*Spoilers for Wendell & Wild*
Let’s talk about Siobhan‘s characterization,and why it is so refreshing.
As most of us know,media usually vilifes blond+rich girls,making them unredeamable or at the very least,rotten .But it isn’t the case with Siobhan Klaxxon.
Upon meeting Kat she greets her and,if not a bit annoyingly,tries to befriend her,oblivious to the main character’s discomfort,as seen in the picture.
Later on,when Kat gets her mark of a Hell maiden and freaks half the class with an octopus,Siobhan says to her friend group something among the lines of “this new girl is an interrupter”,which can be interpreted as “she doesn’t fit in,disrupts the usual flow of the lesson and I don’t like that”.From this,and the Raul’s admission of being friends with her pre-transition we can conclude that this character doesn’t perceive “unordinary”,and unknowingly tries to either reinforce the “normalness”(proposing to change Kat’s nickname and other attributes in order for her to fit in RBC girls) or withdrawing form it(her group not being friends after Raul’s transition).But does it make her the villain?No,it makes her oblivious to the harm she causes,which stems from her parents privilege and ignorance.
But later on,when she investigates her parents job and understands all the awfulness that comes with it(and what Kat went through) she breaks the cycle and embraces helps others in order to stop Klaxons deeds.After getting rid of her ignorance,planted by her family,she does what SHE thinks is right,not what OTHERS think it is.
So in conclusion,I totally agree with chewingsum’s post:
Also,I wanna thank the production team behind this movie for subverting so many cliches and making such a good message about doing your own thing after getting rid of something that held you down.In Kat’s case,it was her trauma,and in Siobhan’s-her parents perception.
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