[ SECRET POST #2314 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2314 ⌋

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Comments

Not OP.

[(Anonymous)]

Not all, no, but the vast majority. Nine times out of ten, the overused will-they-won't-they dynamic starts with Male Protagonist hitting on Female Protagonist in the show's pilot and getting shot down. Instead of accepting the rejection and moving on, the Male Protagonist perseveres on and off for the next three or four seasons, until the Female Protagonist realises that After All They've Been Through Together (TM), she's now falling/fallen in love with him.

Re: Not OP.

[(Anonymous)]

vast majority, really? what i've noticed is flirting, sure, but never an outright rejection. and when she DOES outright say no, he backs off but they continue spending the time together and progresses naturally. and usually she's shown having those feelings fairly early on and just not being ready. that doesn't mean he spends the whole series pressuring her into something. it just means she wasn't into some one she barely knew (makes sense) and later on is comfortable pursuing something with a close friend. what's wrong with this, exactly? if he IS pushing it the whole time that's one thing but i have yet to see this happen

Re: Not OP.

[intrigueing]

Yes, this is what I usually see too. Or I see both characters having equally hidden UST that they both don't realize or are both unwilling to talk about. Wonder what shows this not-OP's been watching?

Re: Not OP.

[kaijinscendre]

Name some that have a Male Protagonist constantly needling the Female Protagonist (and eventually hooking up)?

Re: Not OP.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sure there's some shows where this is an element. But I vaguely feel like it's more "male protagonist needles female protagonist, female protagonist doesn't buy it, male protagonist gives up and turns to other things, female protagonist develops feelings for him all on her own." But I can't think of any examples of that either.

What I can think of lots of examples of is "male and female protagonist both denydenydeny they have feelings for each other until season 5/6/7"

Re: Not OP.

[blunderbuss]

Well, TV Tropes has an entire trope dedicated to it; you'll find plenty of examples there.

Re: Not OP.

[elephantinegrace]

Ah, the Dogged "Nice" Guy. Bane of my existence back in high school.

Re: Not OP.

[kaijinscendre]

The only TV show that looks anything like what the OP describes might be House (Chase/Cameron).

Re: Not OP.

[(Anonymous)]

heh I hated that. luckily if I remember right it resolved within just a few episodes, didn't it?

(I was more annoyed at all the effort they seemed to put into that relationship and then it crashed and burned in an epic disappointing fire. which i guess is realistic, not everything can work out... and i wasn't too sad to see Cameron go (her schtick got old fast)... but yeah)

Re: Not OP.

[intrigueing]

But a lot of those examples are of guys consciously *not* nagging or revealing their feelings to the women they're in love with, just staying determinedly in love with them.

Re: Not OP.

[kamino_neko]

And others are mutual flirting.

And several have no success in the end.

There are a handful that match the OP's rant, but not 'the vast majority'.

Re: Not OP.

[(Anonymous)]

The guys in the shows listed are quite creepy, but not many of those shows fit the scenario the OP wrote about.

Re: Not OP.

[(Anonymous)]

Why are they creepy? A few of them are, but I'm curious why you think they're all creepy.

Re: Not OP.

[(Anonymous)]

Please list examples.

Re: Not OP.

[(Anonymous)]

Name one show where this has happened. It wasn't the case on Bones -- the show started with them equally uninterested. It's been a while since I saw the episodes, but I don't remember this happening on Moonlighting, Cheers, or X-Files either. So .... not sure where that nine times out of 10 is coming from, anon.