#it knew when to estabilish itself as silly and when to be serious

[basofy]

been thinking about this for a while but i think i mightve found a way to word it, idk if this is a hot take or if others agree with me, but it makes me sad when i see lisa fans speak as if the ridiculousness and the sadness of lisa are opposing to eachother instead of complementary

to me it feels like both have something to do with human primitiveness, which austin himself said once is something he likes exploring, say; the silly aspect is about being so true to yourself it makes you look stupid, and the sad aspect is the reminder that youre a human being, you get affected by things, you can do good and do bad, so you get characters who look and act silly while also having something deep going on with them. they live haunted by an unfortunate experience, and/or do horrible things themselves for reasons only they understand, or just out of being selfish but are aware that they are causing harm, etc

this does not go for everyyyy character but it happens often enough (for some characters it's easier to notice than for others) and i like it. i think it's sorta beautiful seeing these bunch of stupid people trying to survive while also dealing with some shit internally