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One of my favorite aspects about Thronecoming was how Raven's and Briar's perspectives have developed against their initial stances as a rebel and a royal.

It's clear Raven starts to consider signing the book because of the revelation that she might have risked her friends' lives, especially the illusion the Headmaster planted onto the well coin, serving as a catalyst for Raven to reconsider being a royal, to the point where she desperately wants to find the real Storybook of Legends. When Raven was publicly announced to seal her destiny, some rebels lamented the hope of wanting to rewrite their own destinies, showing us how much Raven's rebellion has inspired others, and this was the tipping point for Briar to realize how much she hated her destiny.

Just when Apple thought she had convinced Raven to sign the book, Briar (her closest friend) stepped in to call out Apple's ignorance instead. Briar and Apple's friendship started to crumble when Briar has had enough of Apple's inconsiderate outlook on other people's destinies. In addition, Briar also accidentally got into Raven's story, and we saw how Briar realized Raven's destiny was dreadful. Briar started to empathize, and all of the events culminated to the point where Briar decided to dispose of the real Storybook of Legends into the well, clearly signifying that Briar's stance had changed.

*Sigh* How I wished their arcs got to a satisfying conclusion though, what do you guys think?

“Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow” is my favorite episode in Season 1, and might be one of my favorite episodes in the entirety of the show. To this day, I am still floored by how relevant this episode connects with the themes of worth, automation replacing human labor, and fear of irrelevance. This adds a very realistic character moment for Lemon’s turmoil as she faces an existential crisis when her high-tech styling machine that makes her feel obsolete, prompting her to consider leaving Berry Bitty City.

At the beginning, we see Lemon’s perfectionist habits come into play as she wants her salon to improve by her services getting more efficient, but once she ordered the “Salonmatic” machine, it took away Lemon’s individual purpose. At that cost, we got to see Lemon’s insecurities, she felt useless when her machine’s efficiency took over her relevance. However, we also see her proactive spirit, she doesn’t give up and attempts to do her friends’ other jobs to be useful in her community. Unfortunately, it didn’t worked out for Lemon and her vulnerabilities got the best of her that she wanted to move out of Berry Bitty City where she’d find her purpose.

This is where Strawberry and her friends tried to convince her to stay, the core conflict highlights that efficiency cannot replace personal care, creativity, and connection. Strawberry reminds Lemon that her friends value her, not just her speed, and that’s what makes this episode so meaningful. This scene just encapsulates the tone and the authenticity of how heartfelt the message was. It’s not about the service, it’s about the person that does their work out of her own creativity and love for her friends.

I highly recommend for you guys to watch this episode for full context, it’s definitely a well-written episode imo.

(Side-note: I edited Orange to have her skintone back cause I couldn’t stand seeing her being whitewashed in the show) ;(

I noticed in this sub that there isn’t much positive content about the 2009 adaptation, I definitely agree with the criticisms revolving around this show, but I wanted to talk about the positives.

Aside from the horrible whitewashing of Orange Blossom and the mistreatment on Huckleberry’s character. I feel like Berry Bitty Adventures (2009) is very underappreciated in this sub. Season 1 and Sky’s The Limit is actually really good, the CGI animation is dated but the visuals felt comforting at the same time (for S1 and STL movie anyway).

The theme song and other songs like Home Sweet Home or Invincible are very catchy and I love the dynamic the Bitty Girls have with the Berrykins. This is also probably my favorite rendition of Strawberry’s character, she’s kind yet more mature, proactive and diplomatic at handling certain problems. I also liked how they handle other characters; Raspberry, Lemon and Blueberry, giving them realistic flaws for them to develop and the lessons were simple yet meaningful at the end of their episodes. “A Stitch In Time” & “Hair Today, Hair Gone Tomorrow” are my top two favorite episodes from the show. Unfortunately, Season 2 till Season 4 is where the writing went downhill and their storylines got more uninteresting imo.

Aside from that, I also adored the IDW comics and the 2D animated illustrations. To my delight surprise, IDW comics expanded the worldbuilding that the CGI show wasn’t able to do so. I also adore the dolls, they’re sooo cuteee!! ><
Anyway, there are some elements that I particularly disliked, but I am deeply attached towards Berry Bitty Adventures. What are your favorite elements about this show?