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Violet Rodriguez is a Good Character



Yeah, I know, I’m kind of on a “Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion” marathon atm, but this show is definitely just…something else, and it’s got some story elements that are very unique, so I decided to keep watching. The first 10 episodes aired on Disney+ just yesterday, so I took the time to watch them all minus the ones I’ve seen (episodes 1 and 2), and all I have to say is…wow. Just wow. Whoever writes these characters knows exactly what they’re doing with them, because this show writing is some of the best I’ve seen out of Disney all together.

Including the writing of Violet Rodriguez, our main character. She is also known as Ultra Violet (once again, reminds everyone the EM spectrum exists), a luchadora superheroine who is joined by her uncle, Cruz, who is also known as Black Scorpion. Since only 2 episodes aired last weekend, we didn’t get to see a lot of Violet and her arc, but now since the first 10 episodes aired, I can safely say that Violet is a well written main character…and here’s why.

Let’s start off with what was seen of her when she first appeared - she’s sarcastic, kind-hearted and funny, and sometimes she can be selfish, but she’s only 13 and doesn’t really know the ropes of life yet, so I’ll cut her SOME slack for that. But, in episodes 1 and 2, she was seen only becoming a superhero alongside Black Scorpion because she wanted to put herself out there, and do what she does only for more views. But, there was another reason why she did that - she feels like her family is more talented and accomplished than her, especially her older brother Santiago, and whenever she tried to do something new, she always seemed to fail. When she became Ultra Violet, she felt like if she couldn’t be good at anything else, she could at least be good at being a superhero. So, her reasons for being a heroine at first are a little..complex.

But, later in episode 2, when she set up a meet and greet event to meet fans as Ultra Violet, a worried mother runs towards Violet and her best friend Maya, asking if they saw her daughter, who was she taking to see Ultra Violet. This…is the turning point for the first part of Violet’s arc - she’s genuinely concerned for what is happening, and offers to help look for the kid, and when she does help, she decides to do it as Ultra Violet to cover more ground. Here, we actually see her use her abilities for a genuinely good reason. That’s the end of her arc of learning what being a hero really means, but there’s also a bigger arc for her in the later episodes. Which takes place during episodes 9 and 10, titled “Cascada” and “Lucha Rules!”. In “Cascada”, she and Black Scorpion meet Cascada, a new hero who joins them from now on.

Cascada is…a person with very complex world views, but she does play a huge role in Violet’s development here - Black Scorpion deeply cares for Violet and he doesn’t want her to get hurt, which is understandable, but she’s also 13, and she’s proven herself capable of being fine on her own whenever the situation calls for it. But, Cascada makes the point that if Violet were to ever improve as a superhero, she needs to be more involved, and find out what her limits are to her abilities when she’s in her mask and costume. Violet doesn’t know who to listen to, and is constantly switching back and forth between what Cruz wants her to do, and what Catalina (Cascada) wants her to do (which is counter whatever Cruz says to her). So, by the end of the episode, she chose to do what they both wanted her to do. She kept her distance, but she also did what she learned when training with Cascada and took a risk. She chose her own way, and what she wanted to do, and this..is very good development for her.

However, despite Violet having really good development with her moral code, she does have some other things to work on..that will take much more time than 21 episodes or so. And that is her impulsiveness, and her tendency to be selfish, and do whatever she wants for herself. Her impulsiveness and selfishness lead her to making some pretty big mistakes, but what I do like about this part of her character is that she doesn’t make the same mistakes again. Every episode, there’s a new mistake made. And they never repeat after they’ve been addressed. Which is..incredibly realistic, because people make mistakes, learn from them, and never do them again. Violet makes mistakes, but she learns from them, and never once repeated them again in the future episodes. And…the reason why that even happens is because there are people on the show who actively call her out on it, which is..very refreshing, because there’s not a lot of shows out there that call out their main characters on their bullshit.

Honestly, I don’t think there’s anyone in this show who could replace Violet as a character..so far, because who knows? That may change. But she is a very complex, well written character who I would like to see more of, that’s for sure.