Subtly redpilled writing


Funny they put in two redpilled moments regarding the so-called "woke" writing people were worried about:

1. Wyldstyle is approached by a female character who grills her about whether Emmet really contributed anything to the events of the previous film. The social message is dumb, safe, politically correct, and predictable: "uh, you did everything and the man got all the credit." Wyldstyle is instantly duped by this and sees her past in a new light, when in reality Emmet really did save the world and nothing would've been possible without his presence, actions, and kind heart. Despite owing everything to him, she isn't capable of defending him or maintaining her beliefs in the face of those social expectations and female peer pressure. She elevates her own contributions while everything he did counts for nothing, and the erasure of the past isn't resolved, nor does she apologize for failing to defend him, despite being partners.

2. Wyldstyle sets the drama of the movie in motion when she tells Emmet that, basically, she's bored of him and his personality, and he needs to change to suit her current desires. Emmet, failing to have confidence in his personality and taking her at her word, ultimately goes down a path that almost destroys everything. Wyldstyle doesn't actually know what she wants, and Emmet failed her shit-test by taking her fickle and capricious demands seriously. Had he laughed and said he's fine the way he is, he would've never given into the temptation of Rex and wouldn't have destroyed the Syster System. Wyldstyle later admits she made a mistake, but it's still framed as what she wants and how she feels, rather than empathy for the fact that her actions made him nearly face oblivion and a bitter hardening of his heart. She doesn't have empathy for his suffering, struggle, and journey, merely regret for her own mistake in the light of how she now feels at the end.

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