History YMMV / TheSecretOfRoanInish

** And there's also John Lynch, who appears in only two scenes as Fiona's cousin Tadhg. Following on from the above, he's the one who tells the selkie's story.

* AngstWhatAngst: It isn't until approximately 80 minutes into the film that Fiona expresses any sort of angst over not having a mother.
** Might be a case of RepressedMemories as the angst happens following a dream about her mother. It's also implied that the grandmother was a mother figure for Fiona after her mother died, so the trauma would have been softened somewhat, both with care and with time.

* GeniusBonus: Anyone who understands Irish knows that Roan Inish translates as "island of seals", perfect name for an island that's home to selkie descendants.

* FridgeBrilliance: Sean Michael's survival was no mere twist of fate. How does Grandfather describe him at the beginning of the story? "Smart boy, '''dark hair''', bit of a rebel." Sean Michael was a Dark One, and that's why the seal came to his rescue. Which also makes it a clever little bit of {{Foreshadowing}}, suggesting that the Dark Ones have a special connection with seals and that the seals look out for them, which of course ends up being a critical piece of the plot.
* FridgeLogic: Maybe with a little bit of FridgeHorror and TearJerker. If Jamie is about five when he rejoins the family, he will have missed out on ''a lot'' of the early social development that children need. This is especially important for learning language, where if a child doesn't learn to speak by a certain age then they usually don't learn to speak at all. He'll probably be mute all his life at best, or a feral WildChild at worst.
** Unless you go by Tadhg's idea that he's "just living with another branch of the family". Jamie being a HalfHumanHybrid, and one with especially strong ties to his non-human side at that, his being with the seals isn't necessarily the same thing as an ordinary human growing up with only animals for companionship. He'd still have to re-learn English, but that's potentially more akin to a child learning a second language (which is actually relatively easy for children that age), not a child with ''no'' language.
** Separately, after Fiona ends up on Roan Inish by herself, Grandmother doesn't know what happened, thinking that Grandfather took Fiona out with him even after the fact. But how did Grandfather and Eamon figure out that they needed to go looking for her without even hinting to Grandmother that they didn't know where she was? Surely if Grandmother had actually seen them come into the house without Fiona, she never would have bought the story that Fiona was with them, and if they didn't go into the house (where she was supposed to be), how did they realize she was missing?

** Separately, after Fiona ends up on Roan Inish by herself, Grandmother doesn't know what happened, thinking that Grandfather took Fiona out with him even after the fact. But how did Grandfather and Eamon figure out that Fiona was missing without even hinting to Grandmother that they didn't know where she was? Surely if she'd actually seen them come into the house without her, she never would have bought the story, and if they didn't go into the house (where she was supposed to be), how did they realize she was missing?

** Separately, after Fiona ends up on Roan Inish by herself, Grandmother doesn't know what happened, thinking that Grandfather took Fiona out with him even after the fact. But how did Grandfather and Eamon figure out that Fiona was missing without even hinting to Grandmother that they didn't know where she was? Surely if she'd actually seen them come into the house without her, she never would have bought the story, and if they didn't go into the house, how did they realize she was missing?

** Separately, after Fiona ends up on Roan Inish by herself, Grandmother doesn't know what happened, thinking that Grandfather took Fiona out with him. How did Grandfather and Eamon figure out that Fiona was missing without giving Grandmother any reason to suspect that they didn't know where she was?

** Separately, after Fiona ends up on Roan Inish by herself, Grandmother doesn't know what happened, thinking that Grandfather took Fiona out with him. How did Grandfather and Eamon realize Fiona was missing without alerting Grandmother that they didn't know where she was?

* FixerSue: In the form of an unseen woman at the bar in the beginning who gets Fiona a drink and gives her father some good advice to send his daughter to live with her grandparents, thus kicking off the plot.

** Might be a case of RepressedMemories as the angst happens following a dream about her mother. It's also implied that the grandmother was a mother figure for Fiona after her mother died, so the trauma would have been softened somewhat.

** Might be a case of RepressedMemories as the angst happens following a dream about her mother. It's also implied that the grandmother was a mother figure for Fiona after her mother died, and is happy to be reunited.

** Might be a case of RepressedMemories as the angst happens following a dream about her mother.

** Might be a case of RepressedMemories as the angst happens as the result of a dream about her mother.

* OneSceneWonder: The selkie herself has no lines and barely ten minutes of screen time.