Monster High Gen 3 Is Very Queer And Disabled

[@D0VEGUM]

one thing i personally think is great rep is an explicitly autistic character being written to have a love interest! autistic people are often infantilized and seen as children who can’t handle romance so seeing twyla so open to the concept was such a breath of fresh air :)

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Hear, hear!

[@kenthuang436]

I’ve wanted a more positive role model for kids other than Julia from Sesame Street. Every other show that is either aimed at kids or are kid friendly never really portray autism as being a negative thing to deal with and that kids with it aren’t “normal” and that they are always the weird and annoying outcasts that no one wants to be around. The media is always so ableist towards autism and it bothers me how it is always wrong to say ableist comments towards any disability and people will rip you apart and scold you for it unless it’s towards autism? It’s just so messed up.

[@katie15732]

​@@kenthuang436Some other characters who are autistic in PBS KIDS shows are AJ from Hero Elementary, Dennis from Dinosaur Train, Carl from Arthur, and Ben from Xavier Riddle and The Secret Museum (he's only in 1 episode though, with a small cameo in another). Plus, PBS KIDS is making a show called "Carl the Collector" where everyone in the main cast is on the spectrum. I think they're all positively represented, but I think AJ is kinda the "best" represented. He's shown to stim when nervous, wears noise cancelling headphones at times, has sensory issues as he hates being wet, doesn't really understand jokes or social cues, and his special interest is super heroes (and they had one episode dedicated to this special interest and his autism).

[@phoebegee54]

500th like!

[@Bezaliel13]

Not to mention whatever a lovable one she hooked. Gotta love the dorky minotaur.

[@ithinkflutterawesome6511]

Hilariously for the witchcraft allegory it seems queerness is universally accepted in the Monster world, (no one, not even the antagonists, misgender Frankie or say anything homophobic) so it could literally be like: Draculaura: Dad, I’m gay. Dracula: Cool! I love you no matter what. Draculaura: I’m also practicing witchcraft Dracula: yOU’re wHat

[@KaminoKatie]

Dracula: I can accept you being gay, but I draw the line at witchcraft

[@leebulger7112]

​@@KaminoKatieThat is pretty funny.

[@kizuowen]

its really funny but also such a great way to create a safe space for lgbt children while still portraying parental disapproval/eventual acceptance in a way!!

[@Bezaliel13]

Like The Owl House.

[@madmouse1016]

Honestly sounds like my Christian mother XD "I'm dating my friend whos nonbinary" "Okay, I love you no matter what" "They're practicing witchcraft" *"They're what?"* (For context I'm Christian too, but he great thing about my partner and I is that we accept our differing views and even talk about them a lot ^^)

[@aidanthehumanmiller9302]

I have a theory that Finnegan can’t use manual wheelchairs because his arm fins could get caught in the wheels as they spin.

[@Qwer-teaBinch]

Ouch

[@tinseltina]

good theory! makes sense

[@aidanthehumanmiller9302]

@@tinseltina thank you (•w•)

[@dawnshade4939]

Cleo's bag of jarred organs reminds me somewhat of bags I've seen for diabetes equipment & medication which says "this is my pancreas" on it

[@alexjewett7455]

It's interesting, but I'm somewhat iffy on some of the organs he listed in this video. Traditionally, the heart was the only organ that wasn't removed, because it was considered part of the soul. Also, I'm not sure why you would remove someone's inner ear, or how given the technology of the time. Of course, I'm a nerd who cares about details like that, and this isn't actually important to the show.

[@drosellie2850]

While the heart thing is probably just a cultural inaccuracy, I read a headcanon that the heart being removed was a tactic to keep the mummy as a... well, mummy, instead of going to the afterlife. I'm not too caught up on g3's lore, but at least for g1 it would make sense that Cleo's evil uncle would want her and her family to have their hearts removed, cursing them to remain in the mortal world as mummies and not move on to the afterlife.

[@alexjewett7455]

@@drosellie2850 that would be an interesting direction to take it. Still doesn't explain the inner ear thing, though.

[@pompe221]

@@alexjewett7455Honestly, that was probably just for a plot point with some comedy thrown in.

[@Skullkiddawn]

@@alexjewett7455 in universe, they actually touch on this. All her organs are jarred because she’s Royalty, and therefore ‘extra’, so still not exactly accurate but they acknowledge it.

[@ambiguoussarcasm]

As a latina (mexican) , i got so annoyed at people calling Lagoona a spicy latina, because she isnt s3xualized in any way and her issues are treated with respect and seriousness, and on behalf of the fandom it felt kinda xenophobic ngl, let latin women, femmes and girls have big emotions ffs! Don't police our feelings and don't treat us like tropes when we have them, i saw that coming from a lot of gringos and non latines. Most of the LatAm community really loves her, even her launch song that got panned by English speakers was super appreciated by latin fans, its a catchy bop! I went from not caring about Lagoona in G1 to her being in the top 3 of my favorite characters in G3! I really resonate with her and I truly feel represented by her.

[@finland4ever55]

I would agree except lagoona herself called herself spicy in the video. Romantic and feisty I'm like chili mango I'm sweet and I'm spicy are actual lyrics so....

[@ambiguoussarcasm]

@@finland4ever55 She is spicy, as in personality, not the trope. That's why I like her, I am the same

[@Aziz_theDeMaN]

I haven’t seen the new show, ummmm yet but personally it’s not that I don’t like the new Lagoona but- why is she pink? Her last name is Blue- Soooooooooo But yea I like her new personality it a lot more flushed out compared to her old version ^^ But well- I kind of don’t like the fashion choices. I think it might be the new style tho- Another thing that I think is waste potential is that in GEN one it’s hinted on the back of Claudine‘s box that she is lesbian either that or maybe aroace plus I don’t mean to be rude, but kind of miss the old Cleo. The only reason of why is that although I do respect the new generation of Monster High, it’s just that well I’m not a very big fan of some of the changes since I was there from like the beginning, but it’s not like I wouldn’t want to change out the new body types some of the new changes that they did. It’s more like how they changed some of the characters. I don’t like how they did that some of the characters got definitely some new flushed out personalities that feel like they might’ve fit them better, but then others are just waste potential just like how in this video they mentioned Gouluy (I’m sorry that I’m spelling this wrong Idk how to spell it :’] ) like they might have like a speaking disorder or a speaking disability and it’s just a lot of some of the new personalities it just I don’t like how some of it doesn’t match up with the originals but I just know that it happens sometimes But you are a die heart fan for the new show I’m not gonna say “STOP WATCHING THE SHOW ITS TASH” no I might be a harsh critic sometimes, but I’m not gonna try and stop you watching something that you like unless it has something truly bad about it. Unless you like the Percy Jackson movies and no I DO NOT MEAN THE NEW SHOW I mean the movies that literally just decided to spit on the books and Greek mythology :] ??????? UMMMMMMMMMMMMM ARSON

[@ambiguoussarcasm]

@@Aziz_theDeMaN Everything about this comment SCREAMS local. Ah yes, the classic and obviously gay hint of "my favorite activity is flirting with the boys". Quit getting your talking points from Tiktok, you're embarrassing.

[@Missing_no]

yeah, also, i feel that many people miss the point with the issue of the spicy latina trope, the issue is not having a latin woman with strong emotions and personality, that is allright, the problem with the trope is that usually it's used with a sexual presentation and the character is writen to be and object of desire from american (usually white) man, something that happens with almost every ethnicity in many american media (black women, latin women, asian women, etc). Even if lagoona were a background character her traits are not inherently a problem.

[@ЮлияПопова-ч5ю8х]

As a person who has stutter since I learned how to speak, I would really love some representation of characters with speech issues or smth. Wasted potential with Gholia, honestly

[@yukisanthefox3014]

Stutter or selective mutism or something similar. Those would be wonderful to see represented, so it's a shame they went with none of them.

