I’m here to discuss the longtime headcanon that many of us have had: that Chloe Beale comes from a loving family; sometimes with and sometimes without siblings. However, I’m here to knock that lovely, fluffy headcanon out of your hands and serve you some good ol’ angst on a glistening silver platter.
For many that I’ve spoken with and from the fanfictions I’ve read over the years, I’ve commonly seen Chloe Beale’s family represented as a loving and welcoming family, opposite of Beca’s dysfunctional and toxic one. Many of us also have a certain distaste for the way Chloe is portrayed in the second installment. Many of us see someone who had been a beaming light in contrast to our protagonist, get chopped down into replacing another lead character (Aubrey) for dramatics and possible laughter. We also have a dislike towards the idea of Chloe being a complete and utter mess in front of someone in the third film because it feels so out of character for her.
However I firmly believe this isn’t the case. In fact, I think it’s more likely that Chloe too comes from a dysfunctional and toxic family, perhaps even more damaging than Beca’s (depending on your own personal headcanons). I believe that the reactions and behavior in these films that followed the first simply shed a little light on our beloved character.
“That’s the weird thing about him is that he is smarter than everyone in the room but he has that ability to speak in a way that everyone can understand, so it’s never smarter than the room.” - Nick Kroll
not to be harry potter on main but i honestly think the fantastic beasts series would have been so much more interesting if it was just about the beasts. i don’t give a fuck about grindelwald, just give me a movie about an eccentric wizard travelling the world looking for magical animals and teaching us the power of friendship
newt’s character should have been like the crocodile hunter but in a wizard hat send tweet
i dont care about any of this 1920s magic drama i just want newt scamander to cheerfully inform us how bad it hurts to get stung by various wizard animals