Hi :3
I saw your post about the finale of the 4 season of STF, in particular the phrase about Disney's interference, and wanted to comment on it.
There's an interview from 2019 in which Graig talks a little about the production of season four. To put it briefly, Graig's ideas were only implemented for half of the season, since the other half was written by Michael G. Stern, who was promoted to story editor (I think it’s easy to guess that we are talking about mystical islands).
This was a necessary decision, because Graig was working on Elena at the time and couldn't follow Sofia’s writing as before. So this explains not only Cedric's absence for half the season, but also the lack of development of many ideas (I'm sure there should have been an episode about Amber and James' mother).
https://sofiathefirst.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:TheAtomicLight/The_Craig_Gerber_Interview
YES, THAT MAKES SENSE. Because Craig loves Cedric (he's his favorite character, with Amber being his second). It's possible he would have tried to have more episodes featuring Cedric in the 4th season.
And regarding this...
...It's possible there were more ideas for episodes involving Cedric (or even scenes featuring him) after his redemption, and that Disney Television Animation decided against them because they felt they took away focus from Sofia (when it comes to most animated series, the network prefers them to mainly focus on the kids as much as possible- who are usually the main character(s), given their core target audience).
Because I refuse to believe the production team just shrugged and went "Oh shit, we made Cedric good, now what? Meh, nothing ig. To heck with him." Because after he became good, there were so many things they could have done with him!
@bettathanyou @moonypears-blog @fantadym @captain-amadeus It's such an interesting interview, totally read it!
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Hey. Since every show Craig Gerber made so far (Firebuds, Sofia and, of course, Elena) has a special moral to learn in every episode, maybe the chapters of WBTL fic have special morals too. If you don't mind telling.
I wouldn’t say I write the chapters with any specific moral in my head. I’m not wise enough to teach anyone :P
But the recurring themes of the entire fic seem to be "trust your friends and don’t hide anything from them because they can help you", "let go of the past" (which is quite vast, because this is about all grief over the dead loved ones, holding grudges and forgiveness), and "be honest with how you feel so you can learn how to express your emotions and how to deal with them" if we can count those as morals.
Also, one of the main aspects of Gabe's chess storyline is "to be yourself, don't afraid to express yourself" and "follow your dreams", which, yeah, is pretty cliché, but this is something Gabe struggles with in the show, too, so I thought why not include it.
As for Gabe again, in the fifth chapter, he also struggles with a strong feeling to impress Señor Álvarez, so I suppose the moral is something like you'll be noticed even if you don't go out of your way to impress anyone. We also see something similar in the third chapter with his relationship with his father when he joins Roberto's olaball teammates despite having no idea how to play. Although it's rather trying to please someone than impressing them.
(now I'm being carried away too much because I missed talking about this fic, so everything you'll read below might contain spoilers)
I also make an emphasis on the family relationships. Basically all the kids in my fic have trouble with being fully honest with their parents (Gabe hid his interest in chess, Frida hid his interest in microbiology, and Ángel hides he's still missing his mother), so this is again about being honest with yourself and everyone else around you, especially your family, because many people tend to be more open with strangers/people they don't know very well than with their parents or close friends (for example, Gabe told Señor Álvarez everything that was gnawing at him in the seventh chapter. As much as Valerio is certainly not a total stranger to Gabe, he's still just his teacher and yet he felt more comfortable with sharing his feelings with him than with Blanca despite the fact he knows how much she loves him and is supportive of him. And an even better example in the twentieth chapter where Gabe shares all his worries about Frida with a total stranger, aka the nameless girl, whereas he couldn’t say a single word when Max, his close friend, asked him what was bothering him)
The parents have something to learn, too. Frida's mother is basically a typical businesswoman who's stuck in her job and doesn't have enough time for her family, specifically her daughter (she and her husband have a shared business after all, they see each other more than enough). But I don't want to demonize her, so one of the main things about her arc is to get more invested in Frida's life, her hobbies, and find more common grounds between them so they have something to talk about. So, this is something like it's never too late to bond with your children (or anyone else, really) as long as you actually feel guilty and want to make amends for the lack of love you gave them I have no right to get so personal here
Lucas' arc is more about his relationship with his ex-wife than with Ángel. They broke up in a serious conflict, but I just want to show that this is not necessarily for the divorced couples to hate each other. One of the future chapters is about Lucas and Alicia, and as much as they definitely won't be together again and won't even become friends, they will still understand that their divorce was the best outcome for both of them. So, yeah, this is basically again about letting go of the past, specifically holding a grudge, because we all know how Lucss treats Alicia now, as he openly said he hated her when he talked with Alejandro.
Other topics I will bring up are national prejudice, the value of life, what it means to be a leader, forgiveness again, standing up for what you think is right, and maybe something else I can't think of at the moment. Either way the first three "morals" I listed in the beginning are the core parts of the fic, so you're going to see them quite often during the whole course of the story.
Thanks for the ask!
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HEADCANON
Like many of you, the s1 StF episode 'The Floating Palace' left a bad taste in my mouth because of how horribly OOC Cedric acted in that after turning himself into a (HIDEOUS) sea monster:
- Abducting and holding prisoner a freaking child (the mermaid named Una)
- Trying to harm Sofia. *angry snort* Trying to fucking get rid of Sofia with his magic
HE WOULD NOT FUCKING DO THAT. FR, the way Craig Gerber (yes, it was the show's creator himself who wrote that episode, which is even more disappointing) wrote Cedric there felt like horrible fanfiction from somebody who never saw the show.
But I have a theory. My hc is that Cedric's sea monster form not only made him a literal monster on the outside, but figuratively monstrous on the inside too. It was a side-effect of the transformation spell, and he wasn't even aware of how it was morally affecting him because his humanity- and what goodness he normally had, which always prevented him from going too far- was greatly suppressed, leaving only the bad and also making the bad in him much stronger.
I also hc that the longer Cedric stayed in that form, the worse he would have become until his humanity was totally gone and there was no good at all in him, no limits to what he would have done.
In fact (and I hate to say this), if Sea Monster Cedric had known abducting the young mermaid princess endangered Sofia's family (the mermaid queen believed them to be responsible for taking Una and was prepared to sink their ship to get her daughter back), there's a good chance he wouldn't have really cared; in fact, he likely would have seen it as the perfect bonus to him usurping the throne with the power of the mermaid comb, as the royals dead would've left him totally free to take over.
I hc that after Cedric turned back to his normal human self, he felt horribly disgusted and remorseful for his shameful actions, especially trying to harm Sofia. It probably haunted him ever since (especially after he turned over a new leaf). Which was very likely why he canonically refused to go with the royal family back to Merway Cove (in one of the Merway Cove episodes, Sofia mentioned it was too bad he didn't want to come with them this time, and Miranda replied "He said he couldn't think of a more monstrous vacation, whatever that means"). Think about it. Cedric secretly referenced transforming himself into a sea monster, but surely it wasn't his failure to obtain the mystical mermaid comb and use its power to take over the kingdom that greatly traumatized him because he's used to failure. There was nothing about that particular failure itself that ate at him. It was what he nearly did to Sofia as a monster, which was why going back to Merway Cove was too painful.
And I think if he'd known his actions on Sofia's first trip to Merway Cove had endangered her family, he would have felt even more guilty, especially once he became a better person...
@fantadym @bettathanyou
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