So the synopsis of the upcoming episode ‘Marco Jr.’ has gotten a lot of people buzzing, and while I am not usually an active part of the SVTFOE fandom, I’d like to give my thoughts about it, as it has spawned several questions for me.

My theory is that the creation of Marco’s new sibling is a coping mechanism for the Diazes, as Marco’s sudden move to Mewni is something that was barely touched upon morally, the only one remotely questioning it being Angie. The reason the episode is called ‘Marco Jr.’ instead of ‘Angie Jr.’ or ‘Raphael Jr.’ is because, putting it extremely blatantly (and rather harshly) to get my point across, this baby is a replacement Marco.

It’s not in spite on the Diazes’ part, obviously, it’s just the way they’re choosing to deal with Marco’s disappearance from their daily lives. It kind of makes sense, too, if they liked having Marco around so much, then having another baby upon his premature leave of absence would fill that ‘void’ left behind.

I just wonder how Marco will handle it. I imagine he might take it badly, and we might see another instance of the self-centered Marco we’ve been getting to know since the episode he broke up with Jackie where he thinks it’s a spiteful attack against him by his parents. Star will probably be able to snap him out of it by the end of the episode, though.

Anyway, those are just my thoughts! Valid, not valid? Feel free to let me know and/or expand on them yourself!