#elaine from unordinary

[unordinary-diary]

So I have a question about Arlo’s powers that you might have the answer to

Do you know what the bleeding is all about? Like when he starts coughing up blood after his barrier breaks. Does he just like straight up start bleeding internally or something?

Anyway I love this blog sm you are giving me the unO content I crave

Ah, thank you! Yes, I absolutely have the answer. In fact, I’m going to take this opportunity to make a post that was already floating in my head.

Arlo and Recoil Damage

First, to answer your question in a literal sense, yes. It’s definitely internal bleeding. Specifically, damage to his lungs.

It’s also not at all unprecedented for a person to be wounded like this. Every person with a conjuring type ability takes damage when their conjures are damaged.

(Rein in ch. 16)

(Cecile attacking Arlo, ch. 109)

The difference with Arlo, is that his damage happens below the skin. Here’s where it gets juicy.

Symbolism

Arlo’s ability is very symbolic, possibly the most so of anyone in the series. His nigh unbreakable barrier he puts around himself represents his metaphorical walls, and how he keeps everyone at a distance. His passive makes him invulnerable— he gets punched in the face, clawed at, stabbed at, etc, and doesn’t even blink. The only way to hurt Arlo is to break through his barrier. And when his walls are broken down, there’s a wound in his chest. It’s not literal enough to be his heart that bleeds, but it’s very close.

There’s also something that’s been kicking around in my head for awhile—

“You’re the strongest one out of all of us here right now. You can try to brush this whole thing off... but to the rest of us, it’s still scary. If even you can’t protect yourself, what can the rest of us do?” — Remi, Ep. 61.

I remembered the line being “When people as strong as you show fear, it scares the rest of us.” However, that must have come from a different scene and I won’t track it down.

It’s plain and simple: High tiers have been taught their whole lives to bottle things up.

This is also seen reflected in Seraphina—

(ep. 20) Granted, the circumstances here are very different, but it’s a similar idea. High tiers showing emotions scares people.

So they bottle them up...

… until they explode.

(Ep. 106)

The judgment Arlo and Seraphina face is very similar. Seraphina rejects these expectations before the story starts, but Arlo has yet to do so. He is very much like the Seraphina we see in flashbacks.

All of this is to say: it is significant that his barrier wounds are internal. The little bit of blood we can see is mainly there so the audience knows he’s injured— but otherwise? Barrier cracks aren’t an injury that people can really see. Recoil damage is typically reflected as scratches, so his internal wounds are both unique, and symbolic of the way he hides his feelings.

[ro-rogue]

can i just talk about unordinary and feminism for a sec?

many fantasy works attempt to position themselves as feminist; they show female characters who can fight better than the guys, who are rough around the edges and not like other girls. they often have a male character who is misogynistic, and who gets his ass handed to him by the female character. uno takes another direction: it does not even address sexism at all, in any way, shape or form, and that makes it much more feminist than these kind of works. (that is not to say that there are no other fantasy works that are highly and effectively feminist, of course; this is simply a generalization based on a frequent observation.)

the world of uno is so unique because even now, over three hundred episodes later, we have yet to see a character be in any way sexist. john calls a few girls a bitch, but he seems to use it only as the female version of 'fucker' or 'asshole'. never does he look down on girls simply for being girls. (he looks down on them for existing as a participating member of their society, though.)

on top of that, the way in which the female characters are written is really really great. many authors struggle with writing characters of the opposite gender, but uru-chan clearly does not suffer from that ailment. she writes her female characters like she writes her male characters: that is to say, diverse and different, with distinct personalities, and more or less feminine or masculine without it taking away from the depth of their personalities. their gender is simply another aspect of their character, that does not take away but instead adds to it. at no point are characters stereotyped, and any lack of character depth is due to them not having enough screentime. (the notable exception to this is, of course, zeke.) sera likes shopping and boba and pig-themed games. remi is kind and wears a bow in her hair and her naivety is unique to her and no other female character. elaine had a crush on arlo but got over it after he treated her badly one time too often. cecile is scheming and cunning and she plays the game of the hierarchy well. there are female characters with traditionally 'bad' feminine traits, whose flaws are discussed not in the context of them being women but them being people with unique and distinctive experiences. remi, for example, is naive not because she's a girl but because of the way she was raised, the people she's interacted with, and the experiences she's had. her brother was just as much of an idealist and also believed in the good of the people around him, until he saw proof of the opposite. and furthermore, women never put down other women for being 'too feminine' or anything like that.

