#if they were measured on a 2 dimensional scale from good to evil

[puto-el-que-lo--lea]

i mean, by definition an antithesis is a direct opposite of someone or something, which cartman and kyle appear to be due to having extreme opposite morals, but upon inspection their similarities are what sparks conflict in their dynamic more so than their differences.

(beware of spoilers for the end of TFBW)

the peak example of this is when in TFBW kyle spends nearly all game on the side of freedom pals after cartman starts antagonizing them, but at the last boss fight he himself ends up pretending to also be mitch conner and fight against his friends just to get cartman to admit that he is also lying .of course neither of them backs down and you the player have to beat both their asses. the whole scene is fucking wild for kyle's character and im surprised it's never brought up to discussion bc it literally proves the point that to kyle its more important to prove cartman wrong than to do the right thing when it comes to their fights, and that circles back to what i said abt them not being the antithesis to each other.

but regardless i agree with the rest.

and sorry this is getting long but since it was brought up, i want to clarify that about my Butters tag i was merely mentioning his character archetype/role in the show, not oversimplifying him. i never meant to imply he was honest about his good intentions, which is why i wrote just plain intentions.

whether they're good or bad, he has been consistently honest about them and values that honesty in others, but he also does get a lot of shit even when he's being a good person, we just most recently saw that in Credigree Weed St. Patrick's Special, so i still stand by that

the fandom can be pretty torn on kyle as a character and i’ve come to realize it’s because some people see him as someone who genuinely has passion for the causes he gets behind and wants to do good things for people, and others think he’s insincere and solely wants to make himself seem like a good person or win fights with cartman. i’m the former, but honestly, as i’ve thought about it more i can sort of understand why some people think the latter too? i have arguments about why i think what i do but it’s one of those things i don’t think you can definitively prove either way you know