[@kristopherjohnston3337]

Yeah, I really miss Ghoulia being nonverbal since she reminded me of my little sister. And yeah, someone with a speech issue like a lisp or something would be awesome

[@KindleTheSkywing]

I always feel so happy when I see representation for speech deficits

[@Stargrlllll]

​@kristopherjohnston3337 shes actually not non verbal in g1, shes speaking another language !! but i adore the headcannon

[@cloudy_cat11811]

Ghoulia used to groan and moan but they could have made her stutter because shes learning to speak! It would make more sense rather than her speaking normally.

[@KyleRayner12]

Something else cool about Twyla: most of the time when characters are autistic, even when it's explicit, they're not the ones to say that. It's always a caregiver or a relative or something outing them - see "When Carl Met George" (Arthur), Julia's introductory episode in Sesame Street, etc. The conversation is always "handled" by someone else, especially in children's media, aligning with the assumptions that we can't understand/articulate our own needs, navigate a conversation about boundaries, or control who does and doesn't know personal information about us. Her taking a deep breath and starting the conversation herself, because she needs to do so to make her needs clear but knows that this could get awkward/difficult/ableist quickly, reminds me of a dozen similar conversations I've had over the years.

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Yes! Even though that character is older, this is one of the things I cheered about watching Quinni come out as autistic in Heartbreak High.

[@KyleRayner12]

@@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 Heartbreak High has an autistic character? I'll add it to the list of things to watch.

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

@@KyleRayner12 Played by an autistic actor, too!

[@KyleRayner12]

@@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 Sweet!

[@one-onessadhalf3393]

@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING!! I love Heartbreak High, Quinni is one of my favorite characters!

[@revanius2213]

Twyla and Frankie felt like two sides that I could relate to, liking my quiet time and having some trouble being social, while at the same time having trouble with volume control and enjoying social interactions. And getting actual in show confirmation of Twyla being Autistic was so surprising, which is unfortunate really that something like that is surprising, and I was bouncing in place when she said it.

[@kenthuang436]

I’m autistic and I have trouble sometimes controlling the volume of my voice (I can’t tell that I’m talking too loud) and I don’t mind having noise around me as long as it isn’t a certain frequency or extremely heavy bass. I also don’t mind going out and being around other people and I will keep to myself when around new people and stay mostly quiet but will start to relax and open up once I get to know them and feel more comfortable.

[@DasOrange]

I'm the same as you two. Nice to know I'm not alone.

[@emilykearns3155]

I’m autistic myself. And I want to communicate with people, and I don’t. A bit of a duality.

[@jonasscheftner8545]

same here. i love dungeons and dragons and i'm always very hyped before a session (which is every thursday), but it always takes a lot of energy to be the dm so i recently gave that part up for a month or two so i can recover from the latest dungeon crawl (which took 5 sessions to complete and at the end wasn't fun anymore) and allow someone else to dm for a while in a different setting. i love the roleplay and i like the people i play d&d with but it still burns my energy like a red dragon going through a straw hut village. i probably will stop playing shadowrun with my other round entirely because that drains me more than a vampire drains its prey and i recently found out that the player most new to the round isn't willing to listen when people tell him that they're not okay with something his character said and ask him not to do that again. i will stay till the current adventure is done and then i probably quit that round.

[@Read-alert]

Deuce gives me major aro vibes this gen with that "I can't wait to spend the most romantic night of the year with someone I'm completely platonic with" line

[@koffies]

5:00 : Latino here. Granted, i am not from Honduras per se, but in the context of Latino culture as more or less a whole? Anger issues are a super prevalent thing, specially in both the context of ''Latino father only is allowed to feel Anger as it is the only MAnLY emotion and represses everything else'', or the ''Latina mother has anger issues - was only taught to shut up about her complaints, grow up and take care of the household - won't tell what you did wrong and brushes her anger off in a passive aggressive manner until she explodes and starts yelling about nothing and everything at the same time'' which eventually poisons the whole family bit by bit as the children get dragged down into the generational anger spiral (that and the bonkers stupid gender expectations placed onto the kids tends to fester a very hostile family environment, with the expectation to just suck it up until it becomes too much to bear, which generates the anger issues - which are taught by our caretakers, we are not born with them - as we are literally not taught to process any negative emotion in any healthy manner). Of course, these are not the only types of Latino anger issues or toxic family dynamics, but just what i have witnessed myself or by my friends. It would be a bad thing if the show only showed Laguna as a ''HahA LOOk!! LAtINA iS CRAzY and ANGrY!!!'' which they don't. Laguna is learning to deal with it, and it is addressed with actual respect instead of being the butt of the joke (albeit, yes, some humor is drawn from it, it is in a more light hearted way as this is a kid's show, and i do not mind that). In fact, i do think that we do need more shows addressing anger issues and how your family situation - in the context of anger or poorly addressing of emotions - doesn't define you, that you are *allowed* to be angry and process those emotions in a healthy way. I needed that as a kid, and hell, i need it now as well. I really like it.

[@charleston1789]

Thank you for your insight here :)

[@monanarts3726]

As someone who married into a Mexican-American family, I can say that while there wasn't any violent anger-issues (honestly my father-in-law seemed like a really nice, mellow guy), there was deeefintiely some nasty grudges being held between the aunts and uncles, etc and oh boy, 'masculinity' being important definitely was a thing (espc. to my now ex-husband, at the time). I eventually noticed I always initiated the hand-holding and so I was curious and asked and to his credit he admitted to being embarrassed since it felt 'emasculating' to be the one to make the move... and to his credit he made efforts to try to initiate after that. He also insisted my engagement and wedding rings be expensive, otherwise he might be seen as a poor (therefore unmanly) partner even though _I_ would have been happy with a cheap semi-precious gem and a stainless-steel wedding band and we WERE broke... But he was also badly bullied in high-school by other guys who were likely even more toxically masculine... Neither of us really had good coping mechanisms or understood our individual traumas well at the time, sadly.. so it was hard to work on these issues. I wanted to continue being friends after the separation but that wasn't good enough and so eventually he did start to resent me and decided I'd used him *sigh* I haven't really been in contact for over a decade but I've heard he's been making a lot of emotional growth through therapy, so I'm really happy to hear that.

[@julespeace3901]

Honduran her, and actually, yes, sadly it is part of many people's life. (Mine Included) but in my place, father wasn't the one angry but my mother actually, which it gave both me and my siblings a little of explosive emotions. But overall I think her character is actually really nice and well writed, that it was a surprise for me to discover she was Honduran (not many characters are from there)

[@koffies]

@@julespeace3901 The latam experience is having one of your parents have anger issues and making everyone else's problem. Nos salvariamos muchos problemas si terapia fuera mas comun aqui /lh My mom also has anger issues, but i used father as an example since they have the more recognizable ''explosive'' anger, while moms tend to be more passive aggressive (or at least my mom is), getting upset and not telling you what you did wrong until they explode and suddenly everything is your fault. It's like a Russian roulette of abuse tbh. I will edit the comment a bit to specify stuff.

[@julespeace3901]

@@koffies En eso no lo niego. If it is not the father it is the mother, although like I said my father was more of a calm individual who take life easily. My mother is a good person and she also has her problems, yet sadly she is the most explosive. And maybe they don't want to but the generational trauma and pressure from peer may be the cause of it. It is good to want to be the thing correctly, but dessesperation and fear make people take out the worst. So yeah, I can say it is lowkey a Russian roulette.

[@ЮлияПопова-ч5ю8х]

It would be so cool if Frankie was actually diagnosed as autistic later in the series! And they could bond with Twyla more

[@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops]

That's what I'm banking on. I love and adore Twyla. Not a slight to her character, but the writing. But, when one of the main characters seems so coded to be autistic, but only a side character is canonically autistic, it feels a bit cheap. Even though Monster High is doing such a good job with diversity, it happens quite often with kids shows that it just stings in a preexisting burn wound. With other shows, it feels like they want the diversity but don't want to commit to representation. And Frankie seeming like autistic rep but not being canonical while a side character is canonical reminds me of that. Like I said though, Monster High actually seems to be doing a great job at diversity. I hope the team behind it hears what the fans are saying and has Frankie find out that they are also autistic.

