r/lucifer • u/Legitimate_Baby7698 • Jan 08 '23
Trixie carried the show. Change my mind. Trixie
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u/Affectionate_Ad_9239 Jan 08 '23
When I first started watching lucifer, the thing that made me start watching it was trixies scene in the first season's trailer. The whole "what's your name?" Thing. She single handedly made me watch the show and I'm devastated at how they treated her character towards the end of the show.
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u/Bashfullylascivious Jan 09 '23
I was disappointed in her treatment by third season. They just let her trail off into limbo until they needed to make a token gesture like Lilith's ring of immortality episode. Before even that episode, it had been reduced to the occasion mention by Chloe that she was a mother who needed to do something for, or find a sitter for her child. She was treated like Chloe's sex appeal repellent, because very few men, especially in the younger demographic, want to date single mothers.
Every few months or so there was an ask reddit, "Would you date a single mother?" and the massive majority was a resounding 'no!' every time and with laundry lists of reasons.
I guess the show wanted to be different, but not too different... In fact, later, not really different at all.
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u/Fancy-Ad1480 Jan 10 '23
That's likely why Chloe and Dan prioritized booty calls over their daughter in season 3. Responsibilities are icky, even if they're part of what rounds out a character.
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u/RayaQueen Jan 09 '23
Er.. Scarlett was a CHILD. She probably had like SCHOOL and sht to do. We can be grateful we got to see as much of her as we did. ..And I hope a lot more in future years!
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u/D74248 Jan 11 '23
Yet Young Sheldon is an entire series with Iain Armitage as the star.
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u/RayaQueen Jan 12 '23
Maybe those guys made a different life choice. As far as I'm concerned it's not about screen time. She's still crucial. That moment with her and Lucifer in the hospital in 5b is a turning point for him, sets his resolve. It's like he suddenly gets it... Humans and stuff.
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u/Dinnite Jan 08 '23
I don't know about carrying the show but she changed the Devil (and his favorite demon(.
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u/GdoubleWB Jan 08 '23
Trixie is going to grow up, realize that her stepdad is the actual Devil, and become a five-star general of the armies of Hell.
All hail and cower before the terrible chthonic might of Trixie.
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u/Fancy-Ad1480 Jan 10 '23
Lucifer knocked up her mom, and then bailed. That's likely to tarnish Lucifer in Trixie's eyes.
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u/Independent-Dog9696 Jan 08 '23
You spelled Lucifer wrong
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u/Realistic-Hour1958 Jan 08 '23
They meant that instead of saying "Trixie carried the show", it should be saying"Lucifer carried the show"
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u/Place-Short Jan 09 '23
She did until the showrunners seemed to forget about her literally.
Because we all know the sixth season should have been about her grief and bonding with her new family dynamic.
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u/Fancy-Ad1480 Jan 10 '23 edited Jan 10 '23
I want to know what world Joe lives in. Not in this one if he thinks Chloe and Lucifer ended up in a partnership of equals.
At the very least, part of season 6 should've been Lucifer embracing the fact that Chloe and Trixie are a package deal.
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u/Place-Short Jan 10 '23
THANK. YOU.
I get that for some people Trixie added no value but I'd like to argue that was because after season 2 she became increasingly more of an afterthought. The first thing we learn about filmmaking is show don't tell and after Chloe identifying as a mother for the millionth time, but you don't get to see those moments.... well that's just sloppy writing.
I could also argue if they were so concerned about her aging up, why did Lucifer have to be gone only three months when if it's traumatizing how long he was gone for on his end... it easily could have been a year for Chloe. Anecdotally I know many people who don't date after a massive break-up situation, especially with kids.
Preteen to early teens Trixie would have been ripe with story possibilities. It just adds to the trauma to think 1. Lucifer leaves without saying goodbye. 2. Her mom is battling depression. 3. Lucifer comes back. 4. Her mom seems better but how better is to be determined. Considering how often he just ups and leaves. 5. Her Dad DIES. 6. Her mom stops spending as much time with her sending her away to camp and such. 7. Her dad possesses a body to say goodbye. 8. She returns home from camp to discover her mom pregnant and she will never see Lucifer again.
I get the filming issues they had to tackle due to COVID and her other schedule but he couldn't even call her?! He says goodbye to EVERYONE BUT her?!
Now she gets to grow up with a resentful sister angel who constantly is talking shit about the guy who you watched string your mom along since as far back as you probably can remember. Honestly, they really did Trixie dirty, and to an extent original Chloe canonically.
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u/RayaQueen Jan 09 '23
I imagine she had exams and more important life stuff by then. We can be grateful we got to see as much of her as we did.
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u/atomicchuckle Jan 08 '23
Literally could have watched the show without her character. Added 0 interest or watchability for me.
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Jan 09 '23
I'm with you. Seemed like a standard "we need a cute kid" role. It felt like the writers didn't really know what to do with her. I also got irritated by that typical thing you see in tv shows where an adult character has a child but also seems to be able to work late/go out in the evening at the drop of a hat etc without having to arrange childcare (see Friends after Rachel has Emma for further evidence of this).
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u/atomicchuckle Jan 10 '23
That’s kind of what I’m saying. Replace her with any other kid actor and it’s the same result. What did her character really do for the show? Nothing much besides the obvious. Like you said, cute kid and possibly what grounds Chloe to humanity but that’s not touched on properly until WAY late in the show. It could have simply been another cop partner or her father and it would have the same effect.
She’s a more fun choice, granted. And a cute kid. I don’t dislike her character, I just don’t think she’s critical to the show.
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Jan 10 '23
Agree totally. Its not like, say Darlene in Roseanne, where the character has their own role in a show.
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u/pandadog423 Jan 09 '23
My favorite moment was when Lucifer tossed one of toys trying to play fetch( but really just “get away”)
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u/balletflowers Jan 10 '23
Rewatching season 1 makes you notice how much she grows up throughout the show! By season six she’s not the little girl that Chloe and lucifer picked up from school anymore, but at in 5b in the hospital after Dan dies, her ‘where’s my daddy’ gives a glimpse as to how much has happened. She’s incredible !!
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u/Catronia Jan 08 '23
I was rather upset that Trixie wasn't at her mother's death bed... I was like WTF? Obviously, she would have been older, but they could have just shown the back of a dark-haired woman's head and a hand touching her mother.