![]() ![]() He is never depicted as (or implied to be) committing acts of sexual violence, and his behavior towards women is usually framed as silly and not actually threatening, but it's still not a nice depiction of mentally ill people. Much more uncomfortably though, he stalks and kidnaps women in attempts to romantically pursue them. As for specific things he does, he lashes out and has violent outbursts when upset, and attacks the main characters at multiple points. Simon is rarely depicted as being a genuine threat, he is powerful but easily "defeated". But she also has far less screen time and is (properly) introduced much later in the series, while Simon is introduced within the first few episodes. Simon in particular shows prominent symptoms of multiple specific disorders - mostly, and probably intentionally, depression (could be either MDD or bipolar), dementia, addiction (often specifically paralleling alcoholism), and bulimia, but to a lesser extent (likely unintentionally) autism.īoth of these characters are depicted sympathetically (though Simon is not initially), but both also play roles as antagonists.īetty is depicted as being much more dangerous - she even becomes the final antagonist of the series (though she is still kept in a sympathetic light). The characters Simon (Ice King) and Betty are both blatantly depicted as being mentally ill.
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