#the lorax theory

[eywaseclipse]

My Roman Empire. I think about these kids all the time. I think about whether or not they survived the destruction of hometree. I think about how much love and respect they clearly had for Grace. Calling her Sa’nok. I think about how excited they were to learn English and about humans, reading the Lorax, counting in English etc. I think about the deep shame and guilt Grace carried after the incident at the school and having to shut it down as a result of that. I think about despite the fact that they were hurt by her actions, they immediately jumped to action when her neural link was broken after their home was destroyed by humans. So many thoughts and emotions…. I truly believe Grace loved those kids as her own.

[fragolinadolcemorte]

Green

GREED

Capitalist

Can play a guitar

Guys i see a connection

[wikiwis]

In my opinion, Brett and Chet aren't as bad as Isabela. I think Onceler, Brett and Chet were close as kids. But one day their father left, leaving their mother alone with her three children. Onceler was very similar to his father, which is why Isabela made him the outcast of the family. She encouraged Griselda and Ubb to do so. And the only people who didn't understand what was going on and still treated Onceler well were his brothers. Isabela didn't like it and every day she encouraged the boys to treat Onceler badly, saying it was nothing. Like little children, Brett and Chet began to listen to their mother. They weren't terrible, but they made Onceler feel bad every day. Brett and Chet often slap Onceler and stuff like that, but that's because they show him love. Because no one showed these three how to show love. They didn't have a good example. Despite this, Brett and Chet still love Onceler, but they also want to please their mother because they want her attention. The three of them had to be doing something to get her attention.

At the end when Onceler's family leaves, Brett and Chet look like they care about Onceler and they would like to stay with him, but they don't say anything because they don't want to oppose Isabela. When Isabela says that Brett is her favorite child now, Chet looks at it like it's unfair but doesn't say anything. In the deleted scenes the twins are actually worse, but in the movie they are not that bad.

In my opinion, Isabela simply screwed up as a mother and couldn't raise her three sons properly. That's my opinion.

Chet's reaction:

I also think Chet is an unwanted child too just like Onceler.

[mizuribbons]

why is youtube recommending me a video titled "Was O'Hare Really the Lorax in Disguise?"

if you're curious, this is the thumbnail

[lorax-devito]

Nancy wheeler watches game theory

[pooki333]

coincidence??

Idk if it’s just me but the oncelers family’s house and the house from the Pearl/x film trilogy are VERY similar. I could write a whole post with an analysis on the similarities and i have a really good theory that’s really crazy so let me know if you wanna see that because i think i might be onto something.

I Love both of theese movies and I know the are VERY different but there are some similarities i just can’t ignore atp 😭

[sorialice]

guys oml you know that theory that granny norma and the onceler were together at one point and ted is his grandson?? i just noticed that after granny norma and ted talked about how he hadn’t heard about trees yet granny went into the store alone and came right back like five seconds later with marshmallows. like maybe ted made a list but dude oml why have i not seen this pointed out

[ask-artsy-oncie]

I was reminded of the time that tumblr tried to make "monster high but with tumblr sexymen", and one of the characters was (obviously) the daughter of the once-ler.

And the funny thing to me about that is that in the canon of the illumination lorax movie, the once-ler is heavily implied to have an estranged daughter. I don't know all the sexymen off the top of my head but I think he might've been one of the only ones referenced in that trend who actually had a daughter in his own canon.

[morgenjackson]

Fan Theory On the Lorax 2012

Norma and the Onceler were actually married at some point in their lives. They had a kid and it was teds mom. (Ms. Wiggins)

Ms.wiggins looks like both of her parents.

Teds mom

Hair- Norma

Hight- Onceler

Face structure- Onceler

Hair color- Possibly Norma

Eye color- norma.

Ms. Wiggins has some of the Onceler’s altitude.

When Norma and Oncie were together, Oncie would play his guitar to ms.wiggins and to norma, Ms. Wiggins would dance to her father’s songs and sing along. Which might explain why she sung a song in the beginning.

Wiggins knows what happened to the trees but is ashamed to say because of what her father did, thats why she was so easy to convince to put a live tree in at the end of the movie.

Norma left the Onceler after what he did to the trees and when he started to get a little greedy.

