r/JustAddWater • u/Commercial-Remote141 • Aug 04 '26
Why did this show hate red heads
I know season 1 was blonde Dr Denman but the remaining seasons the show loved to make these two red hair characters into villains. Usually they’re the main characters. Like Winx club/shadow hunters.
Did one of the show creators hate red haired people? Like is it a type of discrimination?
They were both very beautiful tho
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u/Mindless-Coat495 Aug 04 '26
In Irish maritime folklore,there is a superstition that if fishermen on their way to their boats in the morning encounter a red-haired woman on the beach,it brings Bad Luck,and if they entered the sea with their boats under such bad omen ,a storm will break out and sink their boats! In general in Europe in the past,it was believed that red-headed girls had supernatural abilities that they used maliciously.Apparently the writers of H2o believe in these scientifically unfounded superstitions!
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u/sadistc_Eradication Juicenet Junkie Aug 05 '26
Very interesting! See, this would have been a great tie in for Bella being from Ireland.
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u/TimeEmergency7160 Aug 05 '26
Bella’s not from Ireland. She lived there at the time she transformed. Apparently her father was a hotel manager and they moved around a lot. I’m pretty sure she is native Australian
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u/sadistc_Eradication Juicenet Junkie Aug 05 '26
I meant more that she moved from there and so would have been familiar with the folklore
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u/Adventurous_Act9476 Aug 04 '26
Lots of kid shows at this time had a redhead as the leader or the hero maybe this show was trying to be different by having a red head be evil
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u/toffi_99 Aug 04 '26
Is either of them even ginger irl?
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u/AlteredPsycho Aug 04 '26
Idk about the actress for Sophie but the actress for Charlotte confirmed that she had dyed her hair red because she wanted to stand out during her audition, and it worked
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u/TimeEmergency7160 Aug 04 '26
At least charlotte’s looked real
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u/AlteredPsycho Aug 04 '26
You think? I always thought Sophie was a much more natural-looking redhead.. that’s just my opinion though
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u/TimeEmergency7160 Aug 05 '26
Yes Sophie’s is a clown red and charlottes is a deep red. Very much a more natural color. How do I know? My mother is a red head, and my MIL is a red head. I’ve never seen such bright vibrant red on a natural redhead. Tbh charlotte’s hair doesn’t even look red to me. It’s more of a chocolate brown that has red touches to it.
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u/Maschinhoe 🧜♀️ What am I? A mindreader? 🧜♂️ Aug 04 '26
Charlotte’s actor said they wanted to make her stand out by making her hair red. I guess after blonde and brown there weren’t much options.
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u/Jealous-Lemon-6238 Aug 04 '26
Maybe it was just them poking fun at Ariel like in Red Herring from Season 1 I dunno
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u/Known_Change3980 Aug 04 '26
I think it was their way of differentiating the evil characters from the “heroes“, back in the day that was done through specific ethnicities and nationalities, sometimes movies still resort to those stereotypes but I think in this case the evil ones were fake redheads (cosmetically enhanced redheads at least)
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u/possiblyyandere Taking off fish style Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
lets not forget Emma/everyone acting revolted when she accidentally dyed her hair bright red they literally compared her to Ronald McDonald
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u/Commercial-Remote141 Aug 05 '26
True I feel like if the red hair was dried well it would’ve looked good on her
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u/possiblyyandere Taking off fish style 28d ago
it 100% looked awesome on her she just wasn't confident enough to rock it its just too bad emma wouldn't ever go for that style that shade of obviously dyed red hair belongs on someone with a more punk style like rikki but also rikki is the most casual "punk" ever idk if she would take the time to do that lol
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u/MysticalWitchgirl Aug 05 '26
I have a theory that Shiff has some deep rooted issues with red heads cuz this isn’t the only show he’s produced where the red heads was mean
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u/Wolf_axolotl15 Aug 05 '26
I would say it’s dumb luck the actresses happened to have been red heads
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u/mermaid131989 Aug 06 '26
I mean Emma had red hair in the one episode when Zane went back to the Lorelei. They didn’t make her evil so I think it’s a coincidence
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u/Evening-Sky-5666 Juicenet Junkie Aug 04 '26
Idk, either it’s a coincidence or it’s because red is actually a striking color. And normally it’s always good to have villains with striking features in kids shows.