Why Umbrella Academy's controversial assault scene ruins one character's entire story
favourite for a reason. Beyond the realms of the fantastical and bizarre cartoon-like world they inhabit, their stories are wonderfully human and largely focus around a desire to belong in some way, even when you're born to stand out.
It's fair enough. The story's running thread of family only makes this point stronger. They may not be blood relatives, but they've been raised from birth as if they are – so a relationship is weird, if not technically illegal.But the introduction of Ray in season two – just as the confident, Black woman Allison finds herself slap bang in the middle of the civil rights movement of 1960s Dallas, Texas – set her story at least on a far more hopeful and positive path.
However, one look at Twitter proves that the scene in episode five went down like a ton of bricks. Not only was it out of character for Allison, it was out of character for a show that – despite its reliance on a fun dance number or comedy beat to offset the horrific violence – had never brushed with this kind of story beat before, and never needed to.
It's this precise moment that really splits Allison from the rest of the group. In storytelling terms, you don't get to come back from sexual assault, no matter what your motives are. From this moment, it seems like a target was on her back not to survive the season. If you become an assaulter, it's usually code for a swift and sharp exit not too soon after, and it's never forgotten.
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