#i treat sophia like shes my adopted daughter lol

[rimeah]

WHAAAA you play stardew too?????? Duddeee 😭😭😭 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 (I've just been playing non-stop for the last 4 days ahahahaha)

YESSSSS I LOVE IT!!!! still haven't played the new update though...

[my-mt-heart]

Hi, my-mt! Are you ok with some speculation? Don't know if you can because of strike...Well, I've been thinking about the Caryl kids: Sophia, Lydia and Henry..and now, I believe, Laurent. And I have a little theory that I would like your opinion. I see Sophia and Lydia as a pair - both girls had witnessed and/or suffered severe abuse from one of their parents, both are sweet, shy and so afraid, one got forever lost, the other one was saved, nurtured and got to grow up into a happy young woman with a loving found family. Ok, this pair is an easy one to explain.

Could Henry and Laurent be a pair too? Both are naive kids, very loved and treated as special (a prince, a miracle) by their communities, very sheltered, and have to leave their homes so they can learn new things that will help them on their future adult lives and their missions (to become the leader of the Kingdom, to save human kind LOL). Daryl agrees to be their chaperon basically for the same reason. He never developed a full bond with Henry because that wasn't the story being told, but he cared for him and tried to protect him from harm. Carol loved Henry as her own, but, at the beginning, she tried as hell to not be involved with him, and, after, she wasn't fooled by the fact that he, as Sophia, didn't have a mean bone in his body. And we can speculate that Daryl'll become some sort of father figure for Laurent, and that Carol, after meeting him and understanding how important the kid is to Daryl, will care for him too.

So it's like..Sophia and Lydia are their daughters, to them both, while Henry and Laurent are adoptive sons to one of them and cared by the other. If Isabelle dies (and I hope she doesn't, I'm tired of TWD killing off their characters), Carol may or may not become an adoptive mother, and they can wait until Laurent is grown enough and safe to finally leave France. Sophia and Henry die, Lydia and Laurent live, the cycle is finally completed and Carol and Daryl are finally free and at peace to be happy together. *cheers* Okay, what do you think about my half-cooked theory, my-mt? Followers please join in, I would like to see what fellow carylers think too. (( Oh, I don't factor Judith and RJ on this reasoning because I believe Carol and Daryl relate and care for them on a different level, on the primary basis that they are substitute parent figures who stepped in when needed. Yes, those kids are so much loved by Uncle Daryl and Aunt Carol but, in the end, that's what they are, uncle and aunt, niece and nephew. Yes, I'm completely ignoring that Judith called Daryl "daddy" on the main show finale because 45 minutes later he left and got himself stranded on fucking France so...also he wanted to run away to New Mexico with his boo and leave the kids to Tia Rosita and Uncle Aaron...so...yeah. ))

Hi there 🙂

I agree with you on the parallels between the two girls. I think Lydia was meant to represent the daughter Caryl saved together. Because they all share a similar background, coming from an abusive home, Daryl and Carol were able to teach her how to rise above that trauma. They showed her how to be part of a family, plus what it really meant to love and be loved. I really wish we got to see more of that dynamic, but imo that’s where the cycle ended. Daryl and Carol were meant to chase their freedom on the road together after that 😒

Henry mattered to Daryl because he mattered to Carol, so it stands to reason any kid Daryl cares about would earn Carol’s love too. But to be completely honest, I’m having a really hard time believing Laurent fits into that equation. Why does Daryl need to be a father figure to him? Because the nun said so? For one thing, that makes me super uneasy. Without even watching, I can tell you his bond with Isabelle is nothing like what he developed with Carol, so that can’t be what’s motivating him. Unless it’s revealed later that Laurent was also abused, Daryl isn’t naturally going to gravitate to him like he did to Carol, Sophia, and Lydia. He just feels like a means to an end to me, though I’m confident the show will try to force an emotional reason and it’ll piss me off 💀

I think after Daryl and Carol help him fulfill his destiny (🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️), they can leave him in the safe hands of the family he already has. They don’t need to adopt him.

Thank you for sharing your theory. I hope you don’t feel like I’m invalidating you because that’s not the intention. I think what it really comes down to is not trusting Zabel’s writing. Especially not when there’s evidence to suggest he didn’t even bother to watch the flagship show 💀

[alix-in-july]

So between my surgery and my daughter being sick, we've been watching way too much Netflix this past week. #momoftheyear. And most of it has been Sofia the First.

Sofia is a huge Lion Badger. Like almost all my friends haha. She listens to her intuition and talks about following her heart a lot. Many times in the show, she's trying to convince others do to the right thing. Whichhh leads me to her secondary because the right thing to do is usually helping people. It is a children's show, after all. She's a huge Badger. She works hard at learning all the princess stuff and is always helping people, making new friends, and being a peacemaker. The climax of the show is literally her friends and family standing in a big circle to help cast a spell to save her.

Prince James is a Double Lion. He has his gloryhound moments about being the future king (sorry bro) and a knight. And he charges into everything and is adaptable, unlike Amber who freaks out when things aren't going to plan.

Princess Amber is tricky. I want to say Snake Primary who gradually begins to adopt Sofia's morality. While she's upset about everyone being so welcoming to Sofia, she's especially upset when James says he likes Sofia better than he likes her. She doesn't really care about fairness and I can't see her as an idealist. She's a Bird secondary. She hates hard work, doesn't feel bad cheating to win a contest, likes planning parties, and her tools are her fashion and knowledge of how to be a royal. On a camping trip, she comes prepared by bringing a ton of outfits and leaving behind the actual camping equipment, but manages to use her dresses to build a tent.

Queen Miranda: I want to say she's a Double Badger but to be honest she doesn't really do that much in the series aside from helping Sofia figure out the right thing to do. I could also see paragon Lion Badger.

King Roland: Badger primary. He's very concerned with making sure things are fair and doesn't judge people by their rank. I want to say Lion secondary because he's stubborn and easily tricked because he takes things at face value.

Aunt Tilly: Lion Bird. She's always looking for adventure to the point of giving up the throne and she has a bag of magic tricks.

Cedric the Sorcerer: He seems burned at the beginning of the series due to everyone treating him like a joke. I'm going with Snake Bird with a Snake secondary model. Classic villain sorting. No wonder I like him haha.

Wormwood: Yes, we are doing the bird! He's not a Snake Primary because he easily betrays Cedric once Cedric stops being evil. I'd say Bird Primary (haaa). His secondary is a bit harder but I think I'm going to go with Lion. He's absolutely crap at lying and jumps right into helping Prisma and then Vor once he leaves Cedric.

We've seen the entire series twice over and I hope we don't watch it a third time lol.

Princess Sophia: Lion Badger

Prince James: Double Lion

Princess Amber: Snake Bird

Queen Miranda: Double Badger or maybe Lion Badger

King Roland: Badger Lion

Aunt Tilly: Lion Bird

Cedric the Sorcerer: Snake Bird with Snake model

Wormwood: Bird Lion