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[Urvy]

But sometimes, they would use that to dominate other people

[okmeamithinknow]

I don't think Cindy uses it to dominate Jimmy. He's definitely not submissive to her in any way.

~Crys~

[Urvy]

In "Birth of A Salesman", she almost bought Jimmy and planned to do who knows what with him.

At least Betty never bought Jimmy

[CjIiNmDmYy]

I am not going to say much here. Jimmy/Betty is nice... but you know, it's sort of a filler couple.

[Urvy]

How do you know?

[Sanjana R]

I understand exactly how Cindy feels, perhaps that's why I love her so much (that doesn't mean I approve everything she does).

She mocks Jimmy because he stole her status of 'girl genius', and I agree that's not right and etc, but she's just a kid!

Then, she starts developing feelings for the boy she was supposed to hate. Believe or not, Cindy is AFRAID of showing her soft side... she looks and acts like a badass because she can't stand being so vulnerable in front of everybody else. We can see this in Stranded when she says to Jimmy 'and I know I'm not supposed to like you, but being here on this island, away from school, grades, makes me realise how ridiculous that is. You're a really cool person'. When she's alone with Jimmy, on the island, she feels secure enough to relax and to be more straightforward, not afraid of judgments or anything else. She is shy - even though she doesn't look like.

Anyway, I love Cindy

She rules!

Finally! My favorite character too, and I agree with everything you wrote here. I always have loved Cindy because she seems more realistic and relatable than Betty. And Cindy as her own person is pretty damn amazing too, she can be really finny at times, and when her shy side shines through, she's adorable.

[Sanjana R]

Urvy, I must confess that I don't know why, but I always liked this kind of character (like Helga, Rei - Sailor Moon -, Akane - Ranma 1/2, etc etc)... I admire all of them because, though they don't have the best temper ever (sort of like me), they love passionately and they're strong and dynamic female characters.

Since I'm little I love this kind of female character.

When I saw the JN movie for the first time, I had no doubt that Cindy was amazing

Yeah characters like these are always my favorites too, probably because they hide their true feelings and they're strong and cool female characters. Helga and Cindy in particular, as well as Sam from ICarly, are all great examples of girls who don't have an excellent home life, and still manage to be amazing girls. Cindy for me is very inspirational- she strives to be the best in everything she can. There's nothing wrong in a little competition, after all she never really physicaly hurts Jimbo, and calling him Nerdtron can't really be called emotional abuse. Sure, she can lay off sometimes, but she's a mixed up eleven year old. At eleven, I was a bigmouth too

[Urvy]

One problem with them, they seem to be unlikeable.

[Cinnamon Ninja]

But, what if years of trying to be the best catch up with her when she gets older then bam, she goes insane?

That just seems like a very big 'what if', Urvy. Seriously, competitiveness =/= recipe for insanity.

Now, on-topic. I can see how someone could like J/B, but to me they just...never seemed like an actual alternative to J/C. As has been said, she just kinda seems like a plot point more than a character. She's a nice person, but there really isn't anything on her beyond that. No real motivations, no fleshing-out of any of her connections to anyone other than Jimmy...I don't really think the writers thought about her much, TBH.

Although that does give we the fandom a lot of wiggle room in terms of her character, which can be fun.

[Urvy]

The writers never thought of her because they have a knack for Jimmy getting dominated physically and mentally by Cindy, hence, I feel like they want Jimmy to enjoy pain.

Also, we could have more of Betty with another season if it wasn't for a certain stale talking sponge that hogged the spotlight...

[Cinnamon Ninja]

Jimmy can easily hold his own against Cindy, IMO. Their arguing isn't exactly one-sided.

And it wasn't JUST Spongebob that killed JN. You can't blame everything on the sponge.



He's not THIS bad, is he?

[Urvy]

Well, people bought more SB merchandise than JN, hence SB was cheaper to make and is Nick's cash cow.

I doubt Jimmy would have a chance of winning against Cindy, that's why I like Jimmy being with Betty than a agressive girl like Cindy.

[Cinnamon Ninja]

Well, he couldn't win in a purely physical fight, no. But in terms of arguments and debates, they're equals. And to be honest, I'd be more worried for Cindy than Jimmy if it came down to a no-holds-barred fight to the death.

Dude, Jimmy can invent Nanobots that have the ability to wipe out the entire population of Planet Earth. If he wanted to squish Cindy, I'm pretty sure he could.

[Sanjana R]

Sorry but, I hate it when people villainize Cindy. She's not abusive, although I'd love to see an example of when she is...Jimmy can be completely clueless too, hate that people forget that he's equally mean to Cindy too sometimes. I mean during King of Mars, it was uncalled for for him to push his telescope into her and tell her he was taking star pictures. In Cindy's words, "when a colleague suggests you look at Mars, it's POLITE TO look at MARS!" Not to mention, it was uncalled for when he was all like, "Do you think I've been staring at you the whole time?!" I mean, people tend to turn Cindy into some kind of abusive brat when Neutron is sometimes mean too.

[Urvy]

I do admit I don't like her because of her treatment of Jimmy, but the only time he was mean besides said episode was in Hall Monster when Jimmy went all fascist on the hallway when he was hall monitor.

So, do you like it when people vilify Betty and other characters? Look what the author of Cupcakes did to Pinkie Pie! If people vilify Betty and Pinkie Pie, then Cindy can be vilified too, it's called being even.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Oh, so now it's "an eye for an eye" or "a tooth for a tooth" now?? That's called revenge, Urvy. NOT good, even in this case.

[Cinnamon Ninja]

Exactly. It's just not nice for anyone.

[Urvy]

it's retribution.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

[Urvy]

Em, you have never experienced what I saw outside of IDOJ about the crazed J/C shippers.