Were Bron’s actions for the best in the long run? (Yes, this thread has a symbolic title.) My stance is that they were. Scouting on ahead then staying behind when several kids needed his help seems best to me. For one thing, he may have never found his son again. Indeed, it was a rather large stroke of luck they met at all. So does anyone think he should have left those kids behind in order to search for a family he may never find? For one thing, he couldn’t have brought them along and returned to his family. It just wouldn’t work if you ask me. I doubt Littlefoot’s parents would want a bunch of kids around they have no relation to when trying to raise their own flesh and blood. Even if they tried, the favoritism would make things unbearable to the others (as already seen with Shorty). So Bron chose to save many lives rather to make a relentless search that may end up all for naught while trusting his wife and parents (parents-in-law?) to care for his young. Would anyone choose to possibly but maybe never find some over surely saving many?
If Bron had never left, I don’t believe Littlefoot’s mother would have died, but then where would the characters be? Cera, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike may have easily perished, along with the orphans Bron found when he left. Furthermore, his leaving gave Littlefoot new family. He lost a mother but gained a brother. So while many criticize Bron’s actions, in the long run, I think things turned out far better than if he’d stayed. Littlefoot’s mother was strongly into the whole playing with your own kind thing, so her death, most likely caused by Bron’s lack of protection, made Littlefoot a better dinosaur by forcing him to accept others, a policy he kept. Looking even deeper, if Bron had stayed, Ali might never have played with anyone but other longnecks. (Interesting how one event can cause a chain reaction that goes so far, huh?) While Littlefoot’s mother’s death was very tragic, loss can come with great gain looking at the big picture. So I am glad Bron did what he did because it bettered and saved so many with only one casualty, but what do you guys think and feel about Bron’s actions of leaving and stopping his search for his family?