Have I watched the movie in the last decade or more? No. Do I have iron clad evidence to support my argument? Yes.
1. She’s the most knowledgeable about candy. She’s committed to it, and knows her stuff. When Wonka holds up a little yellow piece across the room, she recognizes it immediately. She was able to switch to candy bars for the sake of the contest, so we know she has personal discipline and is goal oriented. Also, two major projects play directly into her strong suits: the 3-course-meal gum that Wonka failed to make safe (gum) and the neverending gobstopper (longevity).
2. She’s the most fit to run a business. Violet is competitive, determined, hard working, and willing to take risks. Her father is a small town car salesman and politician, so she could easily pick up knowledge and support from him. (Veruca’s dad is also a business man, and in a compatible market (nuts), but it’s made very clear that Veruca has no respect or knowledge of business practices or hard work.)
3. She’s the most sympathetic to the Oompa Loompas. She critiques Veruca when Veruca demands to buy one. More importantly, Wonka has been testing the 3-course-meal gum that ‘always goes wrong’ on Oompa Loompas while he presumably just watches. Violet is ready to put herself on the front line, instead of treating the Oompa Loompas as disposable, and would therefore be a better boss.
4. Her personality ‘flaw’ is the most fitting for the company. In the moralizing Oompa Loompa song, they just say ‘gum is pretty cool, but it’s not socially acceptable to chew it all day‘. The thing is, we already know that she can stop if she wants, because she already did that to win the golden ticket. And yeah, she is defensive about the perceived impoliteness of her hobby (like when her mother tries to shame her about her habit during a televised interview) but the obsession with candy and neglect of social norms is EXACTLY what Wonka is all about. This is on brand.
5. Her misstep in the factory is reasonable. Wonka shows everyone a candy he’s very proud of. Violet is like “oh sick, that’s gum, my special interest.” Wonka is then pulls a “WRONG! It’s amazing gum!” So in the very moments before she takes the gum Wonka has mislead her just to belittle her. So when he’s like “I wouldn’t do that” why should she give a shit what he has to say? She’s not like Charlie over here who’s all “Sure Gramps, let’s stay behind while the tour leaves and secretly drink this thing that has been explicitly stated to fill you with gas and is too powerful for safe consumption, oh and also I just saw what happened to Violet so I actually KNOW what this stuff can be capable of” Also, Violet is not selfish about her experience, she tells everyone what she’s tasting and feeling, and everyone is eager to hear it. Taking a personal risk to share knowledge with everyone. Violet is Prometheus: fact.
So Augustus contaminates the chocolate river. Charlie sneaks around and contaminates the vent walls. Veruca destroys and disrupts the workspace. Mike knows exactly what will happen to him and transports/shrinks himself deliberately. Violet had no idea what the gum could potentially do to her, and caused no harm to anyone or anything but herself.
Lastly: Can you imagine Charlie filling Wonka’s shoes? That passive, naive boy? Violet is already basically Wonka. She’s passionate, sarcastic, candy-obsessed, free thinking, and a total firecracker. She’s even better than Wonka, because she doesn’t endanger others.
Violet should’ve been picked to inherit the chocolate factory.
This got me thinking, if I recall correctly, Violet was a brat and also really wanted to run the chocolate family I could be wrong)
The fact she has such a twisted fate (bc I definitely remember that and oh boy, take away the child like aesthetic and being blown up like that is scary,
makes it look like misogyny is at place here.
I mean, think about it. A young girl ambitious for a high paying job is seen as a selfish bratty bully who got the fate she deserved? It’s screaming with the message ‘This is what happens when girls step above their station and try to get something.’
Especially when you consider how her character could have been really good. Violet’s drive to be number one resulting in her disdain for any competition, even a healthy rivalry all coming from a rather toxic parent and a sheltered childhood. Her greatest strength became her greatest weakness (which is the best way to write a character flaw).
Give her an arc that teaches her to connect with other people and combine that with the original plans to make Charlie black whose arc would be about being braver while staying grounded and we got ourselves a beloved classic with astonishingly good writing we never noticed in our jaw dropping awe of how cool the chocolate factory was and our pulling at our parents clothes begging them to take us there.
artemis fowl: intelligent above his age but not good at navigating social intricacies thus making him isolated from his peers, a huge dramatic emo with his black hair and widows peak, clinging to sarcasm in the face of mortal peril, boy named after a goddess and proud of it for that extra flavor of androgyny, booksmart but an absolute dumbass at the same time
In all honesty the fact that any shonen jump manga ends up even somewhat coherent is wild considering the authors schedules like all id be able to produce would be rambling fever dreams
Like imagine having to plan, storyboard, and illustrate each new chapter every week on the fly with meetings with editors you have to please and then days of crunch time, like never getting a full nights rest and then doing the same thing next week.
Mangakas have reported a mere couple of hours of personal time a week. Its literally unfathomable to me how anyone can create consistently good work in that industry.
And takahashi being SICK on top of that? Christ dude.
Like look at this one artists schedule and tell me this doesnt make your soul shrivel a little at the thought. They barely have time to SLEEP let alone write and plan
yes this ^^^^^^^ they are heroes
they aren’t heroes, they’re overworked human beings. stop glorifying overwork culture it’s super unhealthy. the manga industry is a grim place and they really, really need to get a fucking grip and stop coming up with bullshit rules.
if they want to release their magazines weekly, they need to come up with a system that doesn’t involve a person having to sleep for 2 hours and eat once in a day. or don’t have a weekly manga magazine at all… and y’all need to stop normalizing and/or glorifying unhealthy work ethics like this, it’s disgusting
Yeah no one send any hate to shapooda but the point of my post was that this is p awful.
No one needs their weekly manga chapter that badly. Imagine how much more time theyd have if it were even just biweekly.
This isnt healthy or sustainable. Its soul sucking and exhausting. One week of this would be enough to burn me out I cant imagine this being my whole existence. Theres no time in here to be a person. See family and friends. Go out and enjoy yourself. Meet people. Try new things.
Look at that monday. He eats at 8 am and then doesnt even get another break until 8 am the next day when he goes to sleep.
Theres no reason for this.
I want to die every time I look at that chart.
I’m always sad because I loved Bleach a lot but it literally broke Tite Kubo time and time again until they just told him to wrap up the manga.
It’s probably also why a lot of manga is derivative–you only have a limited time, so you think, “Well, it worked for Dragonball, let’s just do the same thing for a bit and then get back to our story.”
Stressed, Depressed, and Story Obsessed 