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He obviously loved and cared for them, and I get that we are seeing him primarily from the POV of Sofia (the main character), but he still could have stood to be a little more involved in the lives of his biological children.

For example, I don’t think he did a very good job of preparing them for the big family shift that occurred when he married Miranda. He just tells them “look out for your new sister and make her feel welcome” without giving any consideration to how the change is effecting them.

Amber definitely was not nice in the pilot movie, but she also was NOT subtle about struggling with the change and the feeling that she was being replaced. Roland (or even Miranda) could have and should have done more to ensure she understood she wasn’t being replaced. She was like 8 in the pilot. It says something that Sofia offered Amber her hand to join the dance BEFORE her own dad did!

Also, in the episode that introduced Aunt Tilly…you can see EXACTLY why his kids wouldn’t like her. She literally called Amber a “funny looking baby” and Roland wants to scold THEM for wanting to leave…no, tell your sister to be nicer to your daughter! I get that she was just teasing, but like, I still don’t blame James and Amber for not liking her or wanting to hang around.

I have spent the whole day rewatching Sofia the First on Disney + because I have COVID and nothing better to do, and on rewatch, I think Amber and Miranda have the most adorable (and underrated) relationship in this whole series full of heartwarming relationships.

Whenever they are together there is just this adorable subtle love between them. Miranda will instantly protectively hold onto Amber or squeeze her hand or just give her all this supportive affection. My head canon is that after becoming Queen, Miranda realized she LOVES the finer things in life. She obviously has to be more subtle about it, and is clearly still very humble, but I just feel like she “gets” Amber on a level that she doesn’t even get Sofia on sometimes.

I like how it kind of shows Miranda respecting a different kind of strong woman. Sofia is daring and adventurous and not afraid to get dirty, but Amber is just as strong in different ways. It takes all types, and while Amber can be bossy, she IS a great leader, highly intelligent, and just as strong-willed despite being a girly girl.

I also like how Miranda tends to naturally bring out a softer and happier side to Amber. Particularly in “Two Princesses and a Baby” it was precious seeing Amber go from being grumpy and angry at James, to giving this big smile hugging Miranda.

do you think you might announce to other artists and fans on sites that they can do a Gravity Falls adoption au comic?

and if they do can they post it on YouTube so maybe it can be a comic dub?

and if you had to chose a fanfic adoption au story into a comic which one would you have them do first?

I actually do not have a ton of followers on sites outside of A03 and FanFiction.Net and neither of those are very announcement friendly (I have tried before and it’s not gone over well because people get excited for more chapters and aren’t invested in the announcements! @keleficent probably has more followers than I do, so maybe she could try making the announcement since she has as much to do with the adoption AU as I do (if not even more!)

I am also always willing to get dubs and content posted on YouTube as I think it’s a terrific platform to get more viewers who enjoy content in different ways! In fact, I tried a long time ago to get a fan done reading of the Rescue Me story…unfortunately, we only got the first four chapters done, but I haven’t closed myself off from that idea just yet!

Something that bugs me about this episode is the scene where Rita (as Brita) introduces herself to the girls. Leni and Luna’s interactions were cute but it’s annoying to me that it appears Rita got flustered with Luan right away.