History Recap / CentaurworldS2E8TheLastLullaby

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The war has ended. Horse has become a Shaman, she and Rider can spend the rest of their days together ''and'' with the Herd, and they're off to [[AndTheAdventureContinues explore Centaurworld]]. Even for having to slay [[AlasPoorVillain Elktaur]], the Woman too recieves reprieve from her pain when she finds friends of her own with Beartaur and Becky Apples. In between both Centaurworld and the human world can start to heal from the war and live in harmony.

* DyingAsYourself: Before she executes the final blow on her foe, she requests the magic unite the General and the Nowhere King, so she may see the Elktaur as he was one last time. The Nowhere King obliges, allowing her to see the Elktaur as a whole before she goes in for the kill.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The Elktaur's backstory is one big deconstructed variation of the "[[BeastAndBeauty Beauty and the Beast]]" storyline. He was a half-animal creature who had self-loathing for what he was, she (the Princess) was a beautiful woman. He fell in love with her and (unknown to him at the time) the feeling was mutual. But his self-loathing got in the way of accepting that love, to the point where he banished his animal half (the Elk) just to have a happy ending as the changed human suitor (the General). The problem is, the Elk still loved the Princess, and the General locked him up so as not to risk losing his "Happily Ever After". This set off the domino effect of the Elk becoming a manifestation of the Elktaur's self-hatred, leading to the war that ruined the lives of both [[WaxingLyrical Centaurworld and humankind]]. Not to mention how the Beauty-stand in turns [[BrokenBird cynical]] at learning [[LiarRevealed her husband lied to her]] and [[BrokenPedestal essentially abused his animal half]].

* TheEnd: The episode ends with this caption.

* TheLastTitle: The episode title itself.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The Elktaur's backstory is one big deconstructed variation of the "Beauty and the Beast" storyline. He was a half-animal creature who had self-loathing for what he was, she (the Princess) was a beautiful woman. He fell in love with her and (unknown to him at the time) the feeling was mutual. But his self-loathing got in the way of accepting that love, to the point where he banished his animal half (the Elk) just to have a happy ending as the changed human suitor (the General). The problem is, the Elk still loved the Princess, and the General locked him up so as not to risk losing his "Happily Ever After". This set off the domino effect of the Elk becoming a manifestation of the Elktaur's self-hatred, leading to the war that ruined the lives of both [[WaxingLyrical Centaurworld and humankind]]. Not to mention how the Beauty-stand in turns [[BrokenBird cynical]] at learning [[LiarRevealed her husband lied to her]] and [[BrokenPedestal essentially abused his animal half]].

* AllForNothing: When Horse learns that the War all started because the General's treatment towards the Elk created the Nowhere King, she's devastated that everything she ever fought for was a lie. If anything, it might've never happened in the first place if only he had accepted the Elk's proposition they reunite.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: "Look around: ''that'' is not what love looks like!" This is Horse's response to the General's argument to the woman that his wrong-doings was out of "love", prompting the Woman to look at the desolate, war-torn landscape caused by the war that was born of the General's so-called "love".

* BrokenPedestal: After seeing the Nowhere King's memory (as the Elk) of being betrayed, nearly killed and captured by the General, Horse doesn't take it well to learn what this implies about the General. If he and the Elk's life forces were linked, then the countless lives lost by the Nowhere King's war are on his hands. Now it dawns on Horse that they were fighting a war against a monster created by the General's [[ItsAllAboutMe selfishness]]. And it doesn't help matters when he later stabs Rider to keep her from killing the Nowhere King.

* HappyBirthdayToYou: The original (formerly) copyrighted song can be heard being sung while Gebbery ends up in Glendale's portal.

* IgnoredEpiphany: During the memory of their meeting, the Elk tries to reason with the General that perhaps the Princess might've loved the Elktaur [[BeYourself as he was]] before their separation, as they never even ''tried'' asking if she loved him. To this response, [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint the General argues she only loves the Elktaur's human half (himself)]]. Sure enough, the Elk's argument is prove when, many years later, the former Princess tells her mortally wounded Elktaur beloved [[RouseauWasRight she would've have indeed loved him as he was]].

* TriumphantReprise: Downplayed. On one hand, "Battle Round" has a bittersweet undertone, as Horse mourns her wounded Rider. On the other hand, each member of the Herd sings about how their character arcs have come full circle. Wammawink sings "Fragile Things" to embrace that while she can't keep everyone from facing danger, she can [[MeaningfulEcho protect her]] [[FamilyOfChoice family]] this time around. Glendale sings "Breathe in a Bag" to utilize her panic attacks into just that, an [[ExactWords attack]] against the minotaurs. Durpleton and Stabby sing about their teamwork and relationship as [[HappilyAdopted an adopted family]]. Zulius's "I don't know him" reflects he's putting his rivalry with Splendib to rest. And Ched's song is about his dream to be a Tulip Stepper being realized.

* NotSoAboveItAll: The Elktaur has touches of this, for being [[NonStandardCharacterDesign a more serious centaur]]. When he first falls in love with the Princess, he gushes over her as he says "''[[LoveAtFirstSight I would never do anything to put her in danger]]''. And not long after, he has a bashful look when the Princess wants to talk to him.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: From the very moment she entered his backstory, this trope was Horse's intuition about the Nowhere King. True his self-hatred drove him to split his Elktaur self into the Elk and the General. True it was tragic circumstances that the Elk was an intelligent couldn't marry the Princess or integrate into society the way the General did. And sure, the Elk's steady transformation into the Nowhere King was born from a place of hurt that drove him to believe he didn't belong anywhere. But at the end of the day, Horse won't take any of it as a sound excuse for what he's done. As much as she sympathizes with the pain of ever being separated from a loved one, no amount of sympathy can change how his machinations have destroyed many innocent lives in the long run.

** The last song of the series. It's Rider's Lullaby, but as opposed to its original tune (a bittersweet ballad entwined with lyrics about [[WarIsHell fighting]]), it's a song about Horse coming to terms that the war is over and she's going to be okay now that she can face the future with her loved ones.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The Elktaur's backstory is one big deconstructed variation of the "Beauty and the Beast" storyline. He was a half-animal creature who had self-loathing for what he was, she (the Princess) was a beautiful woman. He fell in love with her and (unknown to him at the time) the feeling was mutual. But his self-loathing got in the way of accepting that love, to the point where he banished his animal half (the Elk) just to have a happy ending as the changed human suitor (the General). The problem is, the Elk still loved the Princess, and the General locked him up so as not to risk losing his "Happily Ever After". This set off the domino effect of the Elk becoming a manifestation of the Elktaur's self-hatred, leading to the war that ruined the lives of both [[WaxingLyrical Centaurworld and humankind]].

* IWasQuiteTheLooker: In the present day, the Mysterious Woman is rather miserable-looking and unkempt. But many decades before the war even began, the Woman was but a young Princess, and she was quite lovely.