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At the last minute her date cancels on her and Pearl has no time to find another date. She can be pretty funny and cute, and while she is a brat, I think fandom tends to exaggerate how bad that particular trait is.Īnyway, on to the episode, which is about Pearl’s prom. After a while my dislike became more like indifference, and eventually I got to genuinely liking Pearl. Defending Pearl made me realize that there were actually things I did like about her, and it also made me reflect on my own reasons for disliking her and I realized that they were probably also unfair and kind of sexist. But once I start doing that, it’s hard not to grow to like them.
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Pearl’s not the only (female… it’s always female) character I’ve defended against criticism despite not caring for them myself. It just seemed that a lot of people disliked her for reasons that were unfair and kind of sexist, and I couldn’t let that slide. She’s disliked by quite a few people in the fandom, and I often found myself in the weird position of defending Pearl against some of her haters despite not even being a fan of her myself. I wasn’t in the minority for not liking Pearl. I used to dislike her, she was in fact the only character on the show that I outright disliked, aside from Patchy and Potty but I’m not sure they count. I have kind of an odd history with Pearl’s character. This episode is our first real look at Pearl’s character, as she’s only had what were basically cameos in previous episodes.