The Umbrella Academy

not number two like "a deputy, a support system, the one that's there when number one falls"

but number two like "not good enough to be leader, keep trying"

he was seen as stupid and himbo and overeager for trying to prove himself and as the seasons went on it got worse and worse until they were making fat jokes and shaming him for wanting to do better with his life, when he knew he could have been just as good as five

Maybe the marigold isn’t the problem, but the fact that they ever existed. This is weird because they still leave an impact on the universe: their children are alive. If the universe is angry at their existence, why can their children live normally? Also, by the end of the show their parents NEVER EXISTED. Why doesn’t this cause a grandfather paradox?

Reginald’s wife could have ended the world by splashing Jennifer with some marigold. Without their powers, the umbrellas would die alongside everyone else. What little sadist gives the umbrellas the marigold so they can suffer more?

"I hope your favorite show gets a horrible ending and your favorite character turns into a Cthulhu looking abomination that erases your other favorite characters from existence" is terrifying.

It’s possible.

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+ BONUS

Seasons 1 and 2 are peak. Absolute masterpieces. Canon.

Season 3 can be taken or left. Has its moments, but overall not as good as the first two. Canon, but only if you want it to be.

everyone else: prying information out of five like pulling teeth