Why ms Wiggins denied the existence of onceler because she was upset that her father made it hard to breathe, and how he got rid of the trees for a thneed and greed.

Ted has almost the same hair cut as the onceler. Notice how norma and ms.wiggens have curly hair.

Then compared to the onceler. They look pretty similar.

Ted has the soft freckles that the onceler has.

Norma was happy to plant a seed in the earth to undo the mistake her husband made in the past.

[faloverfae]

If Generation 2 is a statement on the impending destruction of our planet due to rampant capitalism and greed coupled with the apathy the new generations display I will just straight up fall in love with Ranboo

Like that is my SHIT

Tell me more about how the world is inevitably doomed because humanity is a species that has only survived for this long due to our penchant for putting ourselves first

Tell me about how that same survival skill will be our downfall because it ensures that nobody is able to consider the long term consequences of our actions

Tell me about how that biological, animalistic trait that ensures we value the "now" over the "when" is exactly what has allowed capitalism to flourish to it's state today

Tell me about how there WILL be people who make money off of the apocalypse, through selling bunkers, supplies, hell even the air we will breath

Tell me about how the purest form of capitalism is complete destruction of our world, because the best way to ensure dependency on your products is to make it so that people literally cannot live without them

Media shows us all this post-apocalyptic rebuilding, but we'll never get there

Capitalism doesn't care that you'll never see in sunlight again

Capitalism doesn't care that your water tastes dirty

Capitalism doesn't care that you can barely breath because of the smog in your lungs, depositing layer after layer of dirt and slowly choking you to death

Capitalism simply takes, and takes, and takes until there is nothing left to give

It will take our world, and when it has taken that it will take us too, one by one

There will be nothing left

And it will still not be satisfied

[thenewromanticspod]

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[ellielatinagf]

Ellie Williams hc <3

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Ellie would definitely be an iPad kid. She would also get mad when you interrupt her while she’s eating ramen and on part 36 of the Lorax movie on tik tok

She prefers silver jewlary over gold. She might have her ears pierced and put small earrings in them. Definitely has some simple black metal rings

The girl can skate. Not saying she’s the best but she can do some simple cruising. But she tried to do tricks to impress you and ends up with bruises and cuts

Cannot talk to women for the life of her. When you met Ellie you complimented her outfit. She got nervous and wanted to compliment you back but damn you were hot. She ended saying “oh thanks nice elbows!” The poor girl never lived that down

Is a Fortnite god. But one time she was so hyped for the game that when she died at 2nd place she flopped on the couch so hard she broke a couch leg. Jesse was laughing so hard you could hear him through the headset

When she was little she used to put on a hoodie and her hair on her forehead and used to pretend she was a boy. She would take pictures of herself on her little iPhone6. You somehow got the pictures and laugh at them every now and then

Ellie actually keeps her nails neat and clean. She’ll clean then and file them so they’re not too long. She’ll even put on a coat of clear nail hardener. And for some reason it’s actually really hot

Has drafts on tik tok of her trying to do the “one line” challenges and a bunch of other tik tok Games. However she also has some drafts of guitar playing and a couple thirst traps here and there

She’s your personal chauffeur and will call you her passenger princess. She will blast your shared playlist and have one hand on the wheel and the other in your hand. She likes to mess with people so at a red light she will look at the car next to her and go 🤨✌️

Your saved as “babe💋” on her phone and your contact photo is a cute picture of you in front of a statue or piece of art from a museum. Meanwhile her contact name is “smelly ellie” with a silly picture of her tripping or making a funny face

*Smelly Ellie calling*

You: Hey Smellie

Ellie: STAWP🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️

As of her occupation, she might actually be a co owner of a guitar shop that Joel bought. Either that or she might work as a mechanic in Tommy’s shop

She follows NASA on Instagram and liked every picture they post of a new image of a star or planet. She’d also send it to you and spit fun facts about it

Her favorite character on SpongeBob is Patrick. She thinks he’s so underrated and a comedic masterpiece. She watches every episode of the new spinoff “The Patrick Show”

The girl has the weirdest conspiracy theories that sound so weird but she makes them make sense. Like you’ll both be out at a restaurant eating and she’ll start telling you how she thinks the world will end

I don’t know about this one but I think she’d also be interested in the ocean. Marine life is just as cool to her and loves aquarium dates (when she’s not hunting down Abby)