moreover, uno does not attempt to position women as either better or worse than men. girls fight just like guys; the male characters have no problem fighting a girl just because she is a girl, and they don't hesitate to hurt them the way they would hurt a guy. to be honest, i really struggled with this when i first started reading uno: i felt as if it was morally wrong for john and arlo to fight girls like that. i have since come to the realization that that view is inherently misogynistic, as i did not have such problems with them fighting guys. uno really portrays women in the most feminist way possible: as truly, fully equal to men, with no caveats, no exceptions, no special treatment.

the casualness with which uno depicts men and women being completely equal in society is quite possibly the most feminist thing it could've done, as a webcomic about superpowered teenagers fighting against terrorists and the evil government.

[monowritestoomuch]

How UnOrdinary Characters would react if you told them that you wanted to become a vigilante:

(Hi guys, my first post like this exploded! Thanks for all the support!)

TW: swearing

John:

-He would freeze up, reminiscing what had happened to other vigilantes and wishing that you would change your mind

-He would try to tel you to reconsider but you stood firm.

-You two would argue about it ending up in him leaving to cool off and the two of you reconnecting later

-He says it’s ok but begs you to be careful, telling you that he’s going to train you in hand-to-hand combat first

-You tell him you will be and the two of you end up playing video games the rest of the day

Sera:

-would be open to it

-tells you not to be a dumbass and get yourself banged up or killed

-helps you make your costume

-teaches you pointers she learned from John about how to beat ass

Remi:

-When you say you want to be a vigilante shes not surprised.

-she tells you she’s also one and that so are Blyke and Isen.

-she helps you with your costume, your fighting style (not your vigilante name tho)

-you end up going on a patrol with her, Iswn and Blyke to see how it’s done

(cue epic fight scene)

Blyke:

-he’s surprised that you want to become one but ends up helping you train first

-you have your costume put together but he helps u come up with a name that you won’t have to come up with on the spot

-he takes you on patrol with him and it goes smooth-ish (save for beating up a few assholes)

Isen:

-bro is shooketh

-he did not originally want anyone else getting involved but like, now you are

-he help you come up with a name and a costume, keeping an eye out for you

-half tries to teach you how to fight, stating that Remi and Blyke, who are also vigilantes would help you with that part

-get you a mask that covers your whole face

-he tries to talk you out of it at first but you tell him that you’re becoming one and he accepts it eventually with a long sigh

Arlo:

-bro is shook

-he doesn’t want you to get caught by the government too, not wishing to lose ALL of his friends

-he’s tired asf

-he heavily tries to convince you out of it but you tell him that this decision is final

-he tel you he doesn’t want you getting caught or being seen like that because that’ll put a target on your back

-you reassure him but he’s still a skeptic

-he says a reluctant “fine” and lets you start to become one

-checks on you frequently and gets Elaine to heal you if shit hits the fan(oh it will)

[the-reincarnated-princess]

Tell us about your Isen x Evie brainrot

To fit the themes of UnOrdinary, it would make sense that, maybe not right away, but later on, there's one of the most powerful students ending in a relationship with a low tier. Remi and Blyke are together or will be, Sera and John is all but acted, and i dont see Arlo with anyone, and anyway i dont think he would get with a low tier even now that he's changed sides. (Or Arlo x Elaine if we really want to work with teased crushes, tho not on arlo's side again)

But Isen isnt teased with anyone yet, except to have a slight crush on Remi at the beginning, which isnt likely to happen now that she's with Blyke.

So Isen could end up with a lower level, it would fit the themes. Since he had a crush on remi, his type seems to be the assertive, confident girls, with a pinkish-shade of hair.

But he also almost died as a vigilante and he'd probably be happier with a girl who isnt running headfirst in situations.

