Integration

[KaleRylan]

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Originally Posted by hollowdheart

The one thing that still confuses me about Cheetara's confession (besides the whole flower/clericy thing which i felt was the reason she liked him, with the way it was worded) was that she said she knew what had happened in there and how she should have been clearer with her feelings. If she knew what was going on why did she even choose either of them? Neither of them treated her right.

And it's the Bechdel test, BTW.

The Smurfette Principle; a female character strictly for demographic appeal but make no real attempt to treat her as an interesting character in her own right, outside of her relationships with the male characters. Which is sadly all i've seen of Cheetara so far.

Ah, thank you for the spelling. I was pretty sure I had it wrong, but no one corrected me, so I went with it.

Okay, then does that count as a failure of the test? Or is it just an exception, because such a character could never pass the test?

And on that point, I would presume that Cheetara and Wilykit (people always forget the kittens) COULD have passed the test, but they did not. So while the Smurfette principle may apply, it didn't have to. And now there's Pumyra, but I don't see that changing much in this regard. Does anyone else think these three are now going to become strong, independent female characters?