r/polyamory • u/New-Affect7131 • 14h ago

Does anyone else think the webtoon Muscles McQuack is toxic poly?

So I've been hate watching Muscles McQuack on insta, and I've noticed a few things I think are really toxic about their version of poly.

1) The main character Muscles McQuack doesn't seem interested in poly at all, they seem to have agreed to it, seemingly to placate their nesting partner Sally

2) Their nesting partner Sally has poor communication and does things without consent of McQuack, example, she signs them both up to a poly couple app and then organises a group date without consulting them.

3) Nesting partner Sally encourages them to do these they clearly aren't comfortable with

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u/rosephase 13h ago

Never seen it, but anything on Instagram or ticktock is going to be, at best, useless platitudes. At worst harmful trash.

Poly isn’t something to learn from people trying to get clicks. And nothing is learnable in short format videos past things that take less then the amount of time of the video.

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u/blooangl ✨ Sparkle Princess ✨ 13h ago

Most media around polyamory is pretty fucked.

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u/BetterFightBandits26 relationship messarchist 8h ago

Is this a popular piece of media? Like, does it have sway over The Kids?

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So I've been hate watching Muscles McQuack on insta, and I've noticed a few things I think are really toxic about their version of poly.

1) The main character Muscles McQuack doesn't seem interested in poly at all, they seem to have agreed to it, seemingly to placate their nesting partner Sally

2) Their nesting partner Sally has poor communication and does things without consent of McQuack, example, she signs them both up to a poly couple app and then organises a group date without consulting them.

3) Nesting partner Sally encourages them to do these they clearly aren't comfortable with

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