Tinder Skitty is a WHOLESOME Comic (That Subverts Toxic Heteronormative Tropes!) 

Hey, J.C.! Thank you so so much for reviewing my comic! I do my best to portray as wholesome a relationship as I can in this comic for exactly the reasons you illustrated wonderfully in your video. I may not be perfect at conveying it, but I do my best with as open-minded and well-meaning an intent as I can. This was an absolute treat to watch. Thank you so much again for taking the time and effort to make this video! Keep up the great work!

It's almost as if these two characters were written to have actual fucking romantic chemistry.

You know a fictional romance is wholesome when not only it subverts romantic stereotypes, but also subverts "horny bait" tropes as well, leaving only the quality of life we all aspire to.

I love the Zangoose and Seviper couple. Constantly giving off the impression of a toxic relation, but they love each other very much despite the constant spatting, snapping and yelling at one another, and at other Mons.

It's like many say, if the LGBT community loves a straight ship/couple, it's because it's a good ship/couple!

I still don't understand why media often focus on the negative aspects of life, especially all these "romantic" sitcoms with the main couple doing nothing but bicker and hate each other's presence, yet people still tuned in to this bitter nonsense. Thankfully, a cat & a whale gave us all a break from all that crud.

I feel like if this was a cliche trope from these sitcoms, Glameow would have been the cliche toxic and jealous friend who tries to steal the guy from her best friend, but in reality, she seems to be a really good friend.

I wish more relationships were like this instead of being accused of predatory behavior! Ideally, I'd love to see more relationships be healthier & loving rather than toxic.

See this? This is one of the comics I frequent online. You know why? Because this is what I WISH THE WORLD WAS LIKE RIGHT NOW, AND NOT THE HELLHOLE WE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW! Also, didn't know you were an author. P.S. Thanks, Aaron Shmit for making Tinder Skitty and I hope you keep building more upon the world you've created.

My lord I loved that moment with the ninetails lady and the non-awkward interaction whilst keeping a sexy yet respectful tone MMMFFF Also I want a hug from every lady in this comic cause so much thought and character in all of them and aaaaahhh

i learned a new word today

yeah the shitty sitcom mom and dad really hurt straight relationship expectations.

my brother and his wife are one of those luck couples that never left the honeymoon phase their oldest is a five year old boy they have a two year old girl and another on the way and are a picture book family on the flip side my mom and dad can't be in the same room without fighting and my mom said flat out (to me) the only reason she married my dad is she thought she had to get married and he was her only choice so i saw both extremes

thank you for letting me know that this comic exists!! I love it already

Another good example of a non-toxic heterosexual relationship dynamic has to me Morticia and Gomez Addams. They are always so cute together Edit just saw you mention them, still I love them so much

This video has changed my view of the many sitcoms I watch.

Honestly i think the way it works so well is the artist basically made almost every couple match with their in game egg group, well almost all I read hope nothing bad happens between incineroar and venasaur. Heck even the couple who should be in a toxic relationship simply because of their Pokédex entries, seviper and zangoose are in fact compatible with each other in game, and their fights never come off as toxic.

The mechanical nature of their intimate relationships probably are better remaining hidden

True love knows no bounds.

Look, I'm a bisexual cis-man but frankly? If I did have a girlfriend, I'd be content with her. I'd probably question why she'd want a guy like me. Yet I'd love her with all my heart. Kinda like in this comic series. But this is also coming from my own experience with just seeing Hetero-pessimism and how BAD some relationships have gotten. Besides, I don't care for being masculine. While I identify as male, I'm comfortable with feminine things. Cause life is too short to not have fun outside of the usual sometimes. Skitty and Wailord are living their best life imo. Loving each other and enjoying life together. That's something. anyway love this video.

Hollywood's media representation of positive straight roles is severely underrepresented because it conflicts with Hollywood's politics. I contend that for the past fifty years, Los Angeles County has been a stronghold for democrats, and the writers and actors guilds have been documented as being pro-communist. In fact, being openly conservative can blacklist an actor in the industry. As a result, the predominately straight conservative right is portrayed negatively in the media. These storytellers get to shape the stories and worlds according to their design and use them as fantasies to show how bad it is to be straight and how much better it is to be anything else. more and more it's become about pushing the message than writing great stories that people will discuss for years to come. It's the difference between a show like Samurai Jack and Velma, One has a story to tell and the other merely preaches at you.

