![]() ![]() All it serves to do is make sure that Cheetara is entirely defined by the way men see her. The reason for their relationship is never given, it is never brought up again as significant to the plot, and it does not change the story or add to the characters in any other way. Going back to the story, Lion-O, Panthro, and Snarf rescue Tygra and then save Cheetara, who immediately kisses Panthro and slaps Lion-O.Īs to the latter, she blames Lion-O for this mess…not logical, but the girl has been through some serious issues and is probably messed up in the head.Īs to the former, she and Panthro are an item now. What cracks me up is when people call this stuff “realistic,” or, even worse, “comics for grown-ups.” The term “realism” applied to a comic book about talking cats is ridiculous, and the idea that it’s “kid’s stuff” if it doesn’t have rape and murder is mind-bogglingly stupid. They’ve both been sexually assaulted and the trauma of those crimes is depicted as sexy. This story has exactly two female characters. So this comic took a character who had probably been repeatedly gang raped and presented that situation as something designed to give the reader an erection. Despite this horrible situation, the art serves as fan service, emphasizing Cheetara’s figure and enlarging her breasts. She’s chained to a pillar, her clothing torn, mutants making sexual advances on her. What have those mutants been doing to Cheetara? Well, it’s heavily implied that she’s been repeatedly raped for the past three years. “But, then, after what those slovenly mutants have been doing to her, I guess it’s understandable.” “She’s not as friendly as she used to be,” says Mumm-Ra. Unfortunately, the writer uses her introduction in this series to introduce rape into the ThunderCats franchise. So obviously, she’s going to be highly sexualized here. Before this comic book turned Wilykit into a sex object, Cheetara was what passed as Ms. Speaking of depravity, it’s time to meet Cheetara in this story. So this guy has conquered an entire planet, but spends his time dallying with a teenage girl and getting dressed in moldy bandages. But who on Earth wants to see Mumm-Ra bathing, and how do those demographics cross over?Īnd why does Mumm-Ra even bathe? He’s a decaying corpse! What’s even more baffling is that after his bath, he has Wilykit and Wilykat to dress him in bandages again. There really are people out there who just want to spend their time ogling anthropomorphic cat boobs. See, the cheesecake, even the overtones of hebephilia, I can understand. The issue opens up with a scantily-clad Wilykit bathing a naked Mumm-Ra. Yes, this is a thing.ĭo I need to repeat that? I think I need to repeat that. The bad news is that the issue opens up with a scantily-clad Wilykit bathing a naked Mumm-Ra. The good news is that it doesn’t get any worse than issue #3. As always, I must share my pain, so let’s explore issues 3-5 of ThunderCats: The Return. The sexism, gore, and terrible storytelling of the first two issues pales in comparison with the final half of the miniseries. There are moments when Lion-O's behavior makes more sense if he's a kid, but it's almost never made explicit.Last time, we scratched the surface of an ill-advised attempt to make the ThunderCats franchise darker and edgier. Even though the team includes three actual adults, Lion-O is still the team leader because he's the hereditary "Lord of the Thundercats." In those early episodes, Lion-O's immaturity and naivete is a story point, but before long that aspect mostly falls by the wayside. When they arrive on Third Earth, Lion-O finds that his body has grown into that of a muscular adult man, but his mind is the same. When the Thundercats leave their home planet of Thundera, they have to spend time in suspended animation on the way to their new home. Nevertheless, when the series began, Lion-O is a young boy, the same size as Wilykat and Wilykit. This is dealt with very directly in the first couple of episodes, but the thing about 1980s TV is that, with these daily "strip shows," most kids didn't watch every day, and Thundercats took a while before it was considered a must-watch by kids getting home from school (and you couldn't catch up via Netflix). ![]()
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