All right, guys. Here are my thoughts over the weekend:
I read some of the fanfic; the thing is that I have never been really interested in writing it, but am rather the analysis-type of person.
This said, three reasons why I think this LM 'ship CAN work:
1) Mac and Lindsay seem to be normal, mature, interesting people who feel “something” for each other. You just need to see how they interact with the rest to realise “something” goes on between them… intimacy, if not —hopefully— “something” else.
2) Considering the fact that there seems to be a star-shaped bunch of relationships (there are two love triangles, MLD & LMS),
a) Lindsay and Mac, ditto. Great together. Could have a serious (i.e. not fling), deep (i.e. not kindergarten-like) relationship. Not to be cruel here, but let's say Danny is a bit puerile, which leads me to:
b) Yes, Danny has feelings for her. It's SO obvious that I think even the orang-gutangs saw it coming on “Zoo York”. But who wouldn’t? She brought fresh air from the very first moment she entered the lab… O.K., let’s soften it a little bit: even though he’s a bit childish, his teasing her is just to catch her attention and get to have her eyes drawn away from Mac OR the evidence for, like, two seconds… it’s that lovely-annoying manner of “childish” that I refer to.
c) And Mac and Stella seemed to be really potential, especially during the first season. But last night I re-watched the first two episodes of the second, and I think she was just being an old friend there, nothing else. Plus, she got a boyfriend later, and my guts tell me that, being as honest and direct as she is (I really like her too), she wouldn’t start a relationship with anyone being with some other guy.
3) I told you that being from Spain we get the shows later than you do (about two weeks ago season 5 of Miami started, and we finished a couple of months ago season 5 of Vegas—it’s a mess, it all depends on which channel you watch), so this weekend I have come across some “spoilers” about Grissom and Sara and Horatio and what’s-her-name. It seems that the creators finally decided to take the characters out of the labs and set on their personal relationships. Now, focusing on NY, they have started with Stella, so I guess it won’t be long till we get to see some more hearting, the obvious choice being LD or ML, which I already commented. And, just in case, let’s just forget the woman Mac had a date with in the last episode of season 1 or simply think that it could be his breaking the ice after Claire.
Tomorrow we get the haunted-house eppy. I’ll try to write my views on it during the week.