Lucidstuck II

I would like to point out, that all we have to go on is what Kremwahl is telling Derrick is true. He says he won't even appear if Reggie and Bambino are around. Honestly, we can't actually take anything Kremwahl says to be true, because we have nothing to fact-check it against, and no proof that he is what he says he is or that he is who he says he is.

For all we know, this is a natural part of the Lunatic Process that we were just never privy to before. We MIGHT be guiding Derrick right into Malice's puppet-y hands. Or Nightmare's. I also distinctly remember we're supposed to be helping DERRICK through this. Kremwahl wants to return some understanding of Derrick-as-Nightmare to him. All of this absolutely freaking reeks. Let us remember, the last time Derrick went red was in the Construct's Waking World. Which means he's not a figment of Derrick's powers/consciousness in the Dream World. He's either part of the construct itself, or an intruder in the construct, even if he actually IS part of Derrick he's more likely part of Nightmare, not our Derrick, who is not actually real.

im thinking on the exact contrary as you, everything kremwhal has said makes sense, and working with him will bring major improvements for derrick's character, i'll elaborate more on this paragraph i wrote on discord, which ill copypaste under the spoiler

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derrick and kremwahl working together and becoming one is the next logical development for derrick, hes been manipulated into the split personality he became right now, kremwahl is only agressive the way he was because of this sepparation, same with derrick, being incomplete messed his personality up, becoming dense as a rock, we need to merge them back to get the real derrick, and then we'll be able to heal him and nightmare back to life when he enters the construct, which we know will happen eventually
does it seem like we are rushing? id actually chalk that up to ls's story pacing
remember the lunatic lexii episode?
is there risk of derrick being possesed? kremwahl already said he wanted to work together with derrick,, become one and be in control together, they can talk and think for themselves, and if this new complete derrick goes in a direction we dont want him to thats what commands are for, keeping kremwahl locked is gonna make the problem get worse
THATS when derrick will be possessed even worse if shit hits the fan, and we cant just get rid of kremwahl either since he and derrick are one and the same
look at it like this, the calm side of derrick will balance out with the violent side, ying and yang
oh yeah and we need derrick to be whole for the moment nightmare enters the construct and to be able to restore derrick back to life dont we?
also, derrick achieving lucidity would be optimal for the time alice has to confess her crimes, so that moment doesnt cause derrick to spiral into lunacy (we now know derrick's lunacy trigger), lucidity counters lunacy

as for your concern about lunacy, this definitely isnt a natural stage of lunacy, i am sure that we arent walking into any traps, this is just derrick talking to his "shadow", every kid has one of these, kremwahl here is actually explaining exactly how lunacy works (i'd recommend rereading everything hes said and internalizing it), mal causes the kids to develop the bad kind of lunacy where they lose their direction and go murder crazy, if the kids actually develop a good relationship with their shadow while working on their problems (lunatic triggers) they gain access to lucidity, and immunity to lunacy