Originally posted by JenniferJF
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Once upon a time - way back when season 4 to 7 were airing, I really didn't want to ever see them resolve it. I was actually quite happy shipping them knowing it could never be. Actually, the pressure was kind of off, IYKWIM, for me, because they could not be together due to regs etc. Really, my opnion on wanting them together only actually changed after Threads because, IMO, that's when they actually got together.
I even love the fact they wrote that as ambigiously as they could so the shippers could see the blatently obvious but the anti-shippers could happily go "la la la, just fishing" (in the non guttery sense) and ignore the (to me) obvious.
I think the short version of what I just rambled away at is that it's all about the subtext. This ship - the writers etc. came about as close as pleasing all the people all the time with this. Brad Wright absolutely meant it when he said "If you want them to be together, they are together". He was acknowledging that they can be but only if you want it. I firmly believe that's why, up until now, no overt hints have ever been shown that they are in a relationship. To me, as a shipper, after the events of the 8 years leading up to and including Threads, it makes absolutely no sense that they are not. But, y'know, if folks want to think not, I can't be wasting my breath trying to convert them.
I don't know what movie #3 will bring but, frankly, TPTB really have nothing to lose now but so they might as well decide to show it or to deny it. The fact that even casual fans and non shippers (those who are not outright anti) are thinking it's about time leads me to hope they have gone with showing it. Besides all that, romance sells. Simple as.
Um, sorry, not sure where that ramble came from.
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