YMMV / Bravestarr S 1 E 26 The Price

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Shaman may have come off as negligent for not doing more to help Jay and Brad, however Shaman’s role in the episode may have served not as a guardian to Brad but to the audience themselves. The entire point of the episode was teaching kids to seek out trusted adults for help when it came to drugs, and many kids in real life who were (and still are) in Brad’s position don’t have someone to tell them that it’s okay to tell on friends for these type of situations. Shaman wasn’t so much as a guide to Brad in the episode as he was a voice to the audience telling them that they (the audience) weren’t a bad friend if they wanted to help a friend in need by telling on them.
• It Was His Sled: If you've heard of this episode at all, then you almost certainly know how it ends.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Shaman doesn't come off too well in this episode. We know that he can see faraway events, and its implied that he's aware that Jay has become addicted, but he seems to regard it as more important that Brad tell the grown-ups about Jay's habit than telling them himself. Which is a nice lesson for Brad and the audience sure, but it still makes him look like kind of a jerk.

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