The thing I hate most is how theyāre trying to frame Cat and Spencerās relationship as two people who are in love with (or at least attracted to) each other despite their natures. I hate it so so much. The show always stops short of having Spencer out right deny he has feelings for Cat and she treats it like a very real possibility.
Maybe I am misreading their chemistry or unspoken signals or whatever but for me they donāt have the right power dynamic for enemies to lovers or even enemies who hate each other but are still attracted to each other.
Look, I like villain/hero romances. Theyāre difficult to do well and it tends to only work in fanfic but I find the dynamic interesting. So the reason I hate Cat/Spencer (Spat?) isnāt because heās the hero and sheās the villain itās because sheās the abuser. Their power dynamic has always been really skewed. Heās law enforcement, sheās criminal but in every encounter Cat has always had some emotional leverage that upends that.Ā For a conflict point of view its GOLD, but as a relationship? nah
Entropy: Yeah itās a date but Spencer is there because Garcia, one of his best friends/his family is in danger. His goal is to save his friend.
Red Light: She abducted his mother.Ā
Given what we know about Spencer sense of loyalty I donāt think attraction would factor into either of those circumstances. I can definitely see him viewing her as an adversary thatās more dangerous than any other (Hankel for instance) and their animosity is definitely personal but how can it be tinged with attraction or love or whatever? Itās not that Catās hurt him, itās that sheās hurt people Spencer cares about. Thatās the hurdle I canāt get over.
All thatĀ āsheās right you canāt fake thatā shit about kissing Cat inĀ āDate Nightā makes zero sense.
(Wow this turned into a rant)
