I know! It's like rebooting Sesame Street and saying: "Hey! Lets have a story arc where Big Bird goes to an abusive mental hospital because of his Snuffalufagus delusion! And then Burt and Earnie are harassed and beaten by religious fundamentalists because of their lifestyle choices! Because that's the type of thing 'real' folks experience!"
And I just want to scream when people say the characters are now acting like "real teens with real problems". Maybe I was just the most boring teenager ever, but me and my friends NEVER experienced this type of nonsense in our relationships. Plus, if I wanted to watch a show that "realistically" depicted how stupid teenagers in love can be, I wouldn't be watching a kids' cartoon starring a talking dog that solves mysteries. I'd be watching Degrassi or 90210 instead. Nobody wants to feel depressed when they're watching Scooby Doo.
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Date: 2012-04-18 10:03 am (UTC)"Hey! Lets have a story arc where Big Bird goes to an abusive mental hospital because of his Snuffalufagus delusion! And then Burt and Earnie are harassed and beaten by religious fundamentalists because of their lifestyle choices! Because that's the type of thing 'real' folks experience!"
And I just want to scream when people say the characters are now acting like "real teens with real problems". Maybe I was just the most boring teenager ever, but me and my friends NEVER experienced this type of nonsense in our relationships.
Plus, if I wanted to watch a show that "realistically" depicted how stupid teenagers in love can be, I wouldn't be watching a kids' cartoon starring a talking dog that solves mysteries. I'd be watching Degrassi or 90210 instead. Nobody wants to feel depressed when they're watching Scooby Doo.