whatisyourcenter:
They don’t see me. They don’t see me…
I’ve told you guys about giving me feels in the morning!
I’d like to point out that the only three characters who feel this in the movie are Jack (the character who sort of stands between the good guys and the bad guy), Pitch (the bad guy), and Bunny (the good guy). Like yes, there’s a point where all the kids stop believing in all of them, but these three are the ones who have that moment where a kid runs through them. Just… look at the heartbreak on Bunny’s face, and Jack watching in the background. Jack knows what this feels like, has always known, and this is the first time he gets to see it happen to someone else. It’s different when you know how something feels and you see it happen to someone else. You know that hurt, but this is the first time he sees that hurt on someone else. I think, even at the end of the movie with Pitch, when they see it happen to him there’s this moment of, “… o.k., you’re the villain, but…”
OK GUYS STOP WITH THE GUARDIANS FEELS!
There’s a concept of the movie that I really like, and it’s Jack pretty much asking the guardians, “When’s the last time you actually spent time with children?” Like, the guardians are the great and powerful protectors… but… when’s the last time they actually spent a second with the very children they want to protect? Think about it. The Sandman comes to give you sweet dreams, meaning you’re sleeping when he shows up. Children are told to leave cookies and milk for Santa, then to go to sleep (and Christmas is only once a year, which means he only does this one time, and that one time isn’t even spent directly with children). You put a tooth underneath your pillow for the Tooth Fairy (and in the movie, she’s not even the one who collects the teeth) and the Easter Bunny hides the eggs before the children can see him. Jack’s the only one who, you know, was playing with the kids.
I think this is important for any protective figure: parents, siblings, friends, whatever. Sometimes, we spend so much time “protecting” that we forget to, you know, enjoy the thing we’re protecting. And this scene, right here, you can tell that Bunny gets what Jack was talking about as far as, “When’s the last time you did this?” Sophie looks so happy seeing him, and just look at how happy Bunny looks to be around her? It’s really touching to me.
