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Funny little detail that's probably meaningless but it's too funny not to mention.

In the French dub, during the Darius confession scene Brooklynn kinda friendzones him right before he confesses and I always found that hilarious.

In the english dub she says "Any DPW tea you wanna spill" but in the French dub she more or less says "don't you have any scoop for your pal?" (pal being the closest thing to "pote" in french). Like, of all the words she could have used she used THIS one.

It really doesn't mean anything but that's something I like with being able to understand more than one dub, it's being able to pick up on the (sometimes) funny little nuances brought by the translation process.

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Me rn 🤣

Since in Chaos Theory the campers are older and few of them are in relationships, was there a discussion that took place on what you were "allowed" to show on screen compared to the previous show? Because yk it's not like in Camp Cretaceous when they were children and the most they did was kiss, hold hands and act cringy, here they are adults so immediately the dynamics are bound to change. I think my question is did the writing when it comes to the romantic relationships changed for you because it suddenly went from a kid friendly show about children to a "kid-friendly" show about adults?

Alright, here we go! Day 01 of "Rocket Answers" in honor of the Jurassic World: Chaos Theory S3 premiere on Netflix 04/03!

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This is such an interesting question. I love that you call it a "kid-friendly" show about adults -- those quotes are doing some heavy-lifting in my eyes. XD

So, yes, there was a lot of discussion about what these relationships would look like now that the characters are adults. Now, I did not work on Camp Cretaceous, so for me personally, I didn't have anything to compare it to in terms of how *I* approached it. Obviously I was a fan of the original show and had watched all of it before joining the writing staff of Chaos Theory, so I was familiar with the tone and voice. We all wanted to make something that felt more mature given the new age of the characters, but it had to be in-line with the tone of the series that came first so that it didn't feel like too much of a departure.

When writing a kids' series, you already come in knowing that you have to meet that audience where they're at, then challenge them an appropriate amount. So, we knew that the first show approached the relationships from a more... let's say... "first crush/love" sort of place. It was more "butterflies in your stomach" than "OMG I need you NOW." And, of course, "OMG I need you now" would still not be an appropriate place for our show to go with that audience still in mind. But we wanted to honor that these relationships had grown and evolved and settled into new places. I think we all knew from the get what would be appropriate, so in terms of what were "allowed" to show, that was never really a discussion. In the end, I think we've ended up with something more YA than strictly kids' -- which was really fun for all of us!

All that said, it's a Jurassic show, so romance is obviously not the forefront of what kinds of stories we'd be telling, so we didn't focus too much on having to challenge those relationships too externally like one would on a show like Riverdale or Gossip Girl. There were times in the room where I, in particular, wanted to delve into the relationships a bit harder (I usually write more YA stuff personally), but I think we found a happy medium in the final show. There's enough internal relationship drama to keep people who like that stuff happy, but not too much as to feel like a different show. So I think we did a good job.

And hey, we just won a GLAAD Award for it, so I guess other people think we did a good job, too. =]

Keep the questions coming!

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Me? Obsessed?

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You bet I am 🤣

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"That's the big hubris she's working through in CT, as we see it being the reason Kenji broke up with her"

It's highly probable I have made several wrong calls in my MANY analyses/predictions for the show, but ngl it feels good to know that I was somewhat spot on when it comes to her character arc in JWCT / the core themes of her story.

Not sure if this will get touched upon in this series, but for two Brooklynn questions: (1) in "Camp Cretaceous", Brooklynn's often the one who gets mad at Darius for his doing everything on his own. Is there a reason in "Chaos Theory" that she's suddenly the one trying to do everything on her own, e.g. did her becoming an investigative journalist and not being with the Nublar Six shift her towards being more independent? (2) I know you mentioned in another post that the Nublar Six were already kind of drifting apart prior to Brooklynn's death. Was she also one of the main people who were keeping the group in touch with each other, e.g. visiting everyone when her work brought her near them or maybe even setting up her work to be near them?

1) Have you met Brooklynn? XD She’s a fiercely independent type of person. Even if she espouses that doing things together is the better way, that independence is a hard thing to shake. I don’t think it’s a shift away from her character as established in CC, nor was it “caused” by her deciding to pursue investigative journalism. She did that because of who she already was. As far as her telling Darius not to do things himself, haven’t you ever given someone advice you yourself don’t stick to? Not to mention how different their circumstances were being left alone on Nublar versus being out in the more familiar world.

