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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.