#availed

I think one of the the things I love about Olivia and Jake’s relationship is that it is constantly evolving. In comparison, I felt like for almost it’s entire run, Olivia and Fitz’s relationship was always stagnant. The one time that it started to change and become something more it fell apart. 

Olivia and Jake’s current relationship is intriguing to me because for once I don’t have a clear idea where they’re going. They could easily stay on this current course and have random hate sex marathons, but I don’t think they will. I think the most important thing between Olivia and Jake right now is what’s NOTbeing said. I think they can’t stay away from each other, but it’s easier to ‘hate’ than to let their true feelings out. He won’t do it because I’m sure in the back of his mind he’s waiting on her to leave again. And I think she won’t do it because her doing it would be major and I don’t think the writers are ready to go there yet. 

I’m not one of the people that assumes that Olitz is an inevitably, because frankly I don’t think it is–not anymore. It all goes back to stagnant vs. evolving. Olitz never truly evolved, it self-destructed before it could. We saw the same sad pattern with Olivia and Fitz over and over again. With Jake and Olivia we’ve seen their relationship grow, and change, and fall off, and come back again. We’ve seen him do terrible things and we’ve watched her forgive him for every single one. We watched him give her up, but never leave her side. We watched her choose someone else, but refuse to let Jake go. Think about where they started and where they are now. It’s not the best place it’s the place that works for them right now. It’s the place that allows them to be in each other’s lives. 

I’m sure in the next few weeks the current state of their relationship will evolve into something else. Hopefully that something else will include talking and sharing because as much as I love hot ‘hate’ sex, I miss the Olake talks. I miss her being able to confide in him and vice versa. I miss the snark. I miss them being in a place where they could bring a little sunshine to each other lives in the midst of all the darkness.