History Headscratchers / RiseOfTheGuardians

** As for Easter Bunny from Australia - [[WildMassGuessing Bunnymund was originally an ordinary rabbit]] who survived the rabbit extermination emerged in a new world, and became the first of its kind to truly feel hope and understand new beginnings. [[GreenLantern He is thus transformed, elevated above the others]]. Hope is born. And thus '''[[MundaneMadeAwesome Easter Bunny]]'''.

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** It's subtly implied that "belief" in a Guardian constitutes believing in their ''center'' more than actually thinking they're real, or celebrating their holiday. We aren't meant to take it that children across the globe stopped believing in Santa and the Easter Bunny just because they've stopped having dreams - it's rather that they've lost their senses of wonder and hope, which is what North and Bunny are all about.

** I see...I kind of figured that, to be honest. In that case, though, I think Bunny's center might be even more applicable to the Southern Hemisphere. He says that Easter is about new beginnings and hope, which to me would be more important during autumn, when everything tends to be withering and dying out - a celebration of hope reminds you that things will be better once the cold season is over. Whereas celebrating it when I do up here means that there's very little "hope" involved, since all that new life we're "hoping" for is already kind of here.

** Unlike the others, Jack isn't just a spirit based on protecting children: he's also a nature spirit. And while people might not believe in him specifically, ''everyone'' believes in the ''weather.'' It's not that confusing: Jack is obviously incredibly powerful even with ''no'' believers. While the others start off powerful and revert to their "baseline" states as the movie progresses--states which are pretty much powerless--Jack is ''already'' at his baseline throughout the entire movie. Yet he is incredibly powerful and only becomes ''moreso'' after becoming a Guardian, according to WordOfGod. All in all, Sandy and Jack are by far the most powerful members of the group. [[spoiler:Further, it's actually quite fitting that Jack, when able to focus and not doubt himself, could be a combative match for Pitch. According to the book series--to which the movie is a sequel--Jack was the one to seal Pitch away in the first place back when Jack was Nightlight.]] And honestly, when you have no believers and you're still powerful enough to control the weather, the only lack of belief that can damage you is your lack of belief in yourself.

So we can infer that [[spoiler: Jack's family was poor]] judging from the clothes and village, so how did they manage to buy ice skates?

[[folder: They can afford shares?]]

** If I recall correctly, Jamie says at one point that Michigan is "super-close" to wherever he lives. As someone who grew up in Michigan but goes to school in south-central Ohio (which would probably qualify as "super-close!"), I can safely say that the circumstances necessary to declare a snow day vary significantly between these two locales. I've had "snow days" here in Ohio, in college, no less, where there was just enough to cover the ground, and most of it had already melted by late morning. As for why Jack couldn't make more of it, it was close to Easter, and probably not cold enough for that much snow to keep from melting.

* While the Guardians are busy battling Pitch during the climax, we cut to Jamie looking at a stream of golden sand moving by. He gets excited, exclaims "I know what we have to do!", and tells his friends to follow him. I guess the implication is that they did something to bring the Sandman back, but what was it? The movie never shows us...All we see is Sandy reappearing amidst a cloud of sand, but there's no mention of whether the kids were involved or what they did to cause it.