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What's Karen McCormick's birthday? Was it even revealed 😭
Heartbreaker, because @chickenstab‘s blog @clydesballapaloozaextravaganza is the best thing ever.
Happy Birthday to the poorest kid in town!
Karen is indeed mostly a nothing character in the actual show but as you said, if she was included since the beginning, maybe she would have became a more memorable character like Ike is, I’d argue that even though he is a baby who barely speaks, he and Kyle’s sibling relationship are a lot better developed than Kenny and Karen’s(but it’s kinda non existing in the games since Ike is unfortunately sidelined on most of them but my point still stands).
As for the damsel in distress part, I think it’s because Kenny needs to have more focus rather than actual sexism, which is why Karen was created but aside from that, I agree with you.
South Park Younger Siblings
South Park creators, you have Ike from the very first episode, you give him tons of development and scenes and even make him unrealistically badass for his age.
Well done! Ike rocks.
You also had plans in Starvin Marvin to give Kenny a sister, but you decided not to, only to add her many years later after all, even though her existence doesn't make sense. Now, the South Park timeline doesn't make sense, but since the other children barely aged, it looks like Karen popped out into existence, since she is 6 years old. To be fair, the show sort of has selective continuity. It's not lie Avatar The Last Airbender, where such a decision would be horrendous. I still would've been more invested in Karen if she was from the beginning or at least if her existence didn't break story rules, but if you write her well I can forgive it.
What is Karen's role in the show? Kenny saves her and takes care of her. Sure, she is nice, but she didn't really help anyone or herself either, not on-screen at least.
She barely even showed personality traits. We know she is shy, sensitive, naive and does not like conflict. She is close to her mom and brother Kenny. She likes dolls. In the fractured but whole we learn she doesn't often get to socialize with others besides Kenny and thus she joined the vampire kids only to later realize how fucking lame they were and to join the Goth kids. Later she is no longer a goth with no explanation and no further character development. The show does not even use her in the Karen episode, but it makes Randy a Karen.
South Park creators, if you just wanted someone Kenny takes care of, he was already helpful and even heroic towards both his friends and strangers. Spoiler: He was even willing to die forever for his friends in the Coon trilogy. Did you plan for Karen to just be someone who Kenny takes care of even in Starvin Marvin, where you decided not to add her? You are capable of giving Ike tons of development, what is stopping you from giving Karen a little more development and importance?
Karen is barely more than a damsel in distress. The damsel in distress trope is not inherently bad, I only hate it when a competent character does something extremely stupid just so that they can become one or when the character in question has little to no personality and agency and is more a plot device than a character. About the latter, when I say the character needs agency, I am not saying they need to save themselves or others, but they should show skills or at least attempt to do something, otherwise they come across as unbelievably weak. The only exception where I don't care about this is if the characters overall don't get much development, like most old fairy tales or certain video games where the gameplay is more important than the story or characters. However, this is not the case with South Park. I used the term damsel in distress, but this can apply to any character regardless of gender, though it is more prevalent for female characters, in older stories at least. While South Park often underuses female characters in my opinion, it also underuses plenty of male ones too and most female characters have a fair share of development and agency even if I think they don't appear as often as they should. However, I can't help but find it fishy that out of the main characters' younger siblings the girl is reduced to a damsel in distress while the boy gets tons of development and relevance. It was probably not intentional, but it reminds me of the sexist world view of women being inferior to me and needing constant protection.
AU thing i made a while ago in my notes that came to me in a dream. dont know if i'll make this into a real thing, just wanted to show some work in progress designs + bad sketches. feel free to ask whats going on because this is pretty vague!!
Reblog and put who you wish had gotten a card on South Park Phone Destroyer in the tags!
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Day10: HEADCANON
My favorite HC and number 1<33
Hey guys here’s a little art dump! I’m sorry for not being very consistent with posting lately, school just started for me, meaning I’m gonna be VERY busy 💔 not to mention I still need to finish virtual courses. I’ll do my best to post when I can ❤️
Btw do send me messages in my inbox thingy if you like my traditional art 😋
I love u princess Karen please never die
+ a 30 sec speedpaint (W/ AUDIO) cuz why not
wild west bunny au rough sketches (ik stan is super ugly)
theres are so bad but i needed to make them anyway heidi, clyde, tweek, and jimmy are also in this au but there just like bg characters
siblings :) and mexican stan
SOUTH PARK ART DUMP !!!
i havent posted in such a long time so uhmm sp art dump thats from all the way from april to september (i dont have art from this month or from before that i wanna show lol) U CAN SEE MY ART STYLE CHANGE AHHH
also theres a lot of tags mb u guys
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