I think you did a wonderful job explaining how fucked up the Dark Times were, people were not as advanced back then and it showed through with the movie.

Izzy showing her vulenerable/awkward side was something that was due for the growth of her as a person and character.

Also some nice family friendly casual racism from Lisa and brand awareness to boot! ;)

It’s interesting that the film was earlier described as “pro-minor.”  The biggies are so completely ethically retarded that they want to make everything pro-tiny and/or anti-biggie (which describes me, not the movie.)  They are simply too morally incapable to recognize the film’s actual message which is ... you know...anti-murder.  It’s a good thing for them they’re strong...cuz they’re so stupidly shallow it’s kind of painful to watch.

It’s a complex scenario the film puts fourth.  Making the biggie’s evil seem almost justified as a act of self defense.  Kind of smells like a case of the history the winners write.  We could ask the other side...oh wait...they’re all dead. 

An interesting alternate history, I do have a complaint in that you didn’t do a very good job of explaining why the biggies kept the tinies around in the pre-bonding ear.  The occasional invention hardly seems to justify their preservation.

Also...Izzy’s car.  It was built well after the dark age.   If only 2% of the population is tinies and they’re all oppressed, who are they building a “transitional” car for?

That aside, this was a wonderfully realized chapter.  Izzy really pulled me in with her complex emotions and her sincere contemplations.  I, at first, felt a little jarred by the dark beginning and light ending of the piece.  But then I realized how Izzy and everyone else would be desperate for some lightness...some relief from the burden that such dark knowledge puts upon a person’s shoulders.  Lisa might be a little too light, but that’s very well established for her.

The biggies are still creepy and worthless.  Their notion of their own superiority even further undermined, now that their dirty laundry has been aired.  But the fact that they have never been challenged is even more glaring.  You asked me how Mabel could understand Izzy’s plight?  The same way your audience does; empathy and imagination.  But biggies are totally lacking in these qualities.  That’s how Izzy can beat them.  She can challenge herself more than the Biggies are capable of understanding.  She can make the contest about inventiveness and imagination...and leave the biggies standing around like the vapid, shallow creatures they show themselves to be time and again. 

Go tiny heroine, go.

Her memories of her mother are sweet are sweet and powerful.  I loved the complexity of her mother’s teachings. 

I have to say that most people would view it as a fault, but I appreciate Izzy’s ability to hold a grudge and stick by her decisions.  Breaking off her association with the twins shows determination and the ability to understand and live with consequences.  Something there’s not enough of in this world.  Yes, the image of two first graders, moping at losing their friend is a sad one, but what choice did Izzy have?  Relent and have them treat her worse next time?  That is exactly what would have happened with these monsters.  Maybe they learned a lesson (I doubt it.) But Izzy’s loneliness is also her strength.  She’s able to imagine herself as something other than a pet to these oversized losers because she kept them away.  Just think what years of having them around and subtly (and not so subtly) letting her know she was inferior would have done to her.  This world gives her no alternative.  She should not fear being alone.

And props to Ignacio...still such a loving and cool dad.  I really wish Izzy had spent her time after the movie with him...their heart to hear moments are magical. 

This is some excellent storytelling.  Provocative on many levels and a pleasure to read. 

Thank you. 

Peace


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