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We've thrown that out there, but people like to pretend he has no say in the movie. It's not like he directed it or anything xD

You never let up on that one, do you folks? Probably because it's the only really strong point you have in your favor.

I've said it before, and just for the sake of anyone actually listening I'll say it again. Yes, I acknowledge that Dusty and Ralph were together within the timeslot of the movie itself. However, the changes exhibited primarily by Kodi refute pretty much all your other arguments about him being a bad choice for Dusty. And, while Dusty may fairly be treated as part of the same group as Ralph, she shows at least a little evidence of undergoing those same changes of attitude, growing in the same direction as Kodi.

I'm not saying that she and Ralph weren't designed to be a couple. But then, it's not unheard of for someone developing a story to end up putting things in unintentionally, sometimes not even realizing it afterwards. My own dad gave up writing because of his inability to read between the very lines he wrote (and I have that straight from the horse's mouth). I myself have scrapped whole stories because I found their concepts to be untenable - for example, I abandoned my attempt to cross The Lion King with The Chronicles of Narnia due to the results I got trying to combine the spirituality of the two.

I'm not saying that Dusty wasn't with Ralph, just that she would be better off with Kodi. Besides, as I recall you quite cheerfully dismiss the "well that's what the script said" argument with regard to whom Jenna should be with, and on pretty flimsy basis too ("Oh my gosh Steele is so hawt"). So you dispensing it so readily here is pretty much just double-talk.

So this is what I have concluded... I am all for Dusty and Ralph <3

1. Dusty and Ralph obviously have a relationship going on, as the director has said. But arguements have responded that Dusty will "grow out" of the relationship. How do you even know she will? What if Dusty is happy just the way she is? I mean every time you see her next to/by Ralph (which is pretty much the only place you do see her) she is smiling :3 And who says Ralph has lack of dedication? Maybe to his job, but after a while many people do get bored of their jobs, I know my mother is... Ralph might be dedicated to something he finds more important, like his family? Or maybe even Dusty?? *Gasp*

2. Kodi takes his job too seriously.Ok I understand he knows when to have some fun, but he treats his job like he is on a racing team (which sadly for him he wont ever be on ((More than likely)). It would be like having a town cop acting like he was on the CIA. He is just a mail dog for Pete's sake no need to get your panties in a bundle over being a little late.

3. Kodi was pushed into saving Duke. Kodi would never have thought twice about it if mommy didnt chew his butt out in public about saving Duke. "Wait a minute leaving your rival out to die is..... bad?" Dun dun dun! He finally realizes that he has to do the right thing but not without his mom giving him a peice of her mind.

4. Kodi shows no interest in Dusty. I mean when he went to save Duke she almost fell of a fricken cliff? What does that tell you when Kodi yells at her for "wasting time" ?? Oh yea that is totally the guy you want to be with. Why does everyone think that that type of a attitude screams "I AM BETTER FOR DUSTY! DUR HUR!" I mean what girl doesn't dream about having a man who yells at her for almost slipping off a cliff? Kodi to me hasn't grown much if even a little. He sets a goal and will stop at nothing to complete it to the best of his abilities and whoever challenges/slows this goal down should just die. There is also the fact that maybe Dusty isn't even his type! "Say wha? That's unheard of" Maybe Kodi would rather have a lovely girl waiting for him at home rather than a co-worker, she isn't the only female dog in Nome you know?

I once made an article about why people are so excited for pairind Dusty and Kodi, but I deleted it because it was bashed. Maybe I'll rewrite it someday, but I'm still afraid of being bashed by rabid KXD fans...

Just a little though. KXD fans horribly tend to completely ignore the nuzzle scene with Dusty and Ralph or say it's nothing. I bet if she did it with Kodi it would mean true love forever for you...

@Rush - I'm with RalphXDusty in 100%, but I rewatched the cliff scene twice and when is Kodi yelling at Dusty? O_o

Whoops sorry it was Balto that was agitated by Dusty almost falling not Kodi.

Uh, Rush, do I understand correctly that you're accusing Kodi/Dusty fans of ignoring what's in the movie and making up their own suggestions on which to base arguments. But when you imply that Ralph was ever committed to anyone or anything, aren't you doing the same thing?

