The Umbrella Academy, now available on Netflix, is about a dysfunctional family of superheroes — The Monocle, Spaceboy, The Kraken, The Rumor, The Séance, Number Five, The Horror, and The White Violin — who work together to solve their father’s mysterious death. Based on the Dark Horse comic series by My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way, this subreddit is for discussions, pictures, drawings, cosplays, news and anything else to do with the Umbrella Academy.
I’m not sure if anyone has drawn this connection (sorry if you have already), but I have not been able to stop thinking about this. Klaus from the promotional photo/brief clip reminds me so much of Alex from The Road Within (a film Robert Sheehan was also in.) The kind of bland long sleeve button up, the latex gloves, the satchel/messenger bag, the posture… It could be unintentional. Or it could be a nod to the film. It seems like there have been other easter eggs of Rob’s previous work. Like him jumping into the pins in the bowling alley and his dislike of orange flavor being things that happened in Misfits. My brother thought those were coincidences tbf 🤷🏼 I’d be curious to know what other people think about it. And if this parallel could signify Klaus struggling with similar mental health conditions to Alex (ie OCD, anxiety.)
On an unrelated note I want to say sorry if you’ve replied to any of my comments on this sub in the past and I haven’t responded. I get extremely busy with school and personal stuff. And I don’t have Reddit notifications on (which will not change because I can only handle this app in micro-doses.) I also get the vibe that Reddit culture expects more immediate responses? So by the time I was free I thought it would probably be too late to respond. But if you want me to I’d be willing! I’ll try to respond to any comments (if there are any) on this post in a more timely manner.
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