Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24423693-20150914030115/@comment-26527125-20150915033416

NotShemp wrote: Bleuberry109 wrote: CJ (in my opinion) is a very childish character. Most of the time instead of talking things out, she's seen running away or assuming the worst even when others tell her the truth.(Which gets really exhausting because you know exactly what's going to happen.) I feel like Mordecai was the only one who was trying to make a dysfunctional relationship work. She'd constantly bring up the past and throw it at everyone and it just...ugh. It's harder to like CJ when mordecai really didn't have to do anything to get her. You didn't really see their relationship go in a good direction and it just wasn't going to. She's stuck in a season 1 mentality and everyone else on the show has grown up past that. Maybe if she was shown to be more mature instead of letting her feelings get to her all the time maybe she'd be a little more receptive to everyone. I usually don't like to get involve in these types of conflicts but I got something to say. You have some good points about CJ jumping to conclusion and that can be really annoying and infuriating, we got "1000th Chopper Flight Party" to thank for that (I'm not gonna lie, her actions made me lose some respect for her but I still like her). But CJ at least acknowledges what she did wrong. In "I See Turtles", she realizes that her dislike for Margaret is causing some problems for Eileen and she was willing put aside her dislike for Margaret to call her for help. After "1000th Chopper Flight Party", she realized the error she made and admits to Mordecai that she screwed up and feels horrible about it and she tries to make it up to Margaret in "Not Great Double Date" which sadly ended badly thanks to Margaret. But then again, CJ kind of pushed Margaret into lying in order to save herself but Margaret should have come clean after the events before accepting the double date. CJ was willing to let it go that Margaret still has feelings for Mordecai but her dishonesty prevented her from forgiving her. She just wants people to be honest with her and Mordecai really didn't do a good job at maintaining that honesty with him constantly "pulling a Mordecai". And that's what I don't understand. A lot of her actions are confusing and unwarranted. Like in 1000th chopper. What was she trying to do? Was she trying to kill them or what was the plan there? CJ had already knocked Margaret's parents out the chapter but didn't feel any remorse for them until after Margaret said she had a boyfriend and calmed down. It just didn't make sense.

And the only way CJ didn't care if Margaret was around was if she wasn't trying to pursue Mordecai which is very possessive. She wasn't allowed to hang around her own friends without them treating her like an outcast.

So I don't know. Maybe if CJ handled herself a little bit better instead of getting angry or about to get angry I'd feel for her as a character. But honestly so far in every episode we've seen her in she's had a temper tantrum or she cries. (Also the thing about honesty with her is, they were upfront with her but she wouldn't really listen to either of them.) I would've liked her more if she came in as a friend instead of a love interest. Their relationship was way to rushed for me to like her especially since she came in right when Margaret left and we still don't know anything about her. (Besides the golf thing (which Margaret said she did with her father in the do me a solid episode) and that she plays volleyball.) If they could do it all over again I'd like for them to give her another chance to just be a little more fleshed out instead of just being Mordecai 2.0.