User blog:AustinDR/Character Retrospect: Ronnie Anne Santiago

So, to kind of forget about a certain awards event, here's Ronnie Anne. Now Ronnie Anne is a special case. Admittedly, I didn't like her at first because of the fact that she was a bully, but she grew on me. I would still love for her to be in more episodes, but until then, here's my thoughts on her. Now, she is first mentioned in "Heavy Meddle," in which she is revealed to be the one bullying Lincoln. As per usual, the girls take that to mean that she must like Lincoln, but is most likely too shy to tell him that. So, Lincoln takes their word for it, and he kisses her. And........he gets sucker punched in the face. I mean, you just don't go up to a complete stranger and smooch them after all. Of course, the sisters were proven correct in their assumption, so the two start to secretly date.

Okay, so her physical debut is in "Save the Date," an episode I found okay. Lincoln gets teased about his relationship with Ronnie Anne, and when he rebukes them for that, he unintentionally ends up offending Ronnie. And then that's when you find out that she was Bobby's younger sister. Even though it wasn't established earlier. Contrivance, maybe? Anyway, Lori forces Lincoln to go on a double date with her and Bobby. Even though it was against his consent, he does end up sharing some common ground with Ronnie Anne. They both poke fun at their older siblings' lovey dovey-ness, and they seemed to genuinely enjoy being in each other's presence. However, Lincoln ends up offending her again when his friends began to tease him about him and Ronnie Anne again. Having enough, he stands up in her defense, and kisses her. Yes, she slaps him the next day at school, but it's made clear that that was only to cover for him. From there, I began to slowly like her.

And then there's "April Fools Rules." This was the episode that made me feel that she truly loved Lincoln. For one, she doesn't bully him in this episode; in fact, my favorite scene is her throwing a pie in Luan's face. Again, I don't hate Luan, but even I thought that she was going too far in this episode, so it was pretty cathartic. She also appreciated Lincoln for taking the fall for her even though she was never in any trouble. She had a short role, but I couldn't help but to gush at it. Lastly, there's "Dance, Dance Resolution." While I have some problems with the episode, I enjoyed watching Lincoln dance with Ronnie Anne at the arcade. To me, this was where Ronnie Anne went from being a bully to a friend.

Now, for the most part, Ronnie Anne is a notorious tough girl who is harsh and somewhat cold, but I also sensed that she had a more sensitive side that she was too afraid to show. She really only shows her true self when she's alone with Lincoln. If anything, I want there to be an episode wherein it explains why Ronnie Anne became a bully. I would love to see that. Or at the very least, more episodes.

I apologize for this retrospect being rather brief. I thought of doing this to vent my irritation of SpongeBob winning. In addition, I will do Luanacoln soon, though I'm terrified.

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