@bisexualsharpay I get it. Have absolutely been there and have definitely done that.
I agree. The biggest issue with Sharpay is her selfishness, though. It is somewhat justifiable within the context of the first movie, but it just keeps getting worse to the point where it overshadows everything else. And that’s entirely on her father. For the entirety of the second movie, Vance is overly spoiling of her while being overly critical of Ryan. Derby Evans is the one that comes of as supportive of both of them equally. Hell, Ryan is even astonished that he got to hold the talent show trophy for a minute implying that while the twins perform together, Sharpay always end up winning the trophy.
Oh, the day I say Troyella’s relationship was flawless and that they always break up because of Sharpay is the day I know I have completely lost it. And I agree, 100%. The trilogy is far from perfect, sticking to the same formula 100% shot it in the foot. I’d go as far as say that the need to have a villain in the third movie was just unnecessary and regresses Sharpay for no reason. The theme and conflict of Senior Year, the scholarships and the pressures of ending that chapter of life and entering a new one was good enough and drives almost the first half of the movie perfectly. It did NOT need the new characters, it did NOT need to have Sharpay is a villain again and it should have focused more on character development. Kind of like how HSM2 develops Ryan, Chad (somewhat) and Sharpay, only to undo Sharpay’s development in her very first scene of the third movie.
I disagree that Kelsi writes her best songs FOR Troy and Gabriella, I don’t think she intentionally DECIDES to do so. No need to discuss the first movie, sine Kelsi wrote the music with no one in mind, there was no Troyella yet. In HSM2: 1) Sharpay and Kelsi are not friends, 2) Kelsi is a rehearsal pianist, she wasn’t hired to compose music for Sharpay, 3) Sharpay orders her to give up her music. In HSM3: 1) Canonically, Kelsi wrote I Want It All, A Night to Remember and their reprises. That’s a duet for the twins, a group number where almost everyone sings equally, Ryan performs the first reprise and Sharpay the second. She did not have to do that. 2) The musical was based on “them”, which is why Troyella get the love song. Sharpay’s songs were appropriate for her character.
I will now take a few minutes to read the post linked. Okay, done. Here’s my take on this, Sharpay always overlooks Kelsi, a thing she tends to do with both Kelsi and Ryan. With Kelsi, I do not believe it’s a matter of respect or not, she just fails to register Kelsi’s potential to change everything. Kelsi overcomes her anxiety, stands up to Sharpay and help Troyella perform in the first movie. Then Kelsi and Ryan, together, plot to get Gabriella back, get Troyella back together and take Sharpay out. Somehow, by the third movie, Sharpay still hasn’t learned to SEE Kelsi, if you will. It is, however, about respect when it comes to Ryan, though. He is a resource to Sharpay. He is the choreographer. He is the one who got the Wildcats in line for a performance in the summer. He is her biggest competition. And he stood up to her and is no longer within her control. And she respects him for it. Again, I still believe that trying to convince him to steal the song for her was manipulative and that she did not believe there was actually any chance both of them can get scholarships, but that’s an argument for another time 😂
As for Troy, I do not believe he was ever in the running for the scholarship. The Juilliard reps have already awarded Kelsi the scholarship, and made an exception and awarded Ryan another scholarship. They were not about to make another exception for Troy. So despite everything, turns out he was never a threat to her to begin with.
Here is the differences between Zeke and Sharpay, though. 1) “who is East High’s primo boy”, Sharpay thinks wants Troy because he’s popular, 2) Troy has a girlfriend, 3) Sharpay was manipulative, Zeke was persistent in his advances, 4) Troy never gives Sharpay any signs he might like her, Sharpay keeps playing hot and cold with poor poor Zeke and finally, 5) She is always a better person when they are “getting along”.
I think I don’t like SFA because I always thought Sharpay would discover that she’s more of a business woman than she has ever been a performer. I have always head canon-ed she would switch majors in college and take over the family business and being pretty freaking awesome at it. I don’t know why, I have always thought if one of the twins would take over the business, it would be her. That and her leaving U of A for New York is actually un-Sharpay-like. Sharpay is not a quitter, not the way I see her anyway.
I apologize for the severely delayed reply. I am usually way more responsive that this.
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