#especially kyle

[tinyblossomjellyfish]

My ma keeps yapping to me about marvel zombies because she loves Kamala, and I just have to nod and hope for the best

[kayatthecoffeeshop]

I've been pissed off at the most recent Twitter fandom discourses because God forbid(!) a character has flaws.

Many fandoms act like having a savior-complex means the character is secretly "evil and abusive piece of shit" and it rubs me on all the wrong ways cause yk Moral OCD is a thing, it exists.

A character having psychological or subconscious ulterior motivations for doing good, doesn't change the fact that they care and they're doing good. A character might feel bad about it, or perhaps feel shame or regret. They might doubt themselves or feel jealous.

They might not want to do the good deed they did. I think people as the audience tends to forget that no one wants to sacrifice. Why would anyone want to give up their comfort? The thing about these characters, ones that fandoms often go for, generally tend to think about it, question and usually these aspects bleed onto the audience when there's no other character that narration focuses on in this way. We as the audience are so used to see one side of things that we tend not to realize when we're being unrealistic.

What fascinates me more about these characters is how often they are some of the most morally-conscious, ethical, "good" ones in the media they're part of precisely because of what I just explained. They may not want to, yet they make the active decision to do the right thing. Regardless of whether that comes from a place of a superiority or an inferiority complex, subconscious need to be a martyr, regret over a past deed, an obsession or maybe even just rules imposed onto them— they still choose to do "good".

Having a reason to do good (even an inherently self-serving one) doesn't mean you're secretly evil and have been faking your morals all your life. Unless you're Immanuel Kant, but I digress.

[boxwinebaddie]

okay im eating a poke bowl rn and i cant stop thinking about how bad ravenstan always wants to eat sushi ( it’s his one anti edgy veggie boy thing that has him in a chokehold i swear ) because it just looks really pretty and cool but he Can’t Eat It! so for his birthday the gayng took him to a place where he could get vegan sushi and he was so excited he started crying oh my goooood it’s his favorite food

[eldesperadont]

i have absolutely fallen in love again with Mark and Kyle this week

[queenofthefaces]

Me, rubbing my grubby little autistic hands all over my current special interest: Every South Park Character is Autistic and You Can’t Stop Me: The Musical

[manbearpigsgayson]

Why do they always make the kids look so sad in merch? Let my children smile!!

[lee-v5x]

i think some people don’t realize that the boys have been toxic towards cartman since the beginning, and if cartman hadn’t shifted to the way he is today and instead continued on with a personality similar to the one displayed in the fat camp episode (his skinny doppelganger anyway) NEITHER stan nor kyle would go out of their way to actively hang out with him. sure, they’d still talk to him on the daily but i don’t think they’d be as close. there’s a reason the four of them gravitate towards another and i don’t think it’s a healthy one in the slightest. it never was

[marjorine-stotch]

Butters, Clyde and Kyle? (Who you like?)

Well. Yes. Who doesn’t like them?