A problem I have heard with Meteora's character (it's not a common one, but heard it around at least a few times is) she doesn't have much of a connection to Star.

Which I don't see that as a problem because one, does King Andrias or The Core from Amphibia have one really with Anne or Bill Cipher with Dipper or Mabel or Anti-Pops with Mordecai and Rigby?

Before the episode Skooled, her only really against Marco makes sense since he was the one that ultimately caused her downfall with (in her pov) Star just being there to help him do it. Then when after the truth is revealed, her and Star don't interact until the 3rd act till of Conquer. Plus, making a villain that finally has some connections to Marco made things more interesting and switched things up, with also giving Marco's character more to do in the show.

Also, it's not like Star and Ludo have much of a close connection either. Sure they did fight each other a bunch, but most of that was Ludo feeling embarrassment of constant loosing to her and just wanted her wand, the book, and Gloss so he could have so much power to rule. He really didn't see Star as more than a nuance to his goals. What those 2 have between each other, really wasn't that deep. The only villains of the series Star realty did have some connection with was Toffee and Mina, with her also not even interacting with those two that much.

Plus, there was more connection to Meteora's character than she did with Ludo and Mina. Star throughout the 3rd season of the show was constantly trying to help Eclipsa and end racism on her world, with the Meteora thing being a huge negative result of both of those things she's been really trying to fix and fighting her in the s3 finale is a reflection of that. And loosing her mom to becoming acting queen, Marco's soul getting sucked, and her kingdom & people (also saw her dad got taken out too) have fallen, sure put her through the ringer. Then, with her thinking she died in the end with Eclipsa willing to put down her own daughter to save everyone, was the final nail in the coffin in giving the throne back to Eclipsa with trying to undo the damage all those years ago.

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