A Question, my flist ...

[tripperfunster]

Do you think I'm mean?

I was once called out, for drawing a picture of Umbridge pole dancing, and Harry being horrified and traumatized. The commenter made a comment along the lines of, "urg, another person making fun of fat people, I'm sick of 'fat-ism', and people thinking it's okay to make fun of fat people .. etc etc.

Now, I get that. Lots of people make fun of fat people, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't laugh at Bart Simpson, when his goal was to be so fat that he "washed himself with a rag on a stick",but really, I didn't draw her with the focus on her being fat. I drew her as chubby, and roly poly,(as per canon) but not like, gargantuan. To me, the point of the joke was that poor Harry went to see a stripper, and it was UMBRIDGE! Dear God! How traumatizing would that be? I mean, it wouldn't have been funny if it had been a nice, attractive person.

The reason I ask, is that I am drawing a picture of Mr. Dursley for hump_day tomorrow, and hubby walked by and looked, and said, "Aw, that's mean!"

Is it? Is it mean to draw Vernon naked? Or would it be meaner to NEVER draw him, because he's fat?

I draw all the HP characters, pretty much. ESPECIALLY the ugly/old/fat/skinny/bearded/wrinkly ones. They're way more fun to draw! And honestly, that's pretty much why I rarely draw Draco, or Sirius or James etc, because ... they're nice looking and ... normal.

Anyhoo ... do you think my art is mean?

I don't think it is. And while I tend to speak before i think, I don't make a habit of picking on people.

BTW, not sure if it matters, but I am not really fat OR skinny. I'm kinda in the middle. (although, according to the charts at Weight Watchers, I'm morbidly obese. *eyeroll*)

Comments

My Two Cents

[theficklepickle.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm fat ... like F-A-T. Comic Book Guy in 'The Simpsons' is my role model. (I don't download dirty pics of Captain Janeway, but I would download dirty pics of Data if they were available.) I don't care about, and I have never have, humourists/cartoonists or whatever making fun of fat people - any more than I care about them making fun of people with big noses or bizarre hairstyles or any other distinguishing feature. We do not all conform to a set physical stereotype, thank goodness.

I've never known you to be mean in any respect. If I thought you were, I wouldn't be on your f-list and you wouldn't be on mine. Some people are a bit over-sensitive, admittedly, and might be offended, but that's always the case with humour. You can't please everybody. You should certainly not make any changes to what you do based on the comments of one thin-skinned individual. She can always vote with her feet and go somewhere else.

Re: My Two Cents

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I pretty much thought exactly what you said, but sometimes, especially over the internet, we can lose sight of what we are/do/create.

I appreciate the kind, honest words.