#the whole foreground was the girls and we just get tweek

[glubbity]

remember when tweek was dressed up as a gnome front and center to sell danishes. sp studios didn't NEED to do that, but they did that FOR US

[ninawritesastory]

But Tweek and Craig were seen together during Black Friday and Marjorine, so probably Craig hasn't kicked him out of his group.

Yes, but those episodes take place some time after South Park is Gay! so it’s most likely that Craig loosened up once he was certain that the whole metrosexual fad wasn’t going to really come back up in conversation��which means he could hang out with Tweek sometimes and not have to worry about his dad thinking he’s gay. The adults in South Park have short memories, but not goldfish short. The events of Marjorine take place in the ninth season, roughly a season and a half removed from South Park is Gay!, and the whole Black Friday trilogy takes place in season 17, which is ten seasons removed from South Park is Gay! And, actually, if I remember right, Craig and Tweek weren’t hanging out together as friends in Marjorine, but hanging out with the other boys in order to achieve a specific goal (taking the ‘future telling device’ from the girls). The Black Friday trilogy is, I think, were we first see them actually interacting as friends. In the foreground, at least.

The way I see it, Craig doubled down immediately following South Park is Gay! because he likely was way more affectionate with Tweek than he could pass off as not-gay once the fad died down. Better to completely ostracize Tweek until the incident was largely forgotten, and then Craig started to warm back up to Tweek slowly over the course of ten seasons, getting bolder as no one made a comment about him or anything he did while metrosexual. Craig’s not willing to let go of Tweek completely, but he’s also not willing to risk losing his father’s affection. It’s a precarious balancing act and being able to give that up after the events of Tweek x Craig was probably a huge relief.

But then again, it’s all up to your own interpretation. I love creating complex narratives, but South Park isn’t really the sort of show where you can do that and account for everything that happens. For me, it’s more interesting to view Craig and his actions through the lens of a kid who knows he prefers boys to girls, but lives in an environment where expressing these preferences in any way could be dangerous. But that’s just my personal taste, so feel free to take it with a grain of salt.