Snowball (Lucemon)

Despite his appearance of a preteen, Snowball often acts as if was much older: he’s responsible, wise and his intelligence far exceeds those of average rookie Digimon, and he knows how to carry himself with confidence. He’s extremely gentle towards his partner Alba, and acts almost like a big brother to them: understanding and kind, but also gently pushing Alba out of their comfort zone as an attempt to make them more confident in themself. It’s easy to see Alba is his everything, and the child brings out all their best qualities - he’s like a young king in making.

However, it’s his extreme love for Alba that also poses as one of his main problems: he’s fiercely protective of his partner, to the point he would have no problems killing or leaving others to die - even the other digidestined and their Digimon. Especially at first his only driving force is to help Alba and keep them safe and happy, and Snow would have little to no real regard towards the other digidestined or their digimon: he would acknowledge them as people important to Alba and their mission, but hold little no no emotional connection to them, instead focusing only on his partner.

Furthermore, because Lucemon is highly intelligent, he often ends up being a tad forceful with his views and his prideful nature makes it extremely difficult for him to admit if he is wrong, didn’t understand something or needs help from someone that isn’t Alba. The short temper apparent when he was still a Tokomon is now gone, but has been replaced by cunningness: he’s very adept in knowing which strings to pull to get what he wants, for better or worse, and has no trouble lying or tactically leaving out details when wanting to persuade someone. He also doesn’t forgive easily if he feels like he has somehow been offended, but on the upside it’s actually difficult to insult him because he’s so confident in himself.

Snow is very careful with his plans and generally prefers to think things through before acting, a trait shared with his partner. Despite this, his decisions are still often ruled by emotion and what he himself thinks is right and wrong, which doesn’t necessarily always align with the moral compass of others. He’s studious and somewhat bookish, and he has a strong sense of duty and responsibility: he won’t go back on his words, and would never break a promise unless it was directly jeopardizing Alba’s life. He’s also dedicated to the duty the children have as the protectors of the Digital World, and is more than happy to go the extra mile to acquire information - especially later on when he learns to love those other than Alba as well. Snow is also highly sociable and very charismatic, but always prioritizes being with his partner over mingling with others: if Alba isn’t feeling like socializing Lucemon won’t do it either, unless there is something important to be gained, such as crucial information or much needed resources, such as food.

Out of all the partner Digimon Lucemon is perhaps the most conflicting in nature, and especially at first it can be difficult to tell if he’s a good Digimon or not: on one hand he shows his gentle and considerate side with Alba and hardly ever picks fights with others or insults them, but his selfishness, pride and somewhat domineering traits are not something that can go unnoticed either. There is an undeniably wicked side to him caused by a misguided love, but his intentions are hardly ever evil or actively malicious, and he’s an easy Digimon to get along with - as long as you’re on his good side.

As the story goes on he becomes more generous and friendly towards the rest of the group as well, and he eventually comes to understand he can’t always be there guiding Alba, and that they will improve and gain confidence on their own as well - if anything, coddling the child too much only stunts their personal growth.