'While an enemies-to-lovers plot focused on how to embrace people much unlike yourself feels both expected and even a little ham-fisted, Ember and Wade’s bond strengthens in earned, sincere ways.' Read why LegsFrank says to see Elemental:
tries to tell a straightforward story in this complex world, it unfortunately falls flat nearly as often as it soars.takes place in a world divided into four tribes: fire, water, earth, and air. But the similarities toend there. These are actually communities of anthropomorphized elements, each with their own cultures and quirks—fire people, whose bodies are covered in flames, eat flint to keep themselves alight; water people’s homes are basically indoor pools.
The world-building in Fire Town is delightful, especially when compared to the lack thereof in the other three elements’ own communities. We get few details on the social norms and niceties that define the water, earth, and air people; instead, their presences are largely relegated to sight gags, with cloud people’s entire fluffy bodies getting casually torn apart and earth people’s wooden facades reflecting back into stoic personalities.
While an enemies-to-lovers plot focused on how to embrace people much unlike yourself feels both expected and even a little ham-fisted, Ember and Wade’s bond strengthens in earned, sincere ways. Wade makes clear his feelings for Ember early on, so as to not drag out the question of who likes who.
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