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* The Scrappy: Calvin\'s Father, who very nearly always makes Calvin (and younger readers) miserable (\
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* The Scrappy: Calvin\\\'s Father, who very nearly always makes Calvin (and younger readers) miserable (\\\"But it builds character\\\") not to mention seems to exist to tell the reader, \\\"Hey, don\\\'t end up like this jerk.\\\"

\\\'\\\'I have never met a person who disliked Calvin\\\'s father. I have seen no evidence that people actually do dislike Calvin\\\'s father, outside of Calvin himself in some of the strips. The part at the end makes no sense when the dad is hardly the most negatively portrayed character in the comic (Compare him to Ms. Wormwood, Rosalyn with her bribes, or, hell, \\\'\\\'\\\'the main character\\\'\\\'\\\').. It\\\'s especially hilarious when you consider that Calvin\\\'s father is designed to resemble Watterson.\\\'\\\'

\\\'\\\'I\\\'ll remove this for that reason. If you think there\\\'s any evidence that the readerbase actually dislikes Calvin\\\'s father, then please, show it to me and I\\\'ll put this back up. TheScrappy has to be a character that\\\'s widely hated with barely anybody liking him, and I\\\'ve seen nobody doing this.\\\'\\\'

*True Art Sticks It To The Man / The Man Is Sticking It To The Man: Calvin and Hobbes is well-beloved by many for its examples of questioning authority, support of individualism and imagination, decrying crass consumerism, and numerous Green Aesops about how Humans Are Bastards. (While it\\\'s often praised for its sheer imagination, no defense of the strip as being art comes without mentioning of Watterson\\\'s environmentalist strips or his battles with the syndicate.) Meanwhile, Watterson has made a ton of money and gotten very famous off of the sales of book collections of his comics (made of dead trees, remember... and in the case of the complete collection, leather).

\\\'\\\'This part honestly makes me angry. The majority of children do not \\\'\\\'\\\'know\\\'\\\'\\\' about Watterson\\\'s legal battle, and the majority of the most beloved strips aren\\\'t about the environment. It\\\'s obnoxious to assume that people who like the comic just like it because it\\\'s anti-establishment in a few strips. I understand that YMMV is, well, YMMV, but frankly, if you\\\'re going to make asinine assumptions about the readerbase, you\\\'d better make some sense. Whenever I describe what\\\'s good about Calvin and Hobbes, I describe the strip, not any silly outside factors.\\\'\\\'

I\\\'m also going to take down the FridgeLogic example, since the justifying edit makes it pointless.
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* The Scrappy: Calvin\'s Father, who very nearly always makes Calvin (and younger readers) miserable (\
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* The Scrappy: Calvin\\\'s Father, who very nearly always makes Calvin (and younger readers) miserable (\\\"But it builds character\\\") not to mention seems to exist to tell the reader, \\\"Hey, don\\\'t end up like this jerk.\\\"

\\\'\\\'I have never met a person who disliked Calvin\\\'s father. I have seen no evidence that people actually do dislike Calvin\\\'s father, outside of Calvin himself in some of the strips. The part at the end makes no sense when the dad is hardly the most negatively portrayed character in the comic (Compare him to Ms. Wormwood, Rosalyn with her bribes, or, hell, \\\'\\\'\\\'the main character\\\'\\\'\\\').. It\\\'s especially hilarious when you consider that Calvin\\\'s father is designed to resemble Watterson.

I\\\'ll remove this for that reason. If you think there\\\'s any evidence that the readerbase actually dislikes Calvin\\\'s father, then please, show it to me and I\\\'ll put this back up. TheScrappy has to be a character that\\\'s widely hated with barely anybody liking him, and I\\\'ve seen nobody doing this.\\\'\\\'

*True Art Sticks It To The Man / The Man Is Sticking It To The Man: Calvin and Hobbes is well-beloved by many for its examples of questioning authority, support of individualism and imagination, decrying crass consumerism, and numerous Green Aesops about how Humans Are Bastards. (While it\\\'s often praised for its sheer imagination, no defense of the strip as being art comes without mentioning of Watterson\\\'s environmentalist strips or his battles with the syndicate.) Meanwhile, Watterson has made a ton of money and gotten very famous off of the sales of book collections of his comics (made of dead trees, remember... and in the case of the complete collection, leather).

\\\'\\\'This part honestly makes me angry. The majority of children do not \\\'\\\'\\\'know\\\'\\\'\\\' about Watterson\\\'s legal battle, and the majority of the most beloved strips aren\\\'t about the environment. It\\\'s obnoxious to assume that people who like the comic just like it because it\\\'s anti-establishment in a few strips. I understand that YMMV is, well, YMMV, but frankly, if you\\\'re going to make asinine assumptions about the readerbase, you\\\'d better make some sense. Whenever I describe what\\\'s good about Calvin and Hobbes, I describe the strip, not any silly outside factors.\\\'\\\'

I\\\'m also going to take down the FridgeLogic example, since the justifying edit makes it pointless.
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