Came to say this. I didn't bother reading the rest after this person wrote that marvel fumbled bc they cut lines for a character that had no further affect on the story with the lines than without.

JO being salty about it is just as absurd.

This is how life works. People only see what they see, and if Geena D or anyone else hadn't been told until she voiced her opinion, then she had every reason to believe she made the ultimate call.

The truth, as always, likely lies in between. Scott was heavily leaning toward Pitt and GD pushed him the last little bit. Who cares?

there are literally thousands of potential explanations, but the fact that he has been shown to have superhuman resiliency should be good enough. If it isn't, he was never in the water. He eject over land and used his glide capability from the suit to safely land.

At the end of Beetlejuice, it was pretty evident that Charles and Delia did not live at the house anymore. There's nothing to explain.

If there were, a misinterpretation of the rule, a amicable but tense separation, a temporary relocation causing his ghost to be back in the city while they fight to get him to be allowed to live at the Maitland house... have a small bit of creativity and the world of possibilities is endless.