Oh my gosh! I need to read this comic, because all the wholesome things mentioned in this video about it literally brought me to my first tears of joy in years. I NEED this comic, from what i can tell its life goals fr

I remember binging comic compilations on RU-vid a good while back. If I am to be completely honest, my initial interest came from the h0rny bait (feel free to judge me) and the fact a meme got its own fan comic series but I stayed for the genuinely wholesome relationship Skitty and Wailord have. It's just nice watching them be all happy and interact with the world around them in funny ways. I never really tied it to the abundance of fiction hetero couples that rely on the 2 parties always being at each other but yeah, kinda sucks that the "societal standard" is also something that is deemed to be a curse rather than 2 people coming together and loving each other despite their differences. Is it unrealistic that a couple has 0 amount of dysfunction to it. Yes but realism isn't really my priority when checking out a comic based on a meme about the unconventional pairing of a tiny cat who chases it's toy shaped tail and a large whale that could easily be a blimp. If we can have a bunch of couples mostly show off the negatives of relationships, why not also try to have ones based off people who adore each other since y'know that should be the reason one would want to be in a relationship.

I'm glad I watched this video. I clicked off on the first few seconds because I'm not interested in Pokémon, but came back because, "I opened this video in the first place because I thought it looked interesting, I should watch it."

Especially nice, considering it all centers on a dumb meme based on the size difference between Skitty and Wailord, but are on the breed compatibility chart.

I love the comic so far. It's such a sense of fresh air. 😊

Wholesome video about wholesome comic. Nothing more to say. I was smiling thru entier video :>

Slight critique about the Matt Walsh quote. In that short he is making fun of men including himself buying gifts for valentines day at the last minute, not saying that loving your partner is weird in any way shape or form.

I love the Tinder Skitty comics and I also love the trope of couples who just love each other so much! Really great video! 😊👍🏼

So do anthro pokemons keep himans in balls?

at 7:20 you credited the track as little root town but that's actually oldale town. oops!

This. All of this.

Oh god I have to subscribe to this comic on webtoon

I’ve seen this comic, I like it

Incorrect! Paramount also has Paw Patrol and old Nick Jr shows. And thank you for talking about boomer humor "Wife bad, man stupid" tropes.

It's great video, but there is one thing that makes it even better... POLSKA GÓRĄ!!!!!! (FOR context Kasia Babis is a Polish artist and the creator of the comic showing step-by-step how to create characters to a sitcom about married couple [ 5:00 ] )

Aw Nice video 🥺

I wouldn’t call these tropes toxic a lot romance anime and comics are to appeal to teenagers. They are usually filled with fan service and common tropes but I don’t believe that in itself are toxic or negative. If a Yuri/Yaoi romance had the same tropes would it still be considered toxic? A story that subverts these tropes is cool but raising it above others that do seems unfair.

0:34 I can't help but associate that commercial with Nostalgia Critic's reaction to it. "TURN THEM INTO POKÉMASH!"

Based

Cute

I agree with the general point of the video is getting at it. That a lot of Hedrow sexual relationships immediate tend to be portrayed as either toxic or unproductive. Also I completely agree that shows with characters that are LGBT should not have a big deal made out of it or try and push a massage. Helluvaboss, Owl Hoese, and Steven Universe just to name a few. I don’t agree with putting the Neanderthal Mat Walsh, and chary pick data queen Tara Mooknee. The issue with the portrayal of heterosexual relationships is not political. It’s a societal issue that came from the roots of the industrial revolution. It’s up to the parents to change that idea. I was fortunate to have parents who taught me that in a relationship you should find some one not just as your lover, but as your best friend as well. A relationship is not always going to be 50/50. It might 20/80 or 60/40 but understand this is how it will be. I honestly think the reason why there are so few relation ships right now is because of sitcom family’s. TBH it make it look like hell, but it’s not true. Im in a relationship and it’s nothing like what people say it would be. Once again all im saying is. I agree with what you said, my issues come when it got political at parts. Because like I said. The hole gender role idea for men and women was pushed really hard during the industrial revolution everywhere it happened. So in short, it’s more societal problems less political problems.

Where did you get the dubs of the comic? I can't seem to find where you credit them.

This is a very underrated channel Cool video my guy

My guy forgot abot unhappy campers.

