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Oh hey, that's 2011 Tygra in those hearts!

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For the 2 ships thing: Bruce/Talia or Tygra/Cheetara?

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Well, I see I've played my hand if my weaknesses can be so easily identified. Rip my heart out while you're at it, why don'tcha?

The thing is Brutalia and Tychee both represent two very different flavours that I love in shipping dynamics.

I love angst. I LOVE it. I thrive on it. I'm also a sucker for star-crossed lovers – my favourite movie was and is Pocahontas; this was inevitable. And Brutalia is a healthy mix of both. They're just so fucking tragic. Because they genuinely love each other but they can NEVER be together. They can snatch little moments of love and happiness here and there, but they can never bask in it, never live in it. That's partly because of the status quo (even though Talia's has changed fucking three times, which is like a comics-faux pas, smh), partly because of the cyclical nature of comics and the fickleness and shittyness of writers, but also just partly because of their in-universe situations. They love each other. They can't be together. Too bad, so sad. It's fucking delicious.

Brutalia is my favourite comic book couple and one of my favourite couples of all time (possibly even second?). But Tychee all but changed my brain chemistry as an eleven year old. It was actually the reason I even watched ThunderCats in the first place. They featured ninth (way too high) on Lewtoons' (miss him 😔) Top 10 Cartoon Couples video and honestly tween me just thought they looked really aesthetically pleasing together. Aesthetically pleasing enough that I checked out ThunderCats 2011 on a whim. Which became my new favourite show. Until I watched the original, at which point, it got bumped down to my second favourite show. Over a decade later, ThunderCats is still my favourite franchise. Thanks, Chad. Anyway, point is: I came into the show already rooting for them and I also came into the show already knowing how the love triangle would play out, so I probably wasn't as blindsided as some other people were. But boy, did they exceed my expectations.

Another thing I'm a sucker for is couples whose relationships are based on loyalty and friendship, rather than just chemistry and Tygra and Cheetara just THRIVE in that space. I know I said I love angst, but I can appreciate some fluff when it's got some substance to it. And Tygra and Cheetara just genuinely bring out the best in each other and clearly make each other happy and I just think that's fucking beautiful. I know a lot of people dislike the „I have to stick with him” scene in New Alliances and I'll admit I have some misgivings about it myself, but I'd be lying if I said a considerable part of me didn't love it as well. And don't even get me started on the cave scene: „You're fast enough to get out of here. Go!” „You know I'd never leave you behind!” It’s the LOYALTY. FUCK. They are just. a healthy, functional, compatible, supportive, loyal pair and what more can you honestly ask for? Also, I love meet-cutes and didn't Tychee just have a meet-cute for the ages.

As for their relationship in the original show and the comic books, I love that just as much. Maybe even slightly more, since the friendship aspect of their relationship is way more pronounced and friends-to-lovers is another trope I love. Of course they were never confirmed in the show, but. My dudes. The vibes were there. One of my favourite moments is when a villain's got Cheetara trapped and calls her helpless and Tygra saves her and she calmly replies with „But not friendless. Thanks, Tygra.” Shoutout to the reboot for continuing the tradition of Tygra and Cheetara constantly saving each other to the point of ridiculousness. And yeah, the comics didn't do a lot for them, but I love WilyCat and WilyCub and I'm happy they all got to be a happy little family :).

Tldr; Brutalia has my whole heart. But Tychee has my heart and my soul and has already rotted away most of my brain. They're my favourite couple of all time, in anything, ever. Thanks for your question. Sorry about your braincells if you read all that ^.^’

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How do you think Lion-O and Tygra would differ as fathers, or Pumyra and Cheetara as mothers for that matter?

I had to take some time to think about this.

I'll start with Tygra and Cheetara.

Tygra, I think his perfectionist side might come through, wanting the best for his kids and from his kids. Not to the point of damaging, but there will probably be teen rebellion in his future. Cheetara's more hands on, and maybe a bit better at gently steering them in the right direction.

I think having a big family would mean a lot to both of them, since they're both orphans and Tygra's one of the last of his kind. I only came up with three kids, but I don't know if that's where they'd stop. *shrug*

I like to think at some point after the world was saved, Tygra went back to where the Tiger village was and salvaged what he could. Records, in particular, so he could learn more about his heritage, and later on pass it on to his children.

As for Lion-O and Pumyra...

Despite her prickly exterior, I think Pumyra actually likes kids a fair amount. One of the small scraps of interaction we got with her was her watching the scenery from the Feliner with the twins. I think she'd have a "let them make their own mistakes, but be there to step in if something goes wrong" approach.

Getting into headcanon territory, though, she really did not like being pregnant and after Claudia was born, she and Lion-O agreed if they wanted more kids they'd adopt, which they eventually did with Frost.

Lion-O is excited to be a parent, but also anxious about potentially getting things wrong. When they adopted Frost, Lion-O was especially afraid of replicating what happened with him and Tygra, and maybe overcompensated a little in his attempts to treat Frost and Claudia equally.

Frost takes an interest in magic, and magic isn't really Lion-O's forte, but he remembers what it felt like to try to talk to Claudus about technology, so he decides the least he can do is listen.

Getting back to the original question, I think the difference between Tygra and Lion-O's parenting would be in confidence, and the difference between Cheetara and Pumyra would be in openness.

Thanks for this one, it was fun to think through!