@boneysoups king always give his sympathetic fat characters a "reason" theyre fat, like Ben from It. ben and carrie both overeat bc of stress and loneliness. this attitude he has IS diet culture, bc he never gives his evil fat characters that "reason".
@boneysoups@slaystarroyco i respectfully disagree. king def has a problem with writing fat characters, and its VERY present in carrie! even though shes a sympathetic character
@haterdiaries@boneysoups what does it matter if she's fat by "todays standards" when every single character in the book (and the narrator) calls her fat? i think your argument is silly. functionally in the book she is fat and the book would be much different if she was skinny
@boneysoups dude shes fat. that chocolate line is something she says about herself, its self hatred. cant believe youre regurgitating 1970s diet culture uncritically, wtf
While we’re on the topic of toby’s abundance of inspiration, can we talk about how the beginning of the Lost Girl motif comes from a track from Yume Nikki that literally serves as a theme for a character trapped in a bunker
@Buttshredder@jab50yen yeah, im sure The Industry suffered under the harsh edict of the man who's biggest roles have been in anime dubs and indie projects. you dont know anything about how the world works