A Deep Dive Into Monster High's Generation 3 Reboot

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  @Izzzyzzz · 3 years ago · pinned

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  @ellam5931 · 3 years ago

  Also, the choice to make Abbey Bominable actually from the Himalayas (which stretches over India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and China), where the Abominable Snowman legend really comes from, instead of the original Russian/Eastern European accent which wasn&apos;t even faithful to where the legend originated, was so nice. Her mom in the series is actually wearing a sari-like style made of icicles and snow, and it makes my heart melt!! Yes to letting traditional styles get to be monster-fied in a respectful way too!!

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  @anderkid1090 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Fun fact: Frankie no longer has their green skin or neck bolts due to copyright issues!<br>(Long story short, G1 and 2 were Universal Collabs while G3 isn’t, and they own the rights to the iconic Frankenstein design!)

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  @YuBeace · 3 years ago (edited)

  My biggest, BIGGEST problem with Gen 3 is that Ghoulia used to be really good representation for disabled/mute/selectively mute people. I mean OK, some people might not like having a literal monster represent their disability, but the entire franchise is monster, so you might as well represent disabilities (like Frankie&apos;s limbs!). Saying this as a very disabled person, btw. When my illnesses flare up, I become partially mute and clumsy myself, so I related to Ghoulia. She&apos;s really lost that uniqueness to her.<br><br>Update: OK so she spoke another language but she still understood English perfectly and went to school in English? I feel like not being able to speak English despite understanding and writing in it fully sounds like a case of either selective mutism or literally because she physically could only speak zombie, which is still a mutism related disability.

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• SI

  @singlecelledmorganism · 3 years ago

  Body diversity doesn’t begin and end with straight size vs plus size. I think it would be cool for the dolls to have varied muscularity, chest/hip sizes, etc. but also there’s the issue of mixing and matching different characters’ clothing that could be disrupted if you make their bodies too varied

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• BL

  @bluehadal · 3 years ago (edited)

  I really miss the gothic aesthetic of the original, but I do appreciate how they&apos;ve made the cast look more like actual teenagers than young adults.

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• CL

  @cloverjane6769 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Out of all the modern redesigns, I think they did a fantastic job with Abby. She is literally perfect I can’t wait for her doll to be released.

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  @Victim_of_magic · 3 years ago (edited)

  you might&apos;ve made this video before this was released but i noticed you didn&apos;t mention the fact that g3 twyla is now autistic!! :) and it isn&apos;t just implied either, she full on says &quot;i am autistic&quot; in her introductory episode which i absolutely loved. throughout the episode she shows sensory sensitivity, fidgeting, stimming etc. as an autistic person, i honestly love this take on twyla. it doesn&apos;t feel forced or that being autistic is her only character trait at all which is very refreshing. also the other characters respect her boundaries and understand her which will honestly really help non-autistic kids to do the same. and the fact they explicitly had her say she&apos;s autistic is great, i&apos;m tired of the word autistic or autism being used as an insult or a bad word. also they did it during autism awareness month, neat! :)

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  @crazystorm1659 · 3 years ago

  I think it’s quite upsetting to see a lot of the African American features taken away from Clawdeen, and I was wondering if it was going to be brought up. The lighter and less textured hair is a killer. <br><br><br>Additionally, it was played off as a joke in the video, but I am also saddened that Lagoona is no longer Australian. I understand it is important for Latina representation, but there was an amazing opportunity for Lagoona to be an Aboriginal Australian woman. Australian culture is something I’ve never seen explored in a doll line or nearly any pop media before, and there are many stories and cultural myths that could have been explored for her. Growing up as an Australian, I was so surprised and happy to see an Australian doll… I couldn’t imagine how great it could have been for her to be Aboriginal as well, as it’s a part of Australia in media that is always ignored

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• NI

  @nicolasanderson6324 · 3 years ago

  i think my only real gripe is i wish they embraced the edge, as mentioned in the video, more they were gothy and weird and it’s what made me fall in love with them. the aesthetic is what drew me in. i feel like if they keep to their palettes, maybe tone them to the darker colour, i feel like it will be great. i wish they did have the extreme heels personally because i love that bizarre extreme. otherwise, the other steps are in such a great direction. i feel like the spirit of the g1s is almost there but not fully embraced just yet

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  @richiepilled · 3 years ago (edited)

  The discourse around Lagoona no longer being Australian is a bit deeper than simply &quot;I liked her as Australian.&quot; Because of the freshwater vs saltwater debacle in Lagoona and Gill&apos;s relationship in G1, some people interpreted Lagoona as being aboriginal-coded and the freshwater/seawater storyline as representing racism. Plus there was the line in her G3 song describing herself as &quot;spicy,&quot; which a lot of latinos have pointed out is a stereotype. Hopefully as G3 progresses, the writers will be more careful to avoid those sorts of things, and maybe a new aboriginal character can be added to the cast!

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  @WCEric · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTJESyBWHkQ&amp;t=2215">36:55</a> I think there’s a larger issue with Lagoona no longer being Australian than just ‘people want the old Lagoona back’- in some of the 3d movies and parts of the show, Lagoona was implied to be representation for Aboriginal Australians, with her love interest, Gills parents not wanting to accept her because she’s a ‘Salt Water’ (or Fresh Water, I don’t remember which) sea monster instead of the more ‘common’ opposite and thus is viewed as lesser. Very basic but still similar to how Aboriginal people in Australia are treated as lesser today. Some people also argue that her curly hair is reminiscent of Aboriginal hair but obviously I’m not expert on that. Representation for Indigenous Australian people is next to absolutely zero in media, let alone in Australia itself. So to me at least it IS quite disappointing to see Lagoona no longer be Aussie. Obviously the original rep wasn’t the best and was very watered down (no pun intended) but I wish they could’ve done a better job on it with the remake instead

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