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For the first time I see Meredith and Alex as a couple

posted 8 years ago by burtonh
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Maybe it's the weakness of Riggs and Meredith. Riggs and Meredith are a bad match. I think he fits more with Maggie. Riggs has more of an off key tone that's not serious. In that way he's like Maggie. Maggie can be serious but for the most part she's light.

Meredith and Alex looked like a couple in last nights episode especially at the jail in the last scene. I think this is where they might be headed because Meredith will probably be the only one in his corner.

I never liked Jo and Alex passed a hook up that lasted too long.

[–] telejunkie 8 years ago

I never understood why people say friends are like brother and sister, etc. That's bs. What makes a brother and sister have a brother-sister relationship is that they grew up together. Alex and Meredith were already adults when they met, beginning their careers. They're best friends, and lots of people end up in relationships with their friends. Sometimes it ruins their friendship, as was the case for me the one time I dated my best guy friend. But sometimes it makes therelationship stronger and they may even end up getting married, which happened to my friend and her best guy friend, who have now been married 22 years.

[–] XxXThePhantomsRoseXxX 8 years ago

They may not have "grown up" together, but they did grow together. They are like family and because of this, like brother and sister. They do have that strong of bond and would honestly lay down their lives for each other.

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[–] telejunkie 8 years ago

Yeah, I understand what you're both saying but I guess I just feel like while they're very best friends, they aren't blood relatives. Saying they're like brothers and sisters would imply something creepy if they ever were to become intimate and I find that unfortunate because I know that sometimes, the very best of friends who know each other inside and out and who trust each other beyond measure can work out to be the happiest, strongest of couples. And I wouldn't find that creepy.

[–] ictrebel 8 years ago

Unless you've grown up in a dysfunctional family, you may not get how friends can become closer than your blood relatives. Both Meredith and Alex grew up in extremely dysfunctional families and have come to be very close, they understand each other. Sometimes friends or non-relatives make a better family than the one you're born into.

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[–] telejunkie 8 years ago

My post above to phantomasrose was meant as a response to you both! Not sure why it only replied to her post, but whatever.

By the way, it's nice to actually be able to discuss/debate this show with normal people. I stopped bothering with this forum for a long time because there was always one psycho (I'm sure you can guess who I'm talking about) and like three others who would go back and forth with the psycho and bog down all the threads. Was painful trying to wade through the bullshìt to find the one or two normal posters.

[–] XxXThePhantomsRoseXxX 8 years ago

it'd probably replied to me because mine was the more recent post, i think? and i see both sides. i don't have any siblings so i am sure that someone who does have a brother or sister would sort of hold the phrase "like siblings" to a higher regard, etc. than someone who doesn't. but at the same time, both mer and alex are pretty much orphans - or at least they were at the time they met. they made a family out of their little group, and are now the only two of that family left. i that, plus the trauma they've both gone through really makes them connected in ways that go just beyond being good friends. their loyalty for one another runs so deep. but while some of us might see them as being like brother and sister, i can see how some might be wary - especially if Shondra does intend for them to have a sexual relationship in the future.

it is nice getting to discuss/debate. there are some posters (not just on this board but others) who tend to make the experience not so nice at times. but for the most part, i enjoy the grey's board. i've been an IMDB member for 10 years and fluxuate between being very active and not very active at all. it's nice to feel like i can be active again.

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[–] ictrebel 8 years ago

It is nice to have a normal discussion. I post here and the SVU board most frequently, but have stopped posting over there so much because I feel attacked because I do like the show and characters.
Meh, so tired of all the negativity everywhere. That is why I was so, so glad to see a new TV season, so tired of the election crap.

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[–] SarahKSeraSera 8 years ago

I currently only ship them as being the best of friends and that they have been there for each other through all the crap over the last 12 yrs. That said, I could see something happening down the road before the series ends. I think this shows more of their friendship than possible romance, but I really love this you tube vid, hopefully I added this correctly

https://youtu.be/S24kYGPivD0

[–] Fantomauve 8 years ago

Never seen them as a couple and still don't see them as a couple. They're too much like brother & sister. Why risk a strong friendship by turning it into a romance? It'd be nice for a change to have a female & male character be friends and never ending in bed together in a sexual way. Beside, I like Meredith much better with Nathan.

[–] ckwongau 8 years ago

Remember the episode "If/Then"

in the alternative universe Alex was Meredith's fiancée , but then he cheated on Meredith with April .

Alex and Meredith become a couple is not totally impossible.

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[–] polomontana 8 years ago

Have you watched the show?

First off, they're not brother and sister and best friends can make the best couples.

Secondly, it wouldn't be cruel to Meredith because Alex is the only person that can deal with Meredith and her mood swings. It wouldn't be easy for Alex because Meredith has a lot of unresolved issues that will probably never be resolved.

[–] hannahwig 8 years ago

Their relationship is a combination between best friend/brother sister. They didn't grow up together as in they knew each other from 1st grade on... but they met each other at an important time in their lives and went through so much together in the 14 years (15, 16 years... I'm not sure what year it is in Greay's land.. I remember in Season 4 when they were all fighting for the spot for a solo surgery and George mentioned that he preformed a surgery in the elevation and someone said that it was a year ago...) since they met. They both have grown and changed with the help and the support of each other and know that they can go to the other for the truth and for support... and be each other's person...

I would have never thought that I could even thought of the two of them even being a couple... yet... it was the last scene of the first episode (I was too nervous to watch the whole thing).and they were talking with Alex behind bars... I just had an "Hahah!" I can see the two of them being a thing...

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[–] hnt_dnl 8 years ago

I've been seeing it since around mid-Season 12. Agree about Meredith and Riggs. So forced. However, I was really liking Alex-Jo, but the writers just don't seem to want them together in the end.

[–] irenefox28 8 years ago

I want them together since Derek died.Can't stand Riggs.

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