And when you harp on Kodi having to be pushed into doing the right thing, aren't you forgetting that Ralph had to be pushed into it too? And unless I'm wrong, he had to be lectured at least as many times as Kodi. That, and there's nothing to suggest he ever stood up to anyone in support of helping Duke. So that argument says more against Ralph than Kodi.

As for Kodi ending up with some other girl, I've seen some great fanfics in that direction. In fact I probably wouldn't bother replying to this topic if the arguments presented by your side weren't, by and large, so absurdly one-sided and self-defeating.

Im not accusing I am balancing. How is it part of the movie that Dusty will leave Ralph? Doesn't that mean you are suggesting something other than the DIRECTOR himself has specified as canon? Even saying that Kodi is 'better' than Ralph is implying that you know Ralph as good as you know Kodi to make a fair judgement. In all honestly Ralph doesn't have enough screen time to make any of your Kodi is "better" or Kodi is "more committed" arguements VALID.

Ralph didn't have his mommy yelling at him in front of his friends neither. Plus who is Ralph supposed to scold? The whole team was lectured at the same time by Kodi. So Ralph and Kodi are in the same boat with this one.

I have to and honestly I would perfer if Kodi would end up with someone outside of the sled dog loop

Based on what can be seen, Ralph just didn't have persistence in much of anything. Even when his livelyhood was on the line he wanted to slow down over that toenail of his. Now I can see how a bad toe would be a hindrence in running, but given that he was willing to let a man freeze to death for trying to steal the team's job, you'd think he'd be big enough to zip it just once. But even with his living on the line, he got worked up over personal comfort. I know firsthand exactly what kind of dad that makes: a bad one. Kodi, at least, had persistence in one area, whereas Ralph had it in none.

And as I said, Ralph's on equal footing with Kodi at best in the scolding department. He and the others were ready to treat Kodi as an enemy, even with the realization that for him it was about family as well as integrity. It was only when he brought them face-to-face with their own lack of integrity, as had been done to him, that they did something. And who was the first to show signs of repentance? Certainly not Ralph.

As for Kodi being with someone outside the sled team, I can see advantages to that. I just get sick of R/D shippers coming out with all this stuff about "Kodi's so terrible, he'd never made a good dad, blah blah blah." I mean at LEAST stay with the arguments that make sense.

EDIT: P.S. I checked back in the movie. Dusty did almost fall off a cliff, but that wasn't when they were going to rescue Duke. And Kodi didn't yell at her for it. So Rush, maybe you should check before you slam.

Not, cuz I don't really see the love between them both, but even if they did it'd be fine with me...

I repeat Ralph wasn't in the movie enough to really show what his life was like, how do you know he isn't more persistant about something else? Not exactly his choice to be a sled dog since they were BOUGHT and SOLD back then. What living he is a dog xD

Well if none but Kodi really had any integrity or care for a human's life then why does that make Dusty good for him? Not him good for Dusty because obviously he is a saint.

I'm not one of those people and don't worry the K/D shippers are just as bad

P.S. Sorry don't own the movie so I can't watch it whenever... <-- see this, maybe you should check before you slam.

If Ralph wasn't, neither was Kodi. There was maybe a five-minute difference in their screentime, total. Besides, you're still basing your argument on no visible evidence. In fact you don't even seem to be trying to present some rational basis. Your basic reasoning seems to be "There is no proof that he wasn't dedicated to something besides being a sled dog, therefore he had to be."

Ah, now you're getting outside the usual box. But didn't Dusty show immediate signs of responding to Kodi's lecture? Granted, it would be fair to argue that her conscience isn't up there with his. But there's definitely reason to believe she respects his morals, and that's worth something.

And if you're trying to class me on the same level with yourself, let me point out that so far I've based my logic on the movie. You've based it on nothing.

And wrong again. Balto didn't yell at Dusty either, unless my DVD player pulled the smoothest skip in recorded history. And I don't own the DVD either, but I do have a library card.

You know...Kodi could have a few Husky puppy but also possibly a wolf-dog pup! Kodi would say,"Dad one of these doesn't look like me or Dusty, He looks like you! Dad, are you hiding something from me..."

If Balto never told the other pups about his wolf heritage. Given how closely connected they stayed as a family, it would seem rather odd if Kodi didn't find out - especially after Aleu left town and never came back.

If Kodi had puppies... all of them would be a wolf/dog. Just because they don't look like one doesn't mean they don't have some in it..

Tibb --> Good point, although I think Half-Breed meant was one that actually looked like it.