#I’ve always felt that unless given no other option accusing a creator of being ooc is lazy

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Also, and in complete fairness I haven’t seen this said yet, but if anyone does think it’s OOC for Kyle and Tolkien in this episode (as I do see on a surface level an argument for it being so since both of them are not particularly known for indulging in kinda “silly” stuff) I think, idk. Consider reevaluating the characters a bit. Assume you’re wrong in your interpretation of them before assuming it’s the creator’s who don’t know what they’re doing! I’m not saying Matt and Trey are flawless about character consistency by any means, but I do think they’d be proven to put a lot of care and effort into characterization especially recently and especially with the kids. There’s a number of reasons this makes sense for both Kyle and Tolkien and may not seem obvious at first, not to mention they are still just cringey kids above being the serious “mature” ones in their groups and it makes sense they’d be silly sometimes or indulge in fun things like TikTok, cringey or not. It’s honestly really nice to see them do so, especially with their personalities not changing otherwise, because it creates so much more of a well grounded basis for them as characters. Real people are never the serious ones all of the time, and honestly that’s never even exactly what Tolkien and Kyle were written to be!

They’ve always had less serious sides, had moments where they placed the less elegant and mature part for fun, and we see that here in such a real way. We see them goofing off and making fun stupid videos and enjoying the attention and making of them, and taking it seriously and Whatnot- But we also still see them being themselves in the same vein outside of when they’re making their videos which is natural and really nice! Nothing has changed ultimately! It’s just a new side to them both and I love seeing them just be… Happy! Relaxed! Chill! And indulging in an interest they found they shared and loving each other’s company. It’s really sweet!

#if it’s not obvious #this is coming from some projection admittedly! #again not at all bc I find this ooc #but there’s a part of me like wow! these characters? did not expect it from THEM specifically #and if I’m feeling it #im sure others are #so I want to talk about it before it comes up #kyle broflovski #tolkien black #cupid ye spoilers #South Park meta #kinda #cupid Ye #I’ve always felt that unless given no other option accusing a creator of being ooc is lazy #rather we should work to adjust our own views and see where we might have misunderstood a character #this is especially relevant in characters who change as much as sp ones do #and who aren’t generally apart of a greater storyline that generally necessitates a single line of character growth #with the long running slice of life nature of South Park it’s going to have a lot of oh! wow okay that character likes that? #and usually this makes sense if you think about it long enough. it’s like learning new traits to add to your idea of a character #I really enjoy that aspect of sp actually. just the expansion of what these characters are and yet a consistency #plus Kyle especially needs to be given more interests so this is rly good