I feel like Scratch was the closest we had to an adult, traditional tumblr sexyman despite his.... less than savory (and somewhat explicit) pedophilic subtext.
This rings true. Doc Scratch was very popular and absolutely hit all the marks. The lack of a face and toolish unwarranted smugness and feelings of superiority really helped. Same for the fact that people could easily project Britishness onto that man, and gijinka him as a white twink. The ability to at the very least turn something into a white twink was very important. Bill Cipher, Wheatley, Cecil Palmer, Sans. White Twinkability makes or breaks it all. I can’t think of a single Black Tumblr Sexyman… Really cool!
Also, it is not subtext, it is text. Subtext is basically the writing between the lines. His pedophilic tendencies are remarked upon quite a few times and it is a thing he does act upon, and we directly see him act upon it quite a lot. Scratch might deny it, but it’s still objective fact. I’m personally of the opinion that a Doc Scratch-centric narrative would read exactly like Lolita. He reads the same as Humbert Humbert to me. If this wasn’t intentional, then that’s somehow even funnier.
