So I saw this post about how ending a series/story with a forced nuclear family for everyone and as a childfree woman it really struck a chord with me. Because I feel like so many writers (authors and show/movie writers) are cowards and bend to the will of executives who no doubt want these endings despite the characterizations and narrative hinting otherwise. And in the spirit of fandom discourse, and also as a childfree woman, I wanna talk about whether or not I think the main characters of Sky High would have a nuclear family happy ending or not lmao
Will would absolutely without question have a nuclear family happy ending. He would end up just like his parents, married with a kid (or a few). I cannot see any other ending for him truly. But lowkey I think he would do it mostly out of "legacy" than anything. Not saying that it's a good reason to have kids; it's not. And also not saying that he wouldn't be a good dad, I think he would try to be more accepting than his own father was. But I think carrying on the Stronghold name would be very important to him.
Layla is kind of a wildcard to me. I know that the Disney writers would have her stay with Will forever and probably just get married and have children with him because that is the whole point of a forced heterosexual nuclear family ending. A part of me could see her wanting a kid, and being a very kind and nurturing mother. But another part of me can so easily see her being more interested in environmental activism, throwing her life into her work saving the planet instead. Besides, having a child is statistically speaking one of the worst things you can do for the environment, and IMO it would be completely in-character for her to decide to not have children to lessen her impact on the environment.
For Warren, I'm leaning toward no. A small, small part of me thinks that maybe he'd want to be a father to right the wrongs of his own father. But mostly I think he'd just be like uhh fuck no I'm not bringing a kid into this fucked up world. I think he would heavily doubt his ability to be a good dad, but would also have the wherewithal to know it's not in a child's best interest to literally fuck around and find out.
Zach is going to be the best, most involved father ever. Chaotic good dad energy for sure. 10/10 no further comment
Magenta is honestly hard for me to say. She doesn't seem like the motherly type on the surface. I feel like she truly could go either way. If she stays with Zach, though, I think she would have kids with him. She'd be the no-nonsense responsible parent to balance out his goofy, chaotic but well-meaning parenting style. Think Claire and Phil from Modern Family (although Magenta would be a lot more dry and sarcastic than Claire, and a lot less high-strung).
Ethan would probably have children, if I had to guess. Unfortunately in canon we don't see too much of his personality so it's a little hard to say based on that. But at the end of the film, we do see him dancing with a girl that I'd assume everyone would think is way out of his league. I think it would be hilarious if he ended up marrying some bombshell and having the biggest family of all of the friend group lmao
Gwen... Well, she did want to raise a shit ton of baby-fied superheroes into villains. That's commitment to motherhood right there hahahaha. But fr, as far as doing the nuclear family thing and having children of her own, I think she might just have one child. Not multiple, because she herself had to grow up twice, so she doesn't wanna deal with childhood development more than that. And I think she'd have a kid for no other reason than to shape them into her villainous protégé.
Keep in mind that these are just my opinions!
