Edward Bloom was a friendly guy. He was brave, too. When everyone in the town feared Karl because of his height, Edward went to talk to him. Just as Karl was literally too big to live in such a small town, so where Edward's ambitions. Edward related and connected to Karl on that level. Edward did not judge or shun Karl based on something that Karl could not change about himself.
I guess one could say that Tim Burton judged his parents (his father), for something they couldn't change. Burton's parents did not push him away as the villagers attempted to push Karl away, Burton ran away; he left his problems behind like Will does when he is simply tired of hearing his father's stories. We see that Will comes to regret that as he watches his father on his death bed. That is how Edward and Will differ. Edward did not judge anyone based on their actions or their appearances, he found something in them that he could accept.
The Twins, Jing and Ping, were two headed sisters; they were so close, they might as well have shared one body. When Edward met the twins he had been longing to get back to his wife. He wanted to get as close as he possibly could to her and the army was standing in his way. Jing and Ping listened to his story and I assume they couldn't imagine if they ever had to separate from one another. They understood Edward and Edward understood them. With the exchange of promises, the three of them worked together in order to leave that country.
Burton had always been an outsider, in school and at home, he had no one to get close to until he reached adulthood and began to surround himself with weird people like Ed Bloom did. Burton fought to get certain actors parts in his films because they were who he connected to. The leaving of his father and the coming of his son opened his life up just a bit more and allowed him to understand and accept more of what comes his way.
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