we are intended to view Laurie as kind of settling for Ralph, I have still never been able to imagine how a relationship with Andrew would actually work, whereas I think that Laurie and Ralph have a decent shot at happiness
YES, absolutely. Laurie and Andrew are so chaste and sub-sub-text and idealized, to me it just doesn't seem like any basis for a real relationship, and while Ralph certainly has flaws, he and Laurie at least are on the same plane, sort of -- they can connect physically, but in other ways too. Laurie/Andrew is probably the doomed ideal, though, knowing Renault.
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Date: 2020-10-19 01:54 am (UTC)YES, absolutely. Laurie and Andrew are so chaste and sub-sub-text and idealized, to me it just doesn't seem like any basis for a real relationship, and while Ralph certainly has flaws, he and Laurie at least are on the same plane, sort of -- they can connect physically, but in other ways too. Laurie/Andrew is probably the doomed ideal, though, knowing Renault.