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I didn't want to post this, but our upcoming situation forced my hand. It's time to talk about the ladies with some Mature Musings!
After so many years on the air, Fox new The Simpsons was a juggernaut, and seemed to be the only animated success on the channel. So the idea to create new animated shows for the network was simply to copy it, and this is how Mike Judge created the topic for today, King of the Hill. The big thing to separate the show was that it starred a family of conservative Texans, who tended to be portrayed as behind the times, but ultimately well-meaning. The big draw behind this show was that it was mostly true to life. In fact, the animation was its biggest advantage, since the numerous quotable lines could be attributed to the animation rather than being a knock against the show for being unrealistic.
Still, it did fall into some pitfalls. Most nudity was, as always, male-oriented, save a big exception in the episode "Naked Ambitions" involving the teenage Luann Platter. Still, today's example comes from the episode "Sug Night", where the main adult male Hank Hill has a dream of seeing his neighbor Nancy Gribble in the nude with a propane grill. While she is covered compared to how Hank usually is, that's okay by me since she's supposed to be alluring. Not so acceptable is later in the episode, where, in order to find out what the deal is with Hank, his wife Peggy takes him to a nude beach. And while Hank gives us a full show, Peggy has those same parts hidden by a foreground object, despite being as average as him. Need I remind you that cowardice isn't limited to just kids.
Since this came from early in my career, the edit is mine, coming from a Paint.NET drawing I did. I didn't want to post it, but at the same time feel maybe a guy who does such cute, cartoony art like Krizeii shouldn't do it, so this is probably the best to hope for (though I'll reverse that position if he proves otherwise). I studied some average-looking women to get the details on Peggy just right, and even then there's still some mild problems with it. Really, this is the best I can do, and I think I did a passable job.
On a side note, this was sent to me by a good friend of mine in a personal story of his growing up, and how this sort of thing frustrated him to no end. He and I agreed on this matter, this stuff has long-term consequences, and none of those consequences are good ones. Lack of confidence in one's body, body-shaming, feelings of inadequacy, sexism... all the results of cowardice that can't seem to see nude women as anything other than sex objects.


Reposted from arcroyale