Spoilers: LeChuck's true allegiance
At this point, LeChuck is the Snape for Tales. Everything he says and does can be taken in multiple ways. Vote in the poll and just discuss your opinion and bring up any evidence that might help.
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He has always been trying to get Elaine, and now has a new method. When this one doesn't work, he will go back to the old ways. You can't force someone to change their will when you are good.
Could be wrong. Hope I am pleasantly surprised. I hope it's something nobody has thought of yet...
in episode two it still seemed like he might really be the nice guy and that he will probably sacrifice his own goodness to safe the caribbean in the end.
during episode three i got the impression that he was quite obsessed with returing those monkeys. so, this may still be part of his evil plan...spread the cursed monkeys and get close to elaine.
BAHAHAHAHAHA
Nice Kung Pow reference!
If/when he returns to being an evil zombie, I hope it's by way of noble self-sacrifice.
Haha, nice catch.
I also think there will some sort of swashbuckling faceoff between either Guybrush and a pox-ridden Elaine or Elaine and Morgan.
I do think a good LeChuck may still like and want to be with Elaine, though, whether or not he knows that's why he's keeping Elaine from Guybrush or not. He tries to do the right thing. I really, really don't think he's scheming at all, I think his intentions are more or less good, but he may have conflicting emotions when he gets closer to finishing the whole monkey job.
... He's just got this sly look and looks as though he's thinking something along the lines of "hahaharr, excellent!"...
I actually like the look he gives on the docks. He's looking down at a monkey and as Elaine says she's going to keep an eye on him, he looks up all serious and then quickly smiles at Guybrush.
Even as a "Good" guy, LeChuck hasn't given a good explaination of the monkey scheme.
I mean, from what we know of LeChuck's earlier life, he wasn't this good before he went to Big Whoop. So, here's what I suspect is going on...
It kinda works like Total Recall. The current personality is a fabrication, that's put on top of the real LeChuck. However, the real LeChuck is in total control & could take back the reins if it wants too. Currently, LeChuck's obsession with Elaine is the driving force & LeChuck is trying to win over Elaine by actually being the nice guy.
If Elaine turns down LeChuck hard, and professes her love for Guybrush, I'm pretty sure the old LeChuck would come back. At least in human form.
I want his real identity to be like pouring lava into my horrified eyeballs. I want him to become so scary that I soak my pants in urine while screaming with the voices of a thousand tortured souls. I want electricity to shoot up and down my body from the pure energy of his evil while my ears are decimated by the terror of my own screaming. I want him to... I want him to... make me cry for my mommy.
Or a copy of a Sinbad comedy special.
I think LeChuck put the coupon near and just played dummy
And I probably think that LeChuck can play a big role in rescuing Guybrush from the evil hands (or his own evil hand
Also on that topic Elaine was kind of the last person to see him as a human previously so she shouldn't have been so surprised to see what he looked like this time around.
Well, it defiantly was stated that LeChuck was a villain even before becoming undead (look at the Escape of Monkey Island Ps2 manual for proof of that). It was never stated though what he really looked like and it appears that LeChuck may have been one evil guy, but he seemed to be a handsome evil guy. Just because Elaine hated him before doesn't mean she didn't find him attractive. I believe she invited him over to her house so she must have thought he was good looking. It was only after Elaine got to know him that she hated him.
The same pattern is happening now, only in the opposite direction. When he turned human, Elaine saw the handsome form he had over a decade ago and it still surprised her. But even then she told Guybrush to finish him off, showing that she still saw him as a scumbag. She then saw another side of him, him being polite, nice, and being a gentleman, a side she never ever saw before. So she started to feel a little more attraction. So now, LeChuck has the looks and the personality, all that's in the way is Guybrush, but the pox seems to helping Elaine lose all emotional attachment to him.
I don't think the Cutlass of Kaflu just "un-killed" LeChuck. Look at how the pox makes everyone more evil. His evil nature is mixed in with his undead nature, they're interlinked.
On the OTHER hand, it may have been part of a plan from Evil LeChuck to use a Good LeChuck? That seems like a bit(if not a LOT) of a stretch, but I'm reminded of(and I hate myself for making a modern anime reference, spoilers ahead for Death Note)
Still, the whole thing feels like something to take at face value.
It could also be further evidence though that LeChuck is simply acting.
How, exactly?
We could just wait and find out what happens?
Dashing makes good points.
But personally I hope LeChuck is good.
It'd make a refreshing change.
Well, the fact that LeChuck was evil before he became undead could be evidence that the pox is simply his voodoo and his evil nature combined, but it could also be evidence that it simply got rid of his voodoo and left his evil nature. That would mean he's still evil, but simply covering it up by acting nice. It's also worth noting that LeChuck seems to be acting too nice, yeah he got cured and all, but him always smiling and taking every insult calmly makes it seem he's going out of his way to appear nice.
Hmm, that is very true. You make a good point. However, LeChuck did get his powers from the gates of hell themselves, so the voodoo power he acquired is demonically evil in itself. LeChuck was evil prior to obtaining those powers, so when he found Big Whoop it made him into a true monster. So I think the pox represents the demonic voodoo energies, while LeChuck still has his evil mind and heart. So, I think the nature of the voodoo energies he found to become undead were evil itself and LeChuck simply used it to further his plans for Caribbean domination and what not. I believe LeChuck is still evil though even without his demonic energy. It was simply a tool for him.
He could be repentant because of HOW evil the voodoo made him, or the voodoo may have become so linked with his evil that the two are inseparable. I personally go for the latter.
Tales can prove me wrong at any moment, of course, but I don't think a backstab is what Tales is going for. Someone can be an antagonist...without being pure evil. They can even be an antagonist without any bad intentions.