Distracted wrote:In order to GET them together we've got to explain WHY Trip takes her shit and comes back for more.
But, with Bound, they pretty much established that Trip was DONE with taking the shit. That's my gripe, I guess. The show establishes that they are on a more even footing and are done with the absurd games ... yet all of these fics seem to continue with him taking her crap and coming back for more. To me, the entire point of the short-lived Columbia arc was Trip basically telling T'Pol "I'm not taking this anymore. Treat me like an equal, or I'm gone." and, after far too much angst, she finally got it.
So... the question burning in Rigil's mind, I'm assuming, is whether the relationship between TnT reflects what women want in real life.
God, I hope that's not the question in my mind. Ugh. I'm on record stating how much I disliked the way the show did their relationship and there is absolutely no way I would let myself get into something like that. *shudders*
It's just ... I really like TnT. But I do not like this recurring stereotype about Trip putting up with the level of nonsense that he does. Maybe it's the testosterone in me, or my non-PC caveman tendencies (thank you for that phrase, BnB), but I'm just sick of it.
I guess I'm done here. I've said my piece, complained about things that probably only really matter to me, and probably pissed off some people in the process. If that's the case, then I apologize as it wasn't the intent.