[@ayelebast]

Frankie is giving AuDHD ngl

[@anothermiddleschoolburnout8816]

It would make sense for Frankie to be diagnosed midway through the show because they were only 15 days old when they arrived at the school. That's not really long enough to get evaluated.

[@Missing_no]

I actually like the concept of Twyla being actually diagnosed but Frankie coded, because it helps the parallel of autistic person that is diagnosed as a kid and grew up knowing that vs autistic person that learn it later in life (teenhood or adulthood). Frankie being diagnosed midway the series would be awesome. Altho, i see that as something difficult to happen, but with an awesome potential. I have never seen the process of being diagnosed in a show, so, thats why i think it wont happen, but if it happen, it could go in many great ways, becase they could introduce a therapist or a psych mayor as a character and had an episode of Frankie going to them and getting diagnosed. I do feel/fear tho, that maybe they did create Frankie as a autistic character but realized that having a character being non binary, physical dissabled and having a queer relationship at the same time as being autistic would put too many attention in one character, each character has to have something that differenciate them from the rest, and the current theme with Twyla is her autism, so having Frankie as a mayor character also being autistic could rest some of the agency and relevance of Twyla down, specially having the contrast of the autism traits in each one, Twyla could be perceive as a more stereotipical token version. Leaving Frankie coded let both characters exist and being relatable to autistic people while also letting the writers use Twyle for more focus on that one identity trait, and have more flavour of characters to make episodes focused on that topic

[@Missing_no]

@@ayelebast I doubt they did this on purpouse but, actually, 25% of people with ADHD has TICs or some disorder that has TICs as a sympton, so it would made sense... plus, ADHD made your emotions a bit stronger to manage and regulate, and in many many people their TICs can become stronger when their emotions are unregulated. The episode where Frankie bottle up their emotions show frankie having trouble managing their electricity, and their electricity seems to be related to their TICs. Actually, as someone who has a light epilepsy disorder that give me TICs and ADHD, the way they animated the electricity related to Frankie's feelings in that episode is the best example i've found to explain how it feels to have both.

[@tinkrtailr]

As an autistic kid who had a lot of anger issues as a child, I can honestly say Laguna would have been a huge help to me. I wish there had been more respresentation when I was a child.

[@someonessidechannel1485]

a handshake to this. especially since the counseling i was required to attend for my anger issues did a lot more harm than good, in the long run.

[@Silly_Sulky_Seli]

they really should have an episode on Frankie discovering they're autistic they could all adress so much with it, "uh but Twyla is autistic and you're nothing like her?" would be the best of it if they want to do me a favour and make them both have both autism and adhd would be awesome (yes like me)

[@bugdomrulez]

frankie and twyla very much feel like adhd vs autism to me, they clash in ways me and my autistic friend do also haha

[@QryptidQustoms]

Either Frankie or Meowlody (I get big autism vibes from Meowlody but maybe that's just me 🙈) I totally agree having another autistic character that's different from Twyla would be soo cool to show how different we all are to each other. ❤(heart emoji)

[@Silly_Sulky_Seli]

@@bugdomrulez yeah!! and personally I just can see Frank have both adhd and autism because I have it and see that in them aswell it is pretty common to be mixed in neurodivergent people anyway :P I'd love to have more of Twyla + Frankie bonding

[@Silly_Sulky_Seli]

@@QryptidQustoms OOOH yes Meowlody!! maybe she can find out she's autistic, Frankie finds out they have both autism and adhd and then the two of them figure it out with Twyla and the episode can show how they're all on a different spot on the spectrum but noone's "less autistic/valid" :D

[@eccentric_creampuff4983]

@@bugdomrulezautism and adhd are often comorbid! It would certainly track for Frankie to fill the diagnostic criteria for both!

[@kenthuang436]

I find it hilarious that a Mattel property now has a character voiced by someone who uses Mattel as a last name.

[@jacobcox4565]

21:02 I love how Lyra is more bird-like. A lot of modern depictions of Sirens are mermaid-like when Sirens were actually half bird half human in Greek Mythology.

[@rumis.dollsss.15]

And they always make her voice lines musical too. It's so lovely. And I can just imagine Medusa being serenaded by Lyra. Adorable.

[@scaroe89]

i think the reason Finnegan would rather use a motorized wheelchair is because of his hands. or more specifically keeping his hands safe. he is a guitar player. if he used a manual wheelchair it would increase the chances of him hurting his hands or getting them dirty and making harder to play guitar.

[@liesebeam8910]

Something I really appreciate about Twyla is even though her autism is a large part of her character they dont bring it up every time she appears onscreen. I have friends that once I told them I was autistic they felt the need to bring it up 24/7. Very nice to see twyla is a person outside of her neurodivergence.

[@TheMushroomStudio]

While I am technically Latino I don’t live in the average Latino household. Despite that, issues with anger and outbursts are incredibly common in my family. That’s why meeting up with family is always annoying because at least 1 argument always happens. The only person who doesn’t have issues with anger is my mom, and she actually had those issues when she was younger. She just took the steps to improve.

[@m0thernature730]

The thing I think you’re missing with ghoulia is the CLEAR ADHD coding. This is made clear by her being smart but thinking about things quickly and not exactly thinking she is fast. A LOT of my adhd was my time dilation where i would spend too much time on one detail and take LONGER to do things then others. It doesn’t mean I’m slow but it means that to me the world is moving SUPER FAST! an hour is a minute to her sorta deal… the point I’m making is that in quite a few scenes it takes her a moment to understand where everyone is at and especially when she tries to move fast on her skateboard to pick up the pace because she FEELS so slow that happens too! We often over correct and start start to think we are talking faster then everyone else but in reality we are talking normally and moving at a normal pace. ADHD is also hereditary and might explain why zombies believe they move slower. And that is simply because they don’t understand time dilation. You can hear this a few times when ghoulia even mentions the time as a question like “did I sleep that long?” Or “it’s really been that long?” Classic time dilation. This could also simply be dissociative disorder where sometimes she zones out. Hence why they are hesitant to label some of the characters because the symptoms expressed are connected to a plethora of disorders that nonverbal language barrier doesn’t exactly cover. They went more subtle… rather the overt with certain things to hit a different audience because as someone who has nonverbal days i can say it’s next to IMPOSSIBLE to communicate and if they want to do it right they want someone who has to use an outside tool not just a second language… and we have characters coming up that don’t talk at all! We even have mythologys that talk about some creatures who’s voices are like duces eyes. Just simply dangerous.

[@spiceupyourafterlife]

It's characters like Twyla that make me envy today's younger generation. If I had seen more representation like her, I probably would have had a much better representation of neurodivergency than I had when I was younger (looking at you, Rain Man) and probably clocked earlier that I myself was neurodivergent.

[@OrcaBerry]

Posted one minute ago. Will update this after done watching :) love your vids Update time: I was kinda shocked to see how plainly they said terminology like "queer" and "nonbinary" and "Autistic." It seems most shows (especially if they involve fantasy of any kind) like to imply rather than state it outright. I really appreciate that about this show, that it doesn't treat those words as taboo. Also, as a fellow Autistic, I relate strongly to how you described Twyla. Good Autistic rep is so few and far between. I haven't watched Monster High, but I'm quite interest now...

[@Avatarfan10000]

It also shuts down the "looking too much into it" Claim that people make when it's vague.

[@Cumrel]

I saw this cartoon in my father's house, while my brother was watching it. My GOD, Frankie is great. Seeing them after I was started seeing myself as an agender, love it.

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

*waves* in agender solidarity

[@starglaze-]

FELLOW AGENDER PERSON HELLOOOO!!!

