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Elmo's Helplessness (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

            
              Cookie monster: Addiction
Oscar: Depression
Count: OCD?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the Count definitely has OCD. And you're right that Cookie is addiction and Oscar is depression. Bert has autism, like Julia, but it isn't addressed so he takes everything literally when Ernie says it. Ernie is a pathological liar but loves Bert and those around him. He just can't help himself.

The puppets are all experiencing a mental health disorder and the humans are their caretakers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Hmm, not sure I agree with Ernie being a pathological liar, but it is an interesting idea. Is there anything definitive which can be said for Grover, Elmo, or Big Bird?