@lydiaconwell gauging audience reactions, maybe, possibly, even perhaps likely. But also because they want to keep the "will they, won't they" sexual tension going as long as possible without actually resolving it to keep the 'shippers coming back. Alternate realities let the audience have a taste of cake without actually eating it too.
@lydiaconwell huh, that’s a cool observation! there are a couple other instances that could qualify too. definitely seems more like a pattern than a coincidence
@lydiaconwell s3 of enterprise involves an alternate timeline version of archer and t’pol who were very close and another alternate timeline version of trip and t’pol who married. the writers dropped the t’pol/archer teasing and focused on t’pol/trip afterwards.
s1 of discovery also has michael and ash developing a romance, but the circumstances surrounding ash’s character lead me to classify this as another fakeout
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