Saving Hope and shipping issues
Okay so I need to talk about love....polygon issues on Saving Hope for a moment. And maybe a few other things, but mostly this mess.
( Spoilers through 2x08 and the preview for 2x09 )
( Spoilers through 2x08 and the preview for 2x09 )
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I don't remember them breaking up. I remember they argued about Shaheer being too emotionally distant, but there was nothing to indicate that it was anything more than an argument.
I kind of liked the Joel/Alex in this week's episode, because I got the feeling that it was mostly one- sided. It felt to me like Joel watched her do something amazing, and was completely awed by her and reminded once again how badly he screwed things up. From Alex I felt mostly nostalgia (and maybe a physical attraction, it's Daniel Gillies, DUH) but still got the sense that she's devoted to Charlie. I think next week we'll see some more stirrings of problems in that relationship.
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So I'm not the only one who didn't get that. It kind of blindsided me this episode when Shaheer said they'd broken up. I wasn't exactly invested in them as a ship but I liked them okay and am not crazy about them just being brushed aside.
I kind of liked the Joel/Alex in this week's episode, because I got the feeling that it was mostly one- sided.That's how I've always seen them. And I don't really disagree with your reading of them here, in this moment that's pretty much how I see them too. It was just that behind the fairly balanced way they acted I was sensing the writers' machinations to change the direction of things. I'm a bit shell shocked when it comes to love triangles these days. And tired, I find love triangles tiring; and usually to the determent of all the characters involved ( ... )
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