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

[recrudescence.livejournal.com]

Glad it got to you! I actually don't remember what those stamps say, sorry! I figured you'd put them to some kind of use or pass them on to the wee ones.

Does Canada have Mike & Ike candies? Just curious, since Korea doesn't.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Mike and Ike? I'm not sure. They sound kind of familiar. Are they a licorice? I''m more of a chocolate whore. :D

We have all sorts of odd things, like Ketchup chips and Smarties. I'll look for your request though.

[recrudescence.livejournal.com]

Never had ketchup chips (pickle chips, yes!), but I remember once declaring that Smarties tasted like fish food. Not sure where I got that. Anyway, no worries!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

You might have tried the British Smarties. I'm not a fan of them. These are more like M&Ms, but crunchier and harder milk chocolate.

Do you have Twix where you are? I quite like them!

[recrudescence.livejournal.com]

We do! There are a few Western chocolate brands that are pretty widely available. Not so much with other snack foods from home, but I'm grateful for at least being able to buy Pringles when the need for good old-fashioned junk is upon me.