Anna Daniels
One Redditor, posting under the self-evident handle u/EpycWyn, recently offered a pugnacious interpretation of Rick and Morty season 4, episode 4, providing us with a convenient case study. To summarize, u/EpycWyn argues that the episode entitled “Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim’s Morty” was actually a cryptic reference to Furry Fandom and Furry Culture, and that any viewer who didn’t pick up what Harmon and Roiland were putting down is a clueless boob like Jerry from the B-plot. It’s a, well, creative interpretation to say the least, but the issue isn’t really with the substance of this user’s critical reading. It’s more about the tone in which it was delivered.
Take this choice excerpt describing any fan not steeped enough in Furry context to subscribe to the poster’s peculiar interpretation: “Jerry is the common viewer who only understands the B-plot and doesn’t grasp why the episode was so weird and perhaps doesn’t want to given the sexual meanings, while Rick is the viewer who understands the A-plot and keeps his mind unwiped.” In other words, “I’m Rick because I get it, and you’re Jerry ‘cuz you’re duuuumb.”
Fellow Redditor u/MisterKardashian put it best in the first reply to this thread: “My god your head is so far up your own a**.”
Indeed.
Written by: Looper
