History Fridge / TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance

* skekSil's [[YouNoTakeCandle way of talking]] isn't just a shoutout to the original movie when you think about it. As he intentionally makes himself seem dumb to others to better manipulate them, he speaks in broken sentences to further drive the point home. Though there are a couple of times when he's being especially malicious that he starts speaking in full sentences.

--> '''skekSil:''' (on releasing Rian) Go then. Run! Have your war! But it will be on Rian's head when all gelfling die because you chose to run.

--> '''skekSil:''' (to skekMal) You have your trophy. I have mine.

* skekSil's [[YouNoTakeCandle way of talking]] isn't just a shoutout to the original movie when you think about it. As he intentionally makes himself seem dumb to others to better manipulate them, he speaks in broken sentences to further drive the point home. Though when he's being especially malicious, he starts speaking in full sentences.

* It may seem odd that the Skeksis would constantly belittle [=skekTek=] despite him being responsible for extending their lives for so long--but considering the [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder nature]] of the Skeksis, it's likely that they fear that if the Scientist were to realize his importance, then he would use it as leverage against them. Their constant mockery is meant to undermine his self-esteem and keep him subservient.

* To the audience watching the show, the Skeksis do seem ObviouslyEvil: They are a humanoid chimera of vultures, lizards, and rats, indulge in JabbaTableManners, and are overall not too pleasant to work with. So why do the Gelflings and Aughra trust them so much? Because on Thra, everything is ugly to a degree and looks can be deceiving. Much of the wildlife is not what the general audience member would deem "cute", Aughra looks scary herself and even the Gelfling, despite being the equivalent of Elves, are not as pretty as Elves are usually portrayed. More so, other races, such as Podlings, are dirty, rambunctious, and at the best of times are viewed as nuisances by Gelflings. Meaning, the Skeksis overall behaviors and looks are no more different than other Thra races. Just because the Skeksis look evil to us doesn't mean they look evil to Thra natives.
** Or maybe they're just aware that, you know, [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame how pleasing one is to look at normally has zero correlation with one's inner character]].
** Also, in-universe, the Skeksis weren't always withered and morally unpleasant. They began as colorful, agile, affable rulers.

* The reason why SkekShod wasn't mentioned amongst the Skeksis who could join was because of SkekShod's pompous statement offending SkekSo.

* To the audience watching the show, the Skeksis do seem ObviouslyEvil: They are a humanoid chimera of vultures and rats, indulge in JabbaTableManners, and are overall not too pleasant to work with. So why do the Gelflings and Aughra trust them so much? Because on Thra, everything is ugly to a degree and looks can be deceiving. Much of the wildlife is not what the general audience member would deem "cute", Aughra looks scary herself and even the Gelfling, despite being the equivalent of Elves, are not as pretty as Elves are usually portrayed. More so, other races, such as Podlings, are dirty, rambunctious, and at the best of times are viewed as nuisances by Gelflings. Meaning, the Skeksis overall behaviors and looks are no more different than other Thra races. Just because the Skeksis look evil to us doesn't mean they look evil to Thra natives.

* [=SkekTek's=] beloved bird, Sidetic, is kept in a rather small cage, but it's never locked. He, like his owner, ''could'' easily leave a situation that's growing more traumatic for them by the day, but neither of them ever do.
* It really makes one shocked when one realizes that the [=UrRu=] who spend time away from the ones in hiding, are the oddballs of the group. Perhaps it's a way of showing how individual they are.
** [=UrGoh=] the Wanderer is unorthodox and goofy, compared to his [=UrRu=] brethren, which mirrors his counterpart, [=SkekGra=]'s goofiness.
** [=UrVa=] the Archer is heroic and motivated, and willing to kill his own Skeksis, and ultimately himself, if it means the safety of others.
** [=UrLii=] the Storyteller is greedy and a bit of a trickster who delights in messing with haughty ones such as Ordon.

* When The Collector declares "This face was beautiful once, but then came knowledge", it initially seems to be BlatantLies. But when one considers that the Skeksis used to be UrSkeks (or rather, they used to be half of them, existing as combined beings with the Mystics), it becomes possible that The Collector wasn't lying. It may also count as {{Foreshadowing}}. The "knowledge" in question may be a reference to the previous Grand Conjunction that split the UrSkeks into the Skeksis and The Mystics, and the fact that, by becoming two beings, the positive and negative aspects of the UrSkeks are now laid bare and out in the open.

* It really makes one shocked when one realizes that the UrRu who spend time away from the ones in hiding, are the oddballs of the group. Perhaps it's a way of showing how individual they are.
** UrGoh the Wanderer is unorthodox and goofy, compared to his UrRu brethren, which mirrors his counterpart, SkekGra's goofiness.
** UrVa the Archer is heroic and motivated, and willing to kill his own Skeksis, and ultimately himself, if it means the safety of others.
** UrLii the Storyteller is greedy and a bit of a trickster who delights in messing with haughty ones such as Ordon.

* When skekLach and skekVar are killed, two unseen Mystics (urSen the Monk and urMa the Peacekeeper, respectively) also die somewhere off screen. The fact that Deet kills skekLach in spite of being one of the few people who know about the Skeksis/Mystic life link means that she understands the consequences of her actions afterwards.

** UrVa the Hunter is heroic and motivated, and willing to kill his own Skeksis, and ultimately himself, if it means the safety of others.

** Christians in our world literally worship before a device of horrible, torturous execution. Anything can be accepted if you engrain it deep enough into a culture.

* The Skeksis stripping Seladon is both karmic and horrifying as it is. It also mirrors their treatment of the Charmberlain in the film as their banishment rite, pretty much spelling out that they reject her and her Skeksis-wearing antics.

* [=SkekTek's=] beloved bird, Sidetic, is kept in a rather small cage, but it's never locked. He, like his owner, ''could'' easily leave a situation that's growing more traumatic for them by the day, but never of them ever do.

* It may seem that the Skeksis would constantly belittle [=skekTek=] despite him being responsible for extending their lives for so long--but considering the [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder nature]] of the Skeksis, it's likely that they fear that if the Scientist were to realize his importance, then he would use it as leverage against them. Their constant mockery is meant to undermine his self-esteem and keep him subservient.

* SkekTek's beloved bird, Sidetic, is kept in a rather small cage, but it's never locked. He, like his owner, ''could'' easily leave a situation that's growing more traumatic for them by the day, but never of them ever do.

* About midway into the series, its shown the Emperor is suffering some type of BodyHorror, mainly his fingers literally falling off and oozing. He goes to the Scientist, asking him how much essence he would need. When the Scientist is hesitant to give an answer, the Emperor starts choking the Scientist's pet bird, forcing the Scientist to answer. In the last episode, its shown the Scientist had stored extra essence for himself in the bird's cage. It was not sympathy for the bird that forced the Scientist to answer; he needed to keep the extra essence a secret and if the Emperor had killed the bird, his secret stash might have been revealed.

* One of the few seemingly empathetic things a Skeksis does is when the Scientist shows concern for the caged creature that the Emperor threatens to throttle. Later, however, it's revealed that the Scientist was only concerned about the Emperor finding the bottle of essence hidden in the creature's cage. We know from the film that the Scientist is cruel enough to his caged specimens that they will eventually rebel and kill him.