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how would you like Maggie x Sydney’s relationship to play out in season 4?

Oh, man, I have no idea. Obviously what’ll actually happen depends on Stacey Farber’s role next season, which could be not much, since she’s been cast as a lead in an NBC pilot.

But for what I would ideally want, well, I know at some point I was all, we don’t know much about Maggie, maybe she’s just there to facilitate Sydney’s self-discovery, I just want Sydney to be happy with who she is, it’s all about her journey~ but they actually did play it all out, and faster and better than I expected and I AM shipping them specifically now. So I do want them together, but they’ve gone about this so backwards, a kiss, backing off, a vague admission of some feelings, whatever happened in the call room (heavy making out at least), backing off, and then Sydney breaking her engagement but no real visible movement. Syd’s gone through a proper arc, but we still have the potential drama with Dr. Dey, and I don’t think we’ve seen the payoff to the earlier foreshadowing about how Maggie wanted a more passionate love than what Gavin could apparently give to her.

I suppose I’m fine with whatever as long as they continue pursuing it, though I’d prefer no triangle with Dey. I want to see more indications about what Maggie’s thinking and feeling during all this, she’s been so, so chill. I want them both to show that it’s not just a fling because the other one was there at the right time, but to actually admit that they liiiike the other, I want dates that start out awkward but ending being great because Syd’s Syd and Maggie’s Maggie, I want Syd to be friends with Shahir and they can have appallingly open (to everyone else) discussions about how they handle their cultures and being gay, I want Alex to tease Maggie about it all and also get Maggie to open up a bit, I want incredibly awkward conversations between Alex and Syd during their followups, I want there to be more banter with calling each other doctor now that Maggie’s passed, and I would like a big romantic moment where Sydney gets to show her passionate side.

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26 Favorite Femslash Moments of 2014
26. Saving Hope – Maggie and Sydney’s first kiss

Heh, it’s a sign not really of how good the rest of this list is but more how out of the blue the kiss was that this rests at the bottom of the list. It continued on to become one of the storylines with the most potential, actually, especially in 2015, but at the time, it was puzzling. Obviously, with how TV works, it was going to be the start of a storyline, but…I’d have expected the start to be earlier? There were hints, I suppose, if you looked back, but they were mostly so subtle I would never have expected this.

The reason it’s on the list at all, though, is because just the promise of something more was nice for these two characters. Maggie’s been on the show from the start, and is adorable, and Sydney joined the series in 3×02 with so much presence and personality, I liked her immediately. They’ve spent a lot of time together already and established a good dynamic. Sydney’s tough love mentoring settled down into more of a friendship because Maggie knows when to take things in stride and when to push back, gently and straight to the point.

The storyline’s also interesting because from the start we knew Sydney was an Orthodox Jew and it was something she took seriously. It didn’t define her or affect her ability, she’s an extremely skilled and young OB/GYN, but it was there. We’ve seen the intersection of LGBT and religion before, but I can’t recall anything like this, where there are so many facets, her religion (again, we’ve seen Christianity so much and even a few Muslim from like, Iran, but Orthodox Judaism?), her upbringing, her somewhat stilted social skills, her genius, her youth, and her potential queerness. At one point, she tells a hormonal Maggie (affected by an earlier miscarriage) to pick crying or laughing, then to stop doing both, only to later offer her helpful advice. Whatever was going to unfold was going to be intriguing and new, if done well.

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