WolfWalkers spoilers
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My new favourite thing is finding out one of the directors of WolfWalkers is going around replying to people who assume Robyn & Mehb are step-sisters (as they assumed the parents got together), and correcting them that it’s purposefully ambiguous:

It& #39;s genuinely ambiguous tho, if you& #39;re paying attention, and took the text of the film in good faith! The film has a running motif of an orange/yellow flower being given as a symbol of trust/protection/a promise/etc. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌻" title="Sonnenblume" aria-label="Emoji: Sonnenblume"> Here& #39;s how it breaks down:

We first see Bill giving it to Robyn (father to daughter), telling her to go home, be safe, he& #39;ll be back to come spend time with her later. He gives it to her through the bars of a cage tho; the promise is selfish, from a place of fear for Robyn& #39;s safety over her happiness.

We next see it is when Mebh & Robyn become friends, bonding over having a single parent/wanting to be free. Robyn promises to help Mebh find her mom, so she can get the wolves to leave to protect them from the town, but also a bit selfishly; she wants to prove herself to her dad.

When Mebh thinks Robyn& #39;s betrayed that promise/trust, she crushes & discards the flower. It& #39;s interesting to note that the flower isn& #39;t destroyed outright; technically Robyn chooses her promise to Moll to protect Mebh, over a now dangerous promise to Mebh that& #39;d make her happier.

We see it last when Bill gives it to Moll. I interpreted it as Bill trusting Moll as a pack-member & promising to keep them all safe, but not caging them to do so (the flower framed through the caravan opening into the light vs him placing it on Robyn in a cage dividing them).

Getting Tin Hat about colours design/symbolism: the flower is yellow/orange. Bill/Robyn have yellow hair, while Mebh/Moll have orange; it& #39;s their pack in flower form. The flower changes hue depending on wearer; within the sequence Robyn gives it to Mebh, it changes to more yellow

Anyways, tl;dr: these wolves can be gay if you want. Thanks for coming to my gay wolf media analysis TED talk. Awoo. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolfsgesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Wolfsgesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️‍🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐺" title="Wolfsgesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Wolfsgesicht">