Thoughts on Zeke/Tina? The Mad Pooper kinda sold me on this ship, because he did something that was crazy disgusting to help her reporting career. That's some real off-kilter but sweet thinking, IMO.
i can definitely understand the rationale behind a zeke/tina ship -- they do have some nice chemistry and there’s something sort of sweet about zeke’s brand of romantic gesture
however, when it comes to a relationship between zeke and tina, i firmly prefer a platonic one
honestly, this opinion mostly comes from the fact that, canonically, tina is interested in jimmy jr. as opposed to zeke. i do think zeke’s gestures were sweet, but i also think that they introduced the potential for a messy and unnecessary love triangle between the three of them -- especially since we’ve had some indication that jimmy jr. is also interested in tina in return -- and i don’t really want to see that kind of drama or conflict
which is why i prefer a friendship between zeke and tina rather than a relationship. i like that there’s been this development towards mutual trust and respect in their interactions (looking mainly at midday run) which is why i think they would work well as close friends.
so tl;dr -- i can see where people on the zena/zina ship are coming from, but i’m pretty staunchly in the tina/jj camp
(although i will say that someone sent in a headcanon about tina, zeke, and jj being in a polyamorous relationship in the future -- which is something i can fully get on board with and probably the only context in which i’d ship zeke and tina as anything more than friends)
