#anyways I love overanalysing kids media it is so full of bias and I’m studying it all like a bug

[samaspic31]

what he says: i’m fine

what he means: the first despicable me movie was explicitly about gru and his daughters becoming an unconventional family unit and fighting overwhelming odds AND their own fears in order to remain with each without without sacrificing anyone’s freedom and individuality as cishet nuclear family structure usually requires. Right ? Right. And then you have the sequel that uncritically considers gru being a single parent as something to fix, has gru suffering under amatonormativity, never once questioning the asssumption he should have a partner to feel complete, and by the end, that family is as close to the epitome of the hegemonic stereotype of a patriarchal family as it can get with adopted children, thanks to heterosexual marriage, yay, and that’s without even talking about the capitalistic implications in the despicable me universe -

#sam speaks #my brain is soooooooooo normal #anyways I love overanalysing kids media it is so full of bias and I’m studying it all like a bug #the character herself is pretty cool tho. bit of a girlboss stereotype (derogatory) with the whole lipstick taser kinda jokes #but interesting arc about choosing non biological motherhood and feeling inadequate in the third movie #anyways gru is gay in my book and vvillains in the despicableverse could be interpreted as a queer metaphor that’s what I mostly mean