#umbrella academy

[neahtrix]

Okay after way too long I’ve finally started researching psychology stuff for this… I’ll try add all my stuff together into something easy to read soon but college is being a BITCH so it may take a while :(

I’m so tempted to do a deep dive into how returning to his 13 year old body would have affected Five’s psychology.

Like he now has 58 years of trauma and stress in a 13 year old brain, a brain that’s not even developed enough to comprehend the idea of such a thing.

The effects it would have on his memory and emotions would be so much fun to delve into…

[sunsickjune]

“i felt that five had to have a love story” okay steve !! fine. i’ll humour you. picture this : lila and five in the subway. they’re travelling to different timelines, loosing hope, trying to find a way home. then they get to a timeline and five sees dolores. but she’s a human, not a mannequin. he falls for her. loves her. wants to stay with her in her timeline. and that’s why lila has to force him to come home. she has kids, a husband, a life. five wants to stay with dolores more than anything. but he goes home, back to his timeline, because he knows he has to save his family. because he loves them more.

[feralnumberfive]

[stevenrogered]

#siblings

[mndvx]

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY — Final Season, August 8 2024

[melodiesandmicroscopes]

I’ll concede that the final season of Umbrella Academy wasn’t that good, but one of my favorite throwaway bits is that Viktor has been dumped by every girl in his town but clearly not because he’s trans, he’s just bad at dating

[acetypeface]

As I’m trying to come to terms with whatever the fuck that was, I’ve decided that:

Seasons 1 and 2 are peak. Absolute masterpieces. Canon.

Season 3 can be taken or left. Has its moments, but overall not as good as the first two. Canon, but only if you want it to be.

Season 4 is a fucking crack fic written at 2am that the author rereads at a later date and decides to delete. Absolutely not canon.

[peacerisendove]

I think a better ending and message of The Umbrella Academy should have been that Five doesn't tell the others what he learns in the subway and about breaking the timeline, but instead he simply lives with his family, endlessly saving and trying to save the world. To live despite how dark it is and how hopeless it is.

To live in spite of hardship. To live and spit in the face of how hard and bleak it is.

To say, 'I lived' in spite of it all.

That should have been the message at the end.

[suzieloveships]

Season 4 of The Umbrella Academy got me like

[neahtrix]

Very self-indulgent post but I’ve been wanting to make a TUA x Squid Game au sooo…

[vodakstr8tnogay]

[3njoythesil3nce]

cause wtf was that

[feralnumberfive]

So let me get this straight: Five hid from Lila that he had found his previous journal that told them how to get home just so that he could deepen his relationship with her and hide from the world? So that he could completely forget about his beloved wife Dolores and go on to steal his brother's wife and the mother of their children? And nonetheless without any of his family members knowing where he and Lila are? Completely abandoning his family? And potentially letting them die in another apocalypse?

Fuck that. To the max

[stevenrogered]

love it when writers don’t even remember details from their own show

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

it would have been CHEESY as all hell, but- I think I would've liked the group suicide ending a lot better if, instead of standing there slowly waiting to get absorbed, they went out dancing. like they're all upset and scared and as a callback to season 1, Luther puts on some music to try and make them feel better. or, fuck, Viktor starts playing the violin. and they're obviously still upset and crying but they're letting themselves feel a little joy at the end, dancing together with their family. it also would've been a gut-punch bc everyone was waiting for a siblings dance break all season. instead of just standing there going 'I'll miss you guys' until they get absorbed they just...vibe and dance out of existence. I think it would've been more fitting.