#fluttershy is meek but is capable of being fierce and loud

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what is it that drives people to create the most gorgeous and elaborate art of anime muppets. i want to dissect an osomatsu-san fan's brain but that would involve me actually having to smoke cigarrettes (watch the damn anime) and probably develop lung cancer (enjoy it)

same sauce as my little pony:friendship is magic getting popular

#(it's the good characterization and subversion of expectations) #ik u probably sent this for a joke answer but that's my sincere theory #the medium/genre (gag anime/kids cartoon) makes people let their guards down #and then the genuinely good and effective character writing gets them in the gut while theyre open #i read this great essay about what makes the mane 6 from mlp so appealing and basically it's abt the Gap #rainbkw dash is cool and confident but secretly loves reading #fluttershy is meek but is capable of being fierce and loud #these kinds of wrinkles and depth as simple as they sound is the sauce #karamatsu is the Cool One but he's bullied endlessly and cries easily #ichi is the Dark and Evil one but he's actuakly very sensitive #it's the same sauce... it's the unexpected depth #also the voice actors just do a great job bringing the characters to life #one musnt ever estimate the power of a great VA performance #also the built-in dynamics #theyre all brothers so that setup automatically begs some questions #'how do the older ones interact w the younger ones' #'hiw do the brothers closest in the birth lineup interact' #having these kinds of relationship dynamics baked into ur group is immediately intriguing #also they are easy to draw. that part musnt be underestimated either #simple and effective character design that lets ppl go crazy #like how people go insane w kirby fanart bc he's so simple #but like honestly it's not that much deeper than 'the character writing is genuinely really good'