Things that don't add up in "There's something about Morty"
I'm still suspicious of it being the fake reality episode the creators had mentioned, for the following reasons:
1. Eyepatch Morty's motivation doing a U-turn, and him getting into trouble just so he could have the final word
2. Eyepatch Morty being sick of Rick vs trying to steal Rick C-137 (?!?!?!)
3. Eyepatch Morty saving Morty Prime vs EM trying to kill him
4. Eyepatch Morty being super cautious vs showing off his lair and the Omega Device
5. Eyepatch Morty's sad music motif not making an appearance
6. Eyepatch Morty's standard flat expression getting replaced by this smartass one
7. Beth and Jerry getting along despite Jerry being kinda pathetic as usual
8. Usually hyper-competent Summer doing nothing
9. Rick not being drunk at all
10. Rick no longer holding Eyepatch Morty in high regard
11. Rick not protecting Space Beth
12. The writers calling him the main villain "Evil Morty is actually the more powerful villain and powerful villains don't just hide from you or fight you; they own you"
and then him just LOSING the Omega Device
13. I will also add the Smiths having a pool, but that COULD be canon from now on
If this IS the canon episode, then what on earth were all those OTHER moments in the show? Did EM's motivation never meant anything all along? Him asking Morty Prime to come with him, and just accepting his refusal? Him being ultra cautious and covering all his bases was thrown out the window in favor of him antagonizing a Rick, something he really didn't have to do? Rick C137 making up with his daughters was just forgotten? The option to make Summer interact with this version of her brother was not even explored?
If this is the fake reality episode, then it's BRILLIANT.
It gives the fans what they want, and the writers can build up Eyepatch Morty's actual backstory and the repercussions of his abuse in the following seasons. BRILLIANT, I tell you!
If this is NOT the fake reality episode, then it's just horrible writing. Not only because it felt like cheap, superficial, cliché fan wish-fulfillment and a poorly written fanfic forcing two interesting characters to act out of character in order to interact, but because ALL EMOTION, ALL MOTIVATION, EVERYTHING they had built up until now never meant anything.
Not to mention how damaging and demeaning it is to show a victim of abuse just returning to the abuser like that. Sure, trauma bonding and hoovering are things that happen, but presenting them like that was terrible. It doesn't happen out of the blue. The abuser makes promises, reaches out, appears to try to change, guilt-trips the victim...
And I have no interest in watching a show that depicts abuse and trauma bonding so poorly.
this is the Eyepatch Morty I want to see
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