User blog:WillTheArthurandBusterFan5050/Hypothetical: Arthur Wishing D.W. Wasn't His Sister

What if Arthur got so angry at D.W. that he told her to her face "I WISH YOU WEREN'T MY SISTER!" or "I WISH YOU WERE NEVER MY SISTER!" and adding "AND THAT'S  THE TRUTH!"

What if Arthur really was to say that to D.W. and they showed that on an Arthur episode?

That's most likley a bad idea and would not be an appropriate thing to show on Arthur, not to mention set a bad example for children of all ages and even some adults.

But think about it, after so much of what D.W. does to Arthur, manipulating him into doing things she wants to do, yelling at and nagging Arthur, almost always annoying him, probably even bullying him, and always seeming to get her way and winning over Arthur while Arthur has to suffer through much of what she does (like having to listen to Crazy Bus or missing Bionic Bunny or Dark Bunny so she can watch Mary Moo Cow, or having to go places she wants to go.) And all the sacrifices he has to make for her, and admittedly Arthur's selfish behavior toward her, like making her see a movie with his friends instead of seeing Doll Story 2.

There's just no winning with D.W., and this coming from an older brother with a younger sister myself.

But after all that, Arthur would finally get so fed up he would say something very rude to her, and probably in front of their parents too and maybe storm off, leaving D.W. crying but Arthur not caring... at least not right away. Of course his parents Jane and David get, not just disappointed but disgusted and maybe embarrassed at what Arthur said.

And I can think of two situations.

1. Arthur finally really gets sick of how D.W. treats him, and the suffering his parents let him go through that he runs away from home, thinking life will be so much better without D.W., or without the rest of the family. Maybe he takes pal with him, maybe he doesn't, but he pretty much abandons the family. And let's say Arthur does this late at night, or sometime when his parents are not around and he's home by himself (if he tries to do it in his parent's presence they are likely going to try to stop him.

And when Arthur leaves the house, he thinks he's happy to finally be away from D.W. D.W. probably gets happy not to see Arthur again too, at least for a little while, but the parents are devistated, maybe report Arthur missing or as a runaway, which no child should ever be. But then sometime later Arthur regrets his decision to run away from home. He either has nowhere to go, not even Buster's house, and he's tried that already (see "Opposites Distract") so he goes way out of his neighborhood. And lets say he takes his allowence with him, maybe takes some clothes, and or toys and things with him. But anyway, as I was saying, sometime after Arthur runs away from home, he regrets doing so.

And what happens that makes him regret running away from home? Does he get start feeling lonely? Does he find out the hard way that leaving home early isn't as cracked up as it ought to be? Suppose he starts getting really hungry but no one will feed him, and he even runs out of money.

Or say he gets robbed and has his stuff taken from him by others. Or say he gets kidnapped, or gets mixed up with the wrong people who claim they will take care of him and give him a "better life" but don't really care about him and instead use him, even abuse him. Or he ends up joining a gang, one worse than the Tough Customers, and I know there are.

Whatever the situation, and I know there are others, Arthur finally realises that his running away from home, even from D.W. was a total mistake and he longs to go back home. And does he try to or is he too ashamed. And does his family miss him? Well of course his parents will but what about D.W.? Will even she miss Arthur and feel lonely without him and also realize life without Arthur isn't as fun as she thought it would be?

Getting back to Arthur getting kidnapped or joining some wrong people who take him in but don't care about him, would he try to escape? Or maybe his kidnappers call his parents and tell them they have him and give instructions on what to do in order to see Arthur again. And of course the authorities are involved. 

Now whether Arthur just runs away and ends up by himself or gets freed from the people who take him in and misuse him,and the police arrest his captors or those who imprison him or whatever, he is reunited with his family, who embraces him and all are in tears. But then later Arthur's parents deal with him and punish him. Arthur could run away again but after all he'd been through, he wouldn't try that again, serves his punishment, and is really sorry for what he did, and learns his lesson.

2. Or Arthur doesn't run away from home but still gets to see what life would be like without D.W. I don't know if Kate stays or gets taken away too. And two things can happen: D.W. probably stays away with relatives like Aunt Lucy or Unlce Fred (I should have included this in the first one too, Arthur staying with other relatives). Or like in a recent episode of Alllvin and the Chipmunks, D.W. seems to have gone missing. Arthur seems happy to finally have life inside his home without D.W. and celebrates. But later he finds himself missing D.W. and wishes she was back. And maybe she does, or maybe she doesn't and Arthur has to continue being without D.W. even longer. Plus Arthur gets stuck with all the chores, chores that D.W. had to do too. And even watching lots of Bionic Bunny and Dark Bunny gets to be less fun. And again, D.W. also misses Arthur.

Or, again,like in that recent episode of Alllvin and the Chipmunks, Arthur finds D.W. missing. And the Read family claims they don't know who D.W. is and say it's only Arthur and Kate, making it seem like Arthur is the only one who remembers her. And what was D.W.'s room isn't D.W's room anymore, but now exclusively Kate's room if she's still there. Mind you, this is Arthur wishing D.W. wasn't his sister, I never said anything about Arthur wishing he didn't have sisters at all.

Now these situations can happen for real, or it can all be just a very bad dream Arthur is having. Either way, Arthur realises he cannot stand life without D.W. But in the end, D.W. is returned to the Read house and Arthur is happy to see D.W. again and doesn't want her to leave him again.

And in both situations, whether Arthur runs away from home, or D.W. is removed from the home, Arthur apologizes to D.W. for telling her he wished she wasn't his sister and finally appreciates having her. And maybe D.W. appreciates having Arthur has her brother. And Arthur tells D.W. he's sorry for saying to her he wished she wasn't his sister.

And what next? Do they start treating each other much better and put up with each other more, or do things go back to the way they were?

But if something like this were to happen, that would probably be the end of Arthur and there'd probably be no point in Arthur lasting much longer. Plus, do I really want to see something like this? Because as much as I hate seeing D.W. torturing Arthur, I also hate seeing Arthur get in trouble and over D.W.

This was just something that came to my mind after seeing D.W. acting like a bossy boots to Arthur, and others, dragging him into things and making him do things he doesn't want to do and making him sacrifice what he wants to do so D.W. can have her way, which sooner or later she's going to have to take into her stride that the world doesn't revolve around her. And it would be great to see Arthur and D.W. getting along with each other even though they are different from each other. This was also just something I put together and I would like almost all your thoughts on this, "almost" being the keyword.

Plus, would Arthur really tell DW "I wish you weren't my sister!"? After all, that's what happened between Timmy and Tommy Tibble and it resulted in one of the Tibbles having his feelings hurt.

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