In the end, Godatz is more sad than frightening. He’s still plenty scary, don’t get me wrong, but the core of what made Fennel transform isn’t genuine evil or even a real wish to do harm. As you’ve seen in the lead-up to this penultimate episode, Fennel’s transformation into Godatz was born of his insecurities and jealousies, a feeling that he was never good enough and couldn’t truly trust the people who called themselves his friends. It’s clear that fighting him breaks a little bit of Mari’s heart, and when at the end of the battle, Fennel breaks down in tears over his own perceived failures, it hits Mari and Cinnamon hard. At that moment, they realize what was really fueling Fennel’s transformation, and it wouldn’t be surprising if they didn’t question themselves for what they could have done differently to prevent this from ever happening in the first…
