Rouxls Kaard works on so many levels as an absolutely perfect representation of a rules card the more I think about it
– His puzzles are easy to understand because rules cards are made to be easily understood, though the text can be a bit hard-to-read at times
– They have no function in most actual games, and are thus “The most useless card in a deck”
– If they DO get mixed in to a deck, they basically just cause a momentary annoyance when you’re like “Oops, this is the rules card. I’ll just put that aside and draw again” and move on with the game after a few seconds
– They’re ultimately mildly helpful, despite being basically functionless
– Especially good for children who wouldn’t have learned the rules yet
– The thing on his chest isn’t a marching band-like vest with a line of buttons, it’s a list of rules
I like to imagine that before he was locked up Jevil actually loved his job, and his favorite thing was performing for the spade king’s son because his happiness and enjoyment at Jevil’s tricks made him feel like a good person
I also like to think rouxls kaard is very afraid of Jevil, and would not want lancer anywhere near him (of course lancer doesn’t typically listen, he thinks there’s good in everyone poor sweet kid)
listen, basically everyone is lancer’s honorary dad. thank you for coming to my ted talk
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