listen if they actually intended four to be abusive, they would have actually taken it seriously and not write all of it off as “heehee funny slapstick humor”

yes, bfb (and really bfdi in general) does have a point and plot and a story. i know it has “simplistic” animation and funny meme-y moments sometimes but it’s cause it’s their own thing that they’re allowed to have fun with.
if they were going to write certain characters to be actual, literal abusers, they would have written them more seriously and not just make it look like innocent slapstick like what’s shown.

if you dont like 4x, whatever that’s fine and valid.
if you do like 4x awesome! you’re also valid.
but for the love of fuck, dont shame others into thinking why one is bad and the other is “canon” because when it comes down to it, nothing is