Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3105167-20140718095616/@comment-22930393-20140807140931

Margaret was at best an ancillary character. She rarely added anything to an episode, her interplay and dialogue with Eileen was weak, she had significant charcter flaws yet no redeeming qualities to offset them, and she really didn't have anything in common with Mordecai. She was dull, and it def showed in the episodes. CJ, on the other hand, has everything that Margaret didn't, depth. interesting dialogue, great interplay with other characters on the show, displays a great sense of humor, amd most of all, has mutual feelings and interests with Mordecai. The thing that always sticks out in my mind is that Margaret was sort of built up to be this unattainable girl that Mordecai put on a pedestal, but reality would inevitably set in. And I think that the only reason anyone refuses to accept that she is gone or was at best a just a vehicle to create a romance arc is simply because people transpose themselves onto these characters and don't want something real, they want the fantasy, the unattainable girl and for everything to be happily ever after, but it rarely ever is.