I admit it sounds grim, but then again the whole thing with Mac's father not ever showing up and everyone feeling they are divorced isn't a pleasant theory either. Even if the theory isn't very "kid friendly" I would rather they give us a grim explanation then a kid friendly one that doesn't make any sense.
When it comes to certain aspects of the show, I feel sugar coating things diminishes the material. Like in Teen Titans when the traitor Titan Terra asks Beast boy to "destroy her" for all the bad things she's done. Had they simply said "kill me" it would have preserved a truly moving and sincere emotional event.
Now obviously Frankie's parents haven't had any indication of anything about them but my point is, I hope that if there is an explanation for her folks mystery location and they HAVE an explanation that accurate but not kid friendly, I would rather have that then tainting a potential deep moment with kid jokes.
That's just the way I feel about it. If they are not dead, fine that's great, just don't feed me an explanation that is made simply to cuddle kids from reacting negatively because something serious might be involved. To put it simple: if your gonna do it, do what feels right to the character not what kids parents thinks feels right.
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