I really dislike how much people hate on Lila in Hey Arnold. I understand that she is supposed to be Helgas “competition” and all, but I don’t think people understand that when it came to Lila, Arnold was most definitely in the wrong a lot of the time, and that comes from someone whose favorite character IS Arnold. I’m not going to lie, when Lila first pursued Arnold after thinking he liked her, she should have heard him out before making him hang out with her, THAT was her fault. But after she made it clear she did not like him, Arnold SHOULD have stopped there. But he kept crossing her boundaries, so much to the point she had to keep telling him multiple times that she does not like him. So much so that even GERALD had to talk to him multiple times because Arnold was being so toxic about Lila. And I think what really showed his toxic obsession was when he left Helga outside at the costume party JUST BECAUSE she stopped dressing like Lila. Poor girl finally tried being herself to him and he completely disregarded her just because she wanted to look like herself. He even hated the idea that Lila liked Arnie because Arnold thought that he was simply better than him. He acted entitled by saying he deserves to be with Lila instead of Helga “because he’s a nice guy”. Lila and Arnold are clearly not meant to be together and the fact that Arnold acted this way is proof, so why is Lila getting all the hate? Lila made it clear she did not like him multiple times, she set boundaries, she gave Helga the part in Romeo and Juliet BECAUSE Helga loved Arnold, Lila rooted for Helga and Arnold because she thought it was cute. And most importantly, she kept Helgas secret from everyone and kept her distance from Arnold. Lila’s just simply a sweet girl and she helped Helga out multiple times. Yeah, her being perfect and having Arnold chase her is a little annoying, but she doesn’t deserve the rep she gets.
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