On 6/9/2022 at 2:03 AM, sskrill said:
So as a non straight woman, I'm going to jump in here and mention thats its curious how negative the response is to the Lucy/Kate pairing. I get that the writing is atrocious - its hard to believe these people are in a union and actually get paid to write shitty scenes like Whistler singing, but the F/F community is lucky to get one significant relationship per year, and here we are with nearly everyone complaining it should be written out.
Anyway, I've never actually seen an NCIS show before as this isn't my usual interest, and I admittedly got sucked in to watching it by lesbian twitter yammering on about it. It wasn't bad overall and I like most of the characters, but the writing is average at best, and I'm sure the romantic lives of all the other characters will be used as plot lines in upcoming episodes.
I would tune in for at least a couple of episodes next season to see where the characters go.
The fandom (and myself) complain about the Lucy/Whister pairing because, yes, it is written very badly, and the characters do not relate to each other as adults, and become outright stupid around each other. Every Lucy/Whister interaction this year has featured some sort of romantic/sexual connotation, with each one dancing around in words never saying what they mean, or being passive-aggressive. (Granted, this happens with a lot of onscreen will-they-won't-they couples. I cite Castle, especially, as a prime example of this.)
I would imagine the F/F community would prefer seeing a well written relationship on TV, than have a bad one written atrociously just so they could say "hey, this show has one too!". To wit, check out the Alex Danvers/Maggie Sawyer relationship development on "Supergirl". That one was handled WAY better, and actually served to have a character have growth as a person.
The Lucy/Whistler thing drags both characters down like an anchor. That's what I imagine bugs a lot of people. Peaple are throwing no more dislike at them, than they would for any other awfully written pairing.
One good thing I have noticed about the Lucy/Whistler thing is that absolutely no one in the show has any type of hang-ups, or issues at all with either Lucy or Whistler's sexuality. That's a good thing. Lucy's collegues were surprised at who she was dating, but that was it.
Edited September 23, 2022 by StarBrandncG1vNJzZmien6fCrr%2BNqamipZWptq6x0WeaqKVfqbyxtcJoaGxoYmiBbr%2BPapxral2ktaK6wGg%3D