Too bloody true. And most of what we have in canon is from the deleted scenes. It was quite a breath of fresh air for US!Sam and Maya to have a functional relationship, even if he didn't want to meet the parents. While we get the "you used to believe in gut instinct" and "I'm taking you off this case as we've got relationship problems" summing up UK!Sam, it's nice to get something concrete... Of course, the fandom does tend to take the unaired scenes in Ep 1 as canon as well, which compounds things. The tie-chosing and the mobile phone message break-up being a lot more... indicative of how fandom feels about the whole relationship aspect.
Yet, it's just so EASY to write that Sam is a repressed homosexual who just needs to "find the right man..
Interestingly, that's not how I've seen the fandom's take in the past. Admittedly I'm ... far too old school now. Now there's an explosion in fic on the comm, I can't read everything, but that's not how I've seen writers deal with Sam previously. And I've been looking out for it, because it's a trap that you see in almost every fandom. Sam walking on the wild side in 2006, Sam throwing caution to the wind in 1973, but never 'finding the right man'. *shudders*
Not that I'm doubting you at all on the current fandom take, but... ewwww. Loathe that sort of thing with a passion!!!
I get your take, and really, it's sensible, considering how much we are all devoted to 1973 (with barely 15 minutes ascribed to the present, even the *writers* fell in love with the place), but it would be nice to see Sam's hard-won lessons re-win him his relationship with Maya after he comes out of the coma. Not that she couldn't do better, but it would make for a fantastic het romance... (Which is probably why I'd never write such a thing!!!)
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Too bloody true. And most of what we have in canon is from the deleted scenes. It was quite a breath of fresh air for US!Sam and Maya to have a functional relationship, even if he didn't want to meet the parents. While we get the "you used to believe in gut instinct" and "I'm taking you off this case as we've got relationship problems" summing up UK!Sam, it's nice to get something concrete... Of course, the fandom does tend to take the unaired scenes in Ep 1 as canon as well, which compounds things. The tie-chosing and the mobile phone message break-up being a lot more... indicative of how fandom feels about the whole relationship aspect.
Yet, it's just so EASY to write that Sam is a repressed homosexual who just needs to "find the right man..
Interestingly, that's not how I've seen the fandom's take in the past. Admittedly I'm ... far too old school now. Now there's an explosion in fic on the comm, I can't read everything, but that's not how I've seen writers deal with Sam previously. And I've been looking out for it, because it's a trap that you see in almost every fandom. Sam walking on the wild side in 2006, Sam throwing caution to the wind in 1973, but never 'finding the right man'. *shudders*
Not that I'm doubting you at all on the current fandom take, but... ewwww. Loathe that sort of thing with a passion!!!
I get your take, and really, it's sensible, considering how much we are all devoted to 1973 (with barely 15 minutes ascribed to the present, even the *writers* fell in love with the place), but it would be nice to see Sam's hard-won lessons re-win him his relationship with Maya after he comes out of the coma. Not that she couldn't do better, but it would make for a fantastic het romance... (Which is probably why I'd never write such a thing!!!)