Watched The First Beetlejuice Movie And I Loved The Maitlands So Here's Barbara

DO YOU KNOW THIS CHARACTER?

Persephone/Baloo thing bc it's been awhile since I drew a fake 90's Disney screencap.

only three episodes of season two are out so far but I HAVE TO DEFEND JANET.

The short sixteen years of her life were spent being abused by her father for dreams that were seen as above her station as a woman. Her only ally and comfort came from her grandmother and her home in the country.

She brutally dies in a fire in 1958, ending all her dreams and literally her life.

She then becomes trapped inside the school where she died and is possibly groomed by her chemistry teacher, Mr. Martin.

She gets locked inside a fallout shelter against her will for over a year, trapped and alone, with everyone else thinking she had passed on.

When she's finally free she runs blindly into Maddie, causing the swap. Her only motive at this point is to get away from Mr. Martin. She didn't intentionally steal from Maddie.

All her actions in a new body are from fear of being caught and just trying to survive. She isn't stealing or hurting for the love of the game. She's a scared teenager from the 1950s now in 21st century having to deal with an entire new world.

Her first move is to go to her grandmother's house, where she discovers her entire family is dead. Everyone she ever loved is dead and she never got the chance to say goodbye. She feels alone and isolated from the world.

I don't think the last resort of her going to Maddie's mom is out of evil intentions, but rather it's a sixteen year old girl who misses her family and wants to be loved. The show also shows Janet seeing women pursue higher education. For her, this is her second chance at life.

Is it wrong to use Maddie's body? YES. But Janet isn't thinking rationally and she wouldn't return to the school anyway because that's where Mr. Martin and all her nightmares are.

I completely forgot I came up with this detail for kit when I did my last render and sketches (I wrote it in my notes app before falling asleep one night and only remembered when I rediscovered the note)

They're siblings I say

is this funny chat

the himb

✨Janet✨

what if when Janet didn't believe Dawn crossed over because she "talked to her slinky" it wasn't because she thinks she's smarter than Dawn but because she didn't want to believe she crossed over because it means she'd never see her again yk