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Opinion by Emm_xD originally posted at Fan Pop: Reasons to ship Jate... and NOT Skate
Okay so I've had this idea in my head for a long time... pretty much since I did the "8 Reasons to ship Jate" article. This is kind of the same thing, just a little updated with more reasons and some reasons why people should ship Jate instead of Skate. Now I don't mean to offend anyone with the points I make about the Kate/Sawyer relationship, each to their own :)
10. Jack & Kate have a story, Sawyer & Kate have... err...
Way back in the pilot episode (I know, seems like a million years ago, eh? :P) when Kate stumbled out of the jungle and saw Jack, it became clear right there and then that they were going to be THE couple of the show. The ultimate couple. There'd just been a plane crash, so you'd think the writers would be focusing on that. But the fact that they wanted to fit in a scene between these two characters showed that what was to become of them both was going to be VERY important; almost crucial to the show. It wasn't Sawyer that Kate stumbled out of the jungle to meet, it was Jack. Kate and Sawyer didn't even meet in the pilot episode. One of the most important factors in shipping a couple (for me, at least, lol) is to have loved them from the very start, to see their story develop.
Please read the rest of the article here:
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/jack-and-kate/articles/39673/title/reasons-ship-jate-not-skate
