Today I had second thoughts and put some of it back.
As I've said before, you need SOMETHING there .... Tack needs to do something heroic at this point, and it has to take your mind off The Thief's adventures for a second.
So I've left in the following:
First "break from the Thief" -- Same as in the rough cut. One Eye cries. Zigzag comes in on his horse, tries to kidnap Yumyum, she throws him off his horse, Cobbler's foot comes into frame.
Second "break from the Thief" -- I moved up the death of One Eye and put it here. I hate to kill off a main villain this early but there's a long Thief section coming up and I need to beef up this break. Cut to: Zigzag is choking Tack. Tack ties Zigzag up. Yumyum reacts.
That's literally it. I cut the entire fight down to four quick shots with no fighting in them, and nothing that you could construe as out of character for anyone. I even cut the Tack/Yumyum hug.
The animation here isn't good - the actual fight is much better animated - but I think it'll do.
I would prefer to leave this scene in entirely, as it is in the rough cut, but this very short cut of it should give less to complain about.