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Comment on this entry with a pairing I ship from one of my fandoms and I will tell you:

1. When I started shipping them
2. What I think their challenge is
3. What makes me happy about them
4. What makes me sad about them
5. What moment I wish had never happened
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other
7. My happily ever after for them

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1. When I started shipping them

Hmm, you know, I was intrigued by them in the second ep when Lassiter was talking to the press and she whispered something to him and there's this weird, slightly USTy pause between them and he says, "Thanks," very genuinely (and kind of cockily), which meant that he completely misinterpreted whatever it was that Juliet had said to him. But I don't think they really pinged my ship-o-meter until they were on a stakeout and were arguing about/competing with each other over penal codes and Juliet bursts out with something like "I don't do interoffice romance!" HELLO, SUBTEXT, NICE TO SEE YOU.

2. What I think their challenge is

Juliet seeing Lassiter as anything but her partner. I think it's been well established that Lassie has quite the crush on Juliet, no matter how much seasons 3 and 4 try to act like it never happened, but Juliet has only really ever been shown to be flattered by the attention, even actively seeking it out, but she's never really seemed to entertain the thought of him being anything more than a friend at most (and even that is questionable since Lassiter makes it hard for her to be friendly with him). Also, Juliet needs to get over Shawn and Lassiter needs to realize that not all love leads to depression.

3. What makes me happy about them

They are so super adorable! I love their adorableness. I love the way that their personality traits compliment each other in just the right way. I love how they constantly try to impress each other, and how they impress each other most when they're not even trying. I love how their version of flirting is through competition or reciting penal codes at each other. I love that Juliet has called Lassiter "Carlton" from very near the beginning but he won't let himself call her "Juliet." I love how even though Lassiter is Juliet's superior, Juliet is very much the one in charge when it comes to their relationship. Lassiter will do absolutely anything she tells him to if he knows she means business, and it's mostly because he genuinely likes her. He wants her approval, so he will do anything to get it. She's his only real friend and he's finally gotten to the point where he's happy to say that she's his friend. Aside from all of that? They just click, intellectually, physically, professionally, they click. They both get turned on by the same things, and they both know how to push each other's buttons. I LOVE THEM.

4. What makes me sad about them

That the show is stuck on this Shawn/Juliet nonsense. UGH. Open your eyes, Juliet! Lassiter is your man!

5. What moment I wish had never happened

I wish Shawn and Juliet had never gotten serious about each other.

6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other

Lassiter/Shawn, Juliet/Gus, I suppose.

7. My happily ever after for them

Juliet breaks up with Shawn (because you know they'll be dating soon), and Lassiter helps her cope with the breakup. They become closer than ever, then Juliet starts dating again and realizes that she's comparing everyone to Lassiter, and this freaks her out a little so she distances herself from him, and he's hurt because he doesn't understand what's happening and then he gets angry and pulls her into a closet and starts yelling at her and he unintentionally says something sweet and Juliet just yanks him down and kisses the heck out of him, and they end up dating secretly, or they try to but then Shawn figures it out and he's all angsty and petty about it for awhile, but then he sees how genuinely happy they are together and he deals with it, and eventually Lassiter and Juliet get married and Shawn pesters Lassiter to make him his best man and he finally relents and Gus is all depressed because he's just an usher and Chief Vick is Juliet's maid of honor and a mysterious death happens that interrupts the wedding and for once Lassiter and Juliet solve the mystery before Shawn and Gus did, only they didn't, not really, and that was Shawn and Gus's wedding present to them, and then Lassiter and Juliet get married for real in their tattered tuxedo and wedding dress and it's the most adorable thing ever and they smile as they kiss and OMG WHY CAN'T THIS HAPPEN, SHOW? WHY?