#hi sorry i went off again <3 because once i start talking about nhie i cannot stop <3

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But I feel like we'll be getting so much emotional, soft and intimate Benvi this season and I can't wait. I think Devi's reluctance to fully enter into a relationship with Ben is partially because she doesn't feel good enough, she's hurt him in the past, and she's afraid to let herself get so close to someone only to lose them like what happened with her father. I can't wait to see her realize all of this and I'm pretty sure Dr. Ryan knows she is just using everyone else as a distraction from Ben. Side note but I think Treleanor will break up and I'm so not ready for that even though it makes sense for their characters

YESSS to your first point!!! i really want, to encompass all three, that delicate emotional intimacy that the two of them so obviously crave. especially as these characters are starting to grow into young adults and mature, i definitely see this season being on the track for at least two deep, emotional conversations between ben and devi. personally, i'm hoping for three, and i want them to feel realistic - yes devi has been in therapy for the past 3-4 years but i don't want therapy speak coming out of her mouth or ben's - i don't think that would feel very in-character for them, you know?

i do agree, dr. ryan is going to be, once again, instrumental in helping devi realize she needs to get her head out of her ass and go after what she wants (because we already know she does want). and i'm hoping that eleanor and fab take part in that too; we've got that scene fron 2x10 with eleanor and ben ("she wanted to choose you.") and that other scene from 3x04 with fab and ben ("yeah, well, she broke my heart.") so they've both got this peek at a heartbroken ben, the two people closest to devi have seen how this boy hurts for her, because of her, and now they've got their hands full with devi who's hurting for him (and like this can probably be argued, but that still of ben and devi in her bed when shes wearing her prom dress? that's more than just "i'm sad i didn't go to prom" and you cannot convince me otherwise). i don't think they're going to push ben and devi together by any means - both of them need to find their way back to each other - but i definitely think they're going to play a part in helping. (and honestly, i hope paxton does too - i can see him being on ben's side, in his corner.)

and i KNOW this post is already getting long but like before i forget because i so desperately want to touch on this: on the note of that emotional intimacy i mentioned above...there's just something so terrifying about being that vulnerable, you know? and i know i already sort of touched on this before but like, if we go back to what kamala said in 3x01, "when you sleep with someone, you're the most vulnerable you'll ever be. and if you rush into that, you could get really hurt." and i'm thinking, what if devi internalizes this afterwards? what if she thinks back on those words, thinks that she just rushed into that with ben? because they weren't together. they didn't discuss what it meant for either of them. they didn't talk, they just did it. obviously, from our perspective, this seems anything but rushed, because they've been doing this push-and-pull for the past three seasons. but devi, having her reputation as impulsive and destructive, could easily file this away as something else she followed through without thinking it over. so, she thinks she rushed. so, she's scared she's going to get hurt. or that ben will get hurt, maybe. or that both of them will. and so she runs, and he stays, and both of them ghost, until they're both breaking at the seams and they know this is their last chance to get it right. and yes, it hurts. it hurt in the beginning and the middle and it hurts when they're finally coming back together but god is it worth it. and it isn't rushed - it's just this beautiful progression, this journey with mountains and valleys that they've both endured and come out all the better for it.

on a slightly lighter note yeah i also think treleanor is going to break up 😭😭 HOWEVER i think it's going to be mutual, with no hard feelings, and a hope to meet again in the future 💕