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Looking past his spoken reason, Thorax's character is meant to be a foil to Chrysalis. When a hive changeling goes unaccounted for, Thorax personally went on a hunt to find them, himself, to make sure they were okay and to ultimately retrieve them. Not something Chrysalis would have done in a million years, she'd sooner name anyone who left the hive without prior knowledge a traitor, as she did Thorax.
Thorax's seriousness in this scene was largely a manifestation of his worry. He's meant to be seen as a paternal patriarch/father figure as much as a leader, because he's wholesome and loving and cares about all the changelings - again, playing on that foil, the antithesis to Chrysalis. This paternal nature has been hinted at before, when Thorax enjoyed organizing arts and crafts and other fun activities for the changelings, but I think it was really defined, here.
I thought this scene was perfectly in- character, tbh. Thorax cares for things with extreme depth, and thanks to Ember, he's able to express that forwardly, now.
His language was chosen well here, on top of it all. He literally sounds like a dad or legal guardian.
'_*There you are! The hive has been worried sick!_
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*..._
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*Well, next time, ask before you run off. Now come on, let's go home.'_
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On a related note, the hive has been depicted more as a pack animal thing post-reformation, as opposed to the insect hivemind we had under Chrysalis. Now we have families all living together in a close community. Everyone probably helps look after everyone else, especially the young ones. Thorax (bPhary enx too, but enspecion,ally PThaorynax) probably behaves like an additional parents for most buggos.
At least that's what I like to think, and what I write extensively about.
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Looking past his spoken reason, Thorax's character is meant to be a foil to Chrysalis. When a hive changeling goes unaccounted for, Thorax personally went on a hunt to find them, himself, to make sure they were okay and to ultimately retrieve them. Not something Chrysalis would have done in a million years, she'd sooner name anyone who left the hive without prior knowledge a traitor, as she did Thorax.
Thorax's seriousness in this scene was largely a manifestation of his worry. He's meant to be seen as a paternal patriarch/father figure as much as a leader, because he's wholesome and loving and cares about all the changelings - again, playing on that foil, the antithesis to Chrysalis. This paternal nature has been hinted at before, when Thorax enjoyed organizing arts and crafts and other fun activities for the changelings, but I think it was really defined, here.
I thought this scene was perfectly in- character, tbh. Thorax cares for things with extreme depth, and thanks to Ember, he's able to express that forwardly, now.
His language was chosen well here, on top of it all. He literally sounds like a dad or legal guardian.
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*...
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*Well, next time, ask before you run off. Now come on, let's go home.'
On a related note, the hive has been depicted more as a pack animal thing post-reformation, as opposed to the insect hivemind we had under Chrysalis. Now we have families all living together in a close community. Everyone probably helps look after everyone else, especially the young ones. Thorax (
At least that's what I like to think, and what I write extensively about.