Who is a low tier with dark pink hair and some confidence but also caution? Evie.

Now let's study the problem from Evie's point of view. She has multiple male friends (Terrence, Dylan, Roland...) none of which are teased with her. I dont think her female friends are teased with her either so let's pretend, for this thought experiment, she's into boys.

She's one of the smartest pupils in Wellston (word of god established it) and she's loyal to a fault (sticking with Sera when she's getting beaten up). But on top of that, she is brave enough to actually get into the whole Safe House establishment. She voted for John to be able to come on the trip, etc. Her character arc since the beginning, much more than that of similar characters (Dylan, Roland, Illena and the other low and mid tiers) has been to stop fearing the high-tiers.

Which is why, re: themes of how it's bad to isolate the tiers from each other, I think if there is a "mixed-tiers" couple at the end of the comics, she'll be one half of it.

And while his tracker ability makes him srtonger than the average, it's not an offensive ability on its own, so Isen is maybe the least threatening of the elite-and-more-tiers in school. So if Evie ends up having a crush on one of the top 10, I can imagine him to be the one she would actually dare to go to and ask out. He's the safest best even if no one that powerful is really safe.

Anyway she is a bit of the narrative mirror of Isen: both are the smartest person in their group (Isen can crack into restricted files and Evie is one of the smartest people in school); both have a more muted hair colour than one of the strongest people in school (desaturated yellow unlike the bright gold of Arlo; desaturated purple unlike the bright purple of Sera) and these muted colours, yellow and purple, are complimentary; both are the weakest person in their group and feel bad about not being able to protect people (Evie is 1.5 and one of the weakest students in school and wanted to learn how to protect herself via martial arts; Isen's ability is useless to fight and he constantly tried to get out of the whole vigilante/civil insurrection thing until pushed to make a stand).

On top of that, with Sera and the Safe House bridging the divide, Evie and Isen now have common friends and acquaintances. And Evie has started gravitating towards Blyke Remi and Isen with the field trip storyline etc.

If we leave the dominion of canon and themes, I just think they'd suit each other so well because I've decided so. The made up versions of them I have in my mind would go well together. Also can you imagine post-canon Isen and Evie, him a journalist, her a politician representing the low-tiers, or something, both still gravitating in the same circles as his elite-tiers friends and family but also bridging the gap with her low-tiers friends and family? Their dinner table being the place where people of all tiers have their place?

That being said, for now Isen's strongest relationships are friends (Blyke and Remi) and that suits me perfectly. I wouldn't mind either of them finishing the series singles, particularly if the series ends before they are out of high school.

[adventuresinanarchy]

unordinary trio headcanons !!

some of these r kind of a stretch! also there's so much isen im so sorry im in love with him

isen

i hc isen to be bi with no preference

i also am in between on him being amab or afab. i see him using they/he either way tho

he's a demiboy

he's vv closeted

but remi knows

he has a (younger) twin sister and another younger (half) sister

he's found himself being in charge a lot & messing up at home, which is why he's so against taking big responsibilities (like when he becomes jack)

they have severe anxiety

and also undiagnosed adhd

he's good at keeping secrets but if anyone were to simply ask them about one he'd be like really bad at deflecting it

he had a really good relationship with his father until it was noticed that younger half sister was a product of an affair so then his parents got divorced and isen lost contact

his stepdad is nice but isen doesn't find themselves to be as close to him as their siblings are and it makes him a lil upset

he's still really family oriented even though he kind of resents his mom for the whole affair

they work a job as a janitor at night so his siblings can have some spare money

his mom is chronically ill

oh oh and his twin sister goes to a school outside of wellston because she's rlly smart

isen's not vv open about his family, he'll only mention them if remi says something about rei first or if blyke talks about his mom

i love blysen sm but i do think isen would've had a crush on remi before

he's dated a lot of people

including cecile for a week

cecile broke it off

as you can see none of the relationships really lasted

speaking of how i love blysen – he's had a crush on blyke for a really long time but hasn't realized it's a crush

isen & his twin went on this hair dye adventure once hence the hair

i saw someone say he tried to bleach his hair and it came out orange and i firmly agree

naturally black hair i will die on this hill

while isen had a hair oopsie, their sister was successful and has blonde highlights

