Connie from "King of the Hill" good poly representation?
I tried posting this in subreddits more geared towards this topic, but it got removed for dumb reasons, so I figured this would be a good place to try again so I can maybe get the discussion going.
I've seen so much discourse surrounding the KotH character, Connie and her portrayal of being in an open relationship.
I get sick of seeing comments along the lines of, "she's for the streets", "Bobby dodged a bullet", "her character was ruined", etc., because obviously, these are born of misogynistic attitudes and reactionary disgust from traditional monogamous people.
But I have to wonder if the poly portrayal here was genuinely not well written. It's a complicated issue that requires deep exploration. I've never actually watched KotH, but I've seen PLENTY of video essays about it, and I've noticed that it sometimes has a tendency to underexplore or even undermine its own messages.
What do you guys think?
Posted Oct 10, 2025, 7:24 PM UTC