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Tansyflower wrote: I do! I don't have anything against Mordecai and Margaret's relationship or Margaret herself, but I enjoy Mordecai and CJ's relationship more because it feels more natural and proactive.

I recently realized that season 5 has been better at showing both Mordecai and CJ working on the relationship. When Margaret was around, usually we only got to see Mordecai's POV as he attempted to get closer to her. Because of this, the relationship often felt one-sided due to rarely seeing how Margaret felt about Mordecai and his actions or worked on their relationship from her side. On the other hand, there's been more in season 5 showing how CJ feels about and deals with the relationship. Both Mordecai and CJ are working on this relationship, as seen in episodes that take time to look at CJ like "Portable Toilet" and "Real Date". It's already helped by the fact that Mordecai's gone through character development that's made him less nervous and doubtful of himself, but the relationship has benefited so much from the fact that both are making the best of everything because they care for each other. I honestly think that showing her investment--not strictly Mordecai's--in the relationship has made it a step up from Mordecai and Margaret's romance in previous seasons. I'm not seeing a helpless suitor succeeding in getting the girl, but instead two people who become best friends and become a couple. Personally, I love and prefer the latter.

Besides that, there is many other reasons. CJ does feel more fleshed out than Margaret, and I like how she treats Mordecai, again, like a best friend. They have similar interests and make a great team. I love how they make fun of each other and aren't stuck in "we're in love let's act like it 24/7" mode, though. I still wish she had gotten at least one episode focused mainly on her in season 5, but how the crew incorporated her throughout the season worked alright, and perhaps we'll get lucky in season 6. I like how both risks their lives for the other: CJ went to save Mordecai and Rigby from a dangerous satellite, and Mordecai pushed CJ out of the way in order to take a missile. These things and others won me over to their side very quickly.

I can understand why people still like Margaret. We did get four seasons with her and Mordecai as opposed to a little over one season for CJ and Mordecai, and Margaret is a good character, albeit deprived of a clearer personality. I don't want CJ and Mordecai to break up, and it feels more realistic that Mordecai would stay with her but find closure with Margaret. Sorry, guys, but I don't think CJ's purpose is to distract Mordecai from the first girl. It would totally ruin Mordecai and the show for me if he ended up dumping CJ for Margaret. He and CJ are officially(?) boyfriend and girlfriend now, so he knows CJ well enough now to leave her. Neither girls are the jealous fighting-type, and even if she got jealous, Margaret has no claim over him as she chose college over him (not a bad choice at all) and never contacted him afterwards. But I appreciate Margaret for how Mordecai's pining over her helped him mature and grow, perhaps not for her own character. Mordecai and Margaret was good, but I'm a stronger supporter of Mordecai and CJ at this point. Words of wisdom.