(i do have names for his siblings but they're not very creative (twin is isabella & half-sister is irene))

secretly a swiftie

blyke

ok enough isen now blyke

i like the idea of bigender or genderfluid blyke

any pronouns but they do get a bit irritated when people stick to just he/him

pansexual

he has sooo many piercings like so so so many

they're the middle child

she spends a lot of time with her uncle

they have a cat and shes the cutest cat ever (i need a name)

i think blemi is really cute tbh (not a headcanon im just rambling atp)

i feel like blyke would listen to weezer

she looooves funky earrings and other cool jewelry

has a bunch of scars from childhood adventures and is insecure about them

allergic to grass

had a black stripe in his hair during middle school to be cool and edgy

had a diary of a wimpy kid phase

and a dork diaries one

im running out here

remi

remi my fav girlboss <3

omni w/ a preference for girls

she/they, demigirl

her dream toy growing up was a barbie motorcycle

she and rei made a lemonade stand in order to raise money for a barbie motorcycle

rei thought they were getting an actual. barbie themed motorcycle

they made their own lemonade and it tasted like shit

they made a whole eight dollars

remi really wants a pet snake but their mom is scared of snakes

she thinks eyeliner is really cool but she's really bad at it

sometimes she'll ask sera to do her makeup for her

remi's dad is a chef who loves the movie ratatouille /hj

rei calls her a rat

her bedroom at home has a shaggy carpet because i said so

and she has soo many posters on her walls

once she dyed the ends of her hair purple with kool-aid

she has lots n lots of freckles

she had a crush on elaine during her first year & that was her first girl crush

sometimes she goes on random smoothie bowl crazes

[automaticdata]

Okay so my ankle is having issues which means I can't pace around when I'm doing fandom brainrot stuff so here I am typing out my brainrot instead.

One of the things about UnOrdinary that gets me is just how fragile the hierarchy system is, and how the authorities need to do some pretty shady stuff just to keep it alive. Like, I think it's taken for granted that "oh, authorities bad, of course they're doing shady shit," but like … if they didn't, the system would collapse all by itself, no need for the conflict in the story.

Let me explain.

(A note to those not familiar with UnOrdinary – it's a world where superpowers are common, and "cripple" is used to refer to those without superpowers. I'm not trying to be ableist, and I don't think the webcomic is, either, as the term is used to highlight the toxic way of thinking that exists in the world.)

One of the things that gets addressed in John's corruption arc is that the different tiers don't interact much with each other. Like, god tiers will interact with high tiers, high tiers will interact with god tiers and elite tiers, elite tiers will interact with high tiers and mid tiers, etc, but you don't usually get high tiers interacting with low tiers. The whole system is supposed to basically be a pyramidal structure, where god tiers police high tiers, high tiers police elite tiers, all the way down. We see this in the beginning, when everyone is so scandalized by Sera (a god-tier) being best friends with John (who the believe to be a cripple.)

We see this in how John is completely able to call out Remi on how lower tiers are abused and high tiers doing nothing about it. We see this in Remi being surprised to notice that John is right, that she wasn't noticing what was going on on the lower tiers despite trying to be conscientious about making sure everyone's behaving. We see this in how Elaine thinks that the reason Sera isn't acting "properly" is Sera's friendship with a lower tier. We see this in how low tiers shy away from X-Rei even though she just saved them, because they don't trust high tiers.

Even our heroes, even the ones who aren't John, have problematic behavior when it comes to interacting with lower tiers. While John is partially using other people's bad behavior as an excuse for his own, he's still right when he points out that Blyke shot laser beams at him for snapping at Remi, that Isen broke his wrist just because he could. You especially see this with Elaine; the first thing we know about her is that she degraded John for being a cripple, and in the beginning arc she's the one who sets things off by pointing out the taboo friendship of a god-tier and a "cripple" to Arlo. Arlo himself literally comes to the conclusion that John isn't a cripple or a low tier because John isn't afraid of him – and he's so invested in the hierarchy system at that point that he doesn't see a problem with that logic.

