Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20150613052057/@comment-995426-20150802191205

I've been able to discuss this with some friends.

There's yet another possibility that was brought up. If Mikey is still 15, then he's still young. He may not have fully realized just how much in love with Leatherhead he was. Or perhaps even Chris Bradford, or anyone else. After all, he said he'd never love a girl, and then fell in love with a girl within minutes. He may not even understand the nature of his own inclinations. When you're young and in love, the issue of how aware you are of it is a very complicated one. Some people fall full in love as young as 12. Some people never do until they're well into adulthood.

And another issue too: Any show that combined Greg Cipes and Ashley Johnson had to go full romantic mode as quickly as possible, or it might have upset a lot of other fans, even if sometimes these considerations may involve changes in writing that can break suspension of disbelief for other audiences.

Still, it doesn't sit well with me. This plot shift, if not resolved in later episodes, just seriously derailed this show's continuity as I understood it. When a show does that, it can break down and become harder to immerse yourself into, especially if you've been so deeply immersed into it up to that point. I mean, haven't you seen my edit count on this wiki? :)