[@solomon9853]

Lol only frankie deserves to be called that because they are literally made of different body parts. You on the other hand are definitely not

[@jesterdays]

​@@solomon9853"wawawawa"

[@solomon9853]

@@jesterdays I'm sure that's what I'll sound like to someone who doesn't know what a woman is.

[@ColeR-i_live_in_the_forest]

6:30 i love that she uses noise cancelling headphones! i ware mine at school sometimes and people always ask me stupid questions about them or tap on them or make fun of me, they don’t know what they are. showing autistic characters in shows with noice cancelling headphones is a great way to normalise them✨ :D

[@TheIntimateAvenger]

Where did you find noise cancelling headphones that actually work? All the ones I’ve tried do jack shit.

[@ColeR-i_live_in_the_forest]

@@TheIntimateAvenger i am sorry to tell you that mine are also shit, i need better ones that block out more than the noice of the air-con

[@hyobro8392]

I wear earplugs pretty much the same way, they're a fashion accessory at this point because they never leave my neck when im outside Recently I talked about my problems with sound to a professor and she was like "oh so that what these are for"

[@FurKid_the_Gg_roo_99]

Fr, midway through 8th grade, one of my teachers got me these kinda bulky mufflers. I appreciated him & they helped me get through the loud noise at school, but I also kinda felt like I had a target on my back; I already wasn't taken too well by some classmates & I ended up getting those "what r u listening to" questions in one of my classes, & even having a classmate who occasionally infantalized me & said the most saccharine, high-pitched "hi"s I've gotten or heard in my life so far. I still have those mufflers, but I thankfully have ear plugs AND a high school with students who barely come close to the ones in middle school for the most part! 💀

[@ColeR-i_live_in_the_forest]

@@hyobro8392 nice, i might get some ear plugs

[@pippastrelle]

Ngl I... feel so many emotions at seeing modern children's shows getting to showcase children of all kinds. Multiple body types, disabilities, genders, neurodivergences, orientation... It's so heart-warming that they get to have that. Yeah, it's not perfect but it feels made with an honest attempt to give love to the variety of people.

[@Nicole34real4real]

Same

[@Drawoon]

Would it be cool if they presented the zombie "brainsss" things as an analogue for tourettes?

[@cyclopsproductions9412]

Oh that’s such a genius idea! Never thought about that!

[@Bxredewil]

i feel like thats what a lot of people ive seen interpret it as? like anxiety/excitement/strong emotion caused tourettes. Im not an expert so that reading could be wrong

[@Drawoon]

@@Bxredewil Maybe. I think people with tourette's always have tics, though things like anxiety, excitement and even relaxation can make the symptoms stronger. It does seem similar. Then again, I'm also not an expert.

[@notyourjakey]

@@Drawoon as someone who is not diagnosed but recently realized he fits the diagnostic criteria for Tourette's, (and also hasn't watched the show yet) it'd be great if she told a parent/family member/childhood friend "I had a brain freeze for the first time recently" and they were like "??? No, you've had them before, did you not know?" And/or does more research on it and finds out there's more ways it manifests (like how I realized sniffing "for no reason" is a common vocal tic for me) But from what I've read most IRL tic disorders can start anytime in one's teens so she may just be a "late bloomer" for brain freezes But it could alternatively/also be a representation of traumatic brain injury symptoms and/or seizures, which was my first thought. But one of the fun things about stuff like this is one fantasy thing can be a representation of more than one IRL thing

[@Drawoon]

@@notyourjakey Ooh good points. Thanks for letting me know.

[@ladyaceina]

my headcanon for neyphra and her organs is she has a longer range she can be away from them for (thoe this dont explain the pyramid scene) if you want to keep the analogy of of medical equpiment compare it to a inhlaer cleo needs hers on hand at all times while her sister just needs it close by like in her locker or something

[@rumis.dollsss.15]

Actually, usually Mummies only have some of their organs removed but Cleo had all of gers removed

[@giant_internet_nerd]

I have many vivid memories of me in elementary school sitting in the library whenever I could because it was quiet and empty and the librarian was nice to me. I used to get so burnt out back then because I masked nonstop. I wasn’t diagnosed, and I’m still not, so I always just thought something was wrong with me. I picked at my clothes and earrings. Twyla makes me so happy. She’s everything comforting. She would be my favourite if I could watch this show when I was younger. I just know 7 year old me would love her colours and powers. Still love her powers. I love how Twyla was direct and explicit when she explained it. No “oh I’m just so shy and sensitive, not autistic”. No beating around the bush. No “I’m autistic, let me tell you the definition”. That’s stupid. Just “I’m autistic and loud noises bother me, please don’t do that”. She really hit home for me.

[@ArtOfShannonLee]

Maybe they could fix Ghoulia if they made being a zombie sort of like a physical disability which gets worse over time. They start out human and gradually become more zombie-like. So, right now she and the other Zombies don’t seem very zombie-ish but they could gradually have more and more physical challenges, including some impacting their speech, which would be really interesting and challenging to see her go through. Obviously she’d still be the same mentally but without the physical abilities she maybe took for granted before? Or maybe she didn’t take them for granted at all and just made the most of them, knowing she wouldn’t have them forever. Idk maybe that’s stupid. But it bothers me that they changed her so much.

[@jonasscheftner8545]

that sounds a little like Multiple Sklerosis. they'd have to tread very carefully in that case. It could be done but it would take a staggering amount of work to make sure that they don't get slapped by that, because some people might take it as playing down a serious illness. But it would be a good fix and if done carefully could do a lot of good for people with an illness like that.

[@cunningsmile4166]

Hoooo boy. That's bad no matter how ya slice it

[@nobodyofconsequence6522]

6:28 Me listening to this with my noise canceling headphones while working on an android app that plays noises that drown out background noise to make my noise cancelers even more powerful: Amen to that my siblings. (Yes I can just pull up "10 hours of white noise" on youtube, but that don't work offline)

[@Soulcrash3]

Please Drop the app name here when you have it ready! It would be a life saver!

[@nobodyofconsequence6522]

@@Soulcrash3You know I thought I had, but my comment has vanished into the ether, probably because it contained a URL. Talk about undiscoverablilty. (I don't intend to publish on google play. Too much paperwork, not enough spoons)

[@Soulcrash3]

@@nobodyofconsequence6522 Thanks for trying! I understand the struggle with the spoons perfectly.. Maybe (if you don't mind trying) like break the URL apart in different lines to confuse KZbin? Idk if that might work. Either way thanks!

[@nobodyofconsequence6522]

@@Soulcrash3delilahsthings,ie

[@nobodyofconsequence6522]

@@Soulcrash3 Okay, I got it published on fdroid. The name is soothing noise looper.

[@krazyfan1489]

Perhaps Nephera had the organs placed back inside? on one hand, she'd no longer have to worry about distance. on the other hand, perhaps they become more vunerable?

[@sparklingbee_]

Cleo said that mummies jar only some of their organs, but only she removed ALL of them. Nefera probably just had not much organs removed in the first place

[@krazyfan1489]

@ville__"Women are the physical manifestation of sensory perception." Genuinely, what the fuck are you talking about?

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

​@@krazyfan1489 Ignore this troll/bot and just report the dozen or more copies of this exact reply as the spam that they are. FYI: this apparently is version 3.0 of this particular troll or bot, as there were @ville and @ville_ before, and I have not observed those posting anymore (banned by YT maybe?). Those, too, posted 10-50 copies of the exact same comment or reply, usually into threads that were already longer than 4-6 replies. Some people have pretty weird hobbies...

[@krazyfan1489]

@@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023thanks for the info

[@rumis.dollsss.15]

​@@sparklingbee_oh yeaaaahhhh. I forgot about that. Would be good if the creator of the video sees this.

