Kay the Caracal

Rabies is no joke.

As someone who’s had bats in my house multiple times, as someone who genuinely fears bats because of the rabies threat, and as someone who’s planning to start a family in the future, I fully agree that this needs to be addressed to children to educate them and keep them safe. And what a better way than to have the Kratt Brothers pass along this information?

The bros don’t need to get into the morbid details, but they can present the message in a way that conveys the importance of such precautions with bats. They would know exactly how to phrase it to emphasize the importance of this matter, and children and parents/guardians alike will be receptive to this message.

The new seasons of the show are not "too childish." Or rather, being "too childish" is not one of the problems with the new seasons. There are genuine things you can point at such as characters, writing, and yes, even tone, but we often forget that this show's primary target demographic consists of young children. Even though the first season was on the GO! block which consisted of older kids, it was always meant to be for kids. And that is not a bad thing considering the kind of lessons this show is meant to teach. That doesn't excuse the genuine flaws in say, Season 6, but those flaws are not mutually exclusive with that fact.

2. Koki being recast to be voiced by a black woman was a good decision. You can judge Rock's performance of the character on her own merits, but so much of the broader discourse surrounding the recast (mainly back in 2021 when the finale first aired and in 2023 when the hiatus was ending) was rooted in thinly veiled misogynoir and nostalgia-bias. The fact that Bambrick willingly stepped down to allow her successor on board should've logically been a reality check for most people, but here we are.

3. I agree with both sides of the debate in regards to depicting the 2D Kratts in fanworks (to an extent:) Yes, they are characters in a fictional setting, and thus have a clear defined distinction from their voice actors, so headcanons, ships, and stuff are fine. However, at the end of the day, these are still self-inserts of real-people; People with their own families. So there IS a line to draw in the sand in terms of how far you can go in terms of sensitivity and decency (and no, Kcest is not acceptable in any context, this is not a hot take but this kind of discussion is one that necessitates this clarification).

4. The show has a lot of episodes that are incredibly dated. This is because science is changing constantly and what is common knowledge at one point can be debunked later on in the future: Combined with the fact that animation takes a very long time, and can't always keep up with what is relevant. I do not find this a fault of the show, in a vacuum. But for a show that is supposed to be educational, the bare minimum they can do is at least, comment on this after the fact.

Cue Mal and Evie singing Space Between and Timon and Pumbaa walking past the set.

Pumbaa: Awww... 🥹

it's not though. not always, at least. especially that last one.

people often never consider the fact that women can be predators. women dating younger men or even teenage boys are often seen as more acceptable than men dating younger girls. and male characters being SAed or groomed are often either romanticized or played as a joke.

i think there are some stereotypes at okay here. it's not as cut and dry as "women are demonized for everything". it's more that female characters who defy certain archetypes are demonized.

women being angry is often the most villanized by audience. a female character lashing out or saying something mean is often given a lot more weight than a male character doing the same thing.

but at the same time, female characters who are predatory or abusive (especially towards men) are seen either as sexy and dominant or incapable of doing any real harm.

male victims of abuse or SA are often ridiculed, both in fiction and in real life. this is because men are expected to have a high sex drive or libido, so people refuse to acknowledge that men wouldn't choose to have sex with anything and anyone.

and it's misogynistic to act like women are incapable of being abusers or rapists too. the "privilege" that female abusers and sex offenders recieve is also based on the idea that woman are inherently gentle and docile, or that crimes committed by women aren't as serious as those committed by men.