In the ask about fusion you explained how hussie sets up symbols. Could you go more in depth about that? I'm also super curious about what more example of those symbols would be.

It’s hard to tell if this is really how he does it but it’s the most reasonable way. The clearest example of this is Lord English. We know LE wasn’t planned from the beginning, the original Big Bad was Betty Crocker- But things shifted. And yet they seem to flow… Naturally? Betty Crocker is still a big part of the story, and LE was teased since a lot before! And if you go back to the first Acts- The Unseen Riddler with a hand in every event of the story, the Gnostic Themes of SBURB, it all seems to lead to symbolism regarding some manipulative presence that’s made their lives a mess. And that’s it really- That’s what Hussie does. He teases, not a character but the concept of a character. A presence. A force. It’s only during Act 5 Act 1 that Lord English is teased to be this powerful force, a character which was introduced in the Intermission and as such has had time for speculation and Foreshadowing. On the opposite side of the spectrum there’s Lil Cal, a vessel for LE’s soul, and likely NOT meant to be exactly that in the beginning, and yet… The creepy, possessed puppet act was teased as far back as Act 2. The blazing spiral Sun beaming upon Dave, the swirls of the Jigsaw puppet, the full circles of Lil Cal’s cheeks, the whispers Dave hears from Lil Cal and his dreams, Bro’s abuse and hyper machismo, Hussie plants the seeds of these concepts in the past, and then when it’s convenient in the future, drags them out because that’s what they are. Symbols. “Possessed Puppet”, “Jigsaw Imagery”. Either foreshadowing in advance or retroactively setting it up to be used in a future, Hussie’s good at storytelling, good enough that he knows to leave himself bread crumbs to guide the way while the story develops and builds itself on the bases he set.