You guys must be part of the 1% lol.
Well @LunarDynasty looks like it might just be you and me. In that case, maybe I’ll skip to the end …
I agree with the Dynamics you have minus the Growth. It’s really clear that Ben has a MAJOR chip on his shoulder - the thought that his sister is responsible for his mother’s death. This is the feeling he himself has bottled up and suppressed - just like many of the other OS characters. Though through Ben we get a personal look at what that would feel like (we even literally see through his eyes as his mother disappears).
He is a Be-er - Fixed Attitude (my sister killed my mother). His sister is a Situation character for all the reasons listed above.
The location of his Domain along with the Growth of Stop puts the Overall Story in Manipulation or Psychology, and again I agree with the notes above as to why that fits better with the OS. Problems exist because of how the characters process their grief. The road trip is between brother and sister - RS in Activity. Getting Home Safely the Concern (Obtaining).
Ben has a lot of anger towards his sister (Concern: Innermost Desires) and a lot of fear - particularly of water. His deep-seeded problem–a justification built up at the time of his mother’s death–is that of Control. Represented visually by the life-jacket he wears throughout the majority of the film, Ben has bottled up and suppressed his feelings like everyone else. His Solution is Freedom (or Uncontrolled) - a Solution shown by the shedding of the life-vest.
The Owl-Witch (Grandmother), and Dad show us an objective look at the Problem of Control. The Issue of Responsibility shown when the Grandmother finds it is up to her and only her to save the children from their father. Dad doesn’t help when he agrees that he is too irresponsible.
This gives Ben an Issue of Hope - think hopeless here - both in his evaluation of his sister and of things getting better. His sister’s Issue is Delay - shown in her developmental delays (six and not talking) and later as a representation/reminder of son and father delaying dealing with the death of the mother.
The sister as Influence Character is given the Drive of Logic - shown in her step-by-step approach to following in her mother’s footsteps. No real feeling here at all as she calmly and rationally progresses towards a Selkie life. People tell her what she should and shouldn’t do (stay away from that! - Conscience) and she gives in to Temptation (but in a good way). The message here that to effectively deal with grief one must work through their emotions in a logical step-by-step fashion–you can’t skip over the process of emotional catharsis and you certainly can’t bottle it up…the sister shows visually and without dialogue the proper approach to dealing with grief – a perspective that Ben eventually adopts (MC Resolve: Change).
The Relationship Story is where the storyform comes together and why so many found the film a beautifully cathartic experience – you have a relationship between brother and sister split because of Faith – the brother believes the sister responsible for their mother’s death. A belief that has brother smooshing sister’s face in the birthday cake (Response of Temptation). It’s not until the brother can confidently say that the sister had NOTHING to do with the mother’s death that the relationship finally heals (Solution of Disbelief).
What do you think @LunarDynasty? It took me a day to process through the elements but I think the Problem of Control with a Solution of Uncontrolled (smashing all the bottles) makes the most sense and seems to play through with the rest of the storyform.