2) I wouldn’t go so far as to give a very definite answer on things we don’t see in the show, but I seriously doubt it. The others make comments about her always running off, so I don’t think she’s the type to bring people together or keep people in touch with each other, especially not once she started her work. That’s the big hubris she’s working through in CT, as we see it being the reason Kenji broke up with her.

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Chapters: 1/2 Fandom: Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (Cartoon), Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Cartoon) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Brooklynn/Kenji Kon Characters: Kenji Kon, Brooklynn (Jurassic Park), Darius Bowman, Brand and Darius Bowman's Mother Additional Tags: Fluff, Love, Young Love, Comfort, Romance, Second Kiss, Soulmates, Sweet, First Love, Canon Compliant, kenlynn Summary:

After a few months on mainland, Kenji and Brooklynn finally manage to have their (second) first date.

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As @p0m0u made me realize, in the french version of the trailer Ben mentions that "Barry told me we're at the Italian border".

Barry is most likely Owen's friend who makes his return in Dominion, played by the French actor Omar Sy.

If it's really this Barry then not only does it mean that the campers know Owen's friend, linking them even more to the movies, but it also means that he could appear on screen. I think that it might be what they meant when they said that "old friends" would make they return. We all thought it was about camp cretaceous characters but I think it was actually about movie characters. I always thought his character had been robbed in the franchise so I would LOVE to see him get his well-deserved spotlight in jwct like Soyona. And if Omar Sy actually voices his character it would be even better (I'll take any french representation, really 🤣). Anyway, this made me even more hyped.

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Even Soyona knows Brooklynn's the queen, that's saying something.

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Let's hear everyone's Ben girlfriend's name predictions.

I'll go first: Isabella

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Ok but whose genius idea was it to let KENJI of all people fly the plane?

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I think I shouldn't be this happy they didn't put any Kenlynn in the trailer, but I can't help it 😂

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Favorite Kenlynn moment? (JWCC/JWCT)

Sorry I took so long I completely forgot about this ask 😭.

I have a lot of them so I'm gonna do it by season I guess.

Jwcc season 1: CKK scene. We are shown how Kenji's able to connect with Brooklynn in a way that's different from the others. He knows how she works and is able to find the right words to make her see how her behavior might be wrong, and because of that she's able to make things right with Sammy and be a better person.

Jwcc season 2: When Kenji comes to console her after the rest of the campers understandably turn their backs on her. He has no reason to stay, but he has that soft spot for her already and tries to make her feel better.

Jwcc season 3: Episode ten, no need to say more. At the time I really gaslit myself into thinking Kenji reacting that way to her kidnapping meant nothing because I thought there was no way they would make a pair that didn't even exist in the fandom's discourse at the time canon 😭. But apart from this episode, when they take care of Sammy. Kenji's in a very vulnerable place, and this time it's her who finds the right words to make him feel better.

Jwcc season 4: This one isn't very deep, but I love the moment when Kenji looks at her and she catches him and he looks away akwardly. It's clear it's at this moment that she understands that he likes her, and idk my Kenlynn shipper heart fangirled so hard. And the confession, like, omg my babies. It felt too real.

Jwcc season 5: The kiss.

Jwct season 1: The break up scene. I know this is weird, but I think it's a really well done scene and we are shown that while they broke up, they both still loved each other. They were both heart-broken, and I love tragedy.

Jwct season 2: THE PLANE SCENE. This is my number 1 Kenlynn scene both shows combined. It just hits different, because there is all that history between them. It's so well written, every shot is perfect and hits how it's supposed to. As I said, I love tragedy a lil too much for my own good and I was FED good with this one. 

