I'm not sure who posted it, but there's a picture going around that shows that the original ending to Conquer was a Starco only hug with no Tom interruption. Thoughts?

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Amelia Lorenz, one of the storyboarders who worked on the episode, posted it. It’s interesting because it featured the classic “oh no she loves him more” kind of shot, essentially with Tom watching happiness unfold from a distance without him being part of the equation

Personally I’m happier with the final result: obviously we can’t know what’s going to happen next season between Star and Tom, but if they’re going to break up I’d rather have the situation be like what we got, a Tom who is happier being a friend than he has ever been by being a boyfriend,

Rather than a situation that could potentially be reminiscent of a less than ideal “He loves you more, go to him, I just want you to be happy” scenario. We don’t need Tom to be a martyr and sacrifice himself for Starco to happen, it can probably be achieved just by having each and every character involved strive for what’s best for themselves.

Also we got one of the best hugs in the whole show, which wasn’t apparently featured in the original thumbnails.