I mean, Jerry was an arsehole.
… reading this I assume Jerry was the universally loved character I was suppressed to root for? At best I thought it was just a fun stalemate between two fairly diffident characters cohabiting the same area.
But I’ve basically always liked Tom more, even as a smol kid not actually knowing their names (which is which). But then again, there is quite a bit of lore & episodes differ a lot (different series even more so).
And as a grownup I def think Jerry was just a sadistic dick in most cases, whereas Tom showed compassion more often.
I always thought Jerry was a pos. Tom didn’t want to catch him. He just wanted to vibe, but he was ordered to. Jerry is a knobhead.
Jerry was a rat bastard born out of rodent matrimony
I mean, most of the classic cartoons have it as very give-and-take. Tom is more often the loser, because a mouse is the underdog and a mouse winning is generally funnier, but it’s not usually assigned a moral component.
Also if Jerry wins the show is kinda over
Next I’m going to see someone helping out Wil-e-coyote
As one of my brother’s friends remarked, some forty odd years ago:
Sylvester’s cool. That fuckin’ bird ain’t.
