#tendi

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Why people wished they stayed platonic:

Tendi and Rutherford

(mild spoilers for Star Trek Lower Decks) When the two first meet in the first episode, they become fast friends. THE ENTIRE SHOW, there was never any romantic hints or anything, no flusters, no blushes, and in general showed no romantic intrest in eachother, with multiple plotlines and scenes about how they were freinds, both of them refer to eachother as best friends, etc. There was even a whole B plot in episode 36. Tendi and Rutherford pretended to be a couple as part of a mission, and were explicity uncomfortable with being percieved as a couple and being forced into couple activities by some aggresive restraunt staff. So, with a very well established platonic relationship… In the LAST MINUTES of the LAST EPISODE, Ruthorford realizes he has feelings for Tendi. Up until now he had a cyborg implant, which was removed, the in-canon reason is that the implant had some kind of dopamine blocker that hid those feelings from him. He is one of, if not the most upbeat and joyous characters on the show, so this makes no sense. This really felt like some kind of rushed fanservice teaser or something, as it really came out of nowhere. Sorry if I rambled lol

Katniss and Gale

It would have been a lot less trouble for both of them if things had been kept platonic, and Katniss could have maybe kept a friend by the end of the series since the messiness of and stress about the sort-of romance helped to push them away from each other during hard times.

They never should’ve had romantic emotions between them we should’ve gotten them being able to be best friends even if one is female and one is male. Guys and girls can be friends without it being romantic and Katniss never thought of Gale that way until after she had been falling in love with Peeta. Yes I get that a love triangle is dramatic but with everything else going on they really didn’t need it tbh.

Additional info

Mellanoid Slimes often use gastroliths--that is, rocks--to aid in digestion. Eaurp Guz really needed to have explained this to Tendi before their 'authentic mellanoid meal' began.