Love this video and respect your beliefs, but man, " jesus christ is lord" jumpscared me at the end, especially after blm and trans rights. I don't see Christians with progressive beliefs very often lol

All of that Toxic Heterosexuality was written by Hollywood. If Hollywood has any political leanings, it is Marxism and any of Marxism’s offshoots, like Feminism. The viewing audience didn’t have a whole lot of choice for viewing back then. The Addams family was made as a direct contrast to that sort of family framing, and people LOVED the show as a breath of fresh air from Hollywood’s constant hatred of families. The 80s and 90s also had sitcoms of loving families (or at least harmonious and strong marriages) with Family Matters and Fresh Prince.

I like yaoi

The comic seems cute. I don't have strong feelings about anthro art or pokemon, so I gave it a glance and it seems fine as a lighthearted cute 3-panel comic in the "situation-setup-punchline" format. That said, I don't see it as anything too involved with commentary on heteronormative relationships. So I don't understand why you think this would work as a counterexamples to toxic heteronormative tropes. I think you are selling this comic fairly poorly. I can't say if you represent it correctly, but the examples shown here are inconsistent with what your title implies. Your reading of this comic seems by and large anachronistic. In particular, if your references for heteronormativity are derived from comedy sketches like 6:33 and 10:41, most of what you say about them loses relevance because something said on TV 30-50 years ago is just not something most of your demographic is familiar with anymore, or considers particularly funny or important to them. The fact that people have had different conceptions of gender 30+ years ago, when "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" was a bestseller, really isn't surprising anyone, so I am left wondering what you believe this comic is bringing to the table. And to be clear, I am not criticizing the comic, I am critizising your presentation of it and the context around it. Your example strips are not a great look, and makes you look like someone who thinks very heteronormatively: -Wailord is hypermasculine ("himbo" [your word for him], absurdly swollen chest and arm muscles, and his inability to control his strength is played for comedy), Skitty is hyperfeminine (wears suggestive clothes in half of the panels, and nothing but a shoulderless sweater the other half). Their interests -3:11 is stereotypical girls talk played completely straight: They talk about Wailord's "size", utterly ignorant of the fact that he can hear them, and all he gets to do is smile sheepishly. -10:10 Dartrix reads as female to me (eyelashes), but you're making this a male-only interest because tabletop has to be gender exclusive space for your point there. All three Tabletop groups I played with had females players, not counting me as a trans girl, and so did every other DnD group I ever heard of. -10:39 again, you have to impose the stereotype that males are repelled by makeup for your point to make any sense. There is no reason to believe a man would intrinsically hate trying on makeup in the privacy of their home. Brad Armstrong did this 9 years ago in very much not queer(-inclusive) source material. German soldiers in the 40s cross-dressed. -11:38 a group of girls in skimpy dresses is a very ironic backdrop to calling the comic progressive. I thought you're turning this around by going into the representation bit, but "oh and the LGBTs are here too" is not the same as LGBT representation, and especially the part about Sylvie at 12:29 is framed as a tell-don't-show. Azul's "I want to be a cute anime girl" is a good example for show-don't-tell because Cheryl's friends' and family's support is at no point (treated as) a given, and some of their behaviors towards Cheryl are informed by their own experiences and also self-doubts. Doubts overcome, gratefulness and support are subtext revealed through personality changes and details, while "I was so scared ... thank you ... I love you!" is just text. Bridget from Guilty Gear is a good example for LGBT representation because her being trans has a lot of weight not only in the context of her backstory, but the context of ASW's and Japan's attitude towards queer characters as a whole. It shows that being trans can develop into a positive and meaningful circumstance defying superstition from the very start, and I want to see my own circumstances in a positive and meaningful light. Me "being there too" would make me feel superfluous, as if the author was just putting a trans character in there to check off an item on the list of things to do for getting views and clicks. I want to be very clear that I do not think Aaron meant it like this, but your inclusion of that strip, which AFAICT is not part of the official comic, as an example for representation... nothing good will come out of me airing more of my grievances at that point.

Dude the only straights that are okay are Pokémon

Besides generalizing all heterosexual couples in a pretty disgusting way, I'd say you did a decent job showing what this comic is. And using Matt Walsh as an example for heterosexual men is like using drag queen story hours as an example of all lgbt people. You should try and work on your biases against heterosexuals. Your views come off as antiquated whether or not you intended that. Nicely edited and good narration as well.