[@jax_firestorm9689]

My favorite thing about Twyla's autism is that she doesn't "get over" any of her symptoms. She doesn't start to like loud noises, or like eye contact with "the right people". Which is so important to me. I still get angry sometimes about how many autistic and autsitic-coded character "get over" their touch aversion by hugging a friend, or start to try new foods because they "get adventurous". I loved G1 Twyla, and I'm so glad they gave her what she deserved in Gen 3.

[@kurapikakurta808]

Honestly a cool concept for vampires would have been to have to either drink blood (maybe there could be a vampire blood bank where they can get donations) or take some type of supliment so that they stay healthy. Maybe to keep them from fainting or getting dizzy. Sort of like anemia but for vampires specifically. I think it would have been a cool idea.

[@Bxredewil]

basically vampires sustain themselves w blood cause that brings life energy to them, but drac is a vegan so she gets life energy by being perfect and well-respected ig.

[@cunningsmile4166]

Iron deficiency is the reason blood is needed. Simple

[@Drax69420]

I gotta admit, I don't I know jack shit about momster high, but I do appericate that the show is staffed with people who clearly care about showcasing diversity to kids and showing diverse kids that their traits are normal, valid, and best of all, human. People who complain a whole lot about "woke" cartoons really don't understand why these kind of shows are important. They show diverse kids, espically kids in places where they get bullied for their diverse traits, that their not only valid for having these traits, their just as human as more standard kids. And they also show standard kids how diverse kids are just as human as they are. So yeah, good shit.

[@missybura1283]

Yes, I must agree - G3 is good at showing representation. My only gripe is wasted potential with Ghoulia

[@glitterboxx19]

Yeah the reason she spoke differently from the other ghouls is that she was speaking a different language from them

[@rumis.dollsss.15]

Yeah. Same here.

[@SilverScribe85]

I am in love with the new Monster High series! Not only do I love the vast amounts of representation; I loved the animation, the stories, the voice cast and all the unique creatures on-screen

[@maskedpanda8502]

For the Zombies, even if they didn't want to care about going the whole way with them again, they could at least show that they fatigue easily. As someone who had fatigued easily(was a medical issue, been fixed) it could be interesting to have them use things like the Skateboards because while they can keep up with the other monsters... it's only in bursts. Like, before the surgery I genuinely could keep up with people... but then crash upon arrival at a place I could sit. It'd be cool to see them show that not all disabilities are visible and some can be very easily hidden/invisible until you know the signs.

[@strxwbxrry_420]

I find it really interesting that Lagoona gets anger issues after being rebooted as latina. I’m not offended or anything as a latino either. I think it’s good to have a childs character with anger issues, who is self aware and working on improving herself. Also, as someone who is nonbinary and femme-passing, I looove Frankie as representation. And for them to be dating Cleo, it feels out of left field, but it’s nice to have two main characters in a queer (platonic?) relationship. (idk if it’s canon yet, but it’s pretty queer) Edit: they also could’ve Ghoulia a speech impediment. Yes, she can speak english, whatever (zombie being it’s own language was cooler tho), but giving her a speech impediment would bounce at least a little off her original counterpart. Also also, I love the relationship between Cleo and Nefera now. There’s sibling envy but still genuinely loving each other is significantly better than a 19 year old woman harassing her 15 year old sister and her friends

[@ambiguoussarcasm]

Tbh G1 & 2 Lagoona was bland af, she needed *something* beyond being just "nice sporty girl" and being insecure about Gil's racist parents. Like you said, its so nice seeing a girl with anger issues and its good they wanted to tackle that, but who else would've gotten that arc? I think the contrast between her previous versions is so cool

[@rumis.dollsss.15]

Amen to that part about G1 Nefera

[@jax_firestorm9689]

Cleo's organ jar bag is also a great way to tie more into her mythological origins as an Egyptian mummy. Mummies were buried with jars of each organ, since they would rot if kept in the body when it was embalmed and mummified. If a mummy was buried without an organ, or the organ was stolen or damaged, it was believed that wouldn't be able to use it in the afterlife, similarly to how Cleo can't use an organ if it isn't close to her. I love how much more expilicitly Egyptian Cleo is in G3, and it isn't just "an aesthetic" anymore.

[@therealopaartist]

Monster High was my favorite series growing up. Watched all the episodes and all of the movies. I didn’t know WHY I clicked with this and not Barbie or Bratz (which I did like but didn’t have that feeling of connection). IG it was because I was bullied for being different? Not conventionally pretty or very smart (not in the way that mattered in school). Preferred books to people because books didn’t run away from you when you tried to join them. Absolutely dreaded school. Family life was…I wouldn’t say abusive. But there was a lot going on and television was the one escape since there wasn’t much to do in my town. Monster High was the first show that ever made me feel…seen. That being different wasn’t bad. That eventually I would find my people (which I did when I got internet access). Was it a perfect show? No. But it made an 11 year old girl feel better about herself.

[@samsquatch7880]

I believe I remember Cleo in the episode with the inner ear saying something along the lines of “Most mummies have some of the organs jarred for safe-keeping, I jarred *ALL* of mine” and personally I think this can be read as different approaches in treatment of medical issues. For example, my Dad has crippling pain for reasons I’m not gonna go into (I know this is anonymous, but that still feels rude), and he has been offered the idea of surgeries that could potentially alleviate it his pain, but it is likely to hinder his mobility in the future. My dad had chosen pain over mobility issues, and that’s valid. We could read Cleo as the opposite reading- choosing the surgery at the cost of everyday function, as this practice of jarring organs apparently provides some sort of undisclosed safety for mummies, which means it ties to long-term health. Cleo chose the more extreme procedure, Nefera has had a smaller procedure. Either way you look at it includes risk, but either way it’s a valid path to choose.

[@Wampirfan69]

I got diagnosed with autism not long ago and to be honest I never identified with it? I mean I knew it was a spectrum and that everyone expirianced it diferently but I just never saw myself within it. My expiriance just didn't match anything I saw in media or what I heard from other autistic people or my friends. The part of your video about Frankie and headcannoning her as autistic really made me feel seen for the first time and helped me identify with my diagnosis more because they're just like me.

[@DasOrange]

Honestly, I have the same problem. Many folks immediately notice my autism, but I myself often feel like I don't actually struggle enough for it to be autism. Basically, I'm getting imposter syndrome.

[@Man-wolf-]

Frankie uses they/them! But i feel you, im also autistic & like frankie struggle with loudness, i tend to raise my voice without noticing

[@Wampirfan69]

@@Man-wolf- Yeah I know already edited the comment. My brain hasn't moved on from g1 lol

[@Alexandra_Westheart]

​@Wampirfan69 same but I will stay with Gen 1 Frankie because she is cool and I like her more

[@locustproachin6052]

The relationship between Deuce and his mom really hits home as a black person. His mom having such high expectations for him because those were the same expectations she had? And how she ends up pushing him so far thinking she's protecting him from the discrimination she faced? Like it's something I can relate to alot

[@arielgalles2107]

You should do a disabled review of Blue Eye Samurai. It has several disabled characters including a blind man, a Handless man, and a man with a stutter. I think it's very respectful towards all its disabled characters, but I'd love to hear your opinion.

[@ЮлияПопова-ч5ю8х]

YESSS!!! I was also thinking about that!

[@arielgalles2107]

@ville__ ????????????????

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

​@@arielgalles2107 It's a spam bot. Ignore and report.

[@one-onessadhalf3393]

1) Ignore anything that anyone with the username @ville comments, it’s a common name for troll/spam accounts. 2) YES HE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD COVER THIS SHOW ITS SO COOL

[@harryjohnston8956]

I'm autistic too so Twyla was a favorite of mine when I discovered the series here on youtube.

[@Turai12]

I love that one of the gasket spirits wears a trans pride armband, wears lipstick with a very male coded voice. LET QUEERS PLAY SPORT SAYS MONSTER HIGH

[@honda-akari]

Ew

[@a_little_demon]

​@@honda-akari why "ew"? being trans is okay and it doesn't hurt anyone.

