Quest Sprout learns some magic!

This episode implies that Momma Sprout has magic, too, hence why that was one of my headcanons about her. What I find disappointing is that we don't get to see her unleash any kind of spells. But I can think of some ideas on what they're like:

Can she unleash a sword-shaped spell as well?

Can she bend light and control it to use to her advantage?

Light usually represents healing, so can she heal wounds and break curses with her powers?

Light also represents life and nature, so can she make plants grow and even revive them from death?

Can she make herself glow in the dark?*

Does she have attack spells that made Eternal Slumber understandably afraid of her when they first met?

Is she able to reforge Bograk's Godsword just like Lake Queen, Guardian of Water, did with Greg's? 99ybsz.jpg (click to show)

*These ideas are what I imagine Quest Sprout having, too, albeit smaller.

Another thing I can imagine with Momma and Lake is that they can summon their own wieldable swords made entirely out of energy, so that, as guardians, they're never truly unarmed. I like to think that the swords are shaped like the Godswords of Bograk and Greg, respectively.

Note: This comment is all entirely my opinion. If you don't agree, that's cool. We can't always agree on the same things. You can even express your own thoughts with a reply!

As much as I love making headcanons about these characters, it feels like I HAVE to do this for a good portion of the story, as well as the series, itself. Don't get me wrong, it IS fun to make headcanons, but to me, if you have to do that just because a media refuses to fill in its own blanks, it becomes less fun. Headcanons should be for the question "What ELSE can they do?" and not just "What can they do?"

This is where I feel like what Matthew showcases in worldbuilding, he kinda lacks in writing. He has a lot of characters that don't get a lot of screentime, despite having some intriguing backgrounds. There's also some plot holes and cliffhangers that haven't been addressed in months or even years.

Stars Comic also kinda suffers from this, despite having way less characters and way less plot; You have this cool Star Trek-inspired series with the primary plot of exploring the universe in search of a white hole, lots of unique human and alien characters with intriguing backgrounds, and some cool worldbuilding with planets and galaxies. But the primary plot kinda gets forgotten, most of the characters get no more or even less than 4-5 episodes worth of screentime, and we don't see a lot of worldbuilding that much. It's like Matthew can't decide if he wants this to be action/adventure, or slice of life. A lot of the time it just feels like it should be called 'The Seiya and Bean Comic', since those two characters are the most prominent in it.

Just to clarify a few things:

- Am I saying Matthew's comics are bad? No. In fact, I love his comics! This doesn't mean that I can't give genuine criticism on them, though.

- Am I calling Matthew a bad writer? No. It's definitely not his fault that the writing appears half-baked in some of his work. But I do think there are parts that he could improve on in both Swords and Stars.

- Do I still appreciate Matthew as an artist? Of course! Like with all the artists I post from, I'll always appreciate him!

- Does this comment completely destroy my liking of Quest Sprout? Hell no LOL

I didn't expect to make a whole essay about my thoughts on the writing, but here we are. And there are going to be more of these long comments in later threads, so I hope you guys don't mind...