no no no see thereâs 2 other much funnier options for a first meeting:
1- At a party at Georgieâs, where they also simultaneously find out their respective Georgie-dating status. Georgie, of course, still being a spoopy nerd in this universe, has been following the argument for years and is happily sitting on her couch sipping a drink and Watching.
2- If the Institute still exists and Jon is still working there, Melanie, having not looked up that Jonathan Sims guy because that would be one step too far into creepy, unawaredly goes to the Institute to research her next video. The library wonât let her in because she doesnât have the credentials to access it, and they refuse to accept her show as credentials.
Some random middle-aged dude pops up behind her and starts defending the quality, depth and rigor of GH UKâs research and work ethics and all the show does for vulgarisation of the field, making it accessible to a casual layman audience.
The tired librarian (âŚMartin?) sighs and goes, okay, sure, whatever, just fill in this form to vouch for her, sign here.
Melanie goes from extremely surprised but flattered that this academic values her and her work so much, to enraged when Jonathan Sims signs his name.
(Jon may or may not manage to explain that of course heâs always respected her work on the technical execution level, itâs just her theories and conclusions that are bad and wrong.)
They continue to be rivals, only now they can insult each other live when Melanie pops by. And ask how the next thing is coming along and exchange references on specific topics. Both of their contributions notably improve. Sometimes they name each other in the thanks part, if applicable â âHey guys, this episode will be about tearing down our good friend Jonathan Simsâs response to episode 53! Took him long enough. But first, for their support in the making and researching of this episode, Iâd like to thank Georgie Barker, Jonathan Sims, âŚâ.
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