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Likewise, I'm aware that changing a character's design is complicated in animation.
However, Steveonnie changed every time we saw them, almost deliberately, BECAUSE of Steven and Connie's relationship dynamics and character development (including meta reasons; desexulization).
There are only a handful of shows that have purposefully managed to make a cynical character appealing BECAUSE they were needed at a specific point in our media history. If you're trying to copy that, people are going to notice and grow exhausted with it.
At the heart of the complaint is that there just seems to be A LOT of the same sort of media being made and there isn't much nuance to their characters and how valuable they are to our media umbrella.
There are too many shows TRYING to be the next Family Guy and it's exhausting.
And this point is NUANCED! A character can have ups and downs in a single episode.
I think the cynicism works best when you give a downer character a moment of joy and hope and they get to have it, and enjoy it.
They know the world is bleak, give them something nice for once.
@frochusti Just dies...
It's drawn well enough, so at least it's dramatic enough.
Also i love how this artist, Art Mawhinney, is one of the cartoonier artists that Archie had and he was tasked to kill off Sally. I hope someone interviews him one day. I always liked his work.
@frochusti ...The mask made had some weird lenses in them to make her see snivley... It wreaks of retcon plot twist really.
Sally was only put into a coma after her fall, and Sonic kisses her to awaken in the end after killing off Robotnic. Which honestly, has some cool art. /2
The key feature of all versions of Eggman/Robotnik is that he under estimates his foes. Level one of every sonic game is easy because he thinks "this little rodent can be killed by a swinging ball." then Sonic wins and he's like "Oh shit, I gotta bring out the bigger gun."
Last bit but DYK that Millhouse is named after Nixon? A weakling who follows what Bart says and does to a t but then when he has to show backbone or initiative he runs away, gives up, or fucks up royally. Millhouse is his own character now, but he was a reference to Nixon.