It must be true love - A deep(ish) dive into sitcom relationships
Quite excited for this one, hope you enjoy it. This time, as the title suggests, I’m focusing on sitcom romances, which is something that I’ve touched on in other posts but haven’t dedicated a whole post to it before. As I’m sure most people probably know by now, my all-time favourite couple is Jake and Amy (Brooklyn 99) for many reasons (mainly Jake’s incredible sweetness, support and love for her) so I’ll mainly be talking about other couples for this post. I’ve always been quite interested in what makes certain sitcom ships so popular and beloved. This is especially interesting to consider with how differently shows tend to present their romances now because of how (for the most part) tastes and an understanding of what’s inappropriate and what's actually romantic and respectful and what isn’t have changed and developed, at least somewhat. For instance, Rachel and Ross from Friends were considered one of the most iconic sitcom will they/won’t they couples for a long time but, r...