TUA S3 Thoughts
*spoilers ahead*
How the fuck did Reginald know the Umbrellas would have powers when he adopted them? Why did he purchase as many as he could of these babies? Also, how calculated was the choosing of the birth mothers to have stopped 6 births when the 6 moms died?
I would have assumed that 16 children would still be born, just to different mothers. Does this mean, that by the creation of the Sparrow universe/timeline, there are 6 different children who were born instead of the Umbrellas in this timeline? And therefore there exists an extra 6 people with powers somewhere in the Commission’s knowledge of human existence?
Were there more births than just the 16? What did the mothers of the unadopted children do when their kid got powers. Clearly Reginald exploited the Umbrellas, but were these other kids just whipping out powers in the school recess lot like Harlin?
Another thought I have: what if Reginald gave them powers? Like he adopted these kids because he was inspired by a comic book or something and now he just wants to create his own army with these orphaned babies?
Another theory! And bare with me here: All of them have power mimicry powers only.
So, obviously, that’s Lila’s power. This seems to be something she figures out on her own or something. But what if that is the only natural power any of them have and Reginald had something done to the Umbrellas and Sparrows to give them the power to “mimic” a power he programmed into them. And that’s why only the academy members have powers, and Lila only seems unique for now.
This theory mostly came to my mind because: what the fuck is Christopher Hargreeves? Like why is he a box? If all 16 known babies actually had the powers to begin with, was Christopher born a box? Did Reginald go to meet this spontaneous mother in the Sparrow timeline only to meet a literal box? I know he’d be fascinated and end up adopting Christopher. But idk, it feels like the fucking box would be famous too if he existed in the Umbrella timeline. So that makes me think the powers are given by Reginald the same way he tried to turn Luther into a half monkey.
That would explain why he knew Viktor shouldn’t know he had powers in season 1. Obviously he knew about them if he locked Viktor in the basement. I don’t really see why he’d be that strict if Viktor wasn’t a threat.
There’s so many questions I have about the prompt of the story to begin with. Like what are the logisitcs of the 16 births? Were there more that just weren’t recorded? I’m done thinking about it for now. But I had to put these theories somewhere. Let me know what y’all think. Add on to the theories too if you’d like.
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Umbrella Academy Season 2 Review
So, the season opens with Klaus and Bogo’s wedding. Personally, I was a bit surprised by this. I mean, I, like everyone else, had obviously noticed the sexual tension between Klaus and Pogo in season 1, but I didn’t think their relationship would progress so quickly. No matter—my confusion was quickly resolved when this was revealed to be a significant jump into the future. Now I’m excited to see what events will lead up to this moment. Curiously, pogo is depicted with blonde fur and piercing blue eyes. He didn’t have those before, right? What’s going on here? Luther is nowhere to be seen.
So now we catch up with Diego, who has been forced to quit promoting his tech startup in order to restrain Luther in his basement full time. We learn that Luther’s ape DNA has been ravaging his mind in addition to his body, and now he has begun to behave in a manner that is unpredictable and dangerous. It clearly pains Diego to do what must be done, but he understands the importance of protecting his siblings.
Allison is devastated, naturally. She wears all black for the remainder of the series, and her face is always obscured by an ornate lace veil. I thought this subtle symbolism of her grief was a nice touch. Her only solace in the entire series is hanging out with Vanya. They get like ice cream together and stuff and it’s really nice. Anyway.
Restraining Luther is really taking its toll on Diego. In just a few episodes he goes from a handsome young man to an old, stressed out geezer. [insert photo of old 5]. Clearly, something needs to be done about Luther. Diego can’t carry on like this, and it will rip him apart to continue to try. With Diego too broken to act, it is Vanya to the rescue. As established in Season 1, Vanya can breathe underwater and withstand intense atmospheric pressure, so naturally she volunteers to drive Luther to the moon to live out the rest of his days, just as Daddy Hargreaves intended. Luther had to be tased several times and restrained with horse tranquilizers, but the result is a peaceful, poetic, and poignant scene where Vanya sails through the sky while Drive Me to the Moon plays in the background. I’m not going to lie guys, I shed a tear at this moment.
You’re probably wonder why 5 let Vanya borrow his car for this purpose, as it was surely destroyed in the process of transporting Luther to his lunar prison. Well the answer is that he didn’t. Luther’s dramatic subplot eclipsed a larger issue. Just as 5’s age was reversed in Season 1 so that the 60-something year-old man was represented by a teen boy, this time 5’s aging process reversed even more. Five has now been reduced to a newborn infant, in a brilliant Benjamin Button-style twist. Despite his infantile appearance, it is made evident that he still possesses the sharp wit of an older man by the fact that he sips margaritas from his baby bottle and can frequently be seen cuddling and sucking on a loaded handgun.
None of the other siblings knew what to do with him or how to care for a baby. Because of this, Five spends the majority of the Season cradled in Dolores the mannequin’s arms, where he was left by his siblings, who did not know or care how to better look after him. He only moves from this position when Allison takes pity on him in episode 12, where she scoops him up, smiles at his delighted face, and finally removes her veil once and for all. We can safely assume that Allison has decided to adopt him from that point onward. Allison has never embraced typical sibling relationships, instead treating her brother Luther as a love interest and now, in order to heal her broken heart, treats her brother Five as an adopted son. This is a beautiful character arc and it was an honor to watch Allison’s character grow in such a significant way.
We see intermittent flashes of Luther on the moon. He is growing increasingly apelike, and finally, is no longer recognizable as the man he once was. Around this time, the enigmatic link between Pogo and Luther is finally revealed. When Luther is reduced to nothing but a King Kong-esque apeman destined to live and die in lunar solitude, Bogo’s blonde haired blue eyed appearance is explained at last. Boho steps forward in one of the final scenes, and in walks... Luther?? Wait what? The Hargreaves siblings are similarly confused, including Ben, who is now alive. There is nothing monkey-like about this Luther. He is 100% human. It is Allison who ventures first, to ask what is going on.
Luther, or should I say “Luther,” explains that he is not Luther at all. Luther is still a gorilla man rotting on the moon, just as Vanya left him. This new and improved Luther is actually Bogo, who explains that he had been growing increasingly human just as Luther had been feeling his humanity slip away. “You see, there was a link established between Luther and myself, ever since he was injected with the ape DNA in order to save his life. The same DNA that once saved mine.”
The siblings couldn’t believe what they were hearing. I, the viewer, couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Pogo was once a human?
“Not just any human. My children, it is so good to see you all again,” he said, and they finally recognized the voice as that of their father. Klaus divorced him immediately upon learning this shocking information.
In the end it is revealed that Reginald could take on other corporeal forms by switching his life force with theirs, and he had been using this technique to stay alive since the Byzantine empire, when he was born. He never intended to save Luther from the animal instinct that overtook him. Instead, all of it, including when he sent Luther to the moon the first time, was all just preparation so that Reginald could groom his next corporeal form. He never loved Luther as a son, and now he finally admitted it.
Over all I thought this season had a really great premise. Many of the scenes were beautifully acted and moved me to tears. I loved the tiny details, like how Hazel was JFK all long and how Vanya got together with Liberty Belle from GLOW. This season had a lot of great twists and I’m really excited to see what happens in Season 4. Let me know what you guys think!!
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