#what would be the fun of south park if eric wasnt eric? there would be no show

[drownedinlavender]

Hate when people talk about Cartman as a character that can never be redeemed or forgiven because his behavior is beyond amending. Dude, this is a cardboard cut out committing war crimes. There is nothing to atone for cause he isn't real.

It doesn't make sense to me to push real life morals into a show where the poor kid dies in grotesque, new ways every seasons simply because "he is poor."

That's like loving dark romance and getting upset at the male lead for kidnapping! Of course he's gonna kidnap the female lead! This is dark romance we're talking about for Christ Sakes! Watch something wholesome if you want wholesome content

[impactrueno]

I saw your twt about holding back on telling stories with serious and deep tones and it reminded me of an issue I had a while back. Im a south park fan and I loved reading deep analysis of the characters. and south park being south park, people dont take it seriously and think its just funny so it doesnt deserve deep analysis like other forms of media. I always came across comments saying "its not that deep" or "doing all of that for south park" and I used to hate that so much because why are you commenting that under the authors post? In media there is like a "spectrum" of how deep you are in it as a fan, and it doesn't make you less of a fan if you like to binge watch the show when you feel like it because its funny. Someone who makes fan fiction and psychoanalyses the characters doesnt make them a better fan than you. I hate "it's not deep" because it is that deep to me, I enjoy it, but it dismisses critical thinking and discourages deep discussions about our interests. I want to learn more about the turning point for eric cartman and the friendship dynamics between the main 4. I want to read psychoanalysis of the characters and understand why they do the things they do. I loved reading fan fics with an author that understood how the characters work and put them in situations while making it believable. Whether the content was deep and serious or lighthearted and silly. I don't see those as cringe at all. What I see as cringe is trying to downplay someones time and effort. you dont care for it. cool, just dont make it our problem.

I believe in recent years, this cringe and its not that deep mentality is linked to media literacy/reading comprehension issues. On top of the fact, that fandoms right now has been "normalized", so alot of mean and rude kids and adults are in this space not having a mature and respectful conversation and discussions, as well as zero fandom etiquette. (I understand the past wasnt this magical respectful place but this behaviour has increased compared to past years).

Please don't worry about making deep content, its super fun and there will be fans of what you write/draw that will definitely be into it.

GOSH anon you are absolutely right. cringe culture has done some serious damage to people's creativity and freedom of expression. doing things in earnest is now cringe to so many people (specifically that 18-21 age where they think they're better than everyone else and everything is cringe to them, image is everything) and they actually give you shit for it?? it's crazy. the most harmless thing in the world. whenever my hey arnold comics would leave my target audience on instagram i would get the meanest comments for no fucking reason, because i was taking hey arnold "seriously" (nevermind that hey arnold is probably the nicktoon with the most emotional depth and moments besides ginger but i digress) but hey at least i'm not the one losing my marbles over some random cartoon comic on the internet.

i think rudeness in general has been too normalized not just in fandom, but in social media in general. it's sad. the only thing you can do about it is be kind as much as you can to counterbalance it. i'd like to think that rubs off on people just like how being rude rubbed off on them.

i said that thing about holding back because i'm admittedly too hard on myself sometimes. no one is calling me cringe or making fun of me for what i do, thankfully, people have been super cool and supportive. and it means a lot to me because i'm very earnest about everything i create, even when i try to hold back. i literally cannot help being myself. it's all i know how to do. i'm just glad i was able to grow a platform where i'm free to be openly passionate about the things i like, talk about them and why i like them, the little things that i find fascinating, the emotions they make me feel, all of that shit is awesome and i wish more people did that.

[jupitercl0uds]

basically thr main plot of my dream was that i was e-dating a shadow the hedgehog roleplayer over roblox and also eric cartman was there and he was friends with me??? nasivally, I'd spawn in as my old roblox avatar (in a petrol station for some reason?), change to sonic in-game (in a high school?) and then we'd start roleplaying. i remember in the background i was watching a south park episode about the one with a hat (stan???) having eric around for tea and eric tastes broccoli and suddenly starts admiring everything around him. he constantly kept saying "i like trees". also the broccoli looked like a little chibi girl for some reason.

anyway, my brother was being pissy so he shut my laptop so that i couldnt play roblox and i had to log back on. that time, i accidentally changed to saiki k which i mean. the roleplayer was confused but went with it. i wasnt sure if they recognised my username or not. also by this point i was mysteriously friends with eric and he made a deal with me so that hed make sure me and shadow would have our fun peacefully. he then betrayed me for some american 💪jocks💪 and forced us to go to the garage station. he looked guilty but he didnt change his mind

anyway im pretty sure something happened between this but i cant remember, because just before i woke up i was cuddling with the real roleplayer in bed. i cant remember much of what they looked like irl other than that they had brown skin and they were really comfortable to hug.