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Hear me out

What if

The next time Kenji holds Brooklynn's hand... he holds her prosthetic hand 🥲

or

even worse

This time Brooklynn is the one to reach out for his hand, with her prosthetic arm 😭

DREAMWORKS DON'T LET ME DOWN, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE JOB AND YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHT CARDS IN YOUR HANDS (no pun intended)

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Dreamworks really gave us the silence treatment for four months then hit us with everything at once. WDYM 3rd OF APRIL??? I legit thought it'd come out in July AT THE EARLIEST, PLEASE 😭

(btw I'm not complaining I just can't believe it)

I'll be working on that day but as soon as I'm done be prepared for the Kenlynn content I'm sure I'll have a lot to say 😭

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It's probably me again finding meaning where there isn't any (as always), but can we talk about the scene where Darius and Kenji enter Brooklynn's secret appartment and how it perfectly encapsulates each of their relationships with her?

Darius enters the appartment and he immediately goes into investigation mode, attempting to call Sammy then searching through Brooklynn's stuff to inquire about what she was doing. At no moment does he display any sort of emotion at being at her place, at the fact that she's not here anymore. In that he's very similar to Brooklynn (their interest in solving misteries being stronger than anything), so much so that you could argue that they are the two faces of the same coin with how similar their personnalities are, which is exactly why (according to me) they could never work as a couple. Sometimes the right partner for you is someone who resembles you, but there are times when, on the contrary, such a person would be the worst partner and I believe Darius and Brooklynn to belong to the second category. But that's below the point, what we can observe in that scene is that Darius' strong feelings about Brooklynn and her death don't manifest at all, which to me only further reinforces my theory according to which Darius' strong reaction to Brooklynn's death was mostly motivated by the crippling guilt he felt about his involvment in her death and not by his momentary crush on her. Here, he isn't swept by an overflow of emotions of sorrow and loss, no, because his main drive, his main motivation is and always was to try and make peace with what had happened that night more than anything else. So it's only to be expected that the prospect of finally finding answers, of finally getting to know why she died if not because of him, overpowers everything else in that moment, even Brooklynn as an individual and his friend.

Then there's Kenji. Immediately after entering, he is hit by everything that reminds him of Brooklynn in that place he has never even visited. First it's the helmets on the wall, especially the one with pink strikes, because that's something Brooklynn would always carry with her, and he knew that better than anyone else. It's the first familiar object he finds in that foreign place, the first thing that reminds him of her. He spends a long time looking at it, incapable of focusing on their actual mission, or care for it, unlike Darius. After a while he starts advancing into the room, touching the dust on the table and remarking how cold the appartment is, visibly shaken. Because these details only serve to remind him that Brooklynn's not here anymore, and hasn't been for a long time, because she died. And then the shoe. He stumbles on it, picks it up, and with a sad smile thinks back on all the times he'd stumbled on it when they were together. It's a little detail he found annoying at the time, like there are in any couple. He would give anything for it to happen again now that he lost her forever, as shown by his sad, endeared smile. And this scene hits differently after you realize that it was only there because Brooklynn kicked the shoe when she was mad that he broke up with her. I think this whole sequence is so touching and sad. It's the first time we see how much he misses her, how much he misses the little things she added to his daily life. They're supposed to be investigating the dino smuggling but his feelings about Brooklynn are too strong and he completely looses focus. Because while he loved and admired Brooklynn as a person, what he loved more than anything was being with her, the relationship they had, and it was something only the two of them shared, a gap only Brooklynn could fill.

I find the difference between the two striking. This isn't to say that Darius doesn't care about Brooklynn, he does, but it's different from the way Kenji cares about her. Darius loved and admired Brooklynn's personnality, she was amazing after all... But Kenji loved her, loved being with her, loved what they had built. And that scene, to me, perfectly showcases that.

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You're the only kenlynn fan I know in the JWCT fandom and one of the people who understood Brooklynn's character the best. Please write a fic about them.😭😭😭

The only ones on Ao3 that involve them are just Benji-disguised stories.😤😭😭

Hey, we're not that rare anymore 🤣 There are a few of us on instagram, tiktok and youtube 🫡 (no, I'm not coping).

Thank you for the compliment 😭💖

And about the fanfic... I actually started writing a little something 👀, but it will take some time for me to post it because I'm super busy.

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Although I have an idea, what is the order of your favorite characters between JWCC and JWCT??

Good question !

