Romance in ThunderCats/Should Lion-O have a love interest?

[Rizefall]

Originally Posted by Solace316

I'm glad to see Pumyra finally revealed and the episode looks promising. I really hope she becomes a valuable team member and love possibility for Lion-O.

However, and this is just my speculation and I hate to be pessimistic, but I do hope the love triangles fiasco ends, and Lion-O moves on from Cheetara, and I hope they don't begin a "Cheetara suddenly sees Lion-O more mature and paying too much attention/spending time with Pumya and suddenly that buds her love for him." scenario. Would not be fair for Cheetara's character to be portrayed in such a way or Tygra's.

I agree. Thing is i dont have enough faith in these writers so that will probably happen. But if it's true she never had feelings for him then we should have nothing to worry about.

[Solace316]

Originally Posted by WilyKatfan

Like the idea. A very cool idea at that. Your right though not good for her. Beside some people hats her for what she did to Lion-o.

Thanks! And I think its unfair that now some people hate Cheetara because of the Love Triangle aftermath. I admit, at the time when it was heavily debated before the outcome, I was a supporter of Cheetara and Lion-O. But that was due to what was shown, and since she was at that time the only woman (aside from Kit) that was around the same age as Lion-O, causing many to quickly go for this possibility.

However, if Pumyra was introduced to the group much earlier, situations in the story and arguments within the fan community would have been drastically different. And better late than never, Pumyra is already coming in. What will occur? Will she actually get along with the other cats? How will she interact with Lion-O after the Pit episode, and especially with Cheetara IF this is the next stage of the love triangle.

Maybe Cheetara still tries to offer comforting support to Lion-O and Pumyra does not like how Cheetara goes about it one bit? Maybe Tygra has some intentions with Pumyra? Or vice versa? And not trying to make Pumyra sound full of jealous paranoia with Cheetara, but perhaps Pumyra is better at reading peoples actions or intentions. Maybe she could see Cheetara actually start having a growing love for Lion-O.

Again, I could be wrong with all of this, but so far Pumyra looks like the type of person who is upfront with her feelings from the get go, Cheetara seems to dance around them and would only say something after some time.
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Originally Posted by Rizefall

I agree. Thing is i dont have enough faith in these writers so that will probably happen. But if it's true she never had feelings for him then we should have nothing to worry about.

Your right, it does ultimately boil down to the writers, and seeing how the show has several.....It's like okay they have the "gameplan" of the overall Thundercats story, but with all these writers, there are going to be inconsistencies, contradictions, and perhaps some bias that the writers have for certain characters.

[balgus82]

Everyone keeps theorizing that Cheetara and Pumyra might fight or not get along. But what if they become like best friends? Cheetara has been in a group where the only other female is an 8 year old. I think she'd be more than happy to have Pumyra join.

[Solace316]

Originally Posted by balgus82

Everyone keeps theorizing that Cheetara and Pumyra might fight or not get along. But what if they become like best friends? Cheetara has been in a group where the only other female is an 8 year old. I think she'd be more than happy to have Pumyra join.

Well look at Lion-O and Tygra, you would think being brothers would mean they would get along most of the time. And its just fairly recently they are coming to terms with each other and understanding and building on their relationship.

As with Cheetara and Pumyra, not really intending for the two to fight, but it remains to be seen how they would interact. It seems from their diffenent backgrounds and how they are may clash. Cheetara has been cool and level headed majority of the time, whereas all we barely know of Pumyra is she has a temper and may be more passionate about her feelings, whether it be positive or negative. And who doesn't like a cat fight?

[chique]

Originally Posted by Solace316

Thanks! And I think its unfair that now some people hate Cheetara because of the Love Triangle aftermath. I admit, at the time when it was heavily debated before the outcome, I was a supporter of Cheetara and Lion-O. But that was due to what was shown, and since she was at that time the only woman (aside from Kit) that was around the same age as Lion-O, causing many to quickly go for this possibility.

However, if Pumyra was introduced to the group much earlier, situations in the story and arguments within the fan community would have been drastically different. And better late than never, Pumyra is already coming in. What will occur? Will she actually get along with the other cats? How will she interact with Lion-O after the Pit episode, and especially with Cheetara IF this is the next stage of the love triangle.

Maybe Cheetara still tries to offer comforting support to Lion-O and Pumyra does not like how Cheetara goes about it one bit? Maybe Tygra has some intentions with Pumyra? Or vice versa? And not trying to make Pumyra sound full of jealous paranoia with Cheetara, but perhaps Pumyra is better at reading peoples actions or intentions. Maybe she could see Cheetara actually start having a growing love for Lion-O.

Again, I could be wrong with all of this, but so far Pumyra looks like the type of person who is upfront with her feelings from the get go, Cheetara seems to dance around them and would only say something after some time.
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Your right, it does ultimately boil down to the writers, and seeing how the show has several.....It's like okay they have the "gameplan" of the overall Thundercats story, but with all these writers, there are going to be inconsistencies, contradictions, and perhaps some bias that the writers have for certain characters.

