do a great job in explaining that Marcy is now possessed and serving as the host for the Core. In fairness, they only ''just'' snapped out of their mind-controlled state and still don't fully understand what the Core is or what it's done to Marcy, so it's hard for them to properly articulate the danger before Anne and Sasha rush ahead without really listening.