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Date Posted: 00:42:29 12/21/02 Sat
Author: Cece
Subject: A fine romance with no kisses
In reply to: - 's message, "season eight: All Ye Faithful, December 17, 2002" on 23:16:37 12/18/02 Wed

I'm probably way too late to get into the discussion on the Christmas ep, but sigh...we West Coasties are always behind. So if anyone out there is not stuffing christmas trees, wrapping turkeys, or putting lights on the gifts then I guess I'm not alone in the Harmiverse.

Shipper v non-shipper ep? Who knows? All I know is that there seems to be little other interest on these boards other than in any of the relationship, whether it be groaning or sighing. I can't remember when there have been protracted discussions on the legalities of the various cases. So I'm guessing that we are all interested, one way or another in seeing Harm the hero and Mac the heroine in some kind of interaction with another human being. And for my particular interest, that would be a romance between the two...or more accurately, the "sturm und drang" as T51 put it of unresolved sexual tension. And no I am not remotely interested in what happens after the prince rides off with the princess, domestic arrangements not being the stuff on which dreams are made.

I like the excitement created by human emotions, and I enjoy the voyeuristic elements, and powerful emotions that have drawn most of us to drama for centuries. It's great to have that thrill by proxy as we sit in the relative boredom and safety of our own lives. Thus the continuing popularity of murder mysteries, cops and robbers, medical emergencies et al. So in short, I want Harm and Mac to be totally caught up in the powerful vortex that is fueled by love and sex. And it's not happening...at least not yet.

However, I do disagree with those who only see a friendship in the way Harm and Mac relate to each other. Maybe the writers are no adept at subtlties and nuances, but however ham fisted they sometimes appear, they have shown us in so many ways for so many years that H and M are beyond friends and are destined to be in love with one another.

We can not discount body language, under which looks and glances can be described. Yesterday Mac was edgy and stressed as she waited for Harm. Her facial expression spoke volumes as she waited. The plea in her voice on the cell phone that he be safe, though she did not say it in words.

When he walked in, her shoulders relaxed and she took a breath as if she'd been holding it. And then the tiny detail of his missing wings, and her slight gesture of concern immediately understood by Harm.

And Harm's desire to get to the Roberts's for dinner would surely not neccesitate him wangling to get a tomcat if it were just to attend a dinner at that sweet but less than fascinating domaine of the family Roberts.

And the glances H and M exchanged when they toasted each other with those incandescent smiles. The other people at the table ceased to exist.

We all have friends and family about whom we worry and care for. But there is nothing that quite involves the mind and body so totally as the desire, the longing, and subsequently the absorption of romantic-sexual love.

I know that many of you will dismiss what I say as shipper-slop. That's ok. But I must say in my defense, that I do not always see the evidence of romantic involvement and/or desire with H and M. In fact there has been almost none this season. But those moments..the looks and gestures, say more to me than the hit-over-the-head symbolism of the frames etc. There are no kisses..not yet, for reasons that go are unconnected to the drama. But there will be. And I am willing to wait as long as we get these wistful indications.

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