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I find myself missing that Harley Quinn cartoon upon the loss of my HBO Max subscription. I wouldn't say that the show itself is good. In fact, it's got too much gore and cursing for my taste. It has the quality of being relatable to the common man. I can never get quite enough of Dr. Isley's bitter snark. I would very loosely compare it to the Venture Bros. in that it also makes light fun of existing source material. The title protagonist does have at least two moments, in my opinion, that makes you think that she has the powers of a Mary Sue sort of character. Notably, she defeats the Joker in the first episode, and evades the clutches of a Venom-powered ex-police officer later in the show. It's just a bit unrealistic, in my opinion; but you can take my opinion with a figurative grain of salt, since I don't know that much DC lore, anyway. Anyway, it's more about the drama, than the lore and the action and the typical characteristics you'd expect from a story based on comic book characters. That's not to say that it's bad, just that it differs in this respect. I do appreciate that it takes the time to lighten the mood, and not take itself seriously besides. I also enjoy that the writers have written a pinch of light-heartedness into the Bat-Man, who otherwise seems to be deadly serious all the time.

I also enjoyed that Disney cartoon from eight years ago, the one where some blond girl who thinks that Earth is a pretty great place, that this statement is remarkable because she is an interdimensional traveller who claims to have been through outer space, and that her foster homeworld suits her and is just her style. I enjoyed it enough to not bother complaining about the universally panned ending.

There's also those cartoons with those twins in Oregon, some Thai girl in a froggy world, and some Dominican teenager in a witchy world. These I find less remarkable, and to my great dismay, less likely to attract the attention of internet-goers who can actually write a legible sentence. But seeing as the target audience is the teenage demographic, I probably cannot complain.

BucketCat posted...

favourite from the past

I used to like Futurama and Megas XLR when I was but a lad.