The latest episode was emotional and difficult, and we wonder if Tzveta can be saved (and what that would mean for her).
Shy spoilers ahead!
Summary
- Tzveta turns out to be Pepesha’s mother, somehow de-aged, which is not explained.
- Tzveta absorbs Pepesha’s memories and becomes stronger, but Shy can see that her power and motivation come from hating herself.
- We hope that Pepesha can help Tzveta, and it can be done by talking or fighting.
- It is not clear if helping Tzveta means helping her move on in real life or in some sort of afterlife.
Tzveta
Tzveta is one of the Amarariruku, who turns out to be Pepesha’s mother. By Episode 10, we are sure that the two are related, even though we still do not understand how Tzveta came to be. She might be magically or scientifically engineered, but in any case, she absorbed Pepesha’s memories and became stronger.
By the way, Shy notes that Tzveta, just like Iko when she had Stigma’s ring, seems to have a very specific motivation. Tzveta and Iko’s powers stem from self-hatred. Tzveta clearly hates herself, but she is ready to sacrifice everything to see her now-adult daughter smile.
Fighting Tzveta
Based on how Episode 10 ends, Pepesha intends to fight Tzveta. Fans theorize what effects defeating Tzveta can have, and it mostly depends on how Tzveta came to be.
In Pesha’s memories, Lenya — Pepesha’s mother before she became Tzveta — clearly died. If Tzveta is a reincarnation, defeating her may look like a regular battle, but fans wonder if Tzveta is less tangible and more of a spirit. In that case, Pesha defeating her could result in her moving on in some kind of afterlife. After everything the woman has been through, it would be a nice ending.
Talking to Tzveta
However, a lot of us are convinced that Pesha will defeat Tzveta through the power of love and conversation. It does not have to be polite; they might even scream at each other, but it should be healing.
After all, Shy is right that Tzveta’s main motivation, aside from making children and Pesha happy, is self-hatred. If Pesha manages to convince Tzveta that her daughter did not hate her, Tzveta’s motivation might change. In that case, who knows, maybe Tzveta would even join the heroes and see other ways of improving the world that Amarariruku members cannot come up with. Fans would accept that since they feel for Tzveta and who she used to be.