30 Day Shipping Meme - Day 16: A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great/badly?

[brendala]

Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Katchoo/David/Francine/lotsa other people (Strangers in Paradise)

Comments

[brendala]

If I recall correctly, the initial reason she didn't tell him was that she never expected Jem to be a permanent part of their lives (Jerrica only created her so she could perform in the band contest). Once Jem became a mega-popular celebrity, Jerrica had already gone a few weeks without telling Rio and was all like, "Damn. If I tell him NOW he's gonna call me a liar and kick my plants. I better keep the ruse up".
As for why he's in the show: Basically he was there to set up for their shows and lift heavy things for the girls (I assume he also opened jars and squished spiders for them, too). He was basically their roadie.

If Jem ever gets a reboot, I hope they make Rio Jerrica's FRIEND in the beginning instead of her long-term boyfriend. Like you said, it would maintain the romantic drama without making Rio come across as an unsympathetic, cheating jerk.

I'm not sure you could pull this off as much in a modern kids show.

I dunno. Archie is still going on and they recently pulled this messed up stunt:



"Presidential Adultery! It's not just for Bill Clinton anymore!" O_O

[earthstar_moon]

Yeah, that's a fair point. To be fair, it's bee awhile since I watch the show, so my memory isn't 100% If they do a reboot, I really hope Rio starts as a friend because then the plot would make more sense.

I saw that. @_@ I don't know about you but I'm getting really tired of seeing Obama in comics. Can we keep politics out of my comic book stories please?