Who the fuck would want to be Cartman? He exists to be the worst a person can be. It’s a dichotomy not a desire.
I’d say Cartman represents our basest and darkest thoughts, fantasies and desires.
The thoughts we have but most of us do not act upon. They’re harmless as long as we don’t act upon them. Except Cartman does.
I recommend the book “no bad parts” by Dr Richard Schwartz
It’s an accessible read that answers your question.
In short, the parts of us we hide or choose to deny (the cartman parts) still have desires and needs
I don’t need to read a book to make me okay with chopping someone’s family up and feeding them to the surviving member as a form of revenge, thanks tho.
The point is to be okay with the part of us that wants to.
It’s not about giving permission for bad behaviour.
If we deny that cartman lives inside us, he’ll find another way out. This is why all the worst things humanity does are in the name of doing the right thing.
Because we pretend we don’t have a cartman inside us, it’s easy to pretend the messed up things he does must be coming from our stan or Kyle.
It’s called id
And Randy is how Trey gets his sexiness out there.
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Stan and Kyle are indeed based on Trey and Matt, as well as their families. That’ve stated that much. But I don’t really see how you came to the second hypothesis. I’ve never seen any indication of that.
I think we found the guy that secretly wants to be Cartman
Idk about “wants” to be, but maybe represents their id.