[@solomon9853]

Ew

[@SketcheeClown]

Thr way I never noticed that???

[@Not_a_Norm1e]

​@@solomon9853 if you have a problem just keep it to yourself and don't comment.

[@alexofthenow926]

As someone who has bad stuttering fits, Sometimes has ticks due to high amount of stress, I feel if they had made it where she gets stressed she gets ticks, (Not even the brains) Stumbling over her words more(Maybe like the effect of two different languages) It could be because Ghoulia its trying to adapt to her friends, But is semi failing to try and look normal to her friends. that would be very great for people with Social Anxiety and the risk of perfection. Almost like a form of Autism(Stemming from A HC Of Autistic Non-Verbal Ghoulia) And could be the fact shes trying so hard to be verbal but her body and feelings just dont. Her wanting to going back to being comfortable as Non verbal/Going back to a language shes comfortable with. Again this is only my opinion.

[@ladyaceina]

i love how the theme of parents and issues they have with thier children all lead to the parents wanting to be better and accepting their flaws except catrina the thing the cements her as an abusive monster is the fact she refuses to change and inf act embraces her worst aspects showing no concern or love for her daughter what makes a monster is not the actions they commit but the refusal to atone for the actions they have performed

[@kristopherjohnston3337]

I think Frankie being explicitly autistic/neurodivergent would be great as my friend group has similar clashes when it comes to overstimulation and noise control as most of us have autism and/or adhd so that clash is very real even though we all love each other very much. Also the queer rep in monster high is amazing,, personally I really want like a trans man rep (coz that's what I am) but Frankie being nb is awesome. So many of me and my friends (a bunch of other peeps I assume) who grew up liking monster high are queer and neurodiverse, and generally had issues fitting in with others which is what monster high has always been about- the fringes of society, and how it's okay to be different because it's natural.

[@kristopherjohnston3337]

alsoooo yeah I miss Ghoulia being nonverbal the most, because she reminded me of my sister who was also nonverbal and she was also my sisters favourite character (her or Frankie lol) but yeah, that is honestly the biggest gripe I have with any of the changes- apart from maybe Laguna staying Australia, as they could have made her indigenous as there's mermaid mythology (this is more so just me wanting to see indigenous australian rep outside of Australia, apart from like that 1 second scene in castlevania) about Australian waterholes and beaches

[@porcelain_kiss]

​@@kristopherjohnston3337Ghoulia isn't nonverbal actually!

[@Man-wolf-]

G1 toralei DID have her actions explined One episode in the webisodes explined that toralei is an orphan & was homeless-she never got adopted and had to Steal in order to survive, which ended in her being thrown in jail(the pond) where she found the weretwins She then got adopted by bloodgoon & essaintly lives in the school The dairies did mention her having a parent but sanders confirmed that was an error-she is an orphan

[@2nouli]

I think Finnegan uses a motorized wheelchair because that's easier to animate. With a manual wheelchair they would have to animate his arms moving the wheels in the right speed to match with the speed he's moving, also turning would be hard to animate and have look realistic, because the speeds and sometimes even directions are different in both wheels. Also he wouldn't have a free arm all the time, so that would limit the amount of actions the character could do. That's a kid show about a very famous franchise, so they probably are pushed to produce very fast without diminishing the quality, so it makes sense they would choose the more pratical option for that.

[@THATGuy5654]

I love humanoid sea monsters (gillmen?,) so I was always disappointed by the fact that Laguna's most monstrous features were the hair accessory looking fins around her head or the constant fish-faced pout. I adore the design with a thousand tiny sharp teeth.

[@DealWithTheJelly]

It makes me sad that they made Ghoulia able to talk :\ I know its not at all the same but as someone with speech apraxia, I always loved Ghoulia due to her showing that just because you don't understand what someone is saying, It doesn't mean that they are not smart or a person like everybody else

[@KaminoKatie]

That's like calling a non-English speaker disabled, get the heck outta here

[@DealWithTheJelly]

@@KaminoKatie what? I just said how gholia meant to me and why it made me sad that they changed her, I meant "someone you don't understand" as someone who has trouble talking, I have speech apraxia and it makes talking hard and it takes extra work for people to try to understand me, I did not mean people who are non English speakers, There's fan theorys that she is autistic and she is nonverbal, That's why the character means a lot to me

[@KaminoKatie]

@@DealWithTheJelly In G1, zombie is an actual language and that in Ghoulia's diary, her pet peeve is her fellow monsters not understanding the zombie language

[@DealWithTheJelly]

@@KaminoKatie '''The stylistic influence on Ghoulia is seen in that she shuffles instead of walks, and cannot speak except in "Zombie", which is moans and groans, though her classmates have taken rudimentary lessons in the language and can understand her. One possible reason behind her inability to speak regular languages is an apparent poor lung capacity, as she is shown being unable to adequately blow a whistle in webisode "Falling Spirits" on fandom ' *Biggest Pet Peeve* ' 'Last-minute schedule changes and monsters who cannot speak zombie. There is nothing quite so frustrating as arriving late and having to explain why to some monster who cannot understand what you are saying.' You are right but also others zombies also have a hard time understanding her,

[@DealWithTheJelly]

@@KaminoKatie If anything lets just agree to disagree, I've gave my reasons and i don't see why i need to explain anymore why she means a lot to me, it looks like she prob means a lot to you too, Everybody sees characters in dif ways and relate to them in their own ways, So lets just be happy that ghoulia was made and relate to her in our owns ways

[@The.Mountain.Flower]

I thought about it, and an idea for a reason I came up with for the whole "monsters are actually dangerous to humans" thing is that because of the isolation and prejudice, that monsters are encouraged see humans as the enemy and therefore ok to pose a danger to, and/or don't learn to not eat them bc there's so much focus on staying away and not what to do when one shows up safely. Not great, but it's at least an explanation 🤷‍♀️

[@saltydinonuggies1841]

I was already planning to watch this when I found somewhere I could (I was waiting til I could afford to support the show monetarily) but this makes me even more excited to watch it!!! Gen 1 was my childhood and I adored monster high!!! It was my Barbie! And it makes sense that I gravitated towards the show that was so much more focused on those pushed to the edges of society as a disabled queer person myself. I know Gen 3 gets a lot of flack from older fans but from the few episodes I was able to catch, I really love it! And I’m so psyched to get to see the rest!

[@saltydinonuggies1841]

Ooh the stuff with Ghoulia also massively bugs me. I know that in world she is able to verbally communicate but she was still a huge character for younger me to see someone that can’t really talk like anyone else can. I’m not non-verbal fully by any means but I do definitely have episodes and it’s frustrating to see that rep be lost. And knowing they also lose the physical slowness is disappointing as well as someone who can’t really move as fast as my peers. Like you said, the skateboard could have been an absolutely awesome non traditional mobility aid.

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

@@saltydinonuggies1841 * solidarity fist bump * from a boomer Finn with mobility and speech problems

[@MikaelaCher]

Lagoona is such an important character to me. I've always struggled with anger issues myself, even as a child, and I also got the 'i have to be a people pleaser' overcorrection phase. It feels very good to see this type of issues talked about since I feel like mental health tends to be only brought up when it comes to certain things and other things like this get pushed a little to the side

[@baihaqisodikin1416]

10:40 I agree honestly, i love Toralei so much in this generation, Her character development is like the most interesting out of all of them,even though she is still a little catty she change for the better, her redemption arc is great and she's my favorite.

[@kagehira-mika]

I haven't watched the series yet but oh wow, I relate to Twyla. hanging out in the library all day because it's mostly empty and quiet? I used to do that every chance I had in high school! every lunch period and whenever I finished my work early I would sit in there, reading, eating lunch, doing homework, drawing, or just on my phone, it was such a nice peaceful break from how chaotic school is. I definitely have to watch this show, I love all the representation

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Except for the phone, I could have written all that (I graduated high school in 1982). Solidarity!