I know most of you will probably say I'm only saying it for the sake of my ship, but please, no more triangles
Her reason for admitting her feelings to Tygra were that she wanted to ease some of the tension between the brothers. Having her go back and forth between them is not a good look for her. People would only see her as a trouble maker/home wrecker. She didn't have to get with Tygra at the end of BB. She could have just told them she didn't want to be with either of them, but she decided her heart was with Tygra. Fine, now lets do something new and interesting with a character who SHOULD be getting a lot more development and story than what she currently is. She is THE Thundercats female, why reduce all of her development and screen time to some silly love plot?

IMO, that would just make the whole "love triangle" plot even more dumb. We went through all of that, just for everyone to change their minds? Glee comes on Tuesdays, not Saturday mornings Other than another hurtle for Lion-O to overcome to be reborn again, I don't see what it did to make the characters more interesting than what they were before. Great TyChee is a thing, but I was hoping it would mean more development for the both of them. More interaction and bonds between members other than someone and Lion-O. More about making this group of characters seem like a family, rather than a bunch of card board cutouts that follow Lion-O around.

[WilyKatfan]

Originally Posted by Solace316

Well look at Lion-O and Tygra, you would think being brothers would mean they would get along most of the time. And its just fairly recently they are coming to terms with each other and understanding and building on their relationship.

As with Cheetara and Pumyra, not really intending for the two to fight, but it remains to be seen how they would interact. It seems from their diffenent backgrounds and how they are may clash. Cheetara has been cool and level headed majority of the time, whereas all we barely know of Pumyra is she has a temper and may be more passionate about her feelings, whether it be positive or negative. And who doesn't like a cat fight?

I hope at first they don't get along then they can build up there friendship.

[Solace316]

Originally Posted by chique

I know most of you will probably say I'm only saying it for the sake of my ship, but please, no more triangles
Her reason for admitting her feelings to Tygra were that she wanted to ease some of the tension between the brothers. Having her go back and forth between them is not a good look for her. People would only see her as a trouble maker/home wrecker. She didn't have to get with Tygra at the end of BB. She could have just told them she didn't want to be with either of them, but she decided her heart was with Tygra. Fine, now lets do something new and interesting with a character who SHOULD be getting a lot more development and story than what she currently is. She is THE Thundercats female, why reduce all of her development and screen time to some silly love plot?

IMO, that would just make the whole "love triangle" plot even more dumb. We went through all of that, just for everyone to change their minds? Glee comes on Tuesdays, not Saturday mornings Other than another hurtle for Lion-O to overcome to be reborn again, I don't see what it did to make the characters more interesting than what they were before. Great TyChee is a thing, but I was hoping it would mean more development for the both of them. More interaction and bonds between members other than someone and Lion-O. More about making this group of characters seem like a family, rather than a bunch of card board cutouts that follow Lion-O around.

Your right, and there should be no reason why they would try to make Cheetara go back and forth between brothers, it would not speak well of her character. But that ultimately boils down to the writers, and how they want to handle the characters. And how some say it's the "Lion-O show" in a sense, yes since he is obviously the main, but the others do need their own development and screen time just as much as he gets. But again, its the current writers doing, not Lion-O's.

Originally Posted by WilyKatfan

I hope at first they don't get along then they can build up there friendship.

I'm with you on that, Pumyra is the new cat on the block and she may seem rough at first but may be her most valuable friend once they get to know each other especially with the other cats.

[Lordore]

All the theories and speculation for a possible commotion between the team after Pumyra is introduced are quite intersting, though I think we have already seen enough scuffles among the team members. Thankfully, the hassles so far have contributed to forward the story and delve into the characters. But, given that we are reaching towards the end of Season 1, things among the Cats should ease down so as the team can concentrate on its prime goal:to overthrow Mumm-Ra and find the Stones. I believe we all loved and look forward to the team spirit and the serenity of the Thundercats team, which was so evident and characterized the OS. Over the last episodes the Tcats members are leaving their past behind and come to grips with the issues keeping them seperated.
An upcoming desagreement, for love reasons for instance seem to me pointless driving us back to the continiuty and progress of the plot. Why would Cheetara antagonize with Pumyra ver Lion-o since she is already smitten with Tygra. As for Lion-O after the Trials he has made pretty clear he has assumed the role of Leader and Lord more seriously and his mind should focus on the difficult tasks at hand.

[Pum-Ra]

Yeah, I personally think love-triangles should be laid to rest now for this series. For one, I don't think it's needed to make a Lion-O/Pumyra relationship interesting. There's plenty of other ways to work with that. However, if they do decide to bring one back, I very much doubt it will be one that includes Lion-O and Cheetara. It's a "been there, done that" thing. If they want to do a triangle that is between Lion-O, Pumyra, and another female character(Willa or someone else, maybe), well, that would be relatively more acceptable.

[RedRamage]

Do we know for sure that Pumrya is going to become a regular on the show? I hope she is... I'd like to see the Thundercat group grow.

But I think it would be convenient for her to be a "re-occurring character" rather than a regular. Hope I'm wrong.