Callmeapplecharming

Behold!

Don't get me wrong, it will be wonderful to see EAH again and have new content but I don't think Mattel will not serve us that kind of quality media and 2d animation in this day in age.

I remember the first time I read it thinking that the twist was going to be that it was actually Daring. and honestly? I think that would've been a better twist. While I like the idea that the whole charming family are very different people behind their public personas the idea of Darling taking after her mom just didn't click. I think it also undermines the significance of Darling's character if there's an abundance of other charming woman that are also secretly the same.

It felt wrong that Daring wasn't a major player in the story. I also just never bought the idea that he didn't know what was up at all. I think revealing Daring to also be *surprised gasp* a real person with depth, would've made for a better and more satisfying reveal. I guess the idea of the charming parents being more supportive than they seem is nice, but i think that coudl've been expressed wihtout the ending. and is also altogether not as signfigant as doing something with the huge gap of story that is Daring charmings character. with how the book delves into Darling's relationship with Dexter it felt incomplete that it barely even touched on her relationship with Daring. Esspecially sense we have seen Dexter's relationship with Daring.

I think what makes this lack of attention to Daring's character more frustrating is that unlike with some of the other male characters like Hopper, Sparrow, and Humphrey, who are essentially blank slates, leaving their potential entirely up to fandom. Daring comes SO close to getting some of that potential fulfilled. His role in a wonderlandiful world, his potential romances with Lizzie and Cerise (cerise more so than Lizzie, as I think his romance with Lizzie had more character development potential for Lizzie than himself) EPIC WINTER (which I think would have been peak if they exluded the rosabella romance, as while I fucking adore beast!daring I think it's a real shame that they bassically tossed his previous relationships out the window.) looping back around to wonderlandiful world while I undertand that it boils down to the tonal difference between the book and show, I always appreciated how Daring came off as all together more of a genuine character in the books, where as the show kinda just uses him for comedic relief.