#buttercup

I did another art for my lovely girls this year 2019 :3

I have fun it was tiring experimenting with the art style! :D ❤

Hope you like it guys!

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Biggest Problems each original Powerpuff Girl faces in the Fandom (OPINION)

(NOTICE - These are only my personal observations from my time in the PPG Fandom Space, to get it off my chest, and a piece to open discussion. Not an end-all-be-all accusation against any particular group or party)

Oh God Poor Blossom

Out of all the girls shes the one who ends up in the creepiest of ships more often than not. With Bubbles coming in at a close second.

She is constantly put in creepy and “problematic” romantic pairings due to being “mature for her age.” (PPG 2016 didnt help with this. Fuck Jared) More often than not it falls into the territory of Blossom being GR/OOMED by whoever adult shes shipped with. Even unintentionally by the shipper.

I personally believe romantically pairing her with anyone whose an adult is creepy and werid, no matter how much you age her up. She’s never canonically BEEN an adult. Say what you will about it, but it’s freaking werid it happens to Blossom more than any other girl, and sets a harmful precedent towards real life little girls who are “mature for their age”

Bubbles does not have it much better

Due to her sweet and innocent nature, she has become the poster child for the D/DLG (Da/ddy Dom Li/ttle Girl) community.

“L/ittle Gi/rls” online often use Bubbles to depict their relationship with their “D/addies.”

This is often why with posts with PPG media you may see “D/DLG Do Not Interact,” because its that vampant of an issue especially with Bubbles.

Bubbles can also be involved in questionable ships, but not as often as Blossom.

Buttercup has an issue that’s pretty unique to her

Unfortunately due to Buttercup’s rough and tumble nature, out of all the girls she’s the most often stereotyped.

Her behavior is often flanderized. Whether it’s the violent or rude tendencies, or her tomboyish nature. The Fandom often dials it up to the max in ways that cross with other stereotypes. Especially harmful ones.

I want to be as tactful and careful as possible with my wording here.

You see, Buttercup gets put into areas where some believe girls can “only” be violent, rude, or tomboyish if they belong to specific ethnicities or identities.

This is NOT in the case of someone from those groups identifying with Buttercup. But rather, people outside of those groups deciding that Buttercup only COULD be from those groups because of her nature. Which is, yes, a harmful stereotype.

This is especially the case from the CW PPG show. Where according to the script leak shes characterized as being an aggressive, predatory lesbian. Which is a HORRIBLE way to portray her, and is in no way progressive or empowering. It’s just reinforcing a harmful stereotype of lesbians!

What do you think, though? Do you agree or disagree? Perhaps there’s a bigger issue involving a particular powerpuff that I overlooked?

My greatest hope is that people find this informative, or it at least causes them to step back and think about how THEY might be thinking about the girls.

That being said, the three’s issues CAN overlap with each other. I just categorized each by who it happens with the most often.