#infinity train is such a good and nuanced series with some of the best worldbuilding and i will forever be pissed that it was cancelled

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"simon and grace were put in the same position and grace decided to change but simon never did so its his fault that he died" but this misses the whole point that while obviously simon was a bad person by the end (he KILLED PEOPLE he was a manipulative and terrible person) HE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT POSITION IN THE FIRST PLACE

his entire character and story is about how the train continously traumatizes people and makes them worse instead of helping them. simon was a nine year old kid who got a bad grade on a spelling test and yeah maybe he was a little bratty or a coward BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN he deserved the trauma of being stolen from his family and everything he'd known in the world at a young age, almost dying and being betrayed by the first person he ever trusted on the train (talking abt samantha not grace)

like maybe if he never got on the train he would have grown up to be a Functioning normal adult and maybe even a good person but he had that life stolen from him bcuz of forces outside of his control and its a commentary on how the train destroys people and how this is not a fair system. and obviously it wasn't fair for grace EITHER it wasnt fair that she got her childhood and adolesence stolen from her like that and that she never gets to see her family again, its not fair that simon died when he was barely even an adult and his family will never know what happened to him or where he went. the train is an inherently flawed and destructive system and the people who DO get the help they need and leave better than they came are not at all the majority

book three was all about how the train destroys and controls people's lives and how that affects them going into the future, in amelia's (and kez's friend whose name i forget) case its about how it can sometimes allow a passanger to avoid facing their situation or reality instead allowing them to run away from a fantasy world where they can learn a moral lesson using quirky fun hijinks and sidekicks. or maybe they don't

ALL THIS BECAUSE SIMON GOT A BAD GRADE ON A SPELLING TEST