I do know that your answer is “nothing would have satisfied me” but just bc I’m curious: what mysterious talks between fjord and jester or Beau and Yasha were supposed to happen for you to accept them as developed?
For Fjord and Jester, I would have liked by now to have seen at least one example of Fjord actually seeing and respecting Jester as the competent adult that she is. Literally just one example of him understanding or even acknowledging her perspective. He spent the first half of the campaign negging her (literally in her own words made her feel stupid), and spent the second half growing apart from her and towards other people. And then over hiatus Travis changes his mind about romance, so now Fjord buys her children's toys and constantly tries to be more macho than her and talks about running away together even though that’s not what Jester needs or wants. I mean there are loads of posts in the anti tag that talk at length about how they just don’t work for one another.
Though, say what you will about Fjorester, it’s actually given me a new kind of respect for WidoJest, which I previously loathed. Because at least there are actually many examples of Caleb understanding and respecting and trusting Jester as a person and seeing her for who she is - even in this last episode, and often in stark contrast to Fjord.
As for Beau and Yasha, I want to be convinced that they actually work as a couple, because, honestly, I really don’t see how you can be with someone long term when you Just. Can’t. Talk. To. Them.
They actively have “anti-chemistry” - they are really good characters individually, but when you put them together, any and all characterization falls away and you have to watch them actively be less smart and less interesting for a few minutes. Their talks are the kind of thing you have to grit your teeth through - that even THEY grit their teeth through - and they just aren’t like that with anyone else. They have great chemistry with so many other people. They engage better and relate more with so many other people. I want to be told why specifically they are drawn to each other even though they can barely hold a conversation (the sad and real answer just being, “they’re both lesbians so they’re being paired by default with no other reason”).
What do they have in common? How do they help each other? What can they learn from each other? I want to see them make each other laugh! and have arguments! and be real fucking people! Things that we see them do with other people all the time! I want them to be able to talk without losing all of their depth and pushing their characterization aside for a sec. I want to see what shared values they have that makes them work as a couple.
Basically, what kind of future do they honestly see with each other? What specifically do they like about each other? We’ve heard them say “she’s special” and “I’ve liked her for a long time” and “I get so nervous around her” so many times but never once have they actually shown why. We’ve just been told. What honestly leads these two to think that they could work, when every time they interact they prove the opposite?
I want these relationships to work - but as it stands I’m just not at all convinced.
