#chaoticstanley

Literally so true n like with Pyro it's a whole different bag. Infantilization of Scout and sometimes even Sniper is just based in like this weird fandom idea that once there's a gap bigger than ten years in a fictional cartoon relationship it's Problematic, but w Pyro it's completely based in ableism and the infantilization of people with delusions/schizophrenia and also the association of speech with intelligence or even personhood. They are an adult and they kill people and they communicate with the people around them and clearly make conscious choices and are a person, not a dog

And I think she also really needs someone who just emits this unrestrained energy of confidence in so many ways while still being a sensitive person? Beej, even if he tries to be gross and disliked, is such an oddly good person to just exist around cus he’s genuinely something to strive for??? He just has so much good to teach people about self-image by just being himself and I just- AUGH!!!!! I LOVE THE BASTARD SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

I mean on one hand I really understand it, a character being a parent who essentially abandoned their child is something that would hit a lot closer to home than a character being like a cartoon assassin. A lot of people's parents did split up or did leave their families so I do understand why someone would want to kind of find refuge in a fictional Ideal Family where Spy never left and tossed the pigskin around with his weenie Boston son or whatever dads are supposed to do idk. I get WHY people want like a Spydad au or whatever! But also I feel like it's just kinda immature to think that children can only exist within marriages and love can only be "real" if you stay with someone forever. People take Spy leaving as like, a sign that he "didn't really love" Scout's ma but I don't think that's true. I think even if you like him you can still accept that he made a bad decision, and I also do think it's an in-character decision lol. He's a cloak-and-dagger genre parody. Whenever James Bond gets married, she ends up dead. I think it's in-character for Spy to have left Scout and I also think it's in-character that he feels bad about it. This is like his One actually serious bit of lore let him have this

Again tho, I’m always happy to be given a chance to draw something someone wants to see so you’re always welcome to send requests/suggestions!! :o)

Thank you so much for your kind words, you’re not being intrusive at all! I quite appreciate stuff like this, and while things had simmered down and I didn’t actively need the comfort anymore, it IS very nice to know there’s others like me out there in the future! :o)))