In later chapters, we find out that Jane's family disowned her because she married a cripple. By this point we've kind of been trained to think this is normal in the UnOrdinary world, what with people being so taken aback by Sera and John being friends, but like …. this is actually a pretty major indicator of how closed off the tier system is. Jane was disowned because she chose to start a family with someone of a much lower tier than her. Her family don't even seem to know she's missing, because they won't listen to her cripple husband when he comes to them to give them information. I actually doubt they even know John exists.

And we get more subtle hints during John's corruption arc that this isn't normal. All the high tier characters are taken aback by John's behavior, and multiple times they say "didn't his parents teach him about the responsibilities of a high tier?" No one even poses the possibility that he didn't have a high tier parent around to learn from – which is exactly what happened. John became super powerful super quickly. In normal circumstances, since abilities are genetic, they would have a parent who could step in and discipline them and teach them how to use their powers responsibly, but John doesn't have that. His cripple father is at a loss of what to do, his low tier friends can't do anything, and it's implied that he started to even surpass the staff members at his school. And his mom's family can't intervene because they disowned his mom and probably don't know he exists.

John's existence, by itself, breaks the hierarchy system. He's the child of a god tier and a cripple, and the system literally doesn't know what to do with him. I actually have a theory that the other "late bloomers" mentioned during John's "reeducation" courses were also children of high tiers + low tiers, which would explain why their abilities developed late, and makes the already dark "late bloomers like you are doomed to failure" even more horrific. Any product of a union that breaks the system is deemed a "failure," because no one wants to admit that the system itself is flawed.

Late bloomers also pose a huge problem to the system. They go through a period of time where people think that they're lower tier than they actually are, so they get treated like they're a low tier – and low tiers get treated horribly. Low tiers and cripples are at the bottom of a system that literally punches down, and they're told the abuse and negligence and everything else they suffer is because they aren't strong. Might makes right. Low tiers aren't taught about the noblesse oblige that high tiers are, because no one thinks they need it, so when they get abused for their tier status they think "this is just how things are supposed to be." So what happens when someone who lived in that situation suddenly becomes a high tier? Probably something similar to what happened with John. They've only seen the worst sides of high tiers, so they think that's how they can and should act.

A side note, but I think John's inability to listen to people is actually a product of his being considered a "cripple." It was a defense mechanism. When everyone was telling him he was weak, that he deserved to be beaten down, that that was his place, it allowed him to go, "no, I'm not listening to that, I know I deserve basic dignity." However, once he became powerful and it got to his head, what was once a defense mechanism became a major flaw. Now, instead of people telling him he's weak and deserves what he gets, what he's not listening to is all of his loved ones saying "John, please stop, you're scaring us."

It's also worth noting that William's attempts to teach his son the responsibilities of a high tier creates a huge disruption to society. All the man does is write a book to show John the possibilities of what someone could do with their power, and it's enough to make his book get banned, have students suspended for being caught reading it, for teenagers to get put on watch lists for having it in their possession. And it's not the responsibilities part that the authorities have a problem with, it's how the book encourages high tiers to protect and listen to low tiers. It disrupts the rigid system they put in place to stop the hierarchy from breaking down. It unintentionally causes high tiers to become vigilantes, because they realize that the system they live in doesn't allow them to protect lower tiers. One book, written by a cripple in an attempt to help his god tier son, is enough to make the authorities panic.

The relationship between Jane and William was also unique enough that the authorities were able to use it to exploit Jane. We get some major hints that the way Jane was "captured" and experimented on was through coercion, not force. Jane is too powerful for anyone to threaten directly, but they were able to manipulate her by threatening William and John. Because of that, the authorities were able to start using her blood to try and develop new ways of making their own agents stronger, which is part of what sets the more overarching plot elements in motion.

Once, I was told that all stories either are stories where someone leaves home or someone new arrives, but the fact is it's not the leaving or arrival that really defines stories – it's the disruption to the status quo. That's what Jane and William's relationship is. That's what John is, by merely existing. A god tier is not supposed to fall in love and marry a cripple. A god-tier isn't supposed to be raised by a cripple, or to be treated as a cripple growing up. They broke the status quo just by living their lives.

