#talk posts

So the Overseer said that he somehow was able to view the “script” (predetermined path) of his dimension and noticed that his son was fated to die. He says that he spent 20 years trying to find a way to save his son, but every time he made an attempt, a catastrophic event would occur somewhere in his universe as a result of his actions. According to him, attempting to defy the script is what causes an anomaly, and anomalies cause disruption and adverse effects in other areas of the universe.

So why is his reward to Solar’s bounty hunters a “copy” of the script??? Isn’t knowing the script exactly what caused an anomaly in his situation? Wouldn’t that just be trading one anomaly for another, since these bounty hunters most likely are going to dislike at least something in their dimensions’ scripts? He’s actively creating the opportunity for more anomalies in an attempt to get rid of another!

Whatever happened to “It’s okay if Sun doesn’t want Moon in his life anymore”?

Imagine if, instead of Rosiebell being an entirely new animatronic they bought online, she was an older model that only recently gained her own independence from whatever company she was previously owned by. She has very little idea of how the outside world works and struggles to find a source of income in a human-dominated world filled with prejudices against her kind. No one wants to hire some random bot off the street, and no one has the patience to explain human customs and norms to her. She’s near hopelessness at this point.

Then, somehow, she ends up meeting either Sun or Moon. Perhaps it’s at a park where Dazzle is playing, perhaps it’s after another failed job interview, maybe it’s even at a bar. Anyway, she strikes up a conversation with one of the two and somehow ends up letting slip her predicament. Whichever Celestial she’s meeting instantly offers to interview her for a job, to her utter shock. There are businesses owned by robots like her? Her services are valued by other people?

The interview is fantastic, and she’s quickly hired and becomes an invaluable member of the team. After this, Sun and Moon reach out to other struggling members of their local animatronic community to offer an actual job around their own kind, surrounded by people who understand them. Their restaurant becomes a friendly place where newly independent animatronics can find their footing and pad their resume a bit. The owners are supportive and are always available to ask questions or help with things like legal names and bank accounts. Animatronic-friendly humans make a point to eat at the restaurant to support them too. It’s a positive environment where animatronics can make friends and discover themselves.

I want to see her perspective.

I want to see her process through everything he said to her. I want to see how it affects her confidence, her relationship with her family, her sense of security.

How does it feel to have someone you love so much, who loves you so much, suddenly turn on you in the blink of an eye? Telling you that you never really mattered to him? That everything between you was fake all along? That he hated you from the very beginning, and you were too stupid to notice?

How would that affect the mind of a little girl like Dazzle, who is still inclined to believe everything told to her? Who is still in the middle of establishing how she navigates the world around her? Who doesn’t have any other friendships like Jack’s to compare it to?

I want to see her struggle for an answer, still finding the whole infection explanation difficult to understand. I want to see her question the love the rest of the family still gives her.

I want to see her question who Jack really is, what was a lie and what was true. I want to see her wanting to talk to him, but too afraid to. I want to see what his insecurities look like through her eyes, what his nightmares look like. I want to see her missing him, trying to make other friends but never finding someone as passionate about her and her needs.

I want to see them work through this together. I want to see how their relationship changes after all this.

I want to see some actual character development based on this arc! I don’t want a forgiveness episode forced onto them without any effort from either party! I love their friendship, but I want to see it earned back, not just smashed onto them!