I genuinely think that if they were going to symbolize el as “the magic of childhood” or anything else for that matter, atleast humanize her instead of trimming her down to mikes girlfriend, the girl with powers who killed herself, the magic of childhood.
I mean I always saw her as being a slight metaphor for normalcy, to mike. but that does not mean that she isn’t a person. she could’ve been both a real, human girl with authority, and a symbolic one, too.
that is one of the many places where the dud brothers FAILED. they simply turned her into just a metaphor, a trope, without leaving any sense of life attached to her.
el hopper you are bigger than the whole universe
oh and worst of all, the trope they chose was Born Sexy Yesterday.
how funny…. a show based on breaking stereotypes 😐
