But, sometimes the journey, if handled poorly, can destroy the couple for me, so I guess it is a little of both.

Well as much as i want my couples to be endgame, I've come to realize that the journey can be even more important.

the journey is what gonna make me ship a couple or not, so i think the journey is more important

The journey is what's really important. Having my favorite couple be endgame is just a bonus.

Even though it would make me all the more happier to have them be endgame... but, I can always create a story, write a fanfiction, of what I believe happens after the show ends, which always includes my favorite couple end up together :) So even if they aren't endgame in the show, I can make them endgame! As long as someone doesn't die... but if it's a supernatural show I can have them be resurrected :P
So, with the power of making them be together at the end in my grasp, on the show, the journey is what's important.

Both :D

The Journey is Important but it's much easier to enjoy it if your couple is endgame.

For sure. It doesn't matter that one couple is endgame if their journey sucks. So what really matters is the journey, doesn't matter if they are endgame or not.

I MEAN DUUUUUUUUH!

BOTH, its kind of hard to appreciate one of these without the other. sure, the journey is very important... but whats the point of having a great journey, if it doesn't lead to anything, or lead to a happy ending? obviously if you don't get a happy ending, then the journey started going down hill at some point... which isnt a good thing

then on the other hand, what is the point of endgame without a good journey? why would you want a couple to be endgame, if their journey sucked?

they both work hand in hand. what i wish for (and what usually happens with my couples), is a great journey... that eventually leads to endgame :)

Now that I think about it... Of course the journey matters too, but I usually 'care more about' them being endgame ;)

what good is the journey, if you dont have anything to show for it in the end? other than a couple that didnt make it?? if a couple doesnt make it to endgame, then clearly SOMETHING went wrong with their journey anyway. usually if a couple is endgame, the journey has to be good

Ok, so kellyerin87 and TheBoySawAComet, are you saying that the only good relationships are the ones that last? Often people have amazing relationships but don't end up together. That doesn't take away from what they had in my opinion.

whats the point in being endgame if you dont like how they got there?
but i do love following a couple through to find that they have their happy ending. id just rather have the journey. the end is just one scene. the journey is like a lifetime <3

but i do see TBSACs point. If a couple doesnt end up together then it means theyve had a fault or problem somewere along the line thats too difficult to fix; maybe they just wernt to be. This doesnt take away how likable or how good the couple were though.

e.g. jake and peyton. i hated how they ended, but i love every moment they had before it came to this. they wernt meant to be, but doesnt mean i cant love the journey and all the things they went through.

but then you get couples like LP who have both and i love love love them <3

the journeys defiantly the most important part. A lot of people fight over who END up together though "/


For me the journeys the thing that counts, its what makes you want to ship the couple. the endgame part is kinda like icing on top of the cake.

i 100% agree with kelly

I really care about the end. F.e. - Veronica Mars. The journey is very interesting, but I didn´t like the end. It was too open. I don´t like open ends. My fantasy is not so good.

acklesgirl87, no that's not what I'm saying. I'm just saying that it's hard for ME personally to fully appreciate the journey... if nothing really comes from it. I'm not saying that endgame is all that is important, they both work hand in hand. I just feel like if a couple doesn't end up together, then that says a lot about their journey, and not in a good way (most of the time)

^^ Ok, I can understand that. For me, though, sometimes the best relationships don't last. I'm curious, what about the couples who don't end up together because one of them dies. Take Karen and Keith, for example.

^ well then that's obviously a different story. But when a couple isn't endgame because of something that went wrong in their journey (which is usually what happens), then I would prefer my couple to be endgame, rather than have a journey that ended with the couple not working out

^ Gotcha! :D

Obviously I also like it when the couple I like ends up together, but unfortunately that's not always how life works. Sometimes in life the best relationships just don't last. I find it's too neat, when the show ends with everybody happy and with who I think they should be with.

of course i get excited when a couple i love is "end game"....but in order to be considered end game- they only have to be together for the last episode of the show or the last episode they are in. if i love the couple- i care more about all the episodes that came before than simply caring about what happens in the last episode. it's still important- but i think it is very insignificant compared to the journey of the couple on the show. the journey the couples takes on the show is what makes you fall in love with them....all the ups, the downs, the i love you moments, the funny moments....if it was all about "end game" then i'd just watch the last episode of every series to see what couples end up together. but because i care more about the journey- i watch the whole series.

I don't care whether a couple is endgame or not IF I didn't like their journey in the first place. Being endgame is like icing on the cake, cherry on top. It's only a bonus. If the couple you like is endgame, then good for you. If not, then you have wonderful memories to look back to.