so if the new inside out trailer shows the (female) mom’s emotions like this:
and the (male) dad’s emotions like this:
then im kind of wondering what conclusion we’re supposed to draw from this:
gender fluid non-binary child who must be protected
Time to read too much into things because that’s always fun!
I noticed the gender variance when I saw the trailer, but now that I’m looking at the stills I also wonder if they’re going to address the significance of who seems to be the “leader” in these three different teams. In the child’s, it seems to be Joy. Is this just because she’s the dominant personality? Is it because most of the girl’s memories are under Joy’s care? We don’t know yet.
In the adults, the emotions are more unified and their personalities come across as very similar. However it still stands that the Dad’s lead emotion is anger, and the mom’s is sadness. Even if they don’t address this in the film (which I hope they do because I’m curious), I think they’ve already told us something extra about how her parents function. Just from the trailer we see that the dad’s first instinct is to scold the daughter, while the mom is the first to notice the first signs that something is wrong - possibly because she dealt/deals with depression before. We don’t have much to work with yet but I know I’m going to be watching for signs of aggression and depression from the parents just to see if they’re running with this.
Not gonna lie, I think an abusive parent and the other parent just sitting there and letting it happen would make the movie seem more real. Because that happens very often in society and this could bring awareness to that fact.