Rin's blog

Today I wanted to diverge from my past two topics and talk about a character from a show I enjoy. Stewie Griffin, an infant whose intellectual ability surpasses all of his family members combined. He’s a character that I would say I sometimes relate to; with plans to conquer the world, kill his mother, and be in bed by 8. 

I mean, who hasn’t thought about ruling the world? Stewie is mirrored off of any other adolescent in that sense, wanting to rule the world in tyranny. As a kid I would cook up plans for world domination where laws would be obeyed my way, no matter how obscure, much like his plans in Lois Kills Stewie where one of his laws was to throw apples at Peter.

Stewie also has constant feuds with his mother as she foils his plans and also tries to kill her. Although my mother is not perfect, I don’t think I would ever have the heart to think of killing her. As a kid I would think that way halfheartedly, which I think is why Stewie does the same. My mother disciplines me the same way Stewie’s mom disciplines him, but I think he just takes it to heart because he’s a baby. Which makes for a funny concept because he’s one of the smartest people in the world, but yet still falls to baby-like problems.

I’m not nearly as smart as him, but I don’t fall for my mom’s tricks all the time. There will be times when I know my mom wants me to do something for her, or I feel her presence to yell at me for something I didn’t do and I can always avoid it. In Family Guy, Stewie has no choice but to sit there and take whatever Lois says. He usually responds by cursing her out or bashing her character, but for some reason no one understands him unless they want to. That’s where Stewie and I are similar. There’s an episode where Stewie walks to his mother’s bedside and continually calls her name till she finally answers. That’s basically what I have to do to get my mom’s attention. I never take it to heart.

I grew up with my family always by my side; my parents both work from home so they were always there with me. Maybe this is common for many of you, but all my cousins were very alienated from their parents. My eldest cousin grew up in America in a boarding school, and she barely saw her mom until she was in college. My second eldest cousins’ dad was a business man, so he was rarely home with them. Considering the fact that the show is called Family Guy, Stewie always has his family with him and other family members visit on the show as well like his grandparents. I have my grandparents on my mom’s side, but my grandpa on my dad’s side had died. Stewie has his Grandmother and father on his mom side, but both his grandparents on his dad side had died; so I guess in a sense you can say me and Stewie are similar considering the fact we have some grandparents and the others we lost. The episodes of his grandparents’ death were funny, but also emotional for Stewie. Stewie and I also have very emotional side in common as well.

Similarly, Stewie and I both value our friends. If there’s ever a time I need to talk about anything I talk to my best friend and speak with pure emotion about it. It can be about sports, boys, or just something that randomly happened, it doesn’t matter. I will go on for hours talking about that same thing until I get to the root of my problem. Stewie is the exact same way. He talks to his best friend Brian Griffin, their dog on the show, or his stuffed teddy bear Rubbert. Any emotions shown in an episode by Stewie he usually has Brian or Rubbert around to talk about it. 

Ultimately, that’s why I relate to Stewie. His exaggerated child-like behavior makes us similar in ways I never thought of before considering the fact that he’s an animated character in a world with no boundaries.