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bunnydoll would have saved the show

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This scene was so awkward and came out of nowhere. They could make out sloppily in front of jax's wandering corpse and it would have felt just as jarring.

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Someone else pointed out that zooble show constant and unconditional support to gangle that's never reciprocated and I think it's best examplified in this scene.

Gangle is sulking and she casually drag zooble along for support. But for the first time, they're unresponsive. Zooble had ambitions and motivation for life, unlike Gangle. Losing all that is much harder on them than on anyone else. It would be the perfect moment for Gangle to return the comfort they gave her since the beginning, but instead she just slowly back away, whimpering.

Some people pointed out that zooble is forced into this masculine protector role, despite being quite a bit younger. But to me, they come accross more as gangle's mom. Giving her gentle reassurance and comfort, protecting her without expecting anything in return. Is it always going to be that way? Will gangle always back away and wait when zooble is the one to break? Wait for them to return to be their designated emotional support?

BUT WHO CAAAAAARES ABSTRAGEDY SEX SCENE IN THE CREDIT BABY!!!

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Why do I feel Bunnydoll delivered such an incredible narrative for this couple? Bunnydoll presented an excellent narrative where toxicity was fundamental; it wasn't denied. They were the perfect foil for each other. They understood each other because no one else could see through their layers of deceit except themselves. It was a dynamic where they could never be apart, yet tolerated closeness even less. A dynamic where if Ragatha wanted to save him, Jax just wanted to make it absolutely clear why it was a terrible idea. For me, Bunnydoll was a dynamic where the layers they hid from everyone else made them completely vulnerable to each other. It was the only place they could truly belong, and yet, they hurt each other. Jax's anguish, hatred, and resentment toward Ragatha—because she truly knows what he went through with others—are totally justified, going far beyond the simple "I can fix you" cliché. Ragatha feels a visceral need for him, more than a simple desire to fix him. She doesn't go to Jax out of kindness. She goes out of necessity. She's never had anyone who truly understood her. She's never been able to be herself without others rejecting her for her own falseness. Jax is the only one who stays, not despite seeing through her facade, but precisely because he does. Her falseness doesn't scare him. He points it out. He uses it against her. And he does so in a twisted and violent way because she learns to love by being hurt. She hasn't known any other way to belong and be loved. They are accustomed to suffering, and that's why they belong to each other, becoming cruelly intimate. And that's why she keeps coming back. Again and again. This creates a vicious cycle in which they are both fully aware that it's unhealthy, but they share an addictive need for each other: to belong and remain completely vulnerable within that shared intimacy.

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Trolls’s biggest problem is that it was written to be a niche movie aimed at weird analytical queers with actual media literacy and it accidentally blew tf up and hit the mainstream and a bunch of people who have never had a second thought about anything got into it