You all know I don't usually post here, I am not a big shipper in general...I love CSI:Miami with everything it brings. I have been thinking about EC lately and I have come to my conclusions, from a general viewer's point of view.
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I think that the whole Emily being pregnant not been written in the show thing could have been handled better. I mean, I agree it was a tad early to consider a pregnancy, it was even a bit fanfictional, you know, those fanfictions Eric and Calleigh look in the eyes once, marry the day after and have a football team of babies in a few years...:lol: but that doesn't mean that having Emily hiding behind desk would have mean just a break up or whatever it is.
I definitely agree with this. While I'm a huge fan of E/C (they're the only couple I actively "ship"- I like/support plenty of other couples on other shows, but I don't tend to get involved in their online communities or read fanfiction about hem- E/C is the only fanfic I read), I also thought that it was too early in their relationship to have a successful, happy baby story.
I do like fanfiction that portrays Eric and Calleigh getting married and/or having kids in a realistic way and at a stable time in their relationship. But I think I may be in the minority in that I could picture them
not having kids either. I think they'd both be good parents and have adorable children if they chose to go that route, but I could also imagine them coming to a decision not to have kids, or deciding to forgo birth control and adopt a "whatever happens, happens" mindset, and not being destroyed if the outcome was no children. In fact, I've kind of had an idea in my head for a fanfic in which they come to a decision to not have kids. I don't know how well it would be received, though, so that and my irl schedule have kept me from writing it.
I do wonder how much of the Calleigh-hiding-behind-a-desk thing was TPTB's choice, and how much was Emily's (or even if it wasn't initially her idea, she believed it turned out to be good for her). Granted, I've never been pregnant, so I don't know what it's like, but from my understanding even a relatively normal pregnancy with minimal complications can take a lot out of a person. So in some ways I can understand why they did that, but TPTB didn't need to break up E/C just because Emily had to hide behind a desk.
CSI:Miami writers have been really dense, more than other times. They could have written a bearable storyline for everyone, a smile sometimes, a "see you at home" whispered..I mean, it's not like we need X-rated scenes to understand they are still together.
Again, completely agreed. It's as though the Miami writers only know how to do extremes- extreme action, extreme drama, but subtlety? A background story like a relationship between to characters that exists, but doesn't have to be front and center all the time? Blasphemy! E/C really didn't have to break up- the writers could've easily inserted a couple lines referencing the relationship once in a while, even with Calleigh behind a desk.
..oh, if you are interested, I know you all are, the voting for the TV couple thingy has started for the new round. EC needs a big bust, since they are running against a though one this time:
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Oooh, thanks for letting us know! I'm happily surprised we made it to the second round, as we were matched up against some stiff competition the first time (Elliott and Olivia from Law & Order:SVU). I will certainly vote a couple times for E/C, but I won't be too disappointed if we don't make it to the next round.
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