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I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say that no one is wrong. I've seen some pairings for Kodi (and anyone who thinks I'm talking just about what you think I'm talking about, I'm not) that are seriously just wrong, to the extent that even most of the people I've argued about this kind of thing with would probably agree.

I'd also question the rationale that Kodi is flat-out not relationship material because he "shows no interest." Don't forget that Wings of Change showed an extremely limited portion, not even a cross-section really, of Kodi's life; all the characters' lives, really. Considering how distracted they were at the time, and rightly so, it's small wonder that romantic matters didn't really come up in any significant matter. The same could be said of any of the movies. Doc was never shown having any kind of love interest, but that hardly excludes him from having a love life. The same applies to Aleu, and any number of major and minor characters in the movies. Not just to romance either. Aniu's parentage never came up, for example, but unless you're going to suppose that she was some kind of wolf goddess, she must have had parents. Bottom line: the fact that something was not shown certainly doesn't negate its presence. It just means it wasn't important.

I agree on the "No one is right" part though, in as much as there is no definitive answer.

Ditto here too man. Whether Kodi is paired with Dusty, Kirby(oddly enough), or absolutely NO one, there is no strong proof and therefore, no one is right.

I know that Mighty's post is an older post, but lets face it: Mighty's opinion is actually a fact. These topics don't really need to be posted. I mean, I choose no opinion AKA no one. I'm sorry, but these topics, most of time, don't lead to anything good.

There are times when it looks that way, but when handled in a civil manner I think these topics raise some points worth consideration. Granted, the matter in and of itself may be trivial, but the process of different people thinking it through and discussing it can, if handled right, be quite the opposite.

As the others originally pointed out, this topic is rather pointless as the answer is obviously going to be Dusty. But, I think I'll put my two cents in anyway.

If people are going to do that, they should at least make a good story about their relationship and how they ended up together. But, people make up the sad same thing that they were "meant for each other" or they "fell in love at first sight" (I'm not saying I hate love at first sight, it's just sometimes it gets repetitive).

Having said that, at least fan character options are included here, personally I prefer seeing Kodi with a different female besides Dusty. I don't ship any, so I'm not Kodi X Dusty, Dusty X Ralph or even Kodi X Kirby. Honestly, if I had to pick a girl for Kodi, it would be Pop's Serene.

I also agree that he didn't seem relationship material, in fact he seemed an 'all work' sort of guy.

This is true; I think more of these stories need to focus on actual problems besides romantic attraction. To give an example, I've heard that the main focus of the much-loathed Twilight books was, in a nutshell, a girl's choice between a vampire and a werewolf; all the other problems were largely peripheral. By contrast, I once read a book called Searching for Dragons in which a dragon's princess and a king ended up working together because the disappearance of her dragon and large portions of his enchanted forest were connected. I'm not going to give too much detail in case anyone wants to read the book or the others in the series (it's the second one after Dealing With Dragons in case you want them in order),or tell you whether or not they ended up together in the end, but the fact that they were both dealing with a crisis as a team, rather than as love interests, made the story a good deal more interesting, I think.


Any particular thoughts on why you feel that's the case? Not that I disagree, but I'd like your perspective.


There I'm not sure I agree, considering that his whole team's living was at stake. It's not as if anyone is going to think about relationships at a time like that. Also we did see that Kodi was capable of relaxing and just having a good time when things weren't crashing all around him or in danger of doing so. Simply put, he had a distinct line between playtime and work time. That hardly means that either one was negated by the other.

Firstly, it's clear UltraPop (Serene's creator) has put a great deal of effort into the story behind Kodi and Serene's relationship, and it clearly shows in the bio of Serene, and the fan creations Pop does of the two together. It's interesting to read the image and fanart descriptions about particular events within their relationship story.

Secondly, I think there's a lot of effort into Serene's design (Pop often changes it a lot, but that shows she has a lot of consideration for her character) and personally, I think it fits Kodi more than Dusty's design does, Pop cleverly designed her so that her coat and Kodi's coat fit well together, so they also suit each other design wise.



While I see your point, I do think keeping Dusty's own personality in mind, she'd probably go for a more fun-loving type guy, bringing Ralph back into the picture. NOT saying I'm a fan of Ralph X Dusty, but merely pointing out that I think Dusty would probably go for Ralph over Kodi, he seems more of her type. And, it does in fact conclude that Dusty and Ralph were meant to be in a relationship in one of Steet's interview reports a while back (I remembering reading it) with the director of WoC (if memory serves me right) x'D

Sensible enough when you put it that way, I suppose.


I'm aware of that, but to answer the point about initial plans for her and Ralph to be in a relationship I'll point out two things. One is that plans tend to change; I myself once planned for two characters of mine to be very much in love, but I finally decided that they were better off as just friends; he wasn't right for her, and she wasn't right for him. As a matter of fact a big part of that was the fact that the guy in question needed to learn to be more serious, and the girl in question needed to be more balanced. Much like Dusty and Ralph, if you think about it. While you have pointed out, again quite rationally, that she might choose some other guy altogether, I think in the end she would be best off with someone who knew when to be serious and when to be fun. I believe Kodi could fill both parameters, as I've already pointed out.

The other is pretty much summed up by the first, and that is that as characters with their own personalities, they would be capable of changing in their own right and making decisions; one of the best writers I've known has admitted to having his characters "run off on him," so to speak, so it stands to reason that Dusty could do the same and decide that she'd be better off with some other guy than the one the writer decided to put her with. If she did so, she might decide that Kodi was the best choice even as she decided that he was right and she and the others were wrong in the movie (I concede that she could do the same in a story where she was with Kodi initially, but for our present purposes that's academic).

In short, there is plenty of room to suppose that a writer or Dusty herself (in a manner of speaking) could decide with full faculty that Kodi would be a good choice for her.

I'm not the type for huge fan-pairings; and I don't really think that Kodi cared about having a mate or even in that matter, having puppies.

I had chosen the option 'no opinion because I don't think Kodi really cared not would he stop to think about having a mate. I mean, after all, he was into his job more than he was into Dusty or any other female dogs.

I don't even think the animators or crew themselves would even care to have made Kodi a mate and I'm sure they didn't intend Dusty to be paired with Kodi.

Well I'll be honest. I was a hardcore Dusty x Kodi shipper...still am..I used to think their personalities would complement each other.
But looking back...Kodi IS a bit too work oriented for a girlfriend..

Not saying it isn't possible..but..*shrug*

Agreed. Which is the only reason he's not out chasing the girls...in spite of a few shippers who get into oddball questions pertaining to his sexuality.

The question, who is better for Kodi?

From watching the movie (I've only seen it once. When it first came out in 2005), the only thing that's better for Kodi is his work. As Angel Dreamer said, he's too work oriented to develop a relationship with any female dog.

What girl wants to be with a guy who is a constant workaholic? It's a total relationship killer.

Actually it's "workaholic", FYI.

Misspelled words happen all the time, whether we're young or not.

Thanks.

And so do corrections meant to help...whether you're middle-aged or not.

You're welcome.