Okay so Puss is probably the most traumatized character in the Shrek franchise, especially if you take taopib’s events into account. In this post, we’re going to explore how San Lorenzo affected Puss mentally.
Why Puss Didn’t Value Any of His Lives
In taopib, Puss used to value all his lives. He even valued death. In one of the episodes, Puss says “Oh reaper, you’ve come to take me? Okay, let me just put on my boots first”. Sure, Puss was still arrogant and impulsive, but my point still stands.
After losing San Lorenzo, Puss took everything for granted. He began to brag about how he laughed at the face of death.
Plus Puss did die in the series finale, but managed to quickly enter his second life thanks to Dulcinea. So it’s no wonder why he grew to disrespect Death.
Why Puss Has Trust Issues
Puss was betrayed by both Uli and Jack, 2 people he genuinely cared about. They both manipulated him and put his friends in danger.
So when Puss reunited with Humpty in the first Pib movie, it’s no wonder why he didn’t trust him and forgive him at first. Puss forgave both Jack and Uli and they both stabbed him in the back.
Why Puss Was So Closed Off Puss let himself be vulnerable and make genuine connections in San Lorenzo, and guess what? He then had to leave San Lorenzo and never return there.
This caused Puss to put on a charismatic hero facade to hide how broken he is. Most people know him and love him as the legend, but never Puss.
This also caused Puss to become more aloof and more distant towards others. While he did socialize with others every now and then, he always held them at an arm’s distance.
It’s probably because he’s afraid of losing everybody just like how he lost San Lorenzo.
(This would probably explain why he was initially rude to Perrito too.)
So this post explains why Puss didn’t value any of his lives, has trust issues, and was so closed off. Kitty probably wasn’t kidding when she said Puss needs therapy, because he had the shittiest life out of all the Shrek characters.
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(I know I ship them because they’re meant to be together for some reason)
So remember how in Sinbad: Legend of the 7 Seas we had Eris, the force of nature villian, and Sinbad, the heroic outlaw, having a pretty interesting relationship.
Then years later, we have Death, the force of nature villian, and Puss in Boots, the heroic outlaw, having a pretty interesting relationship.
Dream works should gives us a mini-series about what North and Krampus’ relationship is like and how they met. Obviously because North used to be the bandit king before he became Santa Claus and I think Krampus should be portrayed as a force of nature villian, but only at first though. I still think if they ever made an rotg tv series or sequel, Krampus should be portrayed as an anti-hero for the most part.
Omfg, I totally see Eris, Death, and Krampus talking about their heroic outlaws and sipping cups of coffee together. I also see North, Sinbad, and Puss going on crazy adventures together and then sipping cups of beer while talking about their force of nature villians.
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