Those fic writers who make Randall's last name "Morgan". I see you and i respect you
I was laughing at the couple of posts about Rachel taking in one of the future kids (whether thats Shadow or Amy or someone else) that are going around and i realized two things
1) Rachel herself is so entertaining i can only assume anyone who lives with her is rarely bored. Can just imagine the side events that would go on with them lol
2) was this actually... planned from the beginning? With Randall and everything?
Like right in movie one they go out of the way to establish Rachel as a character (her very vocal distrust of Tom) instead of a we-need-a-sister-because-plot character. Theres no real evidence of any partner, just her and Jojo. Movie two comes along and theres this whole fake wedding side plot, which seemed kinda unnecessary unless its actually/Rachel is actually more important in the next movie. G.U.N. is introduced yes, but they're introduced through Randall. Who does end up with Rachel in the end. Randall works for GUN, which puts him and his family (Rachel and Jojo) in a unique position: knowledge on alien related activity. So right away they are in the position to be informed about more aliens visiting, before Tom and Maddie (unless said alien shows up in their backyard... again).
Now i dont know much about canon backstories and lore, but i think this is a pretty good set up in particular for Shadow (who we already know will be in movie 3) as so much of his story involves GUN. This could manifest in Randall (and therefore Rachel) being informed about his discovery/Randall being present during Shadow's escape. Or maybe Shadow is hunting down GUN personal for some reason (access to info, revenge, etc) and Randall's house is the one he happens to end up at. Maybe Maddie calls up Rachel and asks her to have Randall look up specific classified info on (or for) Shadow, and thats how they get involved.
The only "hole" in this theory (and why i didnt look at it as a valid option for so long) is that Rachel lives in San Fransisco. A city. With cameras and people everywhere. While the Wachowskis live in a small middle of nowhere town, thats established to have low security/crime. If i wanted to essentially hide a alien from the public i would pick the nowhere town that likely doesnt even have security cameras over the major city. Now we dont actually know Maddie's past. We know Tom's family is from Green Hills, and it seems him and Maddie met when they were young and have been together a long time (that line about Tom putting her thru vet school in movie 1). Theres no evidence to say Maddie isnt also from Green Hills, so maybe Rachel decides to move back home (Green Hills) and takes her daughter, secret agent boyfriend/husband, and new alien child with her?
I dont know what would be a better introduction for Randall in movie 3:
- In the beginning of the film Randall helps Shadow break out
- Halfway through the movie the Wachowskis call him up and ask him to use his clearance to steal something for Shadow/to use against Shadow
So what was GUN's plan? Insert someone into Rachel's life to overhear family drama? Okay 1 that didnt need to be a boyfriend and 2 at that point why didnt they just monitor her calls and texts? Were they expecting Sonic to be invited to the wedding? Randall was a part of the guest list process he knew Sonic wasnt coming. Which leads me to conclude they were going for the long LONG con by getting Randall invited to Thanksgiving dinners and other family affairs. Which means Randall was going to be undercover for YEARS