#He probably wouldn't become a master builder

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thinking abt how in rex's case, the age-old question of "is it better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all?" would for once have the answer of "yes"

cause if he had been trapped on undar before tlm1, he wouldnt have suffered as much as he did sure, he still would suffer, but he wouldnt have felt abandoned by people he held dear. cause he didnt HAVE anyone to hold dear you cant feel abandoned and forgotten by people you dont have

but as it stands, in canon he went back to being alone like he'd been his entire life before meeting his friends. only difference is, for the first time it actually stung

so paradoxically if emmet had never met the gang, rex never would've happened - nevermind the fact that he wouldn't go out into space at all, if he DID get trapped on undar through some other means (like how rex was in the original storyboards, when he was still a random guy - the alien attack knocked him off the bricksburg table), he wouldn't have broken nearly as much - if at all. and rex specifically would have no reason to exist as a persona, cause he wouldn't have anyone to prove himself to

Hmmmm, intresting take you've got here.

See i'm going to assume you meant yes to the 'it being better to have never loved at all' part of that saying, cause that's what I'm getting from this. And all in all, I do agree.

I mean at this point it's been shown many times that the main thing that motivated Rex to try and bring about armageddon was because of his hatred towards his old friends and the way they 'betrayed' him, they way they treated him when they first met, and all of the other times after that.

I've mentioned this plenty of times in previous posts, but the betrayal Rex feels during Undar isn't just from being left there alone, it's also the pain of having the people closest to you not trust your ability to take care of yourself (or them).

Emmet is a person so full of love and happiness, he always wants to help the people around him, and this fact is made evident in the few scenes we see of Apocalypseburg where he goes around and tries to spread joy or help them, especially his friends.

And while there were some good times during those few years, it's debatable if those few instances were really worth all of the mistreatment he experienced outside of that, and then the 5 year isolation in Undar.

I still think that even without meeting Lucy, he would still develop that hatred that fuels him in Undar, it's just that this time, he doesn't have anyone there to betray him. Since he doesn't have any relationships this time round, the pain of being left behind wouldn't sting as much because he no longer has any of those people to miss.

But he's still going to want to get out of Undar and get tougher as a way to stick it to everyone who ever ignored him and become so cool that he feels much more 'powerful' than everyone else.

I guess in this timeline, he's focusing on himself more than the rage he's feeling (it's still there alright, just not as destructive as in the og timeline), he's trying to make himself unforgettable to make up for those years of conformity.

Yeah no but this is fun to think about

The angst of him turning out better after Undar because he never had any friends to be mad at is doing things to me.

(Rex my bby :( )

#emmet brickowski #rex dangervest #the lego movie #the lego movie 2 #lego movie #lego movie 2 #I meant to answer this earlier #just got caught up in a lot of things #It's intresting to think about how everything would go #if Emmet never ended up being the special #or if he never met Lucy #He probably wouldn't become a master builder #because he didn't have that motivation or experience #course after Undar he learns how to master breaker since he still has those negative emotions #but he just ends up learning how to do that along with master building #so he has two things #it's just that breaking is 'cooler' #saffi's asks #saffi's rambles

[indigobleu-fr]

24?

24) Who is the laziest in your lair? The most hardworking?

Laziest is PlatinumDust, she is intentionally living a life of leisure and hedonism while others (mostly her gf Vadik) give her whatever she asks for because being pretty and mean has it's perks

Iseul is a poet under the patronage of SaintVictoire (basically a pet artist with guaranteed resources) who often has a creative block and spends a lot of time lounging around in the sun or in huge fluffy pillow nests with his partner. While genuinely talented his is also very vain and takes any criticism badly. He wouldn't call himself lazy but everyone else might.

Hardest working is probably Vos, she has big plans to become a master ship builder and/or sea pilot, while also flying professionally in races. She has a long way to go for either of her goals to become reality, so she is a very hard worker trying to learn, make professional connections, and earn enough money to start her own ship-building dock.

Runner up in this category is Lichen, Falls Cove's illuminator and library conservator. She is basically never not working on some project or another.

#fr ask #thank you! #my lore