John, Jane, and William literally needed to expend little to no effort to become a major problem for the authorities. So what do the authorities do? They blackmail Jane, they torture John, they develop new ways to be powerful and use them against high tiers that try to break the system. Their system is so incredibly fragile that they feel like they must do it, because they can't maintain "order" by playing by the rules.

[webtoon-related-tournaments]

Who's Elaine?

She's a healer, but...

Who's Arlo?

Well the fandom nicknamed him Asslo and he threw a fork at two kids who were bickering. He loves hierarchy but mainly because he's at the top of the foodchain. He's a pawn of the government but he's starting to learn he cannot trust them. All in all, a lovable asshole.

[unordinary-analysis]

Can’t get over how different she looks

The h a i r . . ?

[ozyras]

i just think they would be neat! :)

[transterrence]

Hey! Sorry for the long ask, I just wanted to chime in if possible? Lol I actually haven’t seen all that much Isen hatred so imma talk about Elaine and Zeke in particular.

I think that the reason why people’s reactions to Elaine vs John, Arlo or Sera are so different, is because they are humanised - Elaine, on the other hand, is extremely one-dimensional. So whereas Arlo, John and Sera have their flaws and definitely have done questionable, bad things in the past, the narrative also presents us with different sides of them, as the main trio, which coexist with their bad traits and make them more bearable or even likeable. Characters like Zeke and Elaine, on the other hand, don’t have that - I think uru-chan has a slight issue with creating very one-dimensional minor characters. Take Zeke, for example - arguably, even his actions are not as bad as John and Arlo, per se - though Zeke is responsible for his actions, Arlo validated him with the hierarchy and never bat an eye or involved himself when Zeke abused the other students. John was way more brutal than Zeke, also abused people out of spite and his sick idea for revenge, even seemed to enjoy it back in New Bostin (in case someone wants to argue that it’s different because Zeke enjoys the beatings whereas John did not) and even abused, mentally and physically, his best friends - this is something even Zeke is not doing.

Now what’s the difference, though? Zeke doesn’t have anything deeper to his character than “bully” and this makes him way easier to hate than John or Arlo or Seraphina. He doesn’t get those moments of regret or self-hatred John gets, he doesn’t get soft moments with his buddies the way Arlo gets with Remi, he does’t get to be the “loyal best friend who’d go to hell and back for you” like Seraphina. The same thing could be applied to Elaine - he is just not developed enough and all we’ve got so far is 65% prejudiced snitch, 34.5% Arlo simp, 00.5% aaaw she cares for cripple sera actuallyyt!

Basically, some characters are written with the ideas of being a hate-sink and I think Uru intended to do that with Zeke and partially, Elaine. They can both be considered the “epitome” of what’s wrong with high-tier society (abuse and prejudice) but unlike the other characters who also have hate, love, trauma, trust, friendship etc.etc. to their characters, Zeke and Elaine barely have any of that which leaves them with just..abuse and prejudice (and “haha simp” which doesn’t exactly help Elaine’s case because we know how those characters are usually treated in media)

tbh yeah. its also just the way they're portrayed in the end. we also dont know much about their motivations either. because they're never quite shown in the positive light, its hard to sympathize. and then that effect is only amplified because we rarely ever get internal dialogue from either of them, offering zero insight into their thoughts or motivations

[shimoso]

Isen: Your heart is a muscle the size of a rat

Remi: Spongebob Squarepants!

Elaine: Your brain's about four times the size of a cat's!

Blyke: Spongebob Squarepants!

Holden: Your lungs can hold 5.5 liters of air

Remi: Spongebob Squarepants!

John: The soles of your feet can never grow hair!

The whole group: Spongebob Squarepa-!

Seraphina, in the middle of another group presentation: AgAIN!?

[unordinary-diary]

So, in my... fourth? Reread of UnOrdinary, I took note of something.

