>Binky went from a bully to hanging out with Arthur all the time
>Suddenly when Molly does it, it's unacceptable
How could you people stand this zombified shit?
Binky went from a bully to hanging out with Arthur all the time
Jaxson Ross
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Jaxson Cox
same thing happened with harold and Roger
Matthew Gray
Jordan Jenkins
Did Harold and Roger ever hang out with another clique that called them out on it though?
Isaac Myers
Buford from Phineas and Ferb
William Hughes
Brainy was never part of the main group in "Hey Arnold". He was prominent, maybe, but never a true member of the group.
Harold, similarly, wasn't so much a bully as much as he was a layabout that used his physical stature to get his way, except for the times that would fail.
Also, you spelled "Friend" wrong.
Dominic Wilson
Arther managed to turn a big bunny bully girl over to his side.
That takes some doing.
Hunter Lopez
It's been a while since I've watched Arthur, but I think I can explain that. The show presents a lot of different personalities and social behaviours and evaluates their overall social success quite accurately IMO. When it comes to befriending Arthur, you need to look at how they go about doing so and what kind of social power Binky and Molly each have.
Binky is a master socialiser. He implicitly understands that there are significant advantages assigned to adopting multiple personas over a single persona, or having none at all. Rather than try to be only a bully, or only a nice guy, he tries to be both but never at the same time. He is so adept at switching roles that he has perhaps the most social power of any character in the show. Despite being disagreeable as a bully, he has more friends than the affable Arthur: he is friends with the bullies, Arthur's group and even DW.
This immense social influence, combined with his willingness to be both bully AND friend of Arthur means that Binky's relationship with Arthur is unquestionable. The social hierarchy is undisturbed as Arthur is still being bullied regularly and knows his place. He's not a protected individual.
Molly, however, is socially naive. She has some basic understanding that Molly the Bully is a persona, but is unable to conceive of a Molly the friend. She wants to be Molly the Bully to everyone except Arthur, for whom she drops the persona and becomes the real Molly.
However, this means that the Molly-Arthur friendship would create significant social upheaval as Molly does not intend to bully Arthur, and presumably will not allow him to be bullied either. Aside from the disastrous possibility of making Arthur untouchable, there is also a chance Molly could quit the Tough Customers, or Arthur becomes a bully, which their respective friends do not want to happen (none of which are issues in Binky's case). Hence to preserve order and existing friendships, the Arthur-Molly friendship cannot happen.
Thomas Gutierrez
That's... surprisingly deep. I still kind of want it to work out for them though.
Zachary Price
An interesting theory but I'm not sure it works. Many times has Binky been seen trying to hide his softer side, particularly in regards to his Clarinet. I think he's also defended Arthur from the other Tough Customers several times as well.
Binky isn't a bully, he probably just likes banter and won't be a sperg and do a total 180 on personality, abandoning his old friends.
Xavier Reed
I think my theory explains those things too.
>he's also defended Arthur from the other Tough Customers several times as well
He certainly has and that's how he maintains his personas. If he never defends them then it's clear he's primarily a bully and not a very good friend at all. If he always defends them, it's the reverse. So he juggles the two roles which keeps everyone fairly happy with him.
>Many times has Binky been seen trying to hide his softer side
It's the same sort of thing with this. He wants to segregate parts of his personality so he can pick and choose what is on display at a given time for maximum social advantage (or to suit his interests). It's less that he wants to hide these things, but more signal that they are not universal Binky traits like Buster's... questionable eating habbits. They're part of Binky the Nice Guy (or the real Binky), but not usually part of Binky the Bully. When he wants to intimidate you he does not do ballet. He is a badass young man who loves wrestling. And when he's comforting DW, he's not the guy who scares kids off the jungle gym, he's a sweet guy who loves ballet.
>Binky isn't a bully
He's certainly far from being the meanest cartoon bully, but he definitely is one. That's why they made him a bull dog, I'd say.
Jonathan Bell
Wouldn't be the first time.
Chase Bennett
Now what if Arthur was Persona?
Samuel Adams
But why is Molly so sexy?
Ayden Roberts
Tomboys are made for breading.
David Taylor
get out vorefag
Easton Richardson
Because you are attracted to 9-year olds
Easton Howard
She's got a hell of a figure for a nine-year-old.
Dylan Murphy
Do you know why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?
Josiah Howard
>tomboys = vore
Cameron Davis
>Tomboys are made for breading.
>breading
Nathan Baker
>Molly
Good taste,Arthur
Nicholas Sullivan
Canon end is Francine
Ryan Cooper
Never going to forgive this fucking show... The computer episode was bad, but the one where he throws away all his comic stuff over the fact that the hero was on different merchandise other people told him not to like still infuriated me...
Camden Carter
>the one where he throws away all his comic stuff over the fact that the hero was on different merchandise other people told him not to like
Like, was this supposed to have been a good thing?
Carter Wood
>You have five seconds to get off the tower of pain before I'm gonna-
What did she mean by this
John Lee
He blows all of his money, and instead of giving his stuff away (which still would have pissed me off), he rips his posters, and throws his toys, comics, bedsheets, everything into an actual dumpster...
Christian Fisher
because we're too far gone
Brayden Nelson
Seems about right. Looking back, Binky was pretty fleshed out as a character. There were a ton of episodes devoted to him and he had a bunch of different hobbies he had to juggle to maintain his social appearance to different people. And on the other hand, the other tough customers had practically nothing dedicated to them I can think of besides molly, which was just one or two episodes, I think.
I'm gonna have to rewatch this show sometime.
Hunter Mitchell
O-Oh my...
Brayden Bennett
Not in my headcanon and smut it isn't!
Jaxson Ward
why does this chick look familiar to me.
source?
Nicholas Collins
Houkago Play.
It's just a manga chick with a hime cut so you might be thinking of another character entirely.
Tyler Brooks
>Houkago Play
Oh shit I remember now! Thanks, user. This is exactly who I was thinking about.
Elijah Campbell
Is patty a tomboy?
I honestly don't remember much about her character, but she always did wear a skirt
I know skirt wearing doesn't mean non-tomboy, like Spinelli from Recess, but it's much more clear that Spinelli is a tomboy from a design perspective and a characterization that remains constant throughout every episode
Evan Fisher
?
Why was the image deleted
Christian Powell
I think she liked outdoor games (beetball!) but she was also 12 years old so I don't know if that means much.
Lincoln Baker
>Arthur is still being bullied regularly
Does Binky bully Arthur? Aside from him wrecking his shit in the "I told you not to touch it" episode they seem pretty civil around each other
Elijah Bennett
>doug getting cucked by roger is canon
LMAO.
James Hall
Didn't Roger also like win the lottery and became rich in the Disney Doug?
Landon Collins
Buford was more comedic relief than an actual bully.
Chase Perry
Because you're thinking with your dick.
Caleb Peterson
especially when Brainy's schitck was getting asthmatic fits, when Helga did her monologues
Grayson Smith
Wasn't Patty implied to be a dyke?
Ayden Lopez
Leo Williams
Which episode is OP now, I need to see this depth for myself.