. Fanart for Mrs. Incredible is everywhere. And who could forget that daring (if insulting) New Yorker review of The Incredibles 2, which featured an entire paragraph lusting after the character and her big badonk. The appreciation, if one could call it that, of Miles’ mom feels a bit kinder to the character than that—not as gross as the idea of a critic pleasuring himself in a theater.
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Still, part of this trend is thanks to the animators and character designers, who seem to have a stock “mom figure” at the ready for each new animated film. The Lorax has been trending on TikTok thanks to some bizarre dances in the movie—which, upon rewatch, also features a vespa-riding, busty mom (Jenny Slate). Even the pig mom from Sing (Reese Witherspoon) slips into a spandex suit to show off her hourglass shape as she performs on stage. What the hell is going on?
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Some folks have taken a more pure stance on Miles’ mom, simply highlighting how great of a matriarch she is. How sweet! How kind! How non-chaotic! Sometimes, it’s nice to recognize fictional mothers just for being moms, rather than their appearance.
I don’t know if this trend needs to stop. There may be no chance in getting this horny train to stop chugging along. There’s nothing wrong with a curvaceous mom, fictional or non-fictional, nor is there any shame in lusting after these ladies—keep it cool, though!—but dear lord, moms have other shapes and sizes. Perhaps we ought to include other visions of moms, at least to give Twitter the cold shower it needs.
