ngl this made me think.... men have been creating extraordinarily creepy fanart of Isabelle for years, but nobody really talks about it (or if people talk about it, they treat it as a joke). but women doing the same exact thing with raymond has created all this outrage in a matter of weeks. nobody really dislikes Isabelle (some people have complained about her being pretty useless in NH, but that has nothing to do with the way her fans have been acting for years), yet Raymond's popularity has caused major backlash to the point where disliking Raymond is about as popular as liking him.
now, I'm not trying to justify people fetishizing a cartoon cat-- creepy art is creepy art and it frankly makes me uncomfortable, no matter the subject or who makes it. but I can't help but feel like there's a double standard at work here.