#the last two edited examples are ranpo edogawa and atsushi nakajima from bungo stray dogs

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there are so many reasons fictional characters could and should be fat but they're drawn skinny as a rail for no other reason than people think everyone should be skinny to be loveable.

example: guy who drinks a lot of alcohol, like a whole 6 pack of beer every day, is somehow drawn thin as a rail. that guy should have a beer gut and be as wide as a house. why are you drawing him thin

example: woman who is body positive (especially about fat bodies) and is kinky and loves sex AND loves eating is somehow skinny as a rail despite there being an entire kink fixated on eating a ton of food and another kink around appreciating fat bodies. same woman was raised in an orphanage and is trans, likely had to starve herself (which a prior history of starvation can lead to weight gain) to fit the ideal mold of what a trans person "should" be to be able to transition in the first place but is now leaning into hedonism and "if you don't like me the way i am then fuck you" attitudes. why are you drawing her thin

example: person with impulse control issues who even has a quote about how they eat even when they're full. their parents are also notably fat. somehow despite obvious signs of binge eating disorder and having fat people genes is the same size as most of the average characters of their birth assignment.

EDIT: THOUGHT OF ANOTHER EXAMPLE

example: this guy doesn't do much physical activity given that he's the token non superpowered guy in a group of superpowered people, mostly uses his brain as his "superpower" (he's just really smart lmao) and has a diet consisting of instant ramen and candy. somehow is one of the thinnest characters there.

example: this guy can shapeshift into a huge tiger the size of a 6 foot tall human basically, which would logically require a lot of body fat and calories to sustain without pain, EXTREME amounts of stretch marks, or some sort of chronic fatigue. is even joked about in the manga about having "love handles". eats tons of food because of his history with starvation (another factor in weight gain and fatness is previously being starved as i stated in the second example). SOMEHOW is, according to his stated height and weight, UNDERWEIGHT.

like. do you SEE the problems i'm talking about

#first character i'm talking about is that cat boy from hazbin (which thankfully i'm never gonna watch) #second character is poison from street fighter #third character is dan hibiki from street fighter #predictably i think a lot of characters from street fighter should realistically be fat. HELL KEN SHOULD BE FAT given that he canonically #gained a TON of weight from sfiv to sfv only in TWO YEARS that's literally a sign of numerous hormonal disorders or binge eating disorder #or like. being put on psychiatric medications but no way ken was put on a psychiatric medication. no way #ken would NOT be on a psychiatric medication in sf6 but he would be put on one after the events of it lmao #fatphobia for ts #fat characters #the last two edited examples are ranpo edogawa and atsushi nakajima from bungo stray dogs #and the atsushi example one especially makes me mad because i like him a lot and heavily relate to him #yet he's drawn skinny constantly only because everyone thinks bishonen can only be skinny lmao :) very bitter about that #(and atsushi is literally only 18 too like. chill out. he's barely a grown adult. why are you sexualizing him in the first place) #but anyway when you're fat and have been a fat admirer since childhood practically you NOTICE how few characters are fat #despite how LOGICALLY...they SHOULD be fat due to their circumstances