Alright crazy theory time lets go
I have a theory that i just though of that the character mike wasowski is based on poet charles bukowski.
first of all some background. Charles bukowski was initially a writer who was trying to get published but then he sort of gave up trying to please the publishers and started writing for himself and thats how his poetry came about. In a collection of his works published after he died it says that he was a loser, sort of thought of himself as scum of the earth and he wrote for himself and all theother losers too.
Mike wasowski went to the monster university where he was trying to be a scarer but then sort of failed and eventually became something he was better at. he has a similar persona to bukowski, the loser, rejected kind of vibe.
first of all there is obviously the similarities of the last name bukowski/wasowski. But also there is the whole 'tried to be one thing but it didnt work out so they became a slightly different version of the thing" thing.
also, in the collection of bukowski poems, one of them mentions a friend of his who got published but he thought that he was actually a much better writer than him. this creates the paralell because wasowski is friends with sully who is better than hime even though he tries way harder which causes wasowski to resent him for it. also in the poem the published writer ends up losing because he becomes indulgent and old and fat and lazy, having lived a colourful life yet never really having lived at all. this is just like sully who ends up getting told that he would be expelled because he didnt try hard enough in his studies, he too, became lazy and sloth like.
taa daa
honestly i dont even think this is true but whatev.
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