How It Should Have Ended: Star vs. the Forces of Evil

The finale is two hours instead of only half an hour. Star still decides to destroy magic, but when she goes out, she’s waylaid by Seth, who is revealed to still be alive. Joining him is Toffee, who, as it turns out, still had a tiny bit enough to regenerate. Rasticore (who is now fully reformed) comes to join Seth and Toffee, which is when Seth reveals that Mewmans had killed his father, so Seth sent Toffee to kill Moon’s mother. Star tries to tell them about Mina’s rampage, but they don’t listen to her. The brawl goes to Mina and her troops, and Star finds that Mina has already imprisoned Eclipsa. Star uses a Destroying Spell on Mina, but Mina is unaffected and starts laughing. Then, to the shock of everyone else, Mina reveals a startling secret: she’s actually a monster herself! And her real name is not even Mina; it’s Zanxibara! Seth says he recognizes her and they used to be friends, and Mina reveals another gut punch: she was the one who killed Seth’s father, and she tricked Seth into thinking Mewmans had done it!

Realizing he’d condemned an innocent person to death, Seth goes into a breakdown, which horrifies Star. Just then, Ludo and his family come to see if Star can make peace with them, only to find Zanxibara about to go on a rampage. Rasticore goes to battle Zanxibara, but she knocks him into acid, dissolving him completely and leaving nothing (not even his right arm) behind. Ludo and Star look on in utmost horror, and then, Ludo jumps after Zanxibara, only to be caught by her, and Dennis dies trying to save him. Ludo’s parents, who were among the monsters Zanxibara had rounded up, are quite shocked by this, unable to comprehend why Dennis would still want to associate with who they consider a failure. This angers Star, who proceeds to open a can of (verbal) whoop-ass on them for their callousness and inability (or unwillingness) to comprehend that blood is thicker than water. Zanxibara takes this opportunity to send everyone down to an underground dungeon, allowing her (and Manfred, who’d willingly joined her) to conquer more land.

Just when all seems lost, however, Star and Marco come across a figure trapped, not in one of Rhombulus’ crystals, but in ice. After she is unfrozen, the figure reveals that she is the real Mina Loveberry. Years ago, Zanxibara kidnapped her, trapped her in ice (leaving her aware just to prolong her suffering), and stole her identity. Glad to have a new ally, Star realizes that it was actually misuse of magic, not magic in and of itself, that caused all these problems, and recruits Mina to take down Zanxibara. Mina transports everyone hit by Solaria’s sword beams to the Healing Grounds to heal them, and once everyone has recovered, Star takes everyone for the final battle.

Meanwhile, Zanxibara and Manfred are discussing their plans to conquer not just Mewni, but all dimensions. Star sends Marco and Janna to Earth to warn everyone and takes everyone else to fight. Zanxibara sends her troops to take down our heroes, but all of the previous queens’ ghosts come to Star’s aid. In a fit of rage, Manfred steals Star’s Dimensional Scissors and uses them to transport himself and Zanxibara to Earth.

Unfortunately for the villains, Echo Creek is ready for them. Marco, Janna, and all of the other Earth characters who have ever appeared in the show take on Mina’s troops. Manfred gets killed, but Zanxibara doesn’t care; she simply casts a spell on Marco, brings out Monster Arm, and turns him into a full-fledged separate being. Monster Arm battles Marco and almost kills him, but Jeremy (of all people) comes to Marco’s rescue and slices the Monster right in half with a karate chop. After a bloody battle, Zanxibara realizes her minions are all dead and Marco’s army is still numerous, so she uses the Dimensional Scissors (which Manfred had given to her) to escape back to Mewni.

This is just what Star was waiting for. Using her Mewberty form, she blasts Zanxibara, severely weakening her. In agony, Zanxibara apologizes and begs for mercy, but when a Truth Spell shows this apology to be insincere, Star and her army use Solaria’s sword beams on Zanxibara, causing her to explode.

With the Mewmans and Monsters finally at peace (albeit with a heavy cost), Star goes back to Earth and thanks Marco for being instrumental to Zanxibara’s defeat. Britney comes and says Star is invited to any one of her parties. Ludo makes peace with his parents, Seth and Toffee make peace with the Butterfly family, and the Magic High Commission realize what complete assholes and jerkasses they’ve been and decide to atone for their sins (Glossaryck even makes peace with Reynaldo). Best of all, Star and Marco finally become a couple.

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