#come out to barbieland to investigate thinking it /was/ against her will

[gibbearish]

also is the thing with the box ever. explained?

#barbie #like from what i remember it was just kinda Ominous Box but there didnt seem to be any signs it wouldnt do what will ferrell said it would #and like you can chelk her bailing at the last second up to her being conflicted about going back to barbieland or not but #the fact that she runs as theyre tightening the twist ties makes it read as more to do with fear of the box itself #and like the ceo's goal was to get her back to barbieland anyways and she was primed to want the same thing at that point #because she'd just gone through the Horrible Real World Experiences wringer so even if it was just based on internal #conflict that wouldnt be the time to do it #i think story wise it wouldve been better to either a) cut the box out entirely‚ b) make the ceo Actually Evil and have the box do #worse than just. be a teleport chamber? #(and yeah ik ik like him and his men chase her down which is upsetting to her but he's not like. maliciously #motivated really? like he wasnt looking to kidnap her and hold her prisoner or smth like. she wanted home‚ he wanted to #send her home‚ and then she bails for no discernable reason other than Thats How The Plot Goes) #or c) have her accept the box and have it work to teleport her home but then have the seeds of doubt that have already started in #her grow organically as she lives a few more days in perfect barbieland and is like Wow Actually This Life Sucks For Me #then have ken come back and do his whole takeover while she's distracted by something #for example thats how you could integrate the mom and daughter back in is have her find out they did send her back and #come out to barbieland to investigate thinking it /was/ against her will #idk the box was just weirdly implemented as a plot device imo #like theres a lot of things in the movie that don't make any sense outside of 'you know‚ like how barbies do?' #which sometimes works and sometimes doesnt