hhunter said:
I'm hoping that we do see her again and she and Danny have that same hot chemistry! Even if they say goodbye (which would make me sad
) and sort of upset at the writers for ending a hot relationship with someone outside of the lab. But
if they do split up Danny and Rikki, I hope it's done with taste.
Here's the wonderful thing about fandom: The only limit is your imagination. Since Rikki was introduced as someone whom Danny's already known for a very long time, fans have ample opportunities to speculate on how Danny and Rikki met, what they were like towards each other throughout the years leading up to Ruben's untimely passing, and even into the future. Even if Danny and Lindsay do get together and what not, nothing is ever set in stone. In fact, in TV land, the instant a ship involving two main characters goes canon, it's usually time for the shippers to grieve. But in fandom, anything goes.
Even if Danny and Rikki part ways, I highly,
highly doubt it'll be such that Danny suddenly turns on Rikki and hates her (although I'm very certain a particular group of people are hoping that just so Rikki won't be a 'threat' anymore
). If anything, I predict it'll be that Rikki either feels she's doing Danny wrong by taking advantage of his guilt for companionship or she realizes Danny's falling in love with her (and very likely vice versa) and she doesn't want to hurt Danny anymore than he already is hurting, and then tells Danny they need some distance between them. If Danny and Rikki do part ways, it'll probably be amicable and open-ended in such a way that there will always be a chance for Rikki to return in the future.
Heck, the way Danny clung onto her and wouldn't let her go or stop caressing her and touching foreheads with her ... I imagine Danny will be very upset about her leaving and maybe blame himself even more than ever because he'll think he's the cause of more pain for Rikki.
Let us hope that TPTB will do Danny and Rikki justice should they be parting ways in the near future.
And hello,
Amanda_Ruth!
A Danny/Rikki story! Yours may very well be the very first complete one! You bet there are people who think Danny and Rikki are wonderful together!
If intimacy needed a picture next to it in the dictionary, it'd show Danny and Rikki holding each other and kissing like they did in episode 4x16. :devil:
And (this goes out to all the D/F shippers) do you think Flack would approve or not of Danny and Rikki? Flack is his best friend, right?
Heheh, that's an interesting question! As proven in episode 3x23, Danny does go to Flack for advice and emotional support outside of work. I think Flack's the kind of guy who doesn't butt into the personal business of the people he cares about unless he's certain it'll be bad. Flack will probably only say his mind about Rikki if Danny asks him straight for it. Flack is protective of Danny, but he also understands Danny's a grown man who can think and take care of himself. So if Danny chooses to be with Rikki, it's nobody's business but Danny's. That's what I think anyway.