Jwcc:

1- Brooklynn. I don't know, I just love how savage she is. I love that she knows what she wants and that she always stands her ground (I was sooo team Brooklynn during the phone gate). And I relate so much to her struggles when it comes to her feeling like an outsider in social settings. I like the fact that she's kind of the "popular girl" archetype but introverted and genuinely socially akward at the same time, and not in a quirky way. I feel like a character like Brooklynn has rarely been done, if ever.

2- Kenji. I've always had a soft spot for the annoying boy no one can stand and Kenji fits the description to a t. I love him even more because they actually explained what had led him to be that way (he's not just annoying for the sake of it, it's merely the result of his father abandonment) and it just makes sense.

3- Yasmina: I really like her, and as much as I like Brooklynn, I think Yaz is the one who resembles me the most 😂 I found myself relating to her so many times. She's the least annoying and the most mature tbh.

4 - Darius: I really like him, and I like the storyline with his dad, it explains his fascination for everything jurassic well but he's at that place because he's often too one note for my liking. Like, he does struggle to put himself in other people shoes to understand them even when he's the one in the wrong and he is REALLY idealistic, sometimes to the detriment of actual people. But I like him 😂.

5 - Ben: Ok, don't kill me. Ben is really hard for me to place because I kinda not like him in some seasons but like him in others lol. If we're talking season 1 to 3 Ben, I find him annoying and too immature, it puts me off. The season I dislike him the most in is season 3 where he's really selfish and makes some really questionnable decisions, but I do like the storyline. Now, season 4-5 Ben? Love him, I'd place him above Darius and maybe even above Yaz.

6- Sammy: Sorry, but as an introvert Sammy is really too much for me even from behind my screen 😭 She struggles with respecting people's bondaries or straight up respecting people who don't share her worldview. And idk, she's too optimistic it puts me off sometimes 😭 I like her, I simply like her the least overall.

Now, Jwct

1 - Brooklynn : What can I say, I'm loyal 😂 No but I really love where they took her character because it doesn't come out of nowhere, the seeds of her "downfall" had already been planted in jwcc and I live for it. People who say she's not the same watched jwcc with their eyes closed I don't care 😭 And with all the trauma she's been through I feel even more for her, and I can't wait to see what the end of her story will be.

2 - Kenji: I absolutely love him in jwct, but for different reasons I guess. They turned the stereotypical narcissistic boy into a man who's desesperately trying to find light in the pit of darkness that his life has become and I feel so much for him. Idk, I relate to him so much and I just want him to get the good things he deserves.

3 - Ben: I love him so much in jwct. I find him funny but touching at the same time. What I will say might sound controversial but I think one of the reasons I like him so much more here is because Bumpy is not there. In jwcc he always was kinda detached from the group because he was glued to Bumpy so much that she had become part of his character, but jwct, by removing Bumpy for most of the season, allowed him to really find his place in the group and to developp an identity outside of Bumpy.

4 - Sammy: LOVE HER TOO. She's so much more...idk...balanced? She still has that optimistic personnality but she's allowed to be more nuanced and I love that for her. She's able to listen to others and to learn from her mistakes which is a big evolution when we look at jwcc (we can see this especially in her scenes with Yaz). So yeah, stan jwct Sammy.

5 - Yaz: I still like her, but I feel like her personnality took too much of a drastic turn. She kinda feels like a different character in a way and it's kind of a bummer because I liked her "harder" side. In season 2, especially, I feel like her character can be summarized with a single word (therapist), and that's never a good thing. But I like her because, let's be honest, they wrote her to be likable, but she's missing something.

6 - Darius: Little disclaimer, me putting him last doesn't mean I don't like him, I love them all in jwct, but someone has to be last 😭 I like him in season 1 and his inner conflict regarding Brook's death/his involvement in her demise. But in season 2 I really feel like he's just kinda there. And the way he confessed really left a bad taste in my mouth which affected my view of his character. The fact that he had the nerve to throw Kenji under the bus is messed up on so many levels and he has yet to redeem himself in my book. So I'm waiting to see where they'll take his character because this could simply be the foundation for a very interesting arc, and I hope that's the case.

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You can say what you want about a certain dinonerd feelings for Brooklynn, but the truth of the matter is that Kenji loved Brooklynn through that haircut and nothing will ever beat that.