#rachel x joey

[lucy-moderatz]

[sapphirebluejewel]

Endless List of Romantic Relationships That I Love - Rachel Green and Joey Tribbiani

"You and I sexy?"

[stacys-mom-has-got-it-goin-on]

[lanawinterscigarettes]

joey, rachel, and phoebe would've been such a cute throuple. ross can go marry a dinosaur for all I care

[chaztalk]

All the noise I got from twitter about how Ron reading a book called “12 fail-safe ways to charm witches” is so romantic that he, who is not much of a reader, and that he does it all for Hermione makes me realize how much I love the trope where either friends or lovers are challenging each other to read their favorite books or just simply talking about the book(s) they are reading. Like this:

I’d like to imagine Harry and Hermione doing something like this post war when they can just relax and do whatever. What would you think Harry and Hermione’s favorite books are personality-wise?

[youdonotcompare]

The only downside to having OTPs is that 9 times out of 10 the showrunners and writers don't give a fuck about our feelings.

[shitatcoping]

My (possibly) unpopular opinions on FRIENDS:

It doesn't really matter whether Ross and Rachel were on a break or not. Even if they had broken up , to sleep with someone else 3 hours later, go to alarming lengths to lie about it and then expect for your girlfriend to forgive you because of a technicality is INSANE.

Ross wasn't entirely right about Mark. Yes, he had feelings for her but Ross was convinced Rachel was going to cheat on him with her. But when Mark does end up asking her out, he says he didn't do it earlier BECAUSE she was with Ross. He was never trying to make her cheat on Ross with him.

Rachel and Phoebe's friendship deserves more appreciation. They thought of making another group together, they were roommates for a while and Rachel immediately believed Phoebe when she told her about Paolo.

Emily deserved better. (I know this is relatively popular but just in case it wasn't..) Her fiance said someone else's name at the altar, went on their honeymoon with that same person and then hung out with her every day after that. Now I know it must have been hard for Ross and Rachel to not be friends but it wasn't entirely unfair for her to expect Ross to cut ties and I don't like that the show demonised her for it.

Rachel and Joey wasn't a bad ship. I know people like Ross and Rachel together because they've always hinted they'd get back together at some point, but to say Joey and Rachel was forced doesn't make sense. Joey was legitimately in love with Rachel. They have the same sense of humour, they lived together for ages without too many hiccups. He was always there for her when she was pregnant. They were the epitome of friends to lovers. The chemistry was always there but people were too obsessed with Ross and Rachel to see it.

As always, feel free to disagree but be polite. Leave your unpopular opinions about F.R.I.E.N.D.S in the comments.

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[darklinaforever]

I literally saw a Ross & Rachel (Roschel) shipper claim that if Joey and Rachel (Jachel / Roey) ended up together, Joey would have ended up cheating on her.

So... I hear that we might not like Rachel & Joey together, but we have to stop talking nonsense just to justify it.

What do people use to say such nonsense ?! That he was a ladies' man is NOT justification. Joey is literally the most loyal person ever when it comes to the people he loves !

And it's cheeky because I remember that, oh well... ROSS ACTUALLY CHEATED ON RACHEL !

[terapsina]

Shoutout to the temporary ships that were created with the intention of getting in the way of the intended ship but that I actually liked way more than the ship the writers were trying to get me to root for.

(a.k.a I kinda get a bit salty on this one)

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1. Laurel and Tommy - Arrow

As soon as they got introduced I felt the feeling of doom. Because they were so immediately adorable and full of chemistry. I loved them from the word go even though it was so clear they were going toward a Laurel and Oliver resolution (and then to add insult to injury they changed their minds on that, but Tommy was taken from Laurel anyway).

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2. Clara and Danny - Doctor Who

It's up for debate if Clara's relationship with the Doctor was meant to be romantic-coded or not (I personally prefer it as 'not' but they really were very fuzzy with the lines) but either way Danny was still used as the threat that might separate them. And that was really annoying for me because I liked Clara and Danny so much. And then they killed him (which is a scene that still tears my heart to pieces).

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3. Cordy and Doyle - Angel: The Series

They were short and sweet and I enjoyed them (and though the Cordy and Angel thing wasn't really a thing at the time, there were some signs that it was on the writers' minds... and I wasn't a fan). And then they killed Doyle (...I might have to rename this post to 'killing off the love interests I actually enjoyed to give way to the ships I didn't').

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4. Rachel and Joey - F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

This ship went past my notice when I watched the show as a kid (my entire obsession rested on Monica and Chandler) but after rewatching as an adult I actually really liked their potential. It might have come up a bit unexpectedly but there really was something quite genuine about it (and Rachel deserved so much better than Ross). I wish they hadn't ended it as such a joke.

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5. Worf and Troi - Star Trek: The Next Generation

They were created with the sole intention of getting in the way of Troi and Riker. But I liked them better. I just found them more interesting.

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6. Tamsin and Bo - Lost Girl

They were more fun to watch than Bo and Lauren, had better chemistry and I just enjoyed them a lot more ('and then you see you' living in my head rent free for years now). But instead they gave Tamsin the short end of the stick and used her as a stepping stone (in so many ways, genuinely, even past shipping they just never gave that Valkyrie a single break... and then killed her in the most insulting way possible, because of course they did).

