Benvi stan 🩵

Is so unfair that I'm so obsessed with them, and I'm never getting them back like I will never have my favorite nerd couple again

flying across the country… because he realized he had never actually told devi how he felt…

Something I found funny is how many people didn't understand Ben and Devi, and that's like one of my favorite things about this ship. And I'm not talking just about fans, I'm talking in canon. The girls don't understand them, they were like, why would you want to be with him?! but as the story progress, they get it, Devi is Devi when she's with Ben, and it's the same for Ben. Fabiola sees Ben under a different light when Ben talks about Devi breaking his heart, not because it's about Devi but because Ben is vulnerable. Fabiola is like damn you have a heart? And the little smile she gives them with Aneesa at the end of s4, perfect circle. The fact that Paxton gets it like even in s3 Paxton, told Ben, "She had something with you that we don't share" Yes he was talking about them being smart but in S4 when he smiled at them making snarky comments about eachother, he get it now.

You made an interesting point. A lot of people like to pretend Devi liked Paxton more than Ben but that’s not true. She just showed a lot of devotion to him because of her idealized views on him. 2x01 does make it clear. She had Paxton where she wanted him. She could date him and have her dreams come true. Why complicate things adding Ben to the mix when she can enjoy Paxton all on her own? Simple. Her feelings for Ben overpowered her pursue on Paxton and if it wasn’t for Fab and Eleanor giving her a shallow advice (because they also fantasized with popularity) she’d have been with Ben. In fact, she didn’t want to break up with him. Paxton was an ideal she couldn’t let go of but for all of Season 2 is evident that she wants Ben over anyone else. The moment he is not longer available is where she circles back to Paxton but if Ben had asked her to be with him on that dance, she would’ve in a heartbeat. But that’s not where her journey needed to go.