Cattrick and Kitty analysis
Even tho they have little screen time, I appreciate the Lynxley twins. I love the aura they exude and what they embody. They also inspire respect, and I love their design as well as their look. After reading several reviews, I wanted to write about them myself. Some people lump them together with their father. That's not the case for me, I have a strong opinion about them. It's just my personal interpretation. I believe they have a hidden brotherly love for Pawbert.
- After Gazelle opens the gala, Cattrick and Kitty walk over to where Pawbert is talking to Judy. He stops talking when he notices his siblings. When they arrive, Cattrick says with a smile, “You're supposed to be offstage, Pawbert.” If you pay attention, you can see Kitty looking at Cattrick and giving a knowing nod. She then says, "Yeah, get off the stage, Pawbert." The expression she displays seems like an act to me. To me, they were feigning disdainful and just wanted to tease Pawbert at that moment. I noticed that Cattrick pushed Pawbert aside with just one finger, without hurting him. In my opinion, he is keeping him away to prevent Milton from noticing him and becoming unhappy about his presence at the gala. Pawbert being a failure in his father's eyes, it seems obvious to me that he wouldn't want to see him in the presence of his brothers and sisters at the gala. Especially if he's supposed to be offstage.
- I believe that the twins are mimicking Milton's behavior toward Pawbert to avoid being mistreated themselves, and their behavior toward him also aims to discourage him from getting involved in the family's dangerous affairs in order to protect him and keep him away from their father's influence. They didn't want Pawbert to get involved or hurt, but they had to act cruelly in order not to lose their father's trust. I would say they are aware that Pawbert is not comfortable at social events and that he is not cut out for anything related to high society, unlike them who are in their element.
- I wouldn't lump them in with their father. Observing each of their appearances, they seem different to me in their way of being and reacting (when they are not serving as lackeys to Milton). Milton is the kind of person who knows how to be nothing but a cold, angry, contemptuous, cruel, and violent man. That's not their case. We see them being worried, concerned, confused, and afraid. They show concern several times from the moment Kitty discovers Pawbert's hair loss. Notice her worried look when she shows it to Milton:
I may be wrong, but I think at that moment she was worried about what their father would do to Pawbert when he saw him. Because she knows what her father is like. She and Cattrick know what happens when he gets angry.
- When he starts tracking Pawbert, they look really worried. We see Cattrick looking at Milton's phone with concern, even following it with his eyes as his father moves around.
-When they are sitting at the computer with their father and see Pawbert heading toward the control room, they look worried, as if wondering what he is doing with Judy and Gary.
- Later, when their father attacks Pawbert, grabbing him and throwing him violently to the ground, they freeze and are terrified by his aggression. They are clearly worried about Pawbert.
- In the next shot, we see them cautiously approaching Milton. Cattrick looks alternately at Pawbert and his father. As if he were hesitating to intervene. So, I don't think we can say that they don't care about Pawbert.
- When Pawbert tells Milton about his plan, we can see from the twins' expressions that they had no idea that the newspaper did not belong to Ebenezer. They are surprised, and the way they look at each other shows their confusion. They seem to be saying to themselves: “What? The newspaper didn't belong to our great-grandfather? It was a snake that invented weather walls?”
- I suspect that they too were victims of their father's aggression when they were young, before winning his favor and recognition. Or at least that they witnessed it. Because in the scene where Nick gets arrested, notice Cattrick's expression when Milton suddenly turns to him with an angry look and orders him to begin the expansion of Tundratown:
Cattrick has a look of fear on his face at that precise moment before regaining his smug expression in the next shot. Moreover, when Milton goes after their little brother, their expression of shock and terror is quite explicit.
- We pity Pawbert a lot for all the abuse his father inflicted on him, but I don't think the twins had an easy life either. Being Milton's disappointment is one thing, but having his "love," is it better ? He undoubtedly entrusted them with countless responsibilities and certainly put enormous pressure on them. A pressure that sometimes suffocated them and made them anxious about their father's reactions in case of failure. Wouldn't it be exhausting to always have to be perfect in order to maintain Milton's favor and trust ? Of always having to do what he doesn't want to do? It must not have been easy for them. Even though they don't seem very open about their feelings, I like to think that they confided in each other when the pressure got to them and they were feeling a little down.
- I don't think Cattrick and Kitty are fundamentally bad people. I think they feel obligated to obey with their father. Because Milton also has a certain degree of influence over them. Like Pawbert, they have had their dose of conditioning to obey him. They don't want to be in his line of fire (confirmed by Jared on X).
- I felt sorry for them when their father betrayed them. When the mayor turns against Milton, it's clear that they are intimidated and had a slim hope that their father would protect them (a vain hope on their part). Especially Kitty, who was desperately clinging to his arm. But they use them as living shields, as a coward.
- You can see that they look worried when they are in the truck taking them to prison. They are surely wondering what prison sentence they will received for Milton and Pawbert's actions.
Since they were only obeying their father's orders, their prison sentence should be lighter than his and their brother's. They can only be arrested for complicity. I don't think they would blame Pawbert any more than their father. Who drove him to such despair that he came up with this plan involving the newspaper and the original patent? Milton. The twins would surely point this out to him. They are so angry with him at the end.
- In Z3, I hope for a serious cameo that shows they no longer have any loyalty to Milton. Definitely. In fact, in prison, they no longer show any fear. They stand up to him! During their argument at the end, I'm pretty sure they're blaming him for using them as living shields against the mayor. I can imagine their father blaming Pawbert for their arrest and the twins defending him by saying that he was the one who made him desperate enough to do what he did. I would love for them to realize that their behavior towards Pawbert had a negative impact on him. Some say that Pawbert could be redeemed, I think the twins have great potential for redemption too.
- I might be mistaken about their dynamic with Pawbert, but for the rest, I would say it doesn't contradict the canon and aligns with their behavior in the movie.
