Growing Up Sucks/Analysis: Difference between revisions

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Attitudes towards this vary. Some see it as a rich source of [[Character Development]], and allowing more scope for [[Story Arc|Story Arcs]]s as opposed to the formulaic shows of the "immortal" characters. Others see it as pessimistic and rather sad -- itsad—it can be argued that cartoons are meant to be an ''escape'' from reality, and bringing up the nature of time is enough to depress most adults, never mind children. Even more, becoming an adult is supposed to be a ''good'' thing, making you a Real Person who can Do Stuff; why are we telling kids to avoid it at all costs? It's also breaking to the story; by implying the characters were not [[Up the Real Rabbit Hole|real]], but not wanting to flatout admit it because it was [[All Just a Dream]] tends to irritate people. So they were...[[Lost Aesop|sorta real; but not anymore, and abandoning them now is growing up, really.]]