Dude I’m just feeling so soft over the fact that Doc and Marty would have been friends at any age. Like sometimes a person has to go through shit to become who they’re gonna be, but 17 year old Emmett and Marty click just as well as 65 year old Emmett and Marty. Granted it’s a very different connection, but it’s still there.
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Alex's opinion on Citizen Brown
This rant is not here to excuse Citizen Brown's actions, he still can be counted as a bad guy all you want, I am not sure how I see him, I am just fascinated with him and his behavior.. It's just my fascination with him and what lead to that.
It also might not make sense, I am writing as my ideas come.
The rant is just here to look and draw comparisons to other docs, how he is different, how is he similar. Also, Spoilers for the game, minor mention of the musical.
Well, Citizen Brown. One of three docs we see from 1986. The other two docs are from the game start, the one who left the message in the DeLorean, the one who was in jail in 1931. The second one we see at the end is the one that brings Marty back to 1986. One would argue the 2 docs are the same. But I will explain later why I think they are not the same, just very similar. For simplicity, I will call Citizen Brown, 'CB' and the 2 other docs just 'doc' since they are practically the same
And the first point of mine. The first difference (from the characteristics and upbringing):
Erhardt's respect.
Now, CB got his father's respect because he did what Erhardt approved of, kept Hill Valley in "order" or just was with Edna who "fixed him up" person, making him give up on his "childish dreams".
Now that is the only difference between the 2 other docs. The one from the beginning of the game did not have his father's respect as it was said in the Book. He did not like his father and he did not like Emmett. But Doc does not seem to care.
The doc from the end (after Marty interferes) has his father's respect, but because he was following his dream of becoming a scientist. But too, does not seem to care, at the end he just gave a passive comment.
Change of mind. I will continue with similarities and differences later. Let's talk about Edna. The best I can describe her is a manipulative Gasighter. For anyone, it is clear her and Emmett's relationship is very toxic, one could say it is so bad to the point of Emotional abuse. Ednas remarks, "He would not be able to do anything without me" and "needs guidance". Was the mastermind behind the brainwashing. To me at least, she did not seem to even care for Emmett, but will be there for him to lead him to the "right path". It is even sad to hear CB explaining what she did to him with "She did all that because she cared"
By Edna, Emmett is mad, a "miserable failure", easily distracted, and tries to find the best in people, by Erhardt Emmett is stubborn, single-minded, incorrigible, and obsessed.
Second similarity.
I mean, they are right, Doc is a mad scientist, is easily distracted (in games always cuts himself off when he sees something interesting), and failure? Uhh, I mean in movies he said none of his inventions worked. Single-Minded? Sure! If he wanted to become a scientist he did become one. Incorrigible? Edna easily encouraged Citizen Brown. Obsessed? We can say so, he IS obsessed with science. Trying to find the best in people? We mean when CB thought he could change Edna because she "not always" was that bad? Even knowing what Edna did, he still cares how her life turned out in the 'Right' timeline. Maybe he cares because he spent 50 years with her and believes she can change, and the relationship can be more healthy. I always enjoyed the games more than the comic version, because CB's explanation of the timeline where everybody wins is voiced over, and you can hear he believes what he's saying (that Edna can change, everything will be okay, Marty gets his normal family back), like he wants that, he is not lying to Marty as it seems in the Comics. In a sense, he is lying, we know Edna will not change.
Now, maybe it was Edna's brainwashing late effect (I believe it was not the first time he was brainwashed). that caused CB to change so suddenly or relapse and kidnap Emmett, trying to change Edna. I have nothing to say here.
Despite that, Citizen Brown becomes the first doc (not counting the musical), to die from something else other than getting shot, getting ran over with a car, and the second doc (after the first doc we see, twin pine Doc) who dies protecting Marty.
Citizen Brown is no different character, it is still Doc, the same one we know, just who was surrounded by the wrong people. Both Citizen Brown and Doc had the same childhood, same parents, and same genetics. They are the same person. This means our doc has that in him to become like Citizen Brown.
It is fascinating to me how the people we surround ourselves with shape us. Citizen Brown is an example of it.
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You know, I've been thinking about the Back to the Future Game again, because of course I have, and you know what I keep going back to? Inventory.
The animation of characters putting things away is putting the object under their left arm, where it disappears. And Marty has an insane amount of pocket space.
At one point, he has his entire guitar AND a tire iron on his person. And it's not visible at all. (I half jokingly headcanon that everyone in the game has a pocket dimension of storage, but I digress)
What has me cracking up is the idea that after the game ends, Marty empties his pockets and pulls out a ridiculous amount of things. And Doc doesn't remember most of the adventure, having been overwritten several times, is utterly confused with how full his pockets of seemingly random things. "Marty, why do you have an empty bottle of chloroform in your pocket?"
Or even Lorraine hearing loud noises from the washing machine, poping it open, and being like, "Who forgot to empty their pockets and left a TIRE IRON in the wash?!"
Now I really wanna do an inventory run and note all of the things he's got in his pockets by the end. Because in the game, all the things aren't always able to be seen, just what's relevant to the story at that point. (Like the picture of his dad and the newspaper. He has them the whole time, but you don't always see them.) Just jow many things does he have in his pockets?
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