‼️Obligatory spoiler warning for season one‼️

throughout the entire story, Arlo is almost always standing up straight and tall. He usually has his hands in his pockets, shoulders back, chin up, and he is the tallest character in the entire series

This man exudes authority— every time he’s on screen, it’s clear that Arlo is in charge. This is true even long after John defeats him. When he’s not standing, he’s sitting upright with straight posture, on a chair or couch. (Dude even sleeps sitting upright?? With his chin down but otherwise flawless posture??)

However — once John’s Joker arc is about to hit its climax, Arlo realizes that he is entirely powerless. John is going to go after Remi, and Arlo is realizing that he’s out of options.

Here he’s laying down. Not only is he laying down, he’s laying on the ground. The sight of Arlo laying down like this was unusual enough to make me go ...huh. He then proceeds to speedrun his character development, realize that he is at fault, tries to solve the problem by owning up, fails, and becomes even more powerless.

Several chapters later, Arlo is sitting on the roof, when Elaine comes and stands next to him.

Arlo is sitting on the ground, hunched over. A sharp contrast to his usual posture. When we learned about cinematic techniques in my film class, one of the first things we were taught is that the person placed higher on the screen in the shot is the person who has the power in that scene. This is interesting because Elaine doesn’t have any power either... in fact, she actually has much less.

Now, films are different from comics in that film is very high budget with many people working on every aspect, so everything is very intentional, whereas comics are less tight and things sometimes will just end up a certain way by accident. However, I don’t think that this is the case here— rather that Elaine was placed there to Juxtapose Arlo, and emphasize how low he’s sunken, despite having no power herself.

This concludes UnOrdinary Analysis #1.

[unordinaryquotes]

[little-apple-7]

i have convinced my girlfriend to read unordinary (currently on episode 30), and weve been reading it outloud on call, and i need to tell you some of these voices we’ve given the characters

John- the Joker but like the dc version

Sera- stereotypical posh British girl

Arlo- Alvin from Alvin and The Chipmunks

Blyke- shounen anime dub protagonist

Elaine- stereotypical American southerner

Isen- idk she gave a weird voice for him, like vaguely German maybe?

[serlinesstuff]

━ ❝ Some UnOrdinary Incorrect Quotes

I'm obsessed with doing these lmao

Remi: Truth or dare

Arlo: Dare

Remi: I dare you to kiss the hottest person in this room

Arlo: Hey, Elaine

Elaine, blushing: Yes..?

Arlo: Can you move? I'm trying to get to John

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John: How do Blyke and Isen usually get out of these messes?

Arlo: They don't. They just make a bigger mess that cancels out the first mess

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Arlo: *Accidently eats something spicy and starts tearing up*

Remi: Arlo, look at me, it's okay. I would die for you, I love you so much. You're the best person I know.

Arlo: I'm not crying??

Remi: Sh, it's okay, I'm here now

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“Can I copy the homework?”

Remi: I can help you with it!

Blyke: Yeah, sure

John: Bold of you to assume I did the homework

Sera: Lol, nope

Isen: Wait, we had homework?!

Arlo: *Read 5:55 PM*

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Arlo: Are you in love with Sera?

John: no..?

Isen: Then why do you draw J+S in hearts everywhere?

John: It stands for sadness and jealousy

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Isen: The risk I took was carefully calculated

Blyke: WE ALMOST DIED

Isen: I never said I was good at math

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John: I still have a couple knives up my sleeve

Remi: I think you mean "tricks"

Arlo: He does not

John, pulling out a knife: I did not

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Arlo: I swear to God I'm the only person here with a braincell

Remi: ALL HAIL THE KEEPER OF THE SACRED BRAINCELL

Isen: ALL HAIL THE KEEPER OF THE SACRED BRAINCELL

John: ALL HAIL THE KEEPER OF THE SACRED BRAINCELL

Blyke: ALL HAIL THE KEEPER OF THE SACRED BRAINCELL

Sera: ALL HAIL THE KEEPER OF THE SACRED BRAINCELL

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Isen: Any tips on how to make someone like me?

