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i think the most important thing to know is that this isn’t a bunch of people being like “let’s make a direct prequel for 101 dalmatians to explain why cruella likes skinning dalmatians and why she’s hashtag misunderstood”

it’s much more like “hey remember the crazy lady with the weird hair from that movie you watched twice as a kid? let’s do a batshit heist/devil wears prada movie vaguely inspired by her with a few goofy dalmatian references and some shared characters and basically nothing else to do with the original”

like do the dalmatians chase the mom off a cliff? yes

does this motivate cruella to hate dalmatians? no.

does this motivate her to want to kill them, skin them, or blame them for her mother’s death? no.

in fact, she blames herself, then the baroness, and ends up adopting the dalmatians with no intention of skinning them or any other dogs

is it still a goofy writing decision? absolutely. but it’s a goofy decision in a fun, goofy movie from a group of filmmakers about a thousand times more creative and interesting than those behind any of the other live action disney movies that i’ve seen

Meanwhile Sawaki last episode straight up suggested that Ai is going to look like her mom when she grows up and painted her with flowers that meant “waiting” and “romantic love”.

You can also just compare Ai sitting at the table with Ura-Acca listening to him and how she’s fine with it versus any time the teacher is on screen it being really weird. He was treating her like his lost daughter and poured her a glass of water and told her what was going on so she was aware.