Things I think about whenever I watch Finding Nemo

(which is currently in the Rutabaga Movie Roster)

UGH I HATE MARLIN
- Whenever things don't work out he always blames Dory
- A lot of his poor behavior stems from the fact that he constantly dismisses Dory's abilities and can't seem to believe that Dory could ever know better than he does
- Fucking gaslighting ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Telling her that she causes delays, that she's never helped him, and then of course The Trench.
- He erases Dory from his story of how he traveled across a whole ocean to find his son! Nemo never hears about Dory as being part of the story, and the story is just about Marlin being an amazing dad and nothing about Dory being an amazing friend. And so of course he doesn't recognize Dory when they meet.

Dude Crush is 150 years old. What was he like before the advent of Surfer Culture? Was he a Beatnik? and before that? One of those aura-photographer / Victorian seance types? Fisherman Crush?

Will Marlin become the next Sandy Plankton? Someone who has traveled and seen a lot, and then rests on their laurels and tells stories to the young fish? As in ... what if Sandy Plankton traveled across the ocean 50 years ago and also met Dude Crush (then Beatnik Crush) and thus thinks that sea turtles only live to be 100?

Gil's plan didn't work the first time because, without being in the filter, he can't actually see how big of a pebble is needed. It's only when Nemo has seen it that he can pick the right sized pebble the second time.

I ship Gil and Peach pretty hard

Why are all the pelicans male? Why are they the only neutral, unmarked Aussies?

Fics I think about writing whenever I watch Disney with Rutabaga

[Moana] -- The one where the Ocean keeps trying to find someone to take the heart of Te Fiti, and all the iterations it takes before the Ocean figures out the correct amount of intervention. (The first person, the Ocean intervenes not-at-all and that person drowns within the first day across the reef. The second person, the Ocean directly takes their boat to where Te Fiti should be but they were not ready for Te Ka. The third person makes it a few more days, with the ocean bringing them gentle currents, but with no one to teach them to sail and a non-sea-worthy boat, it still fails.) So on and so forth until eventually the Ocean figures it out. Maybe one of the people is Moana's dad -- the Ocean thought, maybe two people would make it better, but then ... Maybe it hatches the idea of Maui while chatting with Gramma, with Gramma saying "If only I were 30 years younger, I would take the boat..."

[Finding Nemo] -- The one where Peach and Gil have late night conversations in the Tank, with Peach asking Gil about what the ocean tastes like, and Gil asking Peach to read him things from around the dentist office. (Peach learned to read with her previous owner, who would sit in front of the tank reading books.) They plan and daydream in low voices, and Peach falls asleep dreaming about the ocean. (She doesn't know that there are no books in the ocean)

[Monsters Inc] -- The one where Celia is running her own op and it keeps getting foiled by Mike and Sully.

[Bambi] -- The one about the Squirrel and the Chipmunk being totally gay and living in domestic bliss. Flower sees them and is envious of how open they are, but he goes home and ma and pa Skunk frowns and he knows he has to find a good female Skunk to marry.

[Lion King] -- The one where Sarabi mourns the death of her husband and child, and learns to carry on. AU where she is the one who overthrows Scar and becomes the ruler of Pride Rock. (Perhaps still acting behind some non-existent male figurehead).

[Cars] -- the one where it doesn't exist as a movie. Or at least one where cars don't have gender.