[FairyKing]

One little detail I absolutely loved, among all the obviously symbolic shots in this episode, was how Storious temporarily lost his creepy echo voice and the dark makeup around his eyes in that conversation with Tassel. Since he gained those traits after taking Isaac's book and sword, they functioned as sort of an indicator of his role as the big bad (even though he'd also been a villain for most of the show without them). So when he lost them in that moment, it gave the impression that Tassel was appealing to the good person he used to be, and even getting through to him! I almost actually believed it would work. And when the echo and makeup came back right as he killed Tassel, that made his final betrayal hit even harder. It's little touches like this, that they really didn't have to do, that make a good episode into an excellent episode.

I do find it somewhat amusing that Storious's motivation boils down to "I'm going to end the world because someone has to eventually and no one else will do it beautifully enough."