#unless maybe if they're going for an intentional ambiguity which could be intriguing under the right circumstances

[riickgrimes]

I honestly wouldn't mind them just being friends! but for me it would be disappointing if they go that route because of the amount of scenes with romantic undercurrents this season. if they end up being friends only it would make a lot of their interactions so... baity? like why are they having a hushed convo under a table in a beautifully blocked scene about their fears and how much they mean to each other about opening up a goddamn new restaurant??? why is he more calmed by sydney during a panic attack than the woman he supposedly loves??? those are crazy intentional choices, especially for a team who did not like the romantic aspect people were reading into the ship. not that feelings can't change but whoa

lmaooo veryyyy tru which is why i don't understand some ppl on twitter who are getting mad at shippers bc like it's one thing to not ship them or want them to only stay as friends, but to say like 'oh ppl want to make everything romantic' as if the writers aren't purposefully writing it that way or as if shippers are just making shit up like??? Those scenes are very romance coded and emotionally charged and coming from someone who before s2 only saw them as platonic, it was hard for me to watch those scenes and not ship them. But at the same time i feel like they're just implicit enough to where if the writers decided to keep them as friends, those scenes could still work within a platonic context (if you turn your head and squint and rationalize the hell out of it but still). Like truly this is a deciding point for the writers, either they go all in or they dial it back. Bc I don't think this kind of ambiguity would fly with the viewers in the next season.