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Nothing was announced last night at the D23 Tinker Bell panel. It was just a recap of her history throughout the decades. I personally wasn’t shocked since this panel was under archives (which basically means revisiting old stuff). Mae Whitman and some artists who worked on the films shared their experiences, but that was really it.

That said, with all the new books and merch Disney Fairies has been getting despite the franchise getting completely buried and forgotten in 2015, it’s understandable that people are disappointed by a lack of news for the future of Pixie Hollow

I know some people felt that Viva was an unnecessary addition in Band Together and that there should have been more moments with Branch and his brothers. But it wasn’t really unnecessary.

Poppy was very naïve about sibing-hood. She believed it would always be happiness. That’s why she kept encouraging Branch to bond with his brothers. And then she reunites with a lost sibling of her own. However, she turns out to be possessive and fearful. This experience was actually important for Poppy’s development. This is where she realized that sibling-hood is not as joyful as she thought it’d be. And it’s why she took Branch’s side when he decided to ditch his bros and save Floyd himself.

As we all know, Terence is Tinker Bell’s best friend. He had an impactful scene in the first film, a big role in the second, a small role in the third. By the fourth and fifth, he was basically a background character. And he doesn’t appear in the last one at all.

Why exactly was he sidelined so much even though he was very much built-up as a character? Is it because they wanted to focus more on the girls? Is it because they didn’t wanna pay Jesse McCartney?

Some people ship him and Tink together. The movies seemed like they wanted them to form a bit of a romance. Was the crew too scared to make them official? I once saw someone say that Disney was strict with Tinker Bell, since she’s one of their mascots, and didn’t want her to have any romantic partner. I dunno if this is officially true. Please tell me. The books certainly weren’t scared to blatantly tease romance between them.

While I personally don’t ship them at all, I still find it curious how we got a whole movie about their relationship and kept getting little teases of a potential romance, only for Terence to get sidelined hard. Anyone know anything?