When someone says something dumb on Instagram or Tik tok comments she’ll report them and then forget about it. Then when they reply two weeks later saying the user didn’t violate guidelines she’ll get mad again

I feel like no one talks about high school Ellie enough!! The girl played sports like maybe lacrosse and basketball. Joel was in the stands with her uncle Tommy cheering her on and you were with Dina holding a poster and had made a jersey with her name and number on the back. She was a little embarrassed but loved it

She and Jesse tried to convince Dina to let JJ enter a toddler race for a cash prize of 100 dollars

Sorry if this is so bad omg I’m just starting out but thanks for reading!!! This was fun I’ll definitely do more! Don’t be shy drop some recs!

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[punk1nl0v333]

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[lorax-devito]

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[dear-alex-chill]

I know Onecest (Onceler x Onceler) was a dark time in Tumblr's history, but when it serves as a metaphor, it actually makes a really good point.

Every movie can be viewed through 'critical lenses' or basically, with mindsets. For example, you can watch The Truman Show (1998) with a focus on 'what roles do women play and do they really have power' and quickly come to the conclusion that a society centered around a male (Truman) really holds no place for women (all the women in his life were easily replaced, cast out, or held no real importance besides keeping him there). With this in mind, you can look at the Lorax (2012) with a focus on the relationship between nature and greed, and money and power.

In the Lorax, we see corporate greed, driven by a thirst for power through having more money, repeatedly disrupting natural order. First it happens with the Onceler who cuts down all the truffula trees so he can become rich, then by O'Hare and his monetization of air, and it presumably happens in other situations like the Oakamatic (fake trees). I'm gonna focus on the Onceler in this though.

Throughout the movie, the Onceler serves as a metaphor for capitalism. He starts out innocent enough, like an entrepreneur, just trying to get his work out there. It's within control and no natural order is really being disrupted, just like the intent with capitalism. He's only taking some of the tree's fluff and nothing is getting consumed beyond any means. However, that all changes when greed steps in. Once the Onceler gets greedy and wants to become rich (his descent documented through the song 'How Bad Can I Be?') natural order suddenly becomes sacrificed. Now overconsumption is an issue, he's failing to replant or replace the losses, factories are being built where they shouldn't be. As far as the movie and analogy goes, the Onceler illustrates how quickly capitalism can descend from being an orderly and effective system, to a breeding ground for destruction, therefore tying back to one of the movie's themes: Corporate greed disrupts natural order.

How does this relate to Onecest? Glad you asked. If we establish the Onceler as a symbol/metonymy for capitalism, it's quickly made clear: capitalism can only love itself. This ship originated because the audience was never given anyone plausible to ship the Onceler with at any point in his story (aside from the Lorax but that was beyond cursed both as symbolism and as something to witness). Similar to capitalism, it can't love anything. It does not benefit the young or the old or nature or humans or animals. Capitalism can only realistically love itself, which is why it survives in a society like the USA today.

We can take this a step further. Since Onecest was based around the young Onceler and the slightly older Onceler, one can further this analogy by saying: Those supporting capitalism under the belief that they can make it (young Onceler), love capitalism because of a deep-rooted desire for money (older Onceler). Then ultimately, at the present time of the movie, the Onceler is old and deteriorating, not shipped with anyone, to show that any relationship with capitalism will not end well. He had the money, he had it all, he was a big flashy billionaire but he still ended up alone because his greed went too far. Like a snake eating its own tail, capitalism eventually self-destructs and leaves nothing but memories and scars behind, like the field of dead trees surrounding the old Onceler. Modern capitalism is a breeding ground for exploitation and greed, and often is irreversible. Look at the declining fish populations, the lack of Old and Mature Growth forests, the exploitation of workers in underdeveloped or developing countries, all of it was caused by greed overtaking the concern for natural order - under the ironic guise of Darwin's theory of natural selection (the stronger wins). Just like the Onceler was in his song, the modern understanding of natural selection in relation to capitalism is sorely mistaken, which may indicate that the two do not actually go together.

Ultimately, the Onceler's drive for money and power, at the expense of natural order demonstrates the effects of corporate greed, and his interesting relationship with himself due to the fandom's need to ship actually serves as an amazing metaphor for capitalism.