Integration

[KaleRylan]

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Originally Posted by Chique

Please and thank you.

Cheetara was boring and flat for the first 13 episodes of this series. Just dull and completely predictable. Nothing engaging about the character at all. All she did was encourage Lion-O when he was feeling down. That's it. She was the stereotypical female lead, only there to emotionally support the male lead. She made no real connection with the audience, which is why so many feel no objection to treating her like a ball to bounce between the two brothers.

Some of you may not like the way she did it, but confessing to Tygra was finally something that she did for herself. Sure she did it to settle some of the tension between the brothers, but ultimately she decided that being with Tygra was something she wanted to do. It's something she has chosen for herself, finally NOTHING TO DO WITH LION-O.

If we're going to complain about how the lead female is written, then lets be honest. Her choice of boyfriend is not what makes her poorly written. It's the fact that the authors have given you no reason to give two shits about her, other than her connection with the male leads. Our inability to empathize with her, or connect with her is what makes her a subpar character. We see no value in her as a person. Who cares if she can fight, this is an action cartoon, everyone has some level of combat ability.

Up until now, she's had no faults. She's be written off as a perfect spot free character without any problems to work on. There was no where for her to go. Up until 13, what could any of us say about Cheetara's flaws or complications? She stays in the background because there is nothing for us to address.

Romance is not a problem. Yes its stereotypical and predictable, but it doesn't have to be a problem. Not as far as development. Oh wow look, Cheetara may actually have a flaw now. She can't think straight because she is being pulled between love and duty. Yeah I would have liked something else, but its better than a totem pole with tits. Cheetara before 13 could have been replaced with a tape recorder. As of now, I see the potential for her to GROW into something more.

As for the anorexic ho thing, the creators are not perfect. They can say stupid shit too.

As for Singe's reply:

Cheetara not wanting to see her boyfriend get his head lobbed off is not a problem. boyfriend or not, THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO STICK TOGETHER. I think Lion-O sacrificing Tygra is worse than Cheetara wanting to save him. Don't forget, the three of them were in danger because Lion-O wanted to be an angry jerk. He should have been happy that they even bothered to follow him after he told them to stay behind.

She failed to protect Lion-O not because she didn't try, but because she was being held hostage. She wasn't just standing around shooting the breeze.

What sound reason did she have to believe Lion-O survived that fall? The word of a emotionally distraught 8 year old? Like she said, the time for mourning would come later. Now its time for the TCats to finish what Lion-O started, so that his death is not in vain.

Oh yeah, Cheetara was consistent before 13. Consistently boring. Her lack of development is just as detrimental to her character as a potential derailment.

I get that you're a feminist, and I respect that. But Cheetara is more than just a female in a show, she's a part of a story. She has a responsibility to be a workable part of the story and the cast. It doesn't matter if she's 'her own woman' if all she ever does is cause friction and problems with the other characters on the show, then she's a problem. If the majority of viewers DON'T LIKE HER, then she's a problem.

This is where once again the staff could learn a thing from the last airbender, a show known for its strong, consistent female characters. Characters that weren't just drama bombs.

As I've said several times, I WANTED her to end up with Tygra. That is not the problem. The problem isn't who she ended up with, or that she's not interested in Lion-o. It's that the whole turn of events has been written like crap. And as someone pointed out, she's suddenly forgotten to be supportive. Her argument that she wasn't leading him on is that she was nice to him because she honestly supports him as king. Okay, then WHY did she totally STOP supporting him when she chose Tygra? Her argument would make a lot more sense if her whole personality hadn't shifted.