Yes, I love the idea that Wendy knows herself well enough to flick people aside if they start to drag her down - I think canon demonstrates that she's got intelligence and self restraint in more rational matters, but emotionally is a little fickle or impulsive, like the jealousy episode with the teacher and Bebe's boobs, the willingness to act on her random feelings for Cartman, and the fact that's impressed with people like Gregory along with Token and Stan. She's definitely down for a challenge, like when Stan is depressed she's pestering Kyle about what they are going to DO about it, etc. I love Cartman/Wendy because of the setup on the show (I love that episode/the Double Stuff Oreos scene/the fact that despite Bebe's shrieking disbelief Wendy is willing to do what she needs to do to SATISFY HER PHYSICAL NEED lol) and because I think she enjoys a challenge/a fight. People claim that Kyle enjoys this and that it's why he falls into concerning himself with Cartman's schemes so often, but I don't get the impression that Kyle enjoys the challenge the way Wendy does - consistently, on the show, it's brought out the best in her, and it's brought out the worst/weakest moments in Kyle when he lets himself get wrapped up in what Cartman is doing - I think for his part it's more a sense of moral responsibility that has to do with his somewhat inflated ego than wanting to go toe to toe with Cartman the way that Wendy is willing and able to.
That was a tangent: I actually love reading an overly analytical Kyle who gets bogged down while exasperated Stan sighs - a good example of Stan's philosophy of emotional resignation is in the Insheeption episode when he's like 'fuck, I don't care what happened to me, I just want to be done with this.' So I think it's legit and appropriate to see Stan that way. I got hung up on how Kyle in Ass Burgers defensively said that the next thing he encountered would get his full devotion - I see him making snap decisions like that and sticking with them out of pride without really analyzing why he made them, whereas Stan is more honest with himself and therefore his self-analysis would be more devastating. Kyle would just pat himself on the back a lot, or forgive himself?? idk I was raised Catholic and rejected it around the age that Stan is in You're Getting Old, but you retain that sense of guilt forever :////
Another tangent, haha. I want Kyle to be spoiled and coddled and cooed over, so I'm okay with it. Sheila thinks it will spoil his resolve to work hard, but she underestimates how much Kyle needs to believe that he's making his own way in life, too!! I think in public he'd be quite capable but in private he would liquify as soon as he came through the door and sidle up to Stan, asking for pancakes in a trembling voice.
oh ffff and I should add that Catholic-based guilt isn't an "honest" self-analysis at all, I was reading over my comment and slapped my forehead. I can actually relate to seeing a lone sock on the street and blaming myself for it and/or for potentially not interpreting it as a SIGN correctly in terms of taking it as a lesson in my life, lol, and that kind of crazy shit. What is your Stan/Kyle idea re: this??
//I think Kyle is excellent at forgiving himself and finds it difficult mostly to see the other side of things//
It's true, but he's been willing to stand down and admit he was wrong on the show, and he's almost always punished/mocked for it wahhh it's always like, this punchline. Poor Kyle. I'm a Kyle sympathist to a coddling Stan degree.
That was a tangent: I actually love reading an overly analytical Kyle who gets bogged down while exasperated Stan sighs - a good example of Stan's philosophy of emotional resignation is in the Insheeption episode when he's like 'fuck, I don't care what happened to me, I just want to be done with this.' So I think it's legit and appropriate to see Stan that way. I got hung up on how Kyle in Ass Burgers defensively said that the next thing he encountered would get his full devotion - I see him making snap decisions like that and sticking with them out of pride without really analyzing why he made them, whereas Stan is more honest with himself and therefore his self-analysis would be more devastating. Kyle would just pat himself on the back a lot, or forgive himself?? idk I was raised Catholic and rejected it around the age that Stan is in You're Getting Old, but you retain that sense of guilt forever :////
Another tangent, haha. I want Kyle to be spoiled and coddled and cooed over, so I'm okay with it. Sheila thinks it will spoil his resolve to work hard, but she underestimates how much Kyle needs to believe that he's making his own way in life, too!! I think in public he'd be quite capable but in private he would liquify as soon as he came through the door and sidle up to Stan, asking for pancakes in a trembling voice.
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//I think Kyle is excellent at forgiving himself and finds it difficult mostly to see the other side of things//
It's true, but he's been willing to stand down and admit he was wrong on the show, and he's almost always punished/mocked for it wahhh it's always like, this punchline. Poor Kyle. I'm a Kyle sympathist to a coddling Stan degree.
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