Oh right. I have to add spoiler space.
Spoiler space.
Lavos is a goddamn mastermind, people. Planned the entire game out through his weird time pockets.
I was under the impression that Schala was the one ****ing with time, using Lavos's power (technically, everyone with magic was using it).
But really, he was a duck in a spacesuit. In a pineapple. Under the sea. Who wouldn't want a rival like that?