Arlo: Make them laugh

Isen: Oh wow, for once you actually gave me good advice

Arlo: When people laugh, they close their eyes, so it'd probably be for the best

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Remi: I think Isen was right

Blyke: I'm surprised he hasn't marched in here and said 'I told you so'

Remi: He wouldn't do that

Isen: You're right, Remi. I would 100% never say that in my life

Isen: *turns around showing his shirt saying 'Isen told you so' on the back*

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*Isen and Blyke talking to Arlo*

Isen: Can we please stay at your place?

Arlo: Why?

Blyke: John played a ouija board and cursed ours

Isen: John doesn't know how to banish spirits, so he just throws salt at them and yells “does this look like a hotel to you?!”

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Remi: We've been conducting an ongoing study to see what Isen will and will not eat

John: Grass? Yes

Sera: Moss? Yes

Blyke: Leaves? Ooh yes

John: Shoelaces? Strange but true!

Remi: Twigs? Usually

Sera: Blyke's cooking? Inconclusive.

Blyke: Rocks? Usually, nah

Elaine: How... did you test this?

Sera: You just hand him stuff and say 'eat it' and if he eats it, he eats it.

Elaine: I don't know how to feel about all of this...

Arlo: IS THAT WHERE ALL MY SHOELACES WENT?!

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Sera: John isn't going to be a problem this time

Arlo: When will you understand? John will always be a problem

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Isen: My mind is like an internet browser

Sera: Explain.

Isen: 15 tabs are open, 7 are frozen, and I still don't know where the music is coming from

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Blyke: *taps table*

Isen: *taps back*

Arlo: What are they doing?

Sera: Morse code

John: *aggressively taps table*

Blyke: *slams hands down* YOU TAKE THAT BACK-

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John: Can I be frank with you guys?

Sera: Sure, but I don't know why changing your name is gonna help

Remi: Can I still be Remi?

Blyke: Shh, let Frank speak

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Cecile: Why are Blyke and Isen sitting with their backs to each other?

Remi: They had a fight

Sera: Why are they holding hands

Remi: They get sad when they fight

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Remi: Here you go, nice hot cup of coffee

Arlo: It's cold

Remi: Nice cup of coffee

Arlo: It's awful!

Remi: Cup of coffee

Arlo: I'm not even sure this is coffee

Remi: Cup

Arlo: This is a vase

[extraordinarybullshit]

Elaine has a lot of faults, and being a classist, snobby bitch is the biggest one. She is also pushy, tends to get into people's business and is Arlo's minion.

With that being said, reporting Seraphina for the book at the beginning of the series is arguably one of the things you can't really blame her for. Despite her faults, we've seen that Elaine actually cares deeply about her friends.

The story takes place in an authoritarian country with a government that feeds it's citizens constant propaganda. UnOrdinary is a banned book and for those who don't know, as someone who lives in a post-Soviet country, the ownership of banned books was severely punished here. You could literally be jailed for the possession of a bible. UnO's government is extreme enough to orchestrate and justify the serial killings of civilians. For all Elaine knew, UnOrdinary was a banned book that radicalized young people, turned them into vigilantes and got them killed in the process. From her thought process and reactions, we can tell that Elaine was genuinely worried about Seraphina's well-being. She trusted Arlo's judgement and did what she thought was best.

Imagine that your friend is doing hard drugs, or is in the possession of a gun without a permit or drives without a license. Or, maybe closer to this situation, imagine that you find a flyer promoting a dangeroud cult in your friend's room. What would you do?

Confront them? Elaine can't do that - we saw what happens when she questions Seraphina when Seraphina got back from John's place and Elaine asked her where she (Sera) had spent the night.

It's also important to note that the characters don't have all the information the way we do - we know about the actual content of UnOrdinary, we know the author's history, we also have more knowledge on UnO's government and Ember than the characters do - but all Elaine knows is that Seraphina was in the possession of a banned book that kills people. I myself am not sure how I would react if I were her, and I'm a very easy-going, relaxed person. Even Seraphina told her that she doesn't blame her.

But with that outta the way, Elaine's only redeeming qualities are still only her care for her friends and being cute. Maybe she will get some development, but for now I'm kind of disappointed in how Uru has been handling her. It felt like she was brushed to the side, and her bigotry against the lower tiers suddenly went away.