sesame street confess

Intro post —!

Hello, my name is Slushe and this is a confession blog for Sesame Street! If you wanna learn more about me go to my main blog: @sevenelevenslurpee

Anywaays, here are the rules:

1.) No NSFW - I am a minor

2.) Be respectful - especially if your talking about the actors or staff members from the show

3.) Keep it related to the show

4.) Ships are allowed

5.) Don't bring politics, religion or anything like that here

I can't really think of any more rules, so that's it for now. Though if you have any questions don't be shy to ask!

A few things to note:

- I don't really comment on confessions, but if I ever do I would do it in the tags.

- The confessions I post doesn't equal it to being my opinion. I'm not sure if I worded that right.

I cannot count how many times I've seen people (mostly guys) say that Big Bird is, oh I dunno, some drunken who beats kids or smth

NO!!! THATS NOT WHO HE IS AT ALL!!!!! HES SIX!!!! LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!

It doesn't help the fact that I've seen smut fics of Elmo. LITERAL SMUT WORKS ABOUT A CANONICALLY 3 AND A HLAF YEAR OLD CHILD

I swear, the pedophilia is so obvious, and I wouldn't allow those people 10 feet within a school yard if they're making shit like that

-- 🎨💣 Anon

She’s a really funny character from the clips I’ve seen, it makes me sad she stopped appearing very long ago </3

-💤 anon

but a part of me is wondering if Sesame Street will ever do a collab with Umamusume where the monsters and other Muppets dress up as Umamusume characters

...I have a strange mind...

-- 🎨💣Anon/Big Bird's Momma

-🐶🎵

There are a few problems with the movie, but I'll save that for another time.

My biggest criticism of the film is the main problem: Zoe's treatment of Elmo and how unfairly Elmo is antagonized.

So, the main plot is that Elmo doesn't want to share his blanket with Zoe, and the two get into a fight, and it causes Elmo's blanket to fall into Oscar's trash can and Elmo needs to go through Grouchland to get it back. The moral is that its bad to be selfish.

Sounds fairly simple, right?

Well, here's where the problem starts: NONE OF THIS WAS ELMO'S FAULT.

In the movie, after he cheered Zoe up at the beginning, Zoe constantly tries to take Elmo's blanket even after he repeatedly said that he was uncomfortable sharing it.

Then, for the rest of the film, he is wrongfully called "selfish" just because he did not want to share his blanket, a comfort item that has been repeatedly shown to be a VERY IMPORTANT ITEM FOR HIM.

And what does Elmo get? He's called selfish and forced to apologise to Zoe.

Meanwhile, Zoe just gets let off with a slap on the wrist and doesn't even apologise to Elmo for forcing him to share his blanket and ripping it.

I get that the film was trying to tell the message of "don't be selfish", but they butchered it so badly that the moral of the film rather comes off as, "You need to share everything with your friend and never establish boundaries, and if you don't, you're an awful friend".

And that brings me to another point: the one-dimensional view that many kids' shows have about sharing. A lot of the time, kids' shows will discourage being selfish and encourage always sharing, no matter how important something is to you.

Yes, it is good to share things, but a lot of the time, these shows neglect the other part: SOMETIMES, YOU HAVE TO BE SELFISH. Being too selfless is just as bad as being too selfish. They fail to acknowledge that sometimes, there are things too special to you that you can't share.

As a person with ASD with a comfort stuffed animal, I don't feel comfortable sharing him with anyone. When I told my family I wasn't comfortable sharing him with my baby cousin, they just pushed me into sharing him anyway.

This movie basically demonizes boundaries and being "selfish", and it also sort of shames and gaslights children into always being selfless and bowing down to others needs even if they're not comfortable with it. It's teaching children to invalidate their feelings and boundaries to please their friends.

To me, its a very toxic message to send to children and I'm extreely disappointed in this movie for implying that to kids.

-- Big Bird's Momma/🎨💣Anon

Anyways, my confession is that I think its very difficult to critique Sesame Street because your views on the show depend on which era you grew up with because of how many changes were made to the show

For example, a person who grew up with old school sesame street may find the modern seasons trash, while those who grew up with modern sesame street may find the older seasons uninteresting.

So for the sake of fairness, I think holding a neutral view on both old and new seasons I'd best. At least for me

-- 🎨💣 Anon/Big Bird's Momma Anon

Idk, i just can't help but think about how the movie was likely an allegory for CPS and how a system that is meant to protect children just ends up screwing them over more often than not

it could just be me though, Idk

-- 🎨💣 Anon

Like, any scene with him crying, being sad, or just going through pain makes me feel so sad for him.

I always wanna give him a hug and give him some ice cream and tell him everything will be okay

-- Big Bird's Momma/ 🎨💣 Anon

The best thing about her is how she treats the muppet characters like her own kids

Like, in that one episode where Elmo was jeolous of Baby Marco (i think that's his name??) getting more attention than him, Gina didn't scold or antagonize him and instead tells him he still matters to her and promising to make time for him as well

I don't think many parents do that with their older kids irl. They kinda just expect the kid to be okay with it even if it upsets them. So seeing it be portrayed with Gina and Elmo is a wholesome lesson for parents.

There's not muchc else to say ahhhhh I love you Ginaaaaaa

-- Big Bird's Momma/🎨💣 Anon

I remember watching the special at my Auntie's place on her smart TV, and I was feeling so bad for Big Bird throughout the whole thing

When it came time for the scene where the doctor has to inject the IV into Big Bird's arm I genuinely cried. I whimpered and felt so horrible for him

Im glad it had a happy ending but still :(

-- Big Bird's Momma/🎨💣 Anon