#heidixcartman

[askqueerpark]

Eric, I think you're cute! ;)

Heidi: I do too. ❤

Cartman: Gehhhh….

[omgsouthpark]

Trey and Matt talk Mr. Garrison, Cartman's Girlfriend and Member Berries with The Hollywood Reporter

[... ] "Last year was such a headfuck, and we were so happy when it was done," Parker told THR. "And we just wanted to go back to the kids, which we still do. But it's also like, you can't avoid [Mr. Garrison as Trump]. So, we are not actively putting it in, but we are not actively leaving it out. It's the world we live in."

[... ] So, what will be in this season? Well, Parker said he was a fan of Cartman having a significant other, Heidi Turner, which showed a new side to the usually foul-mouthed, angry, fat kid.

"We don't want her to go away," Parker said. "But, I really liked in the end that he was now a dude stuck in a relationship."

Read the interview here.

[npcemi]

To put a dead horse to rest

This was originally a Youtube comment i made but wanted to save it as proof of my writing just in case it got around. To put this is CREEK cannon question to bed for the last god damned time. In short yes CREEK IS CANNON. This was confirmed Through the plot of several episodes and the video game, but also on the South Park Digital official south park account and on episode commentary to be cannon.  Though not how you might think. Proof below. Plus approx time line of their cannon ship

EP: TWEEKXCRAIG, The asian girls draw yaoi of Tweek and Craig. They stage of a fake break up that wreck the town.  They “Get back together” to “save/spare” the town from the sad feels. The Official SP tumblr posted a pic from this ep with #creekiscannon Though I doubt they were in a real relationship at this point.

TFBW: By the timeline of the fractured but whole.  Tweek and Craig have officially broken up. However due to some convincing they go to couples counselling and CHOOSE TO GET BACK TOGETHER by THEIR OWN FREE WILL OF CHOICE. After dealing with “Resentments”,  “Expectations”, “Accusations”, “victimization (of self which is implied)” and “withdrawal”. IE all the things normal couples may/do deal with.  As well as their character sheets listing them as cis homosexual males. There relationship is probably pretty real at this point.

EP: PUT IT DOWN( It's pretty real at this point) : A few things, but for the sake of length and relevancy I will focus the relationship part of this ep.  One the juxtaposition between HeidiXCartman and TweekXCraig is amazing. But the more relevant point in this episode. Is the arch of the relationship conflict between Tweek and Craig.

In summary Tweek is anxious because of the political tension with North Korea.  Therefore Craig trying to help, problem solves the issue.  So Tweek bakes cupcakes, believes it helps.  But The president throws gas on the fire. Therefore tweek freaks out and Craig tries to problem solve. This cycle happens a few times until Craig and Tweek Have a fight.  Where Tweek screams he doesn’t know what he needs (or what will help ) as Craig tries to problem solve again. Tweek screams at him to stop trying to problem solve and that his emotions are freaking Craig out.  Craig then yells “At least I’m in control of my emotions you baby!” “Oh god damn it see now YOU made me lose control of MY emotions” Before storming off. Now It is to note Craig is a very Flat spoken character as well emotionally, typically, at least as outliers do exist.  He is kind of known as the proverbial (pardon the pun) Straight man of the show.  Playing off the ridiculousness of the antics going on around him. Pandemic and Pandemic 2: the startling, being good primary examples.  

Losing control of your emotions when it comes to someone you care about is a very real life occurrence as well as common trope.  After their fight Craig is in the cafeteria  and his friends joke about there being “Trouble in paradise.” Cartman does cartman things. But Heidi then gives a speech about sometimes people need help sorting out their emotions and helping by letting them feel what they need to feel to get through tough times (relievant to the B storyline as well). Therefore this finally give Craig the tools necessary to help Tweek, which he runs off to do. Which leads to the resolution of the episode and one of my favorite songs. It's so damn funny just listen to it.  Throughout the episode Craig uses pet names such as Honey and Babe in reference to Tweek even when no one is around.

 Now if even this does not convince you.  In the Commentary to this episode. Their relationship is explained a bit.  Trey explains that they are glad they  made decision to keep Tweek and Craig together. While they aren’t really together in that they are just too young; but they are together and they’re “gay.”  Matt goes on to say that they are definitely  more than friends but he likes that its not front and center or that they sexual or anything.

Trey further expands  that this adds further flexibility because they can treat them like a couple and handle couple issues such as the Logical personality/communication vs the Emotional Personality/communication style.  Which funny enough is a common yaoi trope.  However They don’t always have to be treated as a singular unit but they can if needed by the story.

The breakdown of this is that yes, Tweek and Craig are together in the sense that two fourth graders are “dating.” The Idea of them being in an adult level relationship that involves the level of depth and sexuality typically seen in that type of relationship is both asinine and disgusting.   

A good reason for Them ( Trey and Matt) to make this distinction is because yaoi art is commonly very sexual. As well as to make the point  again that they are fourth graders.  There relationship in this sense is portrayed/represented realistically, positively and healthy.

So to Finally put this dead horse to rest. Yes, Tweek and Craig are in a canon relationship. However it may not be how you or the fanshipping community think about it. They are in a relationship to the extent possible by fourth graders.  They are confirmed by Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker to be in a relationship to this extent. “That they are more than friends.”~Matt Stone  

Their feelings are akin to that of a fourth grader having a crush and it being reciprocated by the object of their affection.  Leading them to be “boyfriends.”  Thus we should not apply our adult understanding of being in a gay relationship to Tweek and Craig, nor should we use one episode ( TWEEKXCRAIG) to justify our opinion when there is a whole arch spanning several episodes and a video game. Which grow their characters to the point they have developed into a relationship that fits there ages and does not get all creepy or in your face like HEY LOOK AT THEY OUR GAY CHARACTERS THEY’RE SO SPECIAL PAY ATENTION TO OUR SHOW!  Proving that you can have gay characters without getting preachy about it or annoying.

