the anime flashback eps are full of gems but one of my favourites is gregory edgeworth revealing the only television his weirdo nine year old watches is the news
The Script for Stranger Things 4 Chapter Nine: The Piggyback
"Max sprints through the Creel house, moving room to room, searching for escape. She flings open a door only to find more rotted boards. Shit.
She tries a second door. More boards.
She tries a third door. And --
Freezes. This door isn’t boarded. Instead, it has revealed… another door. An eerily familiar one.
THE SAUNA DOOR. Before she can even process this --"
eh. i mean, it wasn't shown much in the show but i didn't appreciate how desperate and irritating seahawk was in his introductory episode. like they implied that mermista had broken up with him, but he still kept being overly clingy until she took him back.
it's certainly not as problematic as the main ship, but it's still not ideal. if a partner rejects you, they likely have a good reason. and even if they don't, pursuing them until they start dating you again is not something i would recommend.
after that, i feel like they were kind of a boring ship. i don't really see much chemistry between them, it feels like the show wanted to do an "opposites attract" trope with seahawk being hyperactive and melodramatic while mermista is sardonic and uninterested. but for most part, it came off as mermista genuinely disliking seahawk and just putting up with him, which is not a good look.
this dynamic could work, it just wasn't explored much. most of what we see of this couple is seahawk annoying mermista, and mermista sighing and saying something sarcastic. even individually, i don't find these characters very compelling. seahawk fulfils the role of the annoying comic relief. he is just loud and obnoxious, and he doesn't add anything to the story. mermista is like the edgy self-insert in a wattpad fanfiction written by a teenager (think ebony dark'ness dementia raven way).
as a rule, romantic subplots between supporting characters don't have to be very detailed. but usually, you would expect some sort of a chemistry between them, a reason for the viewers to root for them or to at least believe that these two characters actually like each other. with seamista, there are very few instances of mermista actually seeming to like seahawk. i just don't think their relationship makes that much sense in hindsight. as with many other characters in this show, it's just pairing the spares.
so to answer your question: do i think it's healthy? it's certainly not abusive or toxic, but it doesn't seem like a healthy, compatible relationship either.
What if… one day, us and Legacy/Childe have such rough days that we decide to go out to alleviate ourselves…
By going onto the most secluded hilltop and just yelling, letting out shrieks or battle cries to get all the pent up yuck out of us. The harbor will definitely be on high alert when they hear Legacy’s unholy roar, tho.
But on the plus side, we fall asleep on said hill after watching the sun set :3
god sometimes i wish that could be me
you both know from just a look that the other had an absolutely horrid day, you from your tense shoulders and rumpled clothes and Foul Legacy from the way his claws grip at the couch and how his usual chirps come out more like soft growls. on those days you simply glance at each other when you arrive home, before silently putting down your things and heading right back out the door. you don't even bother climbing the mountain, Legacy simply picks you up and spreads his wings, flying you to the highest cliffside he can find and settling down next to you. for a moment, everything is quite as the breeze ruffles your jacket and his hair and fluff
then you both scream as loudly as you can
well, Foul Legacy's is more of a guttural shriek, one that would terrify you to your bones if you didn't know it belonged to the same monster who likes burrowing under blankets and gets frightened by thunderstorms. your own shout is nothing to be sneered at either, letting out all your stress and anger and frustration from the past day until your vocal cords are spent and your voice is hoarse. only when you can't physically speak anymore do you flop down beside Foul Legacy, breathing hard. he lets out a quiet, whispering trill and rests his head on your lap, the only thing left in both of you being exhaustion and relief as you fall backwards onto the grass, staring up at the night sky. Legacy's claws knead sleepily at your legs, the motions gradually slowing as he drops off to sleep with an exhausted purr; you follow suit not even a few minutes later, your eyes fluttering shut for the first restful night you've had in a week
the next morning you wake up to a very concerned Zhongli standing over you before he launches into an hour-long lecture about the whole city heard your screams the night before and was panicking about being attacked by some beast