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Pairing of Dutch and Eph.......


No, no, no!! Why couldn't they just let them have a platonic friendship? This show doesn't need romance at this point. Coco and Palmer was bad enough!

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Agreed.

Plus, the problem is that it A) Makes it seem like any lesbian can flip her switch as if she's bi. Yes, I know, Dutch has stated she's bi, but still, just makes it seem like it's all based on needing someone and hey, if a man's available. And B) Her seduction technique just goes the old standby of making it seem like lesbianism exists purely for the benefit of turning on men.

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It seemed unecessary, but Dutch was with fet and is bye, so it's not out of character or a knock on lesbians at all for her to hook up with eph. If her character was only lesbian then I could see the compaint.

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Agreed -- it's been well-established since Season 2 that she's bi (maybe it was mentioned or alluded to in Season 1 as well, but I forget), plus there're few enough bi characters on TV as it is. Gimme some rep (sure, I'll take a bi woman, since bi men are usually too much to ask for on network and semi-adult cable TV shows).

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Wow, you are basically complaining that true bi character is not a proper lesbian utterly disinterested in men? Cause no one cares for representation of bi women, unless they are just lesbians.

Lame

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I find it boring and they don't really have a lot of chemistry to me. Call me crazy but I sensed more chemistry when she met Quinlan than this whole time when she was around Eph. Not saying that should have happened either necessarily but this is definitely a "we need to make sure our leading guy has a girl" situation. It's just not interesting.

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Agree completely

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i actually think they have very good chemistry but i could have done without their being paired up.

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I liked them better as friends & drinking buds.

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...plus they're sorta cute together. That said, I can never help thinking in those sorts of scenes on these kinds of shows, "Don't you guys have an apocalypse you should be attempting to avert, slow down, reverse, or better prepare to survive through?"

I'll reserve judgement until either it's run its course, until she dies, or until the very end of the series (if both of them live 'til then). Maybe it'll have weight.

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I don't mind it.

I think any person who was stuck in a soul-crushing vampire apocalypse and well aware that the human side is getting crushed at every turn, would take solace anywhere they could find it. If that means sleeping with the only other person you have daily contact with, so be it. When facing what appears to be certain death, bumping uglies is one of the few life-affirming acts left available to you.

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I don't have problems with it, they actually have great chemistry. Their scenes are never boring in season 3!

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I like it.

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