• DeceptichumEnglish
    472·
    9 months ago

    Who the fuck would want to be Cartman? He exists to be the worst a person can be. It’s a dichotomy not a desire.

    • Pea666@feddit.nl
      91·
      9 months ago

      I’d say Cartman represents our basest and darkest thoughts, fantasies and desires.

      The thoughts we have but most of us do not act upon. They’re harmless as long as we don’t act upon them. Except Cartman does.

    • tws@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      44·
      9 months ago

      I recommend the book “no bad parts” by Dr Richard Schwartz

      It’s an accessible read that answers your question.

      In short, the parts of us we hide or choose to deny (the cartman parts) still have desires and needs

      • DeceptichumEnglish
        8·
        9 months ago

        I don’t need to read a book to make me okay with chopping someone’s family up and feeding them to the surviving member as a form of revenge, thanks tho.

        • tws@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          51·
          9 months ago

          The point is to be okay with the part of us that wants to.

          It’s not about giving permission for bad behaviour.

          If we deny that cartman lives inside us, he’ll find another way out. This is why all the worst things humanity does are in the name of doing the right thing.

          Because we pretend we don’t have a cartman inside us, it’s easy to pretend the messed up things he does must be coming from our stan or Kyle.

  • tobogganablaze@lemmus.orgEnglish
    151·
    9 months ago

    Stan and Kyle are indeed based on Trey and Matt, as well as their families. That’ve stated that much. But I don’t really see how you came to the second hypothesis. I’ve never seen any indication of that.

      • tobogganablaze@lemmus.orgEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Sadly, I don’t think so. They initally gave the families the names of their family members and in the first two seasons most of Shelly’s behaviour is actually based on what Trey’s sister did to him.

        But during those seasons the parents where mostly thought of as background characters. When they expanded the roles of the parents in the show, they didn’t really base their character on their parents anymore. Like Matt’s mom never went rouge like in the movie. And when Randy becaome a main character he pretty much only shared Trey’s Dad’s name, not much more.