#Friz and Bob McKimson's rabbit are tied for my favorite i think at least earlier on i love the mean angry McKimson rabbit

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could you expand on why you don't really like bugs bunny?

oh, i don't dislike him at all! he's probably in my top 5 characters (and if not, #6) i LOVE his earlier cartoons and (i have a million different stories as to how i got into LT but this is also very true) i wanted to start watching more LT to see more of Bugs. it's basically the same case with my relationsip w/ Chuck Jones' Daffy, i'm not a fan of the later world weary, smug Chuck Jones bunny.

the '40s, excitable, brash, fast-talking and incredibly New York Bugs is my favorite and i think he's a lot more interesting when he's more reactionary. i'd say my "dislike" is more restlessness than anything, i feel like he was toned down wayyyyyyy too much in the '50s and '60s and fell too deep into the formula that you always know he's going to win. i feel like the calm, smug side to him is okay, but BORING--i like the fast pace of the '40s shorts much better. i'd rather see him get dragged away kicking and screaming by the cops and yelling at Cecil Turtle than see him make a smug face at the camera for the 8th time in 2 minutes, y'know (a nd this isn't to put Chuck Jones down at all, i've softened up a LOOOOOOT in the past 2 years because i used to vehemently REFUSE to touch anything he made after 1950 which is positively ridiculous, it's all a matter of taste and me being picky)

shorts like Tortoise Wins By a Hare, The Heckling Hare, Little Red Riding Rabbit, Slick Hare, Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid, The Unruly Hare, Easter Yeggs, Case of the Missing Hare, Rabbit Transit, Rhapsody Rabbit, Bugs Bunny Rides Again and a WHOLE list of others are some of my FAVORITES and i REALLY enjoy them! i like that he's energetic and brash and spirited, and i have a big soft spot for his '41-'42 egg head design

i just don't talk about him as much because i don't have as much to say. he doesn't reach out and grab me like Daffy and Porky do (which, i think personal bias comes into play because i can relate to the both of them a lot and dissect their characters easier HAHA whereas Bugs i don't relate to as much) and i don't know as much about him-- i haven't seen every short (there are even some '40s Bugs shorts i haven't seen).

i like him a LOT!! i just don't have as much to say and my interpretation/tastes don't really gel with fandom interpretations of him. i honestly like how he is in the (earlier) cartoons as is and don't have as much to expand on. there are plenty of Bugs shorts i love and hold dearly!

#i just like him the way as is i don't ship him w/ anyone (but i'm kinda done with shipping in general it's not really thing) i don't have #ideas or headcanons for him i just truly think He's Neat and will watch his escapades with glee #I'M SORRY IF I GAVE THAT IMPRESSION THOUGH i really really do like him a lot of his cartoons make me very happy i just tend to fixate on #other aspects because i feel like he's spoken for i don't have many words of wisdom #and i'm certain that'll change as i eventually analyze his cartoons in depth and stuff #it's another case of my tastes being so particular and picky too i'm very picky about my tastes and characterizations and stuff #Friz and Bob McKimson's rabbit are tied for my favorite i think at least earlier on i love the mean angry McKimson rabbit #and of course i love Clampett's rabbit too Falling Hare was the first Clampett short i saw and sold me and Tortoise Wins By a Hare is my #fave Bugs short ever #but he can tend to be a little too mean at times (i love Buckaroo Bugs a lot but DAMN if he isn't a total bully in that LOL) #and Friz's Bugs always always always makes me laugh Little Red Riding Rabbit is spectacular #Chuck Jones' '40s Bugs is very very VERY cute design wise i'm not huge on his personality because he's a little tame for me but he's #super duper cute #i just rewatched Hair-Raising Hare with a friend the other week and forgot how CUTE he was in that. really small #he's great in the comics too i LOVE the early comics with him Porky and Petunia #to add i’m more interested in the history of the cartoons/the cartoons themselves rather than the characters #Porky and Daffy are the special exceptions but it’s like why you don’t see me writing hundred page analyses on Sylvester or Foghorn #who are my 2 faves behind Daffy and Porky! i love them a lot! but i focus more on the making of and the cartoons themselves rather than #character analysis y’know but i do pour a lot into Daffy and Porky HA