Here’s the thing about The Eminence in Shadow: Most of the time, Cid is the butt of the joke—be that when he’s trying so hard to be a background character that he becomes anything but or the misunderstandings that arise because he’s LARPing while everyone else is actually fighting for the fate of the world. But every once in a while, he does something that’s so unbelievably badass all that silliness is forgotten, and you’re 100% on board—like in this episode.
We see him take a sword through the chest as a ploy to get close enough to the legendary hero to tear out her jugular artery with his teeth. Then when using his WMD magic, he gets stabbed through the heart while smiling and finishes casting the spell. It’s just so cool, you guys. I can’t even.
These past few episodes have been spent introducing us to Cid, removed from his role. But this episode shows, when it…
