About the 'are you okay' scene in 5x05, I can understand why you are all so annoyed! It's totally OOC for Mac, especially after RND, All Access, and The Ride In. Mind you, in Veritas, EP did the exact same thing practically, with Stella. Yeah, she was v. relieved to get Mac's call, and she said he should go to the hospital, but that was it. No hug or kiss! Danny and Hawkes showed more concern for him than Stella did! And this after she was 'worried sick' about him in Hostage! Even in The Thing about Heroes, we got a 'You okay?' and an arm stroke! But I don't think Mac or Stella are to blame. They are just characters, and the OOC way they are behaving is being written, deliberately, by the writers (EP!) So the writers are to blame.:scream::scream::scream: But I think they are doing this for a reason, and Mac and Stella will eventually be closer again, maybe even closer than they were before.
Conflict can bring couples closer. The writers are
Evil People, sometimes, yes, but they are not SP's (
Stupid People), and I am sure they are doing this distance thing with M/S for some reason. They cooled them down in s2 and s3, and we still got the Smacked Moments in eppys like All Access and COTP in s2, and in The Ride In, What Schemes May Come, and Snow Day. So don't give up hope, Smacked family.
You guys got through Peyton and through s2 and s3 (I say 'you guys' because I had been a bad shipper and gone off Smacked during those seasons, though I choose to partly blame EP for that because of how they wrote the M/S relationship in those periods). I know
we (I'm a Smacker now!) can get through whatever it is EP are trying to do this time.
And there are always those hungry lions, just waiting for a nice yummy piece of EP....:lol: I wonder if they taste nice?:lol:
Oh, and I am really
so sorry I haven't been here much lately! I've been a bit busy with work (I have increased my hours, and we're understaffed at the library as well) and stuff. But I try to get on here about once a week. I haven't forgotten you, Smacked family!
Mind you, it seems all of us are a bit busy, the thread's seemed quieter than usual lately. I blame EP for the lack of Smacked, and also just RL (real life) in general. Don't know about you guys, but when it is winter, I always seem to be busier/tireder and have less time for fun stuff like this thread. Though I guess if there are any Australians/New Zealanders here, you guys are busy with summer.