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Sometimes I think I'm the only person on the face of the earth that truly understands how every character in Real Ghostbusters rolls.
So many people fail to properly get Ray Stantz. Apparently liking comics and cartoons means he's immature, and looking for the good in people makes him a naive fool and overall he's stupid.
Here's the deal: Ray gets into scrapes, not because he's easily manipulated but because he gives people the benefit of the doubt. He tries to help, see the good in people and do the right thing! Why is that so terrible? If more people would actively watch the show, they'd see that Ray picks his fights. He has his derp moments, but EVERYONE on that show does. That doesn't define his character. His strengths do!
Am I the only one who really sees Ray's wisdom and zen-like discipline?? Peter is the "child" character. That part of the equation is a known thing. He's impulsive, he doesn't understand how the world works half the time, and he's still growing up and figuring stuff out. But Ray, even though he likes fun stuff, is just that: An adult who likes fun stuff. To call him naive, immature, or feeble for that is stupid. that's like calling every Brony, every furry, and every sci-fi geek a feeb. If anything, Ray is the one cartoon character that defines us and sums everything up.
Ray shows that you can be a functioning stable adult in society without giving up what you love. He shows you can still have balance and wisdom, but still have the discipline to balance it out and love life and love what you love and be YOU.
Good lord, I understood Ray on this level when I was TEN. Why is it so hard for people twice my age to see this?
ARGH
So many people fail to properly get Ray Stantz. Apparently liking comics and cartoons means he's immature, and looking for the good in people makes him a naive fool and overall he's stupid.
Here's the deal: Ray gets into scrapes, not because he's easily manipulated but because he gives people the benefit of the doubt. He tries to help, see the good in people and do the right thing! Why is that so terrible? If more people would actively watch the show, they'd see that Ray picks his fights. He has his derp moments, but EVERYONE on that show does. That doesn't define his character. His strengths do!
Am I the only one who really sees Ray's wisdom and zen-like discipline?? Peter is the "child" character. That part of the equation is a known thing. He's impulsive, he doesn't understand how the world works half the time, and he's still growing up and figuring stuff out. But Ray, even though he likes fun stuff, is just that: An adult who likes fun stuff. To call him naive, immature, or feeble for that is stupid. that's like calling every Brony, every furry, and every sci-fi geek a feeb. If anything, Ray is the one cartoon character that defines us and sums everything up.
Ray shows that you can be a functioning stable adult in society without giving up what you love. He shows you can still have balance and wisdom, but still have the discipline to balance it out and love life and love what you love and be YOU.
Good lord, I understood Ray on this level when I was TEN. Why is it so hard for people twice my age to see this?
ARGH
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Date: 2016-02-09 02:41 pm (UTC)From:The way I think of it is Ray is steel wrapped in marshmellow while Peter is marshmellow wrapped in sarcasim.
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Date: 2016-02-10 02:23 am (UTC)From:I think your analysis of Ray is a good one. With Peter....gah. Older folks read into Peter too much. >.< Peter is pretty much "what you see is what you get" because he's meant to symbolize a kid's mind (AKA the target audience). Kids don't have filters or facades like adults do. They act on however they're feeling at the moment and that's exactly what Peter does, whether it's anger, sadness, fear, joy, or compassion. He's not some complicated character with an unseen heart of gold or some broody figure with sides to him that no one ever sees. Peter is Peter, and he doesn't really stop to care who sees what, unless he's hamming it up for PR purposes, and even then he's got a childlike view of how that works as well.
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Date: 2016-02-10 05:26 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2016-02-10 05:43 am (UTC)From:I'm a furry. I dress up as a pink wolf when I go to conventions. My best friends are men in their 40s and both of them are wild about My Little Pony. My favourite cartoon character is one I've loved since I was nine. I have friends who love Care Bears, who love Disney, and adore comic books. Does this mean we're weak or whatever the hell a "woobie" is or that we're not full fledged adults or that we're too innocent to be functional in society? Of course not, and we'd belt anyone who insisted we were.
The same goes with Ray. He sleeps with a stuffed Marshmallow man and loves Murray the Mantis and Dopey Dog and Captain Steel comics. But he's no less of an adult than Winston, and no less intelligent, disciplined and swift as Egon, and he takes on an almost parental role with Peter.
In short, he's a grown up. And just because his likes are unconventional doesn't make him less of one, and it's ridiculous to insinuate that he is.
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Date: 2016-02-10 11:57 am (UTC)From:I write mostly in MCU so I'm not slamming the comics.
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Date: 2016-02-10 04:57 pm (UTC)From: