it's me you know you can't replace.

[samatethecookie]

Ask me one fandom-related question in the comments. This can be fandomspecific, general, or about fandom/lj stuff/fic writing/etc. in general.

Because I'm bored and I haven't really updated with the memes in awhile. Took this from cheriestar.

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[ivy-chan.livejournal.com]

I see a Hey Arnold icon, so how did you feel about Arnold/Helga in canon? Do you wish they'd gotten more development?

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

I loved Arnold/Helga in canon when we got to see them truly working off each other, in both good and bad ways, but I really wish Nickelodeon wouldn't have cheated them out of their closure. The show and movie was canceled too soon; they were going to work on the Jungle Movie in which Arnold went to search for his parents with his class, and supposedly Arnold and Helga were going to get together. In season five, we were starting to see hints that Arnold was starting to care for Helga, or that he was well aware of her feelings for him, but it never got the proper development it should've gotten. Sure, we can use our imaginations and assume they got together eventually, but it sucks that we couldn't actually see it.

Also, since this is tied in with Arnold/Helga, I was tired of the Helga/Arnold/Lila triangle very quickly, especially in late season four and five. I wish they dropped that. Not because I hated Lila (which I didn't), but I just hated how Arnold wouldn't take the hint--no matter how bluntly Lila said that she didn't like him the same way he liked her--and realize that they had nothing in common to begin with. And Helga really shouldn't have to feel that she needed to prove to Arnold that she could be just as appealing as Lila.