Ep comentary: https://vimeo.com/285116228

SP Official page post : https://southparkdigital.tumblr.com/post/137031056202/im-your-tweek-and-youre-my-craig

[kennymcgoremick]

heidi and cartman's relationship is a great example of verbal and mental abuse and heidi getting the strength to be her own person and tell cartman to fuck off is so empowering and amazing and I love her so much thank u for coming to my Ted talk

[nicotinee-nightmaree-blog1]

HEIDI AND CARTMAN ARE SO CUTE BY E

I'm dea d

[askqueerpark]

Cartman please break up with Heidi! You know that you don't really love her!

Cartman: Hey hey, first of all she’s crazy. You don’t just dump a crazy chick. Plus, her family is taking me to Casa Bonita this weekend for her birthday and I don’t want her to cliff dive herself into an early grave. Right babe?

Heidi: Right babe.

Cartman: *blows party horn*

[omgsouthpark]

"White People Renovating Houses" Quotes/Jokes/References

Check out what "White People Renovating Houses" brought us:

Quotes/Jokes

“Alexa, add titty chips to my shopping list.”

“Now playing derk er derr by Joni Mitchell.”

“I do the construction and practice MMA in my spare time.”

“What’s a Jim Bob?” - “Doot doot. Awaiting request.”

This post will be updated with more Quotes/Jokes tomorrow!

References/Info

Randy’s TV show is a parody of a lot of TLC/HGTV home renovation shows, many of which star white people who... renovate homes.

The rednecks march into town chanting, “You will not replace us,” just as the white supremacists in Charlottesville did (but in Charlottesville, they were refering to being replaced by minority races).

Randy and the redneck pepperspray each other like the real world protestors did.

Cartman asking Alexa “are you happy?” may be a reference to a character on Mr. Robot asking the same thing to her Alexa.

Daryl’s “load bearing wall” is a metaphor for his deep inability to accept that society is moving forward with technology.

Also, discovering a “load bearing wall” is often used as a dramatic revealing moment on home renovation shows.

I Learned Something Today (interpretations of the episode's messages):

Rednecks/blue collar types should understand they can’t get their jobs back because they no longer exist due to advances in technology and automation. [Rednecks trying and failing to be Alexas]

Having a significant other can seem like a great idea but it can easily disrupt your old social life. [Cartman breaking up with Heidi]

Cartman’s inherent selfishness prevents him from being able to overcome the problems in his relationship. [Cartman refetring to himself as a “victim” in his relationship]

Did I miss anything? Comment/reblog/message me and I'll update the post!

[omgsouthpark]

"Not Funny" Quotes/Jokes/References

Check out what "Not Funny" brought us:

Quotes/Jokes

"I know what girlfriends do. They make you feel the happiest you ever felt. Then they crawl up inside of you and poop on your heart."

This post will be updated with more Quotes/Jokes tomorrow!

References/Info

Heidi is forced to repeat Cartman’s mantra of the season which is a reference to the title of the New York Times’ review of the Ghostbusters reboot.

The World of Warcraft troll has a tattoo of Star Trek’’s Starfleet Command logo.

The people in church pray for forgiveness about Troll Trace launching as if the Christian rapture is coming. The husbands all claiming they signed up for Ashley Madison for curiosity sake is a reference to how in 2015, Ashley Madison was hacked and many people had to explain to their spouses why they had an account.

Kyle saying how the town of South Park used to deal with a challenge and move on to the next one is a reference to how South Park season 20 has been serialized on one story instead of being episodic. Him saying that he's tired of the same story is a reference to the South Park fans and/or producers who aren't happy with this change.

Ike saying he learned bad words from his dad is a joke about how Trey Parker’s daughter might be learning bad words from being the voice-actor for Ike this season. Maybe this joke came about as the video of Trey recording dialogue with his daughter sort of went viral? (it has over a million views)

Bedrager’s (the TrollTrace CEO) speech about rising to political power by getting people riled up is a reference to how Donald Trump used the media to get free advertising by constantly making inflamatory statements during his campaign.

The word “bedrager” is Danish/Norwegian for “imposter/deceiver”.

I Learned Something Today (interpretations of the episode's messages):

Note: With this season’s serialized storytelling, it doesn’t really make sense to interpret a single moral from an episode, so instead I’ll point out a few satiric jabs.

The episode questions how far comedy or satire can be used to justify being inflammatory and mean as people’s feelings are being hurt in the process. It’s also a meta-commentary on what South Park does itself. [Gerald is okay with making mean comments on the Internet to get a laugh. Bedrager (the TrollTrace CEO) is okay with starting World War 3 to get a laugh.]

Everybody has done something on the Internet that they wouldn’t be proud of if it was known publicly. [Many characters making flimsy claims that they have nothing to hide in their Internet history.]

Donald Trump’s temperament can be dangerous during his Presidency as he can be manipulated into making rash decisions. [Mr. Slave and Kyle manipulating Mr. Garrison into bombing and then not bombing Denmark.]

Did I miss anything? Comment/reblog/message me and I'll update the post!