Losing it bcs i rewatched Magic funhouse for the first time and the content itself is goofy but the implications of all the shit that happens w Arlo fucking RUINS me (I LOVE OVERANALYZING MEDIA)
(Spoilers below but its all incoherent rambling btw)
HE NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO GROW UP BCS OF THE COMA AND THIS IMPLIES THAT A LOT OF HIS ACTIONS AND OPINIONS ARE (not directly cause hes had at least a little time to get to know the modern world) BASED SOMEWHERE IN HIS CHILDHOOD MEMORIES AND OPINIONS SO UH -> “Divorce is about children coming to terms with what THEY caused!!” - his parents canonically fought a LOT and this 100% means that he thought (and still thinks) that it was bcs of him (the more concerning implication could be that he also thought that the reason he was sent into a coma was technically his fault, esp considering how desperate he was to relocate and spend time w his parents after waking up)
THE WAY THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE HE TRUSTED RIGHT AFTER WAKING UP BETRAYING HIM IN SOME WAY?? AFTER THE LIGHT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT HE HAD WHERE HE STARTED CARING FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH EVEN JUST A LITTLE (even though he said it was just to make sure nobody died on set -> his ass was lying lmao) AND BEING LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH COWORKERS FOR A WHILE?? HE ACTUALLY DEVELOPS THE SKILLS TO RECONCILE AND RESET HIS FRIENDSHIP W DAVE IN S1 (something that he likely did not care to try in the years he’s been awake when considering his short temper and aggressive behavior) AND THEN IS IMMEDIATELY BACKSTABBED (quite literally)
“Ive only been awake for 2 years and I’ve already ruined everything for everyone” and “I just want to go back to sleep..” and “if I found out that these guys had been lying to me for years, I’d probably fire them... And then I’d kill myself” and “im not the easiest person to get along with, Dave. And it takes a special kind of person to understand me” IM LOSING MY MIND
Arlo is a total jerk but when you consider the way that his brain probably handles things after having to quickly adapt to being an adult it just makes his behavior pretty sad in concept
(Also his frequent usage of weed and alcohol may just be because he realized that being an adult means that he can do those kind of things, but the whole “you have to chose if youre going to act like a manchild or an alcoholic bcs I cant be there for both” bit from Sasha tells me otherwise)