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#and even outside of the main cast too!! steve + coach lawrence are Great
hisirdovx · 2 years
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yknow, between the steve subplot, random mentions of jim’s dad, strickler dying after his engagement to barbara was confirmed, and the whole “i hope he’s happy” “i’m sure he is; he’s with his dad” exchange regarding archie.... it really becomes apparent how much the “biological family > families of choice” narrative was woven into a lot of rott’s story. which is just another cherry on top of this film’s mess of a non-narrative. like... way to go against one of the most integral themes of the entire series.
#angel.txt#tales of arcadia#rise of the titans#rott salt#its seems like that's all the movie did. of course the characterization is gonna feel off when the character's morals and behavior is askew.#they are not doing things that they normally would because this story is built on the antithesis of them as characters.#its things like this that make me sad more than angry. because its very clear that the team behind the story had deep knowledge of toa.#they're not throwing darts blind and hitting bull's eyes every time.#there are probably more subtleties and scenes like this but i cant recall them all off the top of my head#i need to rewatch the film for real again...#but yeah its just like. the series obviously never says biological family is inferior to families of choice#dynamics like jim + barbara / toby + nana / claire + enrique / archie + charlie are all good examples of this#and hell 3below is just absolutely saturated with family dynamics both biological and of choice#but the series also goes out of its way to emphasize that families of choice can be just as powerful and important#jim + blinky / toby + aaarrrgghh / claire + notenrique / douxie + archie...#and even outside of the main cast too!! steve + coach lawrence are Great#but rott's out here like nope. none of that!#and to be fair the steve thing is probably the least egregious of these examples (which is insane to say lmaooo)#like i Get what they could've been trying to do with that subplot but that was absolutely Not the way to do it#literally could've achieved the same goal by having him lead the arcadia students/teachers as knights of the round table or smth lmaooo idk#but yeah. it's the jim/strickler/archie stuff that really makes me go huh. undermining the fuck out of the families of choice narrative huh!
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