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Fridge Brilliance
- When the pilgrim reunite with their family and friends at Tigamura, Buck is the only person who had nobody to reunite with except a hostile Pamyal (one of his ex-wives that didn't forgive him for abandoning her) whom he ran into by chance. It turned out to be all Foreshadowing of how not only is Buck truly all alone, but he was the one to ruin all his past relationships due to his toxic obsession with Lady Luck.
- Buck's self-destructive native from his obsession with Lady Luck fits perfectly for him as a gambler.
- His Dark and Troubled Past mirrors the Gambler's Fallacy. It is when someone wrongly believes that a certain random event is less likely or more likely to happen based on the outcome of a previous event or series of events. In Buck's case, he continues to look for Lady Luck even after destroying all his past relationships and rendering himself alone. The gambler is well aware of this, but he continues to keep going down this rabbit hole and willing to continue destroying any future relationships he might make in order to see Lady Luck again. He doesn't want all his sacrifices to be All for Nothing, so he will keeping going down this path even if it means continuing to make a same horrible mistakes, all in the hopes that he will finally achieve his goal.
- His belief that his luck will have to turn around eventually, even if he had been giving himself nothing but tragedy and will continue giving himself that same tragedy, is just like a gambler with a gambling addition. He believes that, no matter how many bridges he had burnt and will have to continue to burn, it will all be worth it because he will have to eventual get his wish. However, as Wurd pointed out, because Buck doesn't actually know what to do if and when he gets his wish, it is likely that it will leave Buck unsatisfied and it will just make him want to Lady Luck again just to try to find a closure that will never come. And this will inevitably led to Buck just continuing to ruin even more relationships and leaving himself further alone. It's no different from a gambler not being satisfied even after finally getting a jackpot despite all the previous loses, and then losing all the money that they did win because they wanted another jackpot.
- The negative effects from his obsession with Lady Luck also mirrors the destructive nature of being obsessed with gambling. In Buck's pursuit of Lady Luck, he had abandoned people like his former lovers Talindra & Pamyel. Not only did Buck ruin his life by making himself isolated from other people, it also harmed Pamyel as it ruined her ability to trust other people. It's like when an addicted gambler is willing to ruin the lives of the people close to them as well as their own life in their pursuit of winning big. Furthermore, Buck is well aware of how destructive his obsession with Lady Luck is as he's aware that he is all alone, and yet he still wants to continue looking for her even if he has to continue ruining future relationships because he doesn't want all his efforts to be in vain. It's not that different from any general addiction: even if you're aware of how bad it is, it's hard to just simply kick it off.
- The each of the party member's respective reaction to Buck's recklessness and obsessive for Lady Luck that got them in a deadly trap have meaningful revelations or growth for each of those members.
- For Fritz: After she properly confronted her birth father Astrapio for abandoning her as a child, Fritz chose to forgive him after getting the latter to properly apologize for his actions because she isn't the kind of girl who would hold grudges and she is mature enough to understand why her birth father abandoned her. However, when Buck tried to apologize for getting the party caught in a suspicious trap, Fritz was the first person to not forgive him because the bugbear's actions nearly got Laira killed in the process. This shows how, as much as a Nice Guy Fritz is, she also got her limits. And she can clearly draw the line, as she recognizes Buck's dangerous actions being far worse than her own biological father's abandonment.
- For Wurd: He indirectly admits how, just like Buck, he is also desperately looking for a purpose or goal. Neither of them are the most moralistic people, as Buck abandoned people for his search for his goddess and Wurd resorts to stealing, lying, & cheating in order to gain money or power. However, even Wurd points out that he can recognize when a certain path isn't worth it and can turn away, unlike Buck. This shows how even Wurd, a selfish and greedy thief, has more moral standards than Buck by this point.
- For Laira: As a no-nonsense individual, was only focused on just completing the pilgrimage as soon as possible in order to save the Life Tree. She was not interested in socializing with other people, and did not initial care much for anything else. However, after being forced out of her shell throughout this pilgrimage, she learned to care more than just the Life Tree and even started questioning it after learning about its connection to the destruction of Old Diosia. Because of this, she was able to tell Buck, someone who is still obsessed with meeting Lady Luck, that a life with only one thing focused on is not a life worth living. She was able to grow, while Buck seem to still be stagnant.