[@mothman9782]

5:00: Idk know if my opinion will be well received but its been bothering me since i heard G3 was announced. I am half Honduran and italian American, and I have always been a fan of G1 Monster High. I know there are some people who aren't crazy about the movie freaky fusion. But i remember when it came out it only made me love Monster High even more. Growing up in a multicultural family i never knew where i belonged i wasnt latin enough on my fathers side and i wasn't American enough on my mothers side but seeing characters that came from diverse families gave me hope. When i heard monster high was coming back, i was extremely excited until they announced that Laguna was gonna have to go through some changes. I never cared much for her but until my friends told me that they made her be from Honduras i thought "well as long as they don't do the spicy hot headed latina route and actually incorporate some of the culture of honduras we will be fine". Boy did i speak to soon. My friend had bought me the doll and i was grateful, but i felt like this wasn't a well thought out idea. For most of my life and even now i often see myself more represented in Skeleta and some other monster high Characters then i did with Laguna. Don't get me wrong i liked lagunas character but i just wish Monster high took the time to actually learn about my culture. Honduras has a lot of of folk lore that stem from European, African, Creole, and even Mayan folk lore that i grew up hearing as a kid. I always wanted monster high to make a doll that represented the stories i grew up with its kinda of why i started learning how to draw and do character designs. I mean there are so many stories like Cadejo which i loved listening to as a kid and La Sucia. I honestly would be interested in seeing in the Monster high universe if not that then i would love to see a characters that has Selective Mutism since surprise surprise i also have that as well and i know some people debate that Ghoulia has it but having a character similar to Twyla where the show actually states she has autism would be nice to see. Sorry for the long rant this topic has been bothering for a long time and i needed it off of my chest.

[@Drewski217]

It's been interesting to watch the discussion of Ghoulia's changes in this gen and made me evaluate her again myself. While G1 is cited often as making the zombies non verbal I did see people point out that instead it might more accurately state them as ESL because zombie itself *is* a language, they all could communicate and by that token they weren't non verbal. As well as people taking this idea further and pondering if labeling them as non verbal because we personally couldn't understand them was potentially ablest or culturally insensitive. All of that I am not sure on but it's had me rethinking her for sure.

[@jax_firestorm9689]

I miss Ghoulia's posture. The rambling way she moved, the way she lolled her head around, her untraditional smile, they way she blinked one eye at a time. The way her mouth hung open, the way her glasses slid down her face and she wouldn't fix them. Becuase I do all of that. I have always done all of that. And my young little autistic gayboy self loved to see someone who did all of those "ugly" things and still always wore bright red lipstick, that cherry print, and the cuntiest glittery eyeshadow you've ever seen. She's just as glamorous, smart, girly, and complex as every other character, and I'm so sad that kids aren't going to get that with the G3 version.

[@QuimsaPowersFernandez]

I am latina and can confirm we can have spicy tendencias but lagoonas precentacion feels to me to be very relaxed compared to stereotypes and she's just a lil sea creature doing her best

[@LalaloopsyLPS]

as a type 1 diabetic i’d never made the link between cleo’s organs and disability but now that you’ve pointed it out… it’s exactly like when i leave my pdm (device that controls my insulin pump) too far away - if it’s out of range, it doesn’t properly communicate with my insulin pump and my blood sugar goes too high/low, which is analogous to cleo being dizzy when she loses her inner ear. also i’m not sure if the mummy wraps are explained in g3 but i know there are a lot of headcanons that if cleo or nefera remove the wraps, their skin crumbles - a perfect analogy for lots of skin conditions like eczema or icthyosis. i love how everyone is so chill with disability in MH both in g1 and g3 and nobody makes comments about cleo’s bag of organs or treats it as an inconvenience

[@statsy150]

Each of the videos on this show have me so interested, I have never seen something with so much representation in every single aspect possible. I really hope I’ll find time to give this a watch, there aren’t many places to find this kind of representation. Edit: I wasn’t even done with the video but my coming out went exactly the same as Draculora’s there’s just so much to relate to here

[@item-001.the9children]

You don’t know how excited I was when I heard that Twyla is autistic too

[@Bonnie_Luvs]

Its in season 2 but there’s an episode where Toralei is sad cause everyone elses parents are there and hers arent and i felt that so bad. I literally love Toralei in this gen so much.

[@Bxredewil]

s2 - purrsephone and meowlody confirmed having adhd with different processing! purssephone having visual memory and meowlody having audio memory!

[@grecia3146]

Latino here! I was also worried that Lagoona was the stereotypical "spicy Latina", I don't really like that one because she puts Latinos in a box of exoticism. Mental and emotional problems are not always taken seriously in many Latin American countries and it is worse when people turn poor management of emotions into a "quirk". But with Lagoona I'm really happy with how they handled her issues and didn't portray her as normal or even quirk.

[@Jexyz]

I agree with everythin in this video !! also just wanna add, Deuce was confirmed to be dyslexic :]

[@DecepticonScout]

My favorite character is Twyla, I'm autistic too. I've struggled with proving my autism doesn't control me or define me. I use to hate loud noises and getting wet (wearing wet clothes wasn't my favorite), but now I can wear wet clothes without feeling majority uncomfortable, and now I love cranking up the volume on my favorite music.

[@Marcus_Tsuzura_15627]

Me too 💖♾️

[@rika9126]

I completely agree with this video, and I do wish that Ghoulia was kept as non verbal. As you previously said, they could have solved it by making her being voiced by a nonverbal or partially nonverbal actress. I admitedly feel more lenient with the 'monsters vs humans' angle purely because it does seem an attempt of ahaha funny dark humour, but it is tastless regardless, hopefully it will be less present in the future. Also am I the only one or I get huge 'Patakis' from Hey Arnold! vibes from Cleo's family now? (A more digestible example as imo her parents do love both their daugthers but one's clearly the favourite)

[@KaminoKatie]

Zombie is an actual language in-universe

[@emeraldqueen1994]

Going to the non traditional mobility aid point, I have an original character named Willow… fairy lynx hybrid (picture a bipedal lynx with fairy wings and humanoid hands instead of paws - though her feet are paws) and because she has a torn wing she ether rides around on her griffin husband Winston’s back, or uses a skydiving wing suit to adapt to the fact that she can’t fly 🧚

[@qirp]

This might be wishful thinking, but I'd love to see a character with a TBI/Traumatic Brain Injury. Someone really close to me recently had a TBI and it has changed her, but even though she's different, she's still the same and still amazing, if that makes sense. I think Monster High would handle it with a lot of grace and represent TBIs to a wider audience in a way that isn't fear mongering or demeaning.

[@AustinANimates]

I’m honestly surprised that Oakwyrm hasn’t done a video on disability and queerness in The Umbrella Academy, I feel like that would be a fun and interesting video!

[@justabooberv4298]

I actually really like the frankie being autistic headcanon especially bc of their contrast with twyla, last year i was in a class with 2 autistic kids, one of them now benig one of my best friends, frankie and Twyla remind me a lot of them making me realize that frankie also being autistic would be such a good form of representation, one of my friends is a really extroverted (and sometimes naive) guy who would always be talking and interacting with everybody, loved to meet new people and experience new things, he always happy to be in the center of attention and had problems with volume control much like Frankie, and the other one is a quiet introverted trans girl with a lot of problems with socializing and talking to people, a lot of anxiety, and very uncomfortable with changes, she's also very sensitive to noise reminding me of Twyla, and even though they're very different they still understand each other and are good friends (both of them have adhd too) Out of context but i love Twila's character so much, as a kid with heavy social anxiety, who gets really uncomfortable in crowded places, can't communicate properly with people, tends to be really quiet when im not with someone really close to me, has a favorite bracelet that i'm always constantly messing with and wears noise cancelling earbuds whenever i'm out bc of sensory issues she's the kind of representation i wish i had when i was younger, but i'm glad younger kids are getting now

[@MPbmfm]

Ghoulia could have only been around ghouls until getting into Monster High and that's why she haven't had brain freeze before

[@kurathchibicrystalkitty5146]

I never got into Monster High when I was little, but I remember thinking that I liked how Frankie looked. How apt, considering how I turned out.

