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Fitz and Mellie’s relationship could have worked.
“We’re a team”
I like numerous things about Scandal, however, this show made us encourage an affair while depicting the wife to be some putrid depression-inducing monster. To Olivia choosing someone other than Fitz would seem to be a betrayal as she said and I sort of understand this because:
- of all they had been through (history).
- of all they went through in their history.
- of the consistent sneaking.
- Fitz’s dependency on Liv.
- the precious Doux Bébé “sweet baby” ring Fitz gave her.
- he declared war to save her.
- she has had positions in his campaigns
- of the Vermont dream.
- of the house they have.
- of the two press cycles of Olivia being his mistress.
- of his depression when he couldn’t find her (as she was on the Island)
- of his consistent attempts to leave everything for her etc.
Yes, they loved each other which is great but this man was married, a father, and THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, he couldn’t be more unavailable. Everyone acknowledges this. Olivia knows this but still follows through with it because they keep coming back to each other. Of course, they come back to each other, SHE WORKS FOR HIM and can’t stay away from the White House. She has a burner phone for him and people have called her back to get involved with him if he is down including his wife. When she didn’t or wouldn’t, she was okay apart from the fact most of her clients were high profile which increased her chances of seeing him but did not guarantee it. He was willing to give EVERYTHING up for her including the office they all cheated and worked hard for.
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After multiple back and forths, and the realization that life is short he decided to fully go for this. He was the support of their relationship which she seemed utterly frightened of.
A brief timeline of how this went:
He divorced Mellie, started dating Olivia officially, moved her into the White…
