A Love Letter to Deet, the True Hero of Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Warning: SPOILERS for The Dark Crystal and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance continue in this article.

It’s not weird, it’s just a fact: I’m in love with a muppet. I’ve fallen so hard for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’s Deet, that when I was originally beginning to write this article, I was afraid to complete the series in the event that we had to watch my beloved perish.

In some ways, I’m glad to have waited so that I could see her arc fleshed out more fully, but I can assure you that my heart doesn’t ache any less after that finale. Rather than focus entirely on the terrible fate that Deet is met with at the end, let’s look at exactly how my love of this glowing green Gelfling came to fruition.

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