Besides the obvious that Disney ripped off their own IP after cancelling it too soon (argue with the wall, they blatantly ripped off the Owl House) when you take away the edges of an "outcast" character, the conflicts left in their wake boil down to the same stock remarks from side characters "she's so weird", "look at her hair", "why does she still go here?", and that by far is the biggest letdown Hexed as displayed with it's new trailer
Look at her design, she' has an interesting hairstyle and a studded(?) bag that matches, she has fun accessories and makeup, her model looks pleasing to the eye. Nothing intentional about Billie is actually weird, it's just the aesthetics geriatric board members THINK are weird
Not to mention how she literally mogs every one of her mean classmates, it's almost like a characters ability to garner audience sympathy is connected to their looks
Do you know what actually makes weird kids? It's about your beliefs in politics and where you stand in the landscape, and it's about taking risks. Just from miss Jane Doe - Imagine my shock learning that was her surname - I know Hexed is not the movie to meaningfully tackle either topic
If the movie actually wanted to be unique, it should've stuck to the school setting, where Billie felt like she didn't belong and where her magic could've been a nice representation of her otherness, if depicting actual otherness was "too far". I don't see what bringing her to another world where she fits in perfectly, given the intrigue of the plot is hinging on her familial connection to it, would actually do for her character
ANYWAYS. If you wanted to watch a witchy isekai story about a real outcast, just pirate the Owl House. I can guarantee you it will outperform this money laundering scheme in every regard