DannyJC13

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I know how you shippers pick up on every tiny, tiny detail, but here's one you missed: When Leela recieves her Slurmie award, she gets congratulated by the crew, and then gives Fry a kiss on the forehead. 
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Gorky

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(That said, I did enjoy Leela kissing Fry's forehead before going up to accept her Young People's Choice Award in last night's episode.) 
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DannyJC13

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I didn't miss it! Though I think sorry Leels, Fry deserves a bit more sugar then that. He's not a diabetic, woman!
I am! COME TO ME LEELA.
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DannyJC13

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are we calling it Season 8 now?
6B... I think...
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DannyJC13

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Something I don't hear mentioned much - Leela and Cubert in TLPJF.
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Otis P Jivefunk

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She should have just built a robot Fry, gotta be better than Cubert surely?...
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Otis P Jivefunk

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Maybe she should have built a robot Cubert, gotta be better than a real Cubert surely?...
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DannyJC13

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Maybe she should have built a robot Cubert, gotta be better than a real Cubert surely?...
I'm thinking no...
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Otis P Jivefunk

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Perhaps in TLPJF it was a robot Cubert we saw and that's why he wasn't so obnoxious!  ...
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Inquisitor Hein
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« Reply #186 on: 08-06-2011 17:32 »
« Last Edit on: 08-06-2011 20:03 »
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What I dislike is the way HOW the writers try to avoid adressing the L/F relationship in season 6b.
- In this season, both characters seems to avoid each other, and hardly have any private interaction/communication (not even non-romantic ones). - Unlike the Family Sitcom Simpsons, Futurama was always established as a workplace sitcom. Characters did interact mostly on a business-level. Fry, Leela and Bender had a special role as protagonists, and -compared to other characters- a relatively large part of their private life was involved. - Regarding that private interaction, Fry did serve as the Focus who held the trio together (Leela as love interest, Bender as Best-Buddy). -> By taking out the Leela/Fry interaction over a longer time (as right now seen in episode 6b, when they hardly speak any private word to each other), the writers do mess -at least imhO- rather much with an establiched character constellation, and do not have anything else to compensate for it.
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Inquisitor Hein
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« Reply #188 on: 08-07-2011 12:30 »
« Last Edit on: 08-07-2011 12:35 »
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I am afraid you didn't get the point of my criticism (or, upon reading my post a second time, I'd rather have to admit I didn't make myself really clear;)). Okay...I'll try to do better this time  The major point of my cristcism was that the writers -trying to downplay the L/F relationship- also downplayed their private, non-romantic interaction way too much. One episode alone ("Overclockwise", as you mentioned) will not solve the problem. To give a comparable Simpsons example. a) Homer not going to bed with Marge for 13 Episodes : No big deal, no problem at all, who cares? b) Homer hardly talking to Marge at all for 13 Episodes: Not really acceptable, too much messing around with the character constellation. And in season 6B, the Futurama writers went too much the direction of b).
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Bend-err

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I agree, season 6b seems like the L/F relationship from 6a never happened., well even towards the end of 6a it was less and less mentioned.
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Gorky

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I disagree about Fry and Leela's relationship being dropped towards the end of 6A; "The Prisoner of Benda," "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences," and "The Mutants Are Revolting" all have shippy elements.
But I do agree about the disappointing lack of shippiness this season. I think the problem here is alternately a lack of strong stories about Fry and Leela as individuals (after all, there were a whole lot of Bender episodes at the start of the season, and these focused on the Fry/Bender relationship more than anything else), and a lot of wacky premises that don't lend themselves well to quieter, character-driven scenes ("All the Presidents' Heads," for example, had no room for shippy stuff). There were at least a few solid interactions between Fry and Leela in "Yo Leela Leela" (the forehead kiss at the awards ceremony, Fry congratulating Leela on her success (which drives her to confess to how the whole thing's been a sham)), and one could assume that part of what drives Fry to become a cop in "Law and Oracle" is the idea that he might impress Leela. And there hasn't been anything in season 6B to really contradict the fact that Fry and Leela are maybe, sorta dating--there just hasn't been much to confirm it, either.
At any rate, I'm hoping we see some more Fry and Leela stuff in, of course, "Overclockwise"--but also "Fry Am the Eggman" and "Cold Warriors," which have seemed to have shippy potential to me since we first got the synopses.
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leiapadme77

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I agree with you Gorky. I'm STILL WAITING for something to happen between the two of them. It's getting annoying, but I'm sure there are some shippy episodes out there, they just haven't aired yet. There really hasn't been a place for it though, as you said. These episodes haven't focused much on either of them in a way for it to work well in the story. But in 6A they would throw in stuff here and there...like in The Duh Vinci Code, Fry Says "Hey, wanna join the mile deep club?" Or something like that. And those are the little things that count for me. The fact that there hasn't really been any of that, or a big shippy episode is what makes me sad  However, It is still good that there hasn't been a story of either Fry or Leela dating someone else, as there has been in a lot of seasons. And if you've noticed, there hasn't really been any moments where Fry seems to be begging for Leela's love or approval, as there was in past seasons as well. So, I think it's safe to say the writers want them to be together, and assume they are, but don't really have a place for those kind of moments right now.
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Smarty

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Their current relationship is kind of similar to something I've been through with a friend...where one wants a relationship, the other isn't sure, and both know that feelings exist...It isn't new that Fry indefinitely loves Leela--that's been pretty consistent. But Leela, in my opinion, has been back and forth. I don't think she really knows what she wants, and is staying on the "strictly platonic" side of things right now. It isn't the same as the old run, and it seems like their "relationship" is in a state of limbo. But that's my opinion, and who listens to that? 
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leiapadme77

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AGH!!!!!  Yes, Gorky at least they finally addressed the relationship. Some cute moments, yes. But UGH. Do we really have to go through this again? Seriously Matt Groening has me hooked for life. I don't know how....
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