I forgot who it was, but someone suggested a theory that the curse wasn’t really bringing out “opposites” but drawing out the worst versions of everyone, their weaknesses. I think it was Phee, but sorry if I’m remembering incorrectly. I really think that fit with what we see in Lacey.
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“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass