I think that a lot of the time, people actually forget the fact that the timeline that Rex came from was, and still technically is the original timeline.
Rex is the original Emmet , and was what Emmet was supposed to and going to turn into, had it not been for the intervention of his future self.
I mean, when Rex was being back-to-the-futured, he himself said that the reason why Emmet would turn out better than him was because he intervened and stopped him from being sent to Undar, and staying trapped there for y e a r s.
And i think that makes it all the more heart wrenching, because the reason Rex eventually tosses Emmet into Undar is when they argued and Emmet said he loved his friends and would never abandon them.
Rex was obviously reminded about how trusting and loyal he used to be to his 'friends', and that reminder of how that trust he had in them was why he was in Undar for years, just, ends up making him angry enough to make his past self go through what he wanted to avoid.
And I want to think about how desperate he was, waiting in Undar for his friends to finally save him, how he hung on to that fragile hope for years before finally giving up, resulting in him changing everything about himself that made him Emmet.
It's just sad to think about Emmet developing that toxic masculine personality because of the way people treated him, and not just the people in apocalypseburg, but especially the new 'friends' he had, the closest people in his life, trying to stop his little personality quirks.
But I think that while Emmet has the potential of turning out like Rex, a being full of hatred and anger. Rex also has the potential of having a redemption arc.
I don't want him to end up like Emmet again, because that would be unrealistic. But he could develop better coping mechanisms, and finally be able to work through his trauma and mess of emotions that has been building up over the years, left unchecked.
I dunno, I just want people to acknowledge the fact that Rex is technically the original Emmet, if anything Emmet is the alternate timeline.
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