[@kurathchibicrystalkitty5146]

Also, I can't figure out how Clawdeen keeps her glasses on when she goes full werewolf, since her ears are on the top of her head. Are they attached to a band around her head or something? It's such a small detail and probably doesn't matter at all, but it bothers me enough that I've made custom-made glasses for all the species in my invented universe, since none of them have human-shaped ears. Well, I guess the elves and orcs technically do.

[@Nicole34real4real]

There glued to her 😂 idk

[@JustClaude13]

I miss Ghoulia's old posture. It said "zombie" at first sight. Now she just a girl in green. If I wanted to see zombies blending in with regular folk I'd be watching Zombieland Saga. Which I will, soon. It's worth another round.

[@trashotaku]

Yeah, if Ghoulia didn’t have any brain related patterns on her, I would have no idea she was supposed to be a zombie (I also really wish she looked more undead with sunken in cheekbones or exposed bones rather than just using that atrocious radioactive mint green they gave for her skin tone)

[@joline3925]

I would add that I feel The Case of the Missing Squeak, which features the essence of life and shows its contrast with zombie essence, does add a bit of perspective on Frankie as a person. I liked seeing how the essence of life seems to inherently make the creatures it brings to life excitable, high-paced, and over-flowing with energy in a way I could only describe as hyperactive. It was at that episode that I went hey, wait, Frankie also seems to fit the bill for ADHD. Easily distracted, sometimes struggling to focus and sometimes hyperfocused on a specific project (to the point where they spent all of Spell the Beans finding the gorgon talisman while Draculaura was struggling with witchcraft accusations and threat of expulsion), and of course at times hyperactive. I just thought that was a neat addition to the ways in which they also clearly align with autism, since autism and ADHD often present together

[@magicalpasta5462]

I was worried that Twyla would be ruined by autism speaks like what they did with Sesame Street 😢

[@pacnat_9069]

Just finished season 1 and I loved coming back to this video!! I love this show so much, it makes me feel so seen and I just adore the whole cast!!

[@cosmicredeemer3109]

Gen 3 had the message of GEN 1 but amped up. The hell y’all talking about. I would pay for a season 3.

[@savyon931]

G1 Finnegan didn't have a "contextual disability" though, it was a medical condition - Like, he has a cannon disability - it was written in his diary, and other mermaids in the movie "Great scarrier reef" were able to walk outside the water with their tail.

[@savyon931]

So, i personally think that what happened to him was worse than Ghoulia because he was a canonically disabled character that was meant to be cool and empowering, and also to break some stereotypes about disabled people, but he was turned into an abled bodied creature who needs to use a mobility aid because of his non - human features...

[@MAR1XATJACE]

I love gen 1 ghoulia because the way she stands reminds me of scoliosis, and I personally like to headcannon that she had it, and I have it, which is just nice to think that a character has the same disability as you.

[@aleajohnson3669]

Ghoulia could've also been a good autism rep. I had some autistic friends in school who took calculus an ap history an other college level classes in highschool, but had a very hard time socially, not really understanding boundaries or emotions. Ghoulia gen 1 kinda reminds me of that

[@ernie39]

I need to catch up on the G3 series, i watched the first few episodes and was really charmed!! I grew up with G1 and feel similarly encouraged about most of the changes (and frustrated with what they did with Ghoulia -- she was my favorite)

[@VeronicaStorm98]

As a doll collector with High-Functioning Autism (I collect mainly Shadow High, Rainbow High, and Monster High Gens 1 and 3 dolls), Twyla is definitely my favorite MH Gen 3 character. I was absolutely amazed at how her Autism is portrayed so beautifully, and her doll is absolutely goregeous. I love the details of her having sensitive hearing, being petite and looking and sounding young for her age, having a bracelet that she fidgets with, her special interest in books and reading, and especially her getting a boyfriend in the show!🖤💜

[@novatedder8644]

Another thing they're doing well is the racial rep too. We have 3 East Asian- Draculara,Gill and Jinafire. 2 Afro Latine- Clawdeen and Clawd. 2 black- Venus and Catty A south asian- Abby 2 middle Eastern/ Egyptian- Cleo and Nevera 2 latina- Lagoona and Skelita Ginger-Torali And I head Canon frankie to be mixed. Hope we get a South East Asian and indigenous characters soon. Maybe Issi Dawndancers can return.

[@thecriiptiid]

something that i've been hoping that they wind up doing for ghoulia moving forward is that they make zombie-ism a quietly progressive disability, like in the background we see her getting progressively slower, maybe winding up using a cane, and slowly loosing her speaking ability and maybe using her tech to speak for her eventually

[@leonecore]

as someone who doesn't know if they're autistic or not (I'm trying to figure out with my therapist and i cant really go to a psychiatrist bc i dont have the money for it) it's a little odd seeing autistic people being portrayed so openly - not in a bad way tho. i think its so great to see this generation getting informed about things we didnt really get in ours. but as i said i dont really know if i am in fact autistic, and although i feel so represented by twyla i feel kinda sad at the same time bc she is so free and true to herself, and even that i feel the same stuff as her i never got the chance to act on it... so i end up in this situation where i keep thinking to myself things like "if i was in fact autistic maybe i would always act on those feelings" in the end i dont know if im just having imposter syndrome or if i am autistic but cant figure it out idk i cant really express what i mean but hopefully someone understands me :')

[@girlClownish]

i just watched your last monster high video the other day ! what a coincidence that you post this now haha

[@chasebarber10]

Agreed. Ghoulia was my favorite I dressed up for her as halloween in middle school. I def think they should have kept her speaking Zombie only

[@zethcrownett2946]

Your reviews give me great to watch recommendations that I actually follow through on because it covers things I'm interested in seeing.

[@Stevonniewolf3113]

As an non binary person I love Frankie Stein as Non Binary!

[@senink]

I’m so excited for more of monster high. Turned out so much better then I thought it would be

[@Man-wolf-]

I also gotta be honest-i dont like finn being able to swim just fine In g1 finn was disabled even in the water, he struggled both on land & water which i really like since then it doesnt feel like a cop-out where “oh no he is able bodied he just cant walk on land cause his a fish!!” I also dont like cleo having her heart out, mummies did not have their heart taken out it stayed in - it feels the same as hades being heath’s dad and just a disneys hades rip off , its completly inaccraute and is pretty weird since (at least the webisodes for g3) mention alot of facts about ancient egypt , her dolls even have a gold mark on her lips to represent how acient Egyptians did their makeup yet then they do that n its so weird-they dont even bother explining why she has her heart out its treated like thats just how mummies are like when no its not

[@rumis.dollsss.15]

In the first few episodes, they explain that Mummies have only SOME of their organs removed, but Cleo specifically asked for ALL of her organs to be removed.

[@a.t.trujillo9970]

By the way can I just see how fitting it is that they got Trixie Mattel to voice as Kelly Vanderbilt when her last name is Mattel and the company that makes Monster High is named Mattel I know it sounds kind of stupid but like there is no way whoever the heck decided to have Trixie Mattel voice when the character is in the show did not think of that

[@cloudlight3932]

about the clash with frankie and twyla, is interesting to me as an autistic person who has autistic friends. Sometimes autisms clash but its about the balance

[@thegpshowtheshow]

Im not fully on board with the designs and art style yet, but I really like the story so far

[@spencerpetunia8268]

Frankie being canonically autistic/auDHD would be pretty great for the additional reason that there's a LOT of people who are both trans/nonbinary and autistic, including myself.