Muhammad Rafi'uddin Bin Mohmmed

Why does Tenderheart look so warm? I feel like if I saw him in person he'd see right through me and give me a hug, and it would be like I'm enveloped in a hot water bottle.

I tend to feel the same way you do, and for me, this is why:  Tenderheart still just makes me think of a big, soft, cuddly teddy bear. This kind of came up in another ask I answered a while back: https://carebearbro.tumblr.com/post/190635279945/i-was-imagine-that-tenderheart-was-one-of-the Again, I know all Care Bears are pretty much teddy bears.  But with Tendy, he’s that traditional brown, and his tummy symbol is just a straight up heart.  So there’s something more pure about him. No matter what version of Care Bears you watch, Tenderheart is always strong, but at the same time exudes pure love and warmth. For me, it kind of makes me think back to when I was a kid and why teddy bears were always so special.  They always gave me more powerful feelings than other stuffed animals.  That may be why I loved Care Bears so much. But teddy bears just have a way of making you feel safe, cozy, comfortable and at peace.  You feel like you can hug and cuddle them and everything feels perfect and right in the world. All of the Care Bears make you feel the same feeling, but I don’t think any grab onto that feeling the way Tendy does.  Because the other bears have bright colors or detailed tummy symbols, you feel like they represent something else.  In addition, sometimes the boy bears feel particularly masucline and the girl bears particularly feminine.  Tendy just feels right in the middle of that...it’s just a pure, powerful cuddly feeling of being accepted and loved. I don’t know if I’m wording any of this in a way that makes sense.  But even though Tenderheart isn’t my absolute favorite Care Bear (though he is near the top), there’s just something particuarly special about him that I love so much.