#scribe and nick and i (all very ace) were hollering throughout the whole episode. it felt like we were in on the joke for once | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

astriiformes · 7 months

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The Tendi and Rutherford fake dating episode really was one of the best things a TV show could do to cater to me, an aromantic person, because I generally do not like fake dating as a trope, but I do love taking tropes that are often considered romantic and applying them to characters who love each other platonically instead, and Lower Decks just did it so well.

The joke at the end of the episode where they're like "That was terrible, lets never do it again. Anyways" and then climb on top of each other in the Jeffries tube because they really are that close, just not in that way was such a perfect moment. They're inseparable best friends and also pretending to date each other was awful because it made them uncomfortable. And the joke for most of the episode isn't really that they are uncomfortable, it's that they're stuck in a weird contrived sitcom scenario and don't know how to get out of it.

Also I'm going to be thinking about the gag with Rutherford shouting "We got married at a wedding!" to the rest of the hotel lobby forever.

#honestly even if you've never seen an episode of star trek before lower decks is like. prime media for aces and aros #there's an episode that revolves around a character who doesn't want to have sex -- for goofy and convoluted sitcom reasons; but still #scribe and nick and i (all very ace) were hollering throughout the whole episode. it felt like we were in on the joke for once #and the two main character duos really are like. peak 'do not separate them but also they would NEVER date each other'#it's definitely one of those pieces of media where i'm like. no there aren't any canon aro or ace characters. yes it's aspec media. to me #also it's great and clever and funny and really well-written #but you know #f: space treks

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