i think about juno/alessandra all the time--i'm incredibly into jupeter, and juno/alessandra is an incredible complement. i could write for one hundred years of my opinions about this, but basically: juno and alessandra feel so similar to me, except alessandra seems to have coping mechanisms and better-preserved idealism. i worry their relationship would force alessandra to look at the bleak world juno can't unsee, and she works so hard not to see, and juno to spiral because he made her worse.
You know, I have to wonder about the kinds of coping mechanisms Alessandra actually uses, because that woman has Seen Some Shit, and she’s remarkably well-adjusted afterward, all things considered.
So I’m not so much worried about her being forced to look at the bleak world, so much as him inadvertently cutting the coping mechanisms out from under her.
She’s stronger than I think people sometimes give her credit for-- but that also means that she was strong enough to draw a hard line and walk away when Juno made it clear he was gonna be pining over Peter. That’s some Grade A self care right there, and I’m incredibly proud of her for it.
And that’s heartbreaking in some ways, because they really do work really well together, and they’ve got such lovely chemistry.
I think they could still make a solid couple, but it would have to be after Juno’s actually started working on his issues and gotten over that relationship phobia of his.