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like when you see the girl you are in love with in love with someone else but you just want her to be happy even if it's not with you, so you are ok with it but in the inside it still hurts a little
Something rainbow for day 3? Well I’m sure y’all didn’t know this but I collect dolls
They’re rainbow high dolls, so....
I feel like doll brands aren’t making playsets like they used to😞
One thing about Rainbow High that drives me crazy is that River Kendall is supposed to be the teal colored character, my favorite color, but he doesn't actually wear teal.
So, to make myself a little less mad about it, I made an edit where he's actually wearing teal. I left his letterman jacket as is.
And, just for fun, River in teal with his hair the same color as his eyebrows.
Obviously, I know they're not perfect, but I still think they're pretty good.
I actually don't have a lot of complaints about Project: Rainbow, but I dislike how the Rainbow High vs Rainbow High thing was handled.
More specifically, Avery.
After being told that her accessory designs weren't unique enough, she decided the best thing to do, instead of designing new accessories, is to make a dress to go with the accessories.
And she gets praised for ignoring Maria's advice.
Here's the thing: I wear my favorite accessories with a lot of different outfits.
I'm not interested in accessories that only look good with one specific outfit. Most people aren't.
And Avery shouldn't be praised for ignoring Maria's advice. It was an accessory design challenge, not a dress design challenge.
She should have been gently told that, while her dress was amazing, it was an accessory design challenge, and she didn't meet the challenge requirements.
They still could have Aiden volunteering to be the one who goes back to class, because his reason wouldn't have changed, but now we could give Avery a good learning experience.
Okay, it's not that I hate Rainbow High. It's just that...who thought "future influencer" was a good career goal to give a teenage girl?!
Especially in a franchise geared towards children?
There are so many stories about what's wrong with influencers that I wouldn't make that a goal at all.
There are so many other things you can do with a Digital Media focus than influencer.
Or, if they didn't want to keep that, Violet has won at least one award for her photography.
Or, as we learn later, she used to paint.
Either of those would be acceptable.
Far better than influencer, the most unhealthy and toxic lifestyle you could pick for a Digital Media focus.
And they think one of their main characters should have that as a career goal.
Good grief.
One of the reasons I refuse to watch Rainbow World is because its introduction completely derailed a plot that could have led to character development.
"The Big Day Off" showed everyone getting a day off of classes and assignments, and showed them dealing with problems during them.
Jade and Skyler want to spend their time relaxing, but both have a hard time doing nothing so they keep finding new tasks to do.
Bella and Ruby are planning to revamp the Rainbow Union, but have gotten artist's block and can't come up with anything.
Poppy's planning to bake and Amaya's freaking out over an online personality test.
Violet and Sunny were planning to have a fun day together.
This where the problem arises.
When we make it to Violet and Sunny's part of the story, Violet realizes she lost her phone and freaks out about it.
Now, we could have had a plot of Violet struggling with her social media addiction while spending time with Sunny, but, instead, Sunny and Violet find a magic egg and spend the day taking care of it so any conflict that they might have had is overshadowed.
I would have liked it better if we had Sunny and Violet doing fun things together, and Violet keeps instinctively reaching for her phone. Sunny notices, and eventually she's just sad.
Violet: "Sunny, what's wrong? Aren't you having fun?"
Sunny: "I am. I just...I miss you."
Violet: "I've been right across the hall for months. I think it's the closest we've ever been. Aside from all those sleepovers."
Sunny: "I don't mean physical distance."
Violet: "What do you mean?"
Sunny: "I mean...I totally support your dream of being an influencer, but I miss being able to do things with you without you trying to get the best shot. I miss just having fun with you, without you worrying about showing the rest of the world. I miss you. I think I've seen your phone's camera more than you, lately."
Violet: "Oh. I didn't know you felt that way."
Sunny: "I'm trying to be supportive. You're my best friend and I want to support you."
Violet: "I don't want you to support me if it upsets you. I guess I do have a problem."
Sunny: "I mean, I wouldn't say it's a problem..."
Violet: "But it is, because it upsets you so much. I don't want to upset my friends, especially you. I'm going to try to do better, Sunny. I promise."
Sunny: "Thanks. And I guess I'll start telling you when you do something that upsets me."
Violet: "I'd like that."
Then, Sunny and Violet would hug and discuss their plans for the rest of the day.
See how interesting this would have been? We could have had acknowledgement of not just Violet's greatest flaw (social media addiction) but also Sunny's (overly forgiving and passive) with them both recognizing their flaws and promising to work on them.
Instead, we have Sunny and Violet taking care of an egg all day.
They deserved better.
Rainbow World is Tonal Dissonance
Starting off with a quick definition: tonal dissonance is when there is a sudden, jarring shift in the overall tone of the show, movie, book, etc.
And it's the biggest reason I can't stand Rainbow World.
Every episode up to that point was about the adventures of teenagers at an elite arts high school that was also a boarding school.
And that was the concept that originally appealed to people.
And then, we have Rainbow World.
Now the show is about the whacky adventures of high schoolers in a magical world where they have cute pets made of crystal and magical missions to help people.
Not a terrible concept, but after four seasons of the show going one way, I'm not interested in suddenly changing the overall tone and premise of the series.
Rainbow World is such a different idea, it would've been better off as a different series.
And, honestly, the way it was introduced doesn't help either.
But that's for a different post.
So, it's not as though a fashion show isn't cool or anything, it's just that...
I feel like assigning each group to do a fashion show for their end of semester project is...limiting.
For example:
Ruby is a Mixed Media and Graphic Design focus. I literally cannot tell what her contribution to their final runway was.
(Someone tell me if they know what it is.)
Sunny's animations were good, but they weren't all that she could do. She could do more if she wasn't limited to doing a fashion show. A short film or animated music video would be cool.
And that's not even getting into some of the other people who's shows we didn't see.
What would Daria Roselyn, a Music Focus, and Georgia Bloom, a Performing Arts focus, do for a fashion show? Model?
What about Emi Vanda? Did she paint a set? Make props?
We don't even know who was in Colin's group, or what he did for his runway.
The point is, making everyone do a runway for their end of semester project can be limiting.
It also requires every group to have at least one Fashion focus, which seems a bit...unlikely.
A better system would be...well, it's complicated, but I'll do my best to explain it.
Everyone gets assigned a group. (I don't like this, but I'll leave it for now.)
The group has to agree on a project and submit their idea to a group supervisor for approval. (Our main girls would probably still do a fashion show.)
Their project proposal must say what each group member is going to contribute.
If it's approved, they get to start on it. If it's not approved, they have to make the changes their supervisor asks of them.
There's a deadline to get their proposals approved. If they're not approved by then, they'll be assigned a project. (I'm sure Miss Wright would have a few ideas.)
Regular check-ins would proceed as normal, with everyone showing the progress they made on their part of the project.
By the end of the semester, they have to have their project finished.
This could lead to some interesting ideas for projects, such as:
A museum exhibition
A clothing display
A mini concert
A short play
More ideas
This could be interesting. It could be fun to hear about groups doing something other than a fashion show.
And, like I said, giving the students a chance to pick their projects for themselves would give them better opportunities to show what they can do.