Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24163511-20140204074525/@comment-24544450-20140222055004

Tansyflower wrote: I agree with everyone, more Rigleen would be splendid. But at the same time, I don't think that the Mordecai/CJ romance is going to be a remake of Mordecai and Margaret's romance.

In the beginning, Mordecai had a crush on Margaret, and she never noticed him. Through the course of their romance, Mordecai gained confidence in himself to connect with Margaret, while she began to see him in a new light. With CJ, however, it's different. After fixing loose ends in "Dodge This", they seem to be staying friends. While Mordecai was impressed by CJ at the end of "Portable Toliet", for me, it didn't come off as him having feelings for her, but that he appreciates her. At the moment, both just want to be friends, and I hope that'll end the relationship not become Mordecai being awkward; he's had a lot of development over girls, and the show seems aware of his growth, so I don't think he'll be stammering and feeling nervous this time.

However, I will be upset if this just ends up being a joke. Margaret isn't that bad of a character, but she really isn't very developed, which is disappointing when it's the main love interest. I personally like CJ more, because she and Mordecai have a lot more in common, and currently, their relationship is not about acting lovey-dovey. If Margaret comes back, and after whatever happens, Mordecai chooses her again, I'll be really annoyed. In general, the love triangle is an overused plot, but I don't want CJ to just be the distraction for Mordecai. If Mordecai realizes he's gotten over Margaret, and his challenge is trying to let her go kindly while not hurting CJ too, that seems like a better thing to do with this plot.

Who knows what they'll do with all of this, but hopefully, the writers know what they're doing, and they didn't just carelessly throw this new relationship in. Let's cross our fingers for a well-done plot with twists along the way. Some episodes it seems the writers are just going along with it and sort of doing it a lot of things, like their interpersonal dialogue, off-the-cuff, so to speak. Mordecai is definitely getting over his awkwardness with girls, which is absolutely fantastic and undeniably a pivotal plot element. I'm  just not feeling a romantic spark betwen Mordo-CJ in recent episodes (Dodge This; Portable Toilet) like I did when, say, they were first introduced. I do believe the writers have their bases covered with the major aspects, however. We weren't given a whole lot to speculate on with these last few episodes, so I suppose we can only wait for the time being.