As Maru-maru was already fearing, his offer doesn’t quite reach Snuka’s threshold. Which must be pretty frustrating, given how unbelievably low Snuka’s threshold is. Few people on this planet are as easily corruptible as Snuka, but even he won’t sell out his loyalty for a few old pr0n prints and an amount of riches that’s not enough to buy a stick of chewing gum. Snuka has standards. Incredibly low standards, but still, some standards.

Maru-maru is in luck, though – his offer actually managed to be so pathetic that Snuka feels kinda bad for him, and so decided to offer a little bit of help without compensation. He does have a soft spot for those less fortunate than him…in those very rare cases if there actually is, at least momentarily, somebody less fortunate than him.

So he’s offering to be part of the brain-storming, and he’s bringing his highly accurate mental vision. He clearly remembers how motivational the Professor’s speeches could be at one point – he remembers that so clearly, in fact, that the memory is a lot clearer than reality ever was. But I guess we just saw the same kind of effect with Maru-maru’s memories. But Snuka’s mind’s eye is not just good for reminiscing – he can also turn it toward the future, and come up with a similarly clear vision of what that motivational moment would look like if it featured the Bratessor instead. And this vision seems a lot more realistic than the other one – I’m sure that’s exactly what the Bratessor would look like if faced with a Balrog, or a demotivated cricket team. It’s…not quite the same, compared of what his older self was capable of.

Interestingly, Snuka has no reaction to Maru-maru casually letting slip that they’re all going to die in the finals. Either he overheard that remark, or he was already figuring the same, based on experience or genre conventions.

More on Monday.