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I think your amphibia analysis is spot on. Marcy did get forgotten by pretty much everyone she loved, proving her fears where right all along(still don’t care for evil Marcy though). I get the impression that the writers just..didn’t feel all that bad about, and that her stabbing and subsequent possession was a punishment for her previous actions.
I mean it is actually BAD for writers to hold back and be too nice to their characters XD. There’s no story without struggle. But unnecessary pain that doesn’t push the story is another thing. I feel like Yunan, Olivia, and (kinda) Anne simply not showing much care towards Marcy in s3 might have been a cop-out for the writers to bring more focus to Anne, the protagonist. I’m of course not sure, but that’s all I can really think of so I’m livid.
What I’m saying is: the stabbing and possession is okay (from a writing perspective), in my opinion, but avoiding Marcy’s arc and not really giving her the time of day in s3 is A WHOLE OTHER THING. I understand that Anne IS the protagonist and Marcy was… incapacitated for a while, but little things like making a few characters Actually Care wouldn’t have taken much extra screen time (if any). The only reason I can think of as far as why the writers didn’t let that happen was that the extra drama around Marcy would’ve taken some focus from Anne. Which is dumb because she gets plenty and the whole story hinges on the trio’s friendship, so ALL of their arcs should be incredibly important…
This show had SUCH cool concepts and set up, but they kinda dropped the ball in s3…. I was theorizing about so many theories for Marcy’s arc, her possession, and how those would get resolved, but then they gave her almost no development/screentime, snipped a cord, had a one minute talk, then moved on :T