Animated Romance

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I was thinking about creating a new thread to discuss this, but then I decided that it would be better off in this thread. What are your thoughts on animated programs that contain one-sided relationships that involve a character who is borderline psychotic and / or a stalker? I understand that it’s for humor purposes, but one would think that more BS&P’s would be concerned about that sort of thing, considering the fact that it’s no laughing matter in real life. I’ve also noticed that it’s more common for female characters to be used in the psychotic stalker role than male characters, though male characters have had that role as well.

I thought that this might be worth discussing. I apologize if it isn’t.
 
Wait a minute . . . Goliath and Elisa had sex?

Also, screw Kagome and Inuyasha and screw that whole God forsaken show that never did a damn thing. A dumbass couple that forgets any progress they make one episode later doesn't deserve to exist.

Also Jiraiya knows what true love is. Jiraiya deeply loves someone. Whether that person returns that love well . . . figure it out.
 
*groans* There is NO triangle in the cannon of the show. That's purely FAN created, and there have been NO indications whatsoever that Katara or Zuko find each other attractive or have crushes on one another.

Just because she decided to give him the benifet of the doubt at the end of season 2 and offered to heal his scar, does not make suddenly make the two undying lovers! And even in that scene, there was nothing there that implied a romantic connection between the two.

I don't mean to rant, but I find it very irritating when people act like the fan-made Katara/Zuko is real in the show.




She didn't break away from the kiss, and didn't seem to mind it to me...she looked a little upset because Aang leaves her right after kissing her to face the Firelord, and just before kissing her Aang gave her his doubts that he would survive the battle.




They've been building up this relationship since the very first episode of the show, and have had hints (obvious on Aang's part, subtle on Katara's) littered throughout all three seasons that indicate that the two have romantic feelings for one another.

Plus, Aang has matured a great deal (most of it occured in season 1) and is no longer a "goofy kid" in Katara's eyes...making the relationship much more appealing.
 
I'm a person that needs a reason for characters to cross race. I know how people think "beauty". and race is a factor. But my thought's of Bumblebee and Cyborg was always based on strength and smarts. The tow of them together were always complementary. I'm not sure, but wasn't their race decided long ago in the comics?
 
I'd say the issue of sentience keeps it from really being bestiality. Gargoyle minds clearly have the same capacities as human ones. I don't really see how Goliath/Elisa is much different than the regular interplanetary relationships in the DCU- reproduction aside. (The implication from Elseworlds and future-set stories being that interplanetary couples can have kids) I mean, you wouldn't consider Robin and Starfire bestiality, would you?
 
Without a doubt the most real and believable romance I've seen in a kids' cartoon is in Code Lyoko. The couples not only made sense from the beginning, but were real and not forced like you'll often see in cartoons. And they actually managed to write the couples in a respectable way, without having the characters act dumb just for the sake of romantic comedy/drama. Immature, yes, but appropriate to their ages, and never out of character. Not dumb for dumb's sake though.
 
Or Pucca. That girl's a total stalker, even by fangirl standards.



It all breaks down to sexual attitudes; generally speaking, females are regarded as the "fairer" sex: smaller, weaker and more passive (I'm not saying this is true, ladies, just that that's the prevailing attitude.) So to see a girl madly chasing after and imposing her romantic wiles on a boy is, in a way, like them stepping up a notch on the societal scale, becoming empowered and going against their stereotyped role of submissiveness.

By contrast, if a 'bigger, stronger' guy went after a girl the way Pucca or Panini went after Garu or Chowder, they'd regarded as wolves, stalkers, fiends or even potential rapists, which wouldn't be funny at all. It only works for guys when the fellas are total jerks who regularly get shot down by the ladies and their advances are rejected, like Johnny Bravo.
 
Well, one thing to keep in mind is that the majority of cartoons are written and produced by men, so many of them end up having a male outlook by default. Perhaps the male writers are basing these female stalker characters on their own girlfriends who are constantly begging for them to commit or to marry them or whatever, so to them it appears that this is the only thing on their minds, so these female characters who are obsessed with love are perhaps a humorous exaggeration of this. Just a thought.
 
:sweat: - I don't particularly care for animated romance....there are exceptions however:

Batman and the mask of the phantasm lady

John Stewart Green Lantern & Hawkgirl

John Stewart & Vixen

The above relationships contributed to the story enough not bore me to death. The worse thing a movie or show can do is bore me. A good example of relationships I hated due to boredom was Peter Parker's romances in the Spiderman movies. UGH.:raven:

I know Spiderman wasn't animated, but it still took away from the show instead of adding depth.
 
Not unless Jake gets freaky with Rose in his dragon form.:p

You know, I never got why Katara has to be with anyone. Just because Aang likes her more than a friend doesn't mean the feeling has to be mutual. The creators even admitted that you should notice that Katara's reaction wasn't totally excited in the "Day of Black Sun" commentary. And I seriously doubt Katara will warm up to Zuko enough to fall in love with him after nearly killing Aang in "Crossroads of Destiny".
 
But lets not forgot character like Timmy Turner or Sheen from Jimmy Neutron. These characters are clueless and borderline delusional when it comes to the opposite sex (Trixie and Libby) so it does work both ways.
 
I haven't seen the movie in ages, so answer me this: I know Lucky was Pongo and Perdita's, but was Two Tone in the original 15 puppy liter, or one of the pups later rescued and adopted? Because 84 of the pups aren't blood related to Lucky.
 
Yeah, I do kinda overdo that. Like Wilt's "I'm sorry, is that okay?" from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Afraid of being too forthright, I suppose.
 
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