The film avoids centering specific LGBTQ+ identities but disrupts heteronormative domesticity. By focusing on orphans and magical animal companions rather than a nuclear family, it explores non-traditional kinship structures.

Female agency is central to the film's emotional weight, supported by a prominent female voice cast. The narrative also subverts traditional hierarchies by depicting the primary antagonists as a dysfunctional, incompetent duo.

The film moves away from the original text's Anglo-centric lens by featuring Beesha, a 12-year-old Indian-American protagonist. This shift provides significant intersectional visibility through the lead character.

The story explores themes of systemic marginalization through the experiences of orphans struggling against a world that views them as contaminated. It prioritizes the agency of marginalized characters over established social orders.

There are no specific depictions of physical or neurodivergent disabilities present in the narrative.