#anyways i think space jam lola bunny should be friends with jessica rabbit or maybe start a support group

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i agree. the looneytoons show version of lola bunny is the best so far.

but i dont like people ignoring her character in space jam and then claiming she had no character at all.

because lola bunny did have a personality in space jam, she was a jessica rabbit esk character who was naturally more of a fluttershy type who would like to be a bit more rainbowdash: she's someone who was trapped in a body and a world that at best no one took seriously and at worst was commodified. with people being kind to her in hopes of getting something. her words, wishes, stutterings, and even anger is literally drowned out by the saxophone(? is it a saxophone?), the manifestation of the box society has put her in it follows her and she can't escape. if she's angry it is laughed off or worse, is sexualized.

she wanted to be an extrovert, go with the flow, go getter, she's naturally a funloving, sweet, soft spoken, bubbly person who misses social cues (or has come to ignore them for her own sanity)- but has clearly been through this shit for a long time. she learned to fight back, double down all while remaining personalble, treating everyone like a customer service patron, because she had to. not because it's natural for her, but out of trauma. not because she wanted to.

she basically immediately gravitated towards bugs, another cartoon rabbit, and she was angry, triggered, and disapointed when he called her doll like so many people clearly had she . it wasnt until he got smushed on her behalf, and asked HER if SHE was okay-NO STRINGS ATTACHED that she actually opened up. "that was the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me" she didnt say that when he got smooshed. she didnt say that when he pushed her out of the way, she said it when he asked her if she, lola the person was okay. at this point she got overwhelmed and excited and kissed him, she let herself be okay with him seeing her in a romantic or cartoon-psuedo-sexual nature because he could see past that and for the first time in a long time she felt less alone and cared for. she could sexualize him and know there was an equal balance for once in her fuckin life. so she rushed things when she likely shouldnt have either in hopes of keeping a bit of control and say, or because this is new terriitory, or because she doesnt know any different from the two extremes she's had to live with for so long.

lola did have personality, it just wasnt in line with a typical exagerated to extremes looneytoons cartoon character style personality, because she wasnt allowed to.

she's the cartoon embodiment of the highschool girl or coworker who gets constant unwanted attention (sexual harrasment) and is dehumanized even by her fellow girls who slutshame, and objectify her by calling her vapid, by blaming her and therefore fails out of refusal to hold the men around them accountable. she's a vapid slut if she tries to ignore it, but if she snaps then she's the crazy misanderist one who is dehumanizing and vilifying all men. so she has to laugh along and giggle she has to walk a tight rope whether she's actively aware of it or not.

this new iteration of lola is more fun to watch, she isnt trapped in subtlety and a failed attempt at commentary that goes over peoples heads because of such a failure.

this new iteration is who movie lola seems to wish to be. who she couldve been had society at large not failed her, isolated her, took advantage of her and tried to trade a conditional kindness for something in return.

this new itteration of lola is actually fun because she's allowed to be fun.