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7. Wynonna and Dolls - Wynonna Earp

Talk about chemistry. Season 1 of that show was so good and I really did fool myself into thinking this was where they were heading but no, of course not (I should have learned my lesson about Emily Andras after she killed off Hale on Lost Girl). How is an old dude with a gross mustache more interesting than a literal dragon? The answer as far as I'm concerned... they're not (now guess if they killed him off. Guess!).

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8. Lucy and Flynn - Timeless

A tragic love story happening in the wrong order and out of time because he meets her when he needs something to hold on to and she gives him a crusade. And she meets him while he's zealously following that crusade and thinks he's just a terrorist? Dude. But no, apparently the happy ending is supposed to be the guy that wanted the cake and to eat it too (sometimes I genuinely boggle at how the writers just will not notice when they've hit gold and instead go on beating that dead horse even more to death (and yup, somehow manage to kill the gold)) .

9. Dutch and Johnny - Killjoys.

(First I have to say that I still recommend this show a 100% and this is just quibble of a shipper at heart) But how is it that when you build the whole series around the heart of this relationship, you still end up using Johnny as a brief stop point (a la basically a Married!AU) before you put Dutch back with his brother? Like, yes, they're each other's best friends and always will be but people that are in love can be each other's ride or die best friends too.

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10. Mel and Abigael - Charmed (2018)

Alright, Mel went through the intended love interests like candy (and I liked most of them well enough) but Abby was the one that intrigued me the most, so it was a great shame that she was never properly Mel's love interest at all and more enemy/antagonist/ally/friend with mostly one-sided feelings for Mel (enemies to friends to lovers was RIGHT THERE).

[lucy-moderatz]

Who would you rather have kiss you, me or Chandler? Oh, good point.

[doyelikehaggis]

I just have a lot of feelings about Joey and Rachel in “The One with the Secret Closet” specifically the scene where Rachel is worried because something doesn’t feel right with the baby and Joey immediately reassures her, makes a smart plan to take her to the hospital to be completely safe and contact Ross. All in the space of ten seconds of getting home. People call Joey dumb (and he can be) but he acted straight away and thought completely logically despite secretly being scared himself because he didn’t want to freak Rachel out by panicking as well.

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[chenfordswopez]

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[hello-nichya-here]

Your take on Rachel and Joey? Do you think it was better than Ross and Rachel?

Rachel and Joey were adorable together and people who hate on that plotline are cowards. The entire group had crushes on each other, Joey and Chandler were practically boyfriends even when Chandler got married, they've all made out (including Ross and Monica), and there's an entire episode about the times Rachel and Chandler, Joey and Monica, and Phoebe and Ross almost hooked up. It's not that weird that Joey could develop feelings for Rachel when they're living together, and I think it was a nice way to give his character a bit more depth.

But there is one thing that is pretty clear: Rachel had a crush, Joey was in love. It was not fully one-sided or her using him, but it was pretty clear that sooner or later she was gonna get back together with Ross because, even with all his flaws and mistakes, he was clearly the one for her. Maybe her relationship with Joey could have lasted longer/been more serious if Ross wasn't around and, ya know, the ex Rachel clearly still had feelings for, but it is what it is.

And on the topic of Ross: while he absolutely had some VERY serious issues with being spoiled, possessive and entitled, his reaction to the Joey and Rachel fling/romance is not nearly as bad or unjustified as some people pretend it was.

Yes, they haven't officially dated in 6 years. But in that meantime Rachel literally showed up at his wedding to try and prevent him from getting married, and then he ruined said wedding himself by saying her name at altar, they confessed to still being in love with each other several times, THEY GOT MARRIED, were constantly hooking up, and Joey first fell in love with Rachel while she was pregnant with Ross's child.

Rachel was as unable to move on from their relationship as Ross himself was. And Joey witnessed all that chaos, and naturally he felt weird about getting in the middle of that mess because he knew damn well these two were NEVER "just friends." And Ross freaked out because DUH, this whole situation is weird - but he still gave Joey and Rachel the green light to give this a try after he got over the shock. Their break-up happened because they realized, on their own, that even with their genuinely good chemistry/connection it was just too late for this to have ANY CHANCE of working.

So yeah, underrated, adorable ship, but was not endgame for very good reason.

[darklinaforever]

You know... I find it crazy that two series / sitcooms that are already similar in many ways, namely FRIENDS and How I Meet Your Mother, were also on the ship ! I wanted Rachel and Joey to end up together and Robin and Barney to end up together ! And instead I got Rachel and Ross and Robin and Ted ?! (Especially since Barney and Joey are both men who have never been in love before Robin and Rachel…) WTF SCREENPLAYS ?! The whole Ross and Rachel relationship is incredibly toxic and you focused your entire last season of HIMYM on Barney and Robin's marriage ! FOR WHAT ?! ESPECIALLY FOR COUPLES AS BAD AS ROSS & RACHEL, AND TED & ROBIN ! It's like Joey ended up with Dawson instead of Pacey, that makes no sense !