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Apr 1Liked by C.J. Stone

I feel like Maximus Savage’s hate of Sapphire Angel is pushing him to do things he might regret later. …..And Sapphire Angel’s repeated perceived “losses” against Maximus Savage (i.e., letting him get away) might also push her to do things SHE might regret later (such as potentially allying with Olivia Lockheed). Where Sapphire sees these encounters as failures, Savage also sees them as failures…..it’s like they don’t ever believe there’s a “winner” or a “loser” in these matchups, which is immensely interesting. I, for one, think Sapphire won both so far (regardless of what she thinks), because if she’d truly lost, Savage would’ve disposed of her thoroughly by now.

I also feel like the testing machine that Oberkfell put Savage through might’ve done more harm than good; the last thing Savage needs right now is a reminder of how inferior he is compared to her. On one hand, I’d find his gradual unraveling satisfying, but on the other hand, he’s a multi-dimensional villain and we’ve heard a lot about his past in prior chapters, so it’s not like we’re unclear on where he comes from and why he thinks what he thinks. At this rate, Savage will kill himself with the repeated drug doses before the silver-eyed man even has a chance to consider recruiting him as his “champion”. …..Or maybe that’s the silver-eyed man’s plan to begin with. (DUN DUN DUN!)

Maybe Larry Oberkfell can be the champion. He can be like N. Gin from the Crash Bandicoot series. xD

So Sapphire’s hurting majorly over her “defeat” (if we could call it that) with Savage, Lockheed’s (maybe) considering allying with Sapphire again, and Savage is trying to get his forces to hunt down and kill Lockheed. And Wayne Steele and the Justice Seekers are also still at work, too, though Sapphire already has one up on them at this point.

I personally want Sapphire and Lockheed to team back up; maybe the last straw will be that Sapphire saves Lockheed from the Savage Gang’s attempt on her life, and she becomes convinced Sapphire really is a hero or something…..? Could be an amusing reversal